The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live. It's about the realities of what makes for an attractive, civilized, meaningful environment, not about fashion or about what's in or what's out. It's not an easy job. Albert Hadley Hi, everyone! I'm excited to share another project with you. This time we're … Read More »
Project Babbling Brook
Living Room Reveal When Dave and I were imagining the Babbling Brook spec home, we wanted to be able to offer more than a nice shell. We wanted to offer potential home owners the option to "take a home to the finish", if they wished. That's why today I'm sharing the living room, which was given the full designer treatment. Almost everything … Read More »
Q&A: Too Much Beige
It's time for Q&A Wednesday, and we have a great question I'm sure many of you can relate with. Question: We built a small cabin in 2008 and painted all walls SW 6106 Kilim Beige. We never refinished our wooden ceiling beams, just left them untreated and figured we would get back to them when we had some money. We have hard wood floors and … Read More »
Top 3 Trends at High Point Market
The Spring 2016 show at High Point has drawn to a close. It was a beautiful market, with even better weather. While I don't think it's healthy to follow every trend that comes along, I would like to share three consistent themes I saw as I visited showrooms. There's one in particular that no one seems to be talking about, and I think it's … Read More »
Final Living Room Reveal!
Little did I know when I went to visit my mom this weekend that she would have finished her living room! Go Mom! So today I get to show you the final reveal of her newly redecorated space. In case you missed last week, we started with the picture below: very gold and faux painted walls. Sorry the picture isn't great. The living room is next to … Read More »
Living Room Update
When I was growing up, I remember my mother working on our ranch house. I have faint memories of her wallpapering, painting, and replacing some early 80s brown carpet with a nice light berber. She switched her furniture out every now and again, but it was always with something she had found for a great deal at a second-hand store, a garage sale, … Read More »