Monthly Archives: February 2012

Chicken Soup For The Home

“However wonderful views are, the reality is that we don’t live in them, we live with them. I treat views as though they are paintings: they’re part of the artwork of an interior space, and need to be acknowledged and … Continue reading

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Home Makeover: A Portfolio Of Before and After Photos

February of last year, I started a project in Lely Resort in Naples, Florida. I took you through various stages of the process throughout the year and now I can’t wait to unveil my very own extreme make-over. My clients … Continue reading

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Social Media For Interior Designers

 My local chapter of ASID (American Society of Interior Desingners) asked if I would compose an article for their next publication focusing on the “The Business of Design” and how social media applies to your business for networking, advertising, branding, etc.  This article … Continue reading

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Chicken Soup For The Home

“It is not richness of furniture or fabrics that ultimately gives rooms their animation or their drama; it’s the people who inhabit them and the lives they live in them.” – David Easton, Timeless Elegance: The Houses of David Easton … Continue reading

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Valentine’s Day: Highlighting Brooke Shields New York Living Room

Have you seen the March 2012 edition of Architectural Digest? I received mine in the mail a few weeks ago, and I am so glad that yes March’s edition came out in the beginning of February. Anytime I think of … Continue reading

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Chicken Soup For The Home

“I choose life, knowing it will perish. I choose love, knowing it may not last. This why I love stone and steel and wood and thatch. Together, they are a marriage of the permanent and the perishable. There is a … Continue reading

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