There are a number of factors that go into a well decorated room to make your home inviting and interesting. You can choose the correct colors for your walls, have a great focal point for your room, but if your furniture is off with the looks and placement in the room, your space will not…
You need 8 items in a guest bedroom to make your space inviting regardless if your is staying over for a night or two or even for a week. Perhaps one of your kids is off to university and you’ve decided to create a guest bedroom that you’re using a bedroom of one of your…
Your bedroom is your sanctuary. It should be THE place where you can close your door at the end of the day and relax and unwind from the busyness and noise that bombarded you throughout the day. One way to create this relaxing environment is to choose a paint color that reflects a color that…
There are many different styles of interior design for your home, ranging from transitional or traditional, from contemporary & mid-century to boho and eclectic, just to name a few. Design styles can become popular for a few years only to fall out of favor just as quickly as they gained popularity. Knowing what your style…
A few years ago, a client asked me for some help. She had just purchased some pretty wallpaper and was wondering what would be the best room for it. We went through her house, room by room, to find its new home. Their house was a charming century old house with lots of personality, but…
Benjamin Moore Cinnamon Slate 2113-20 Benjamin Moore announced their 2025 Color of the Year to be ….. Cinnamon Slate 2113-20. It might be hard to get your head around where to use this deep moody purple, but personally, I LOVE this color. I have used similar colors twice in my house over the years. Once…
Color drenching is a new trend to paint a room that you see popping up all over Pinterest and Instagram. It actually became popular in the early 20th century during the Victorian era and you would see color drenching in traditional homes. We saw color drenching in the last two decades when we had ALL…
Almost every home has at least one, two or even three TVs in their homes but yet it can be the trickiest for homeowners to design around. What room(s) in the house should a TV be or not be? What wall should the TV be on? How do you style around a TV to make…
For some, people love the change from summer to fall. Other, like me, fight the change every step of the way. Regardless of how you fell, there’s no denying that fall is definitely here and winter is just around the corner. With the changes in seasons, we need to get our house ready for what’s…
Whether you have a lake house, a farmhouse getaway, or perhaps you want to create a bedroom where the grandkids can come and have fun, create a shared guests bedroom that will make your guests feel welcome! Who is the bedroom for? Your first step in creating an inviting shared bedroom is deciding on who…
The family bathroom is the room in the house that the whole family uses. How much the whole family uses this room depends on how many other bathrooms there are in a house. For smaller houses, the family bathroom may be the ONLY bathroom in the house. For mid-size houses, there may be a powder…
Entryways are the first impression your home makes when visitors step into your home. This may be cliché but you don’t get a second chance to make a good first impression! You want your entryway to be an example of what the rest of your house will look like. So you want to make that…