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Beautiful Gray Paint Schemes

Beautiful Gray Paint Schemes

Several residential interior design projects I’m working on include whole house paint color schemes. Clients are gravitating towards gray colors, which I put together in combinations from light to dark that flow well throughout the home. Gray then also comes into play...

Custom Window Treatments

Custom Window Treatments

Many interior design projects, including kitchen and bath design, home offices, family rooms, living rooms, dining rooms, and bedrooms, as well as commercial settings, are greatly improved with finishing touches such as custom made draperies, valances or shades....

Blue Fabric Combinations for a Seaside Setting

Blue Fabric Combinations for a Seaside Setting

As we head towards summer, blue and off-white room schemes are popping up in several of this spring’s interior design magazines. I just put together several blue and white combinations for a living room, dining room and master bedroom for a Cape Cod client who would...

LED Lighting

LED Lighting

I attended a seminar today on LED Lighting at Wolfer’s Lighting in Waltham, MA (part of the Boston Design Week program). Because I work on both new construction and renovation projects, I’ve been keeping up with progress and changes in LED lighting, but it’s always...

Boston Design Week

Boston Design Week

I’m excited about the calendar of events for Boston Design Week, starting on March 30, 2106. Now in its third year, Boston Design Week keeps getting better and better. Per the Boston Design week web site: “Boston Design Week seeks to increase public awareness and...

The Challenge – Choosing White Paint

The Challenge – Choosing White Paint

Since late last year, there has been a lot of buzz (and a lot of blogging) about Benjamin Moore’s Color of the Year for 2016, Simply White. It’s inspired me to write my own blog about white and off white paint selections. Although I don’t spec white colors for...

Tropical Setting

Tropical Setting

Here’s a look at updates to a residential project on Sanibel Island, in a sunny setting with a tropical vibe. This den serves as an office and as a spot for TV viewing and reading, tucked away from the main section of the home. Rattan furniture with cushions in a...

Recent Granite Selections

Recent Granite Selections

Here’s a look at some unusual and beautiful kitchen granite selections for recent kitchen and bath projects I’ve worked on. These granites feature distinct patterns or features with lots of personality. Picasso - tones of deep gray and beige, with a large scale...

Happy New Year – 2016

Happy New Year – 2016

What’s looking new and fresh for 2016? Off-whites and soft colors for calm and soothing interiors. Patterned fabrics in light, loose and airy designs. Warm wood tones, exposed beams, craftsman built interiors. Honed or leathered stone for counter tops, fireplace...

Some think a decorator should change a house. I try to give permanence to a house, to bring out the experiences, the memories, the feelings that make it a home.”
– Sister Parish

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A Quote About House and Home

Residential designers or decorators definitely help clients change their homes for the better in terms of function and appearance, but ideally also help support and enhance the experiences, memories, emotions, wishes and goals that make a house a home.

Boston Home Décor Show

Boston Home Décor Show

Looking forward to participating in “The Designer Is In” with the American Society of Interior Designers New England Chapter, at the Boston Home Décor Show, November 19-22 2015. Held at The Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts, the show will feature guest...

Traditional with a Twist

Traditional with a Twist

This is a fun, personalized color and fabric scheme for an office in a traditional Colonial home, for a client who loves bright colors and contemporary design elements. The fabrics we’ve selected for window treatments and accents are all fairly traditional, but the...

Talk About Color!

Talk About Color!

Wow - the color is beautiful out there in New England this fall. In the past few weeks, I’ve had the good fortune to travel through parts of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, upstate New York and Massachusetts, snapping photos along the way. Last week in the Adirondacks...