How to decorate a room—Toby West in Cashiers, North Carolina is the answer. This place is overflowing with great ideas for decorating your home. Classic upholstered furniture, blue and white, lamps, chandeliers, painted furniture and accessories fill the store. The gallery walls will inspire you to stop procrastinating and solve that decorating problem you have…
Consignment Shops…that’s all you need to know to add charm to your personal style. They are full of other peoples treasures. Here is what I always do when vintage or antique shopping. Take a big look around and see what grabs your eye. Sit in chairs, open drawers , touch it, then check the price….
London is always calling me, who am I trying to kid. I am a true Anglophile. I love English gardens, English landscapes, English chocolate box houses—English anything. These photos will give you a little tour around the city without the Summer heat and crowds. This was a crazy whirlwind trip. People were added, flights were…
Welcome to Spring and Summer heaven! Having a bad day? It happens to all of us now and then. Deadlines creep up, kids need ‘extra’ attention, husbands travel too much or maybe the early Spring–Summer humidity just has the best of you. I have the PERFECT solution to help you snap back into shape—SHOPPING! Forget…
Spring is finally here in the North Carolina mountains…even if we did have snow on the Saturday before Easter! My design brain is on overload right now—it is always jumping and connecting this element to that element. My design inspiration today is Erika Reade in Atlanta. The new table settings were inspirational and the colorful…
My new favorite place is The Container Store. I am in that crazy ‘Let’s organize the whole house’ zone right now. Clea and Joanna of The Home Edit inspire me—they take organizing to a whole new level by incorporating design into the process. I am crazy about the beautiful results they achieve in closets,…
Who still needs a Christmas decorating idea? I gathered a few for you on a recent trip to the beach. Whether you love the classic red and green or want to try something totally new, maybe one of these will inspire you to finish your decorating today. If you are one of those people…
