Dr. Decorator Examines Window Treatments
Window treatments present a constant design challenge. Windows come in all hsapes and sizes; they differ from home to home and from room to room. They often vary in shape and size even within the same room. The solution that was wondrous in one space becomes disastrous in another. The ...
Dr. Decorator Talks About Designer Showhouses
Every year in towns and cities across the U.S. a design phenomenon occurs – the Designer Showcase. This is a magical event in which a building or home gets the Cinderella treatment. Interior designers and craftspeople transform banal or derelict interiors into visions of total beauty and style. ...
Dr. Decorator Examines Decorative Backgrounds
An empty room is a six-sided box comprised of four walls, a floor, and a ceiling. When a designer plans ...
Dr. Decorator Examines Bathrooms
Long considered a secret space to be hidden behind closed doors, the plain-Jane bathroom of the past has become today's bathing beauty. Bathrooms have gone glamorous and are being treated to a variety of fantastic finishes and fixtures, the variety of which simply boggles the mind. Most ...
Dr. Decorator Examines Wonderful Walls
Walls are the largest physical element in a design space, but they are often the most neglected. People expend a lot of time and attention in selecting their furniture and accessories. They obsess about picking just the right sofa and just the right table. Yet most of us will paint ...
Dr. Decorator Examines The Home Theater
It is an age-old adage that the kitchen is the heart of the home. But 20th century technology is giving that theory a healthy dose of competition. The heart of the house has become the room that has the largest television in the house. In some homes, the television and kitchen ...
Dr. Decorator Examines Kitchens
Every home has a kitchen, but not every home has a kitchen that works. We have all seen kitchens that look or function like something out of a Saturday morning cartoon. Cabinets crammed with dishes and food stuffs, counters with no counter space, and cooktops brimming with pots are just ...
Dr. Decorator Examines The Timeless Appeal of Art Deco Design
Designing a room or space is similar to crafting a painting. The designer makes a picture in his or her head and then works to bring this creative vision to reality. The difference between painting and designing is that that the painter works with colors and brushes and the designer ...
Dr. Decorator Examines Small Space Living
Even in today’s world of declining real estate values, space is still an expensive luxury. Ask anyone who lives in a studio, small apartment or home, and they will say that their most desired decorative element is space. Yet even though space starved homes present numerous decorating ...
Dr Decorator Examines Home Offices
Technology has changed our lives in numerous ways. Instead of talking, many of us are texting and tweeting. Instead of calling or writing, most of us are emailing. Instead of reading newspapers and magazines, many of us are getting the headlines on-line or on our iphones. Instead ...
More than any other room in a home, children’s rooms are vehicles for multi-purpose living. A child’s room is a laboratory for development and growth. It is the arena in which children live, learn, and play – the microcosm of his or her world. It is in their rooms and from their cribs that babies [...]
With the busy lives that we lead, our homes have to serve a range of purposes. Some people are fortunate enough to live in a massive residence with a designated space for each purpose: a home theater, workout room, virtual golf room, his and her offices, and guest and servant rooms, in addition to the [...]
Window treatments present a constant design challenge. Windows come in all hsapes and sizes; they differ from home to home and from room to room. They often vary in shape and size even within the same room. The solution that was wondrous in one space becomes disastrous in another. The variety of products and options [...]
Every year in towns and cities across the U.S. a design phenomenon occurs – the Designer Showcase. This is a magical event in which a building or home gets the Cinderella treatment. Interior designers and craftspeople transform banal or derelict interiors into visions of total beauty and style. I have been participating in these showhouses for about 20 years. It has been one of the highlights of my career as an interior designer. I have been honored to work with numerous wonderful and creative people.
A decorative background will set the mood for a space and tell the story of the room. It is often more important and more lasting than the individual furnishings…
Long considered a secret space to be hidden behind closed doors, the plain-Jane bathroom of the past has become today’s bathing beauty…
Walls are the largest physical element in a design space, but they are often the most neglected. People expend a lot of time and attention in selecting their furniture and accessories. They obsess about picking just the right sofa and just the right table.
It is an age-old adage that the kitchen is the heart of the home. But 20th century technology is giving that theory a healthy dose of competition. The heart of the house has become the room that has the largest television in the house. In some homes, the television and kitchen are sharing the hearth [...]
Every home has a kitchen, but not every home has a kitchen that works. We have all seen kitchens that look or function like something out of a Saturday morning cartoon. Cabinets crammed with dishes and food stuffs, counters with no counter space, and cooktops brimming with pots are just some of the realities in [...]
Designing a room or space is similar to crafting a painting. The designer makes a picture in his or her head and then works to bring this creative vision to reality. The difference between painting and designing is that that the painter works with colors and brushes and the designer works with furniture, fabrics, and decorative objects.
