From the monthly archives:

June 2010

It’s Time To Fall In Love With Your Home

June 30, 2010 Color

Do you love your home? I mean, do you really love it and not just like it a lot? If you’re similar to most people, you are probably fond of your house or apartment yet feel it has the potential to be even better. If you think about it, you’ll realize you are capable of [...]

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Thinking About Selling Your Home? It’s Time To Get Moving

June 25, 2010 Art

At dinner the other night a friend told me that she and her husband would like to downsize to a smaller house. They want less responsibility, less maintenance, and less expense. Many of my baby boomer clients have been expressing the same sentiment for more than five years, which is why I wrote Downsizing Your [...]

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Trés Bon

June 21, 2010 Accessories

Besides never being too thin or never having too much money, there are a few things that could instead fit into the home decorating category of “never having too much or too many.” One of these is a tray! It’s great for displaying a small collection on your coffee table or for neatly stacking your [...]

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Are You High?

June 18, 2010 Art

Here are a couple of suggestions for hanging art that are especially useful if you have high ceilings: 1. Gather several photos or drawings to create the effect of a single large piece. You can do this with three matching pieces or with a few that have the same theme.  Tie the collection together by [...]

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The Best Table In The House

June 15, 2010 Accessories

There are lots of ways to improve your home without spending much money. Fortunately, many of the upgrades simply require that you correct small details, which can make your place look more elegant, instantly. For example, one easy way you can refine your dining room: Use stylish place mats or a long tablecloth instead of [...]

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I Love My Job

June 12, 2010 Color

A few weeks ago, a class of decorator trainees and I worked on the living room, entrance hall and kitchen of a West Side Manhattan coop. The vivacious woman who owned the apartment called because she knew her rooms had potential but she was stumped about how to improve them. Use What You Have to [...]

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Designs That Take The Cake

June 7, 2010 Holiday Decorating

As a first-time Mother-of-the-Bride I’ve been somewhat surprised by the number of design elements that are involved in planning a wedding: invitations, dresses, tabletops, lighting, flowers, of course, the actual event space and much more. The style selections seem to go on and on, as anyone who has been through the experience knows. One of [...]

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Sticking With Winners

June 4, 2010 Color

When I first met my husband he told me his favorite colors in clothing and interiors were black and white, together or alone, because they were so classic. At the time, autumn shades were popular – rust, olive and mustard – so his choices made me sit up and take notice: Hmm. This boy was [...]

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