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Colors go through cycles. Gray has been in for many years now - maybe 10 or more.  In the cycle of design that is a long time!  Many of my clients had a warm base of wood or stone and therefore NEVER wanted gray. I just finished a renovation at...

How attached are you to your furniture?  When I paid $1000 each for Kindle Queen Anne dining chairs in the ‘80s I expected them to be with me forever! But the next house had 12-15’ ceilings and they looked like dollhouse furniture. Our son moved back to Arizona and the...

Today’s “in” look is a free standing tub but if one wants to age-in-place, a lower tub is a better option.  You can specify the tub you want. Most showrooms have tubs you can try for comfort.  The back slant and length are important.  If the tub is to have...

In the Southwest, we have always had terracotta colored tiles.  Even with wood everywhere, there is still plenty of saltillo tile around!  So when Sherwin Williams named their NEW color of the year it was nothing NEW to us!  Now as fall approaches with cooler weather, the warm color is...

Remodeling with someone that knows what they are doing makes all the difference.  After thirty years in interior design, the input on this last project used all of my resources combined experience!  We left the travertine in the large entry because it had a beautiful inlaid pattern.  All of the...

Home offices range from a collection spot to dark paneled walls lined with books, an enormous desk and an executive chair! Perhaps your home has several functional work spaces to separate personal from business. At High Point Market, I saw cabinets doubling or looking like bars with drop-down lids concealing...