An antique apothecary chest holds all items that don’t have another home. An interesting piece of furniture combined with contemporary art, an elephant foot print and Zebra sculpture. Mix it up for interest!

Add visual interest to your halls by assembling all of your favorites that don’t necessarily look great anywhere else and grouping them with cohesion in mind. Maybe its color, a collection or from a trip.

This African themed grouping is based by my Grandmother’s antique drop leaf table. It has been a corner table with one leaf up, extra seating for dining or the play station for children. The accessories have a mainly red and black for visual flow and are simply an ever changing collection.

Cove it is!  Just to get our attention Sub Zero put the new Cove dishwasher in the pool on top of the W Hotel in Scottsdale and celebrated it!  Luckily it was May and it is a dry heat!  Great get-together and now your Sub-Zero Wolf package can include a dishwasher!  Made, of course, with the same standards that their other appliances have already established! 

Why does the Sub-Zero refrigerator cost more?  Because it has two compressors – one for the freezer and one for the refrigerator.  These appliances set the standard for luxury properties and are recognized by homeowners and home buyers alike.  Add Cove to your search for quality appliances!

Do you have an emotional response to art? And enjoy surrounding yourself with your favorites? Many people do and most of us are not at Sotheby’s buying for millions. So what exists in most homes is a wide variety: prints, inexpensive pieces, a few pieces by artists you know, hobby pieces you created yourself. Even if you have fine art, updating or moving can cause a re-shuffling.

The fine art piece at the top of the steps was originally over the couple’s fireplace thirty years ago. In order to tie it in to surrounding areas, we created numerous smaller squares that were hung in a horizontal row at 10”. In the next home, we used them to surround another sculpture in a recess. Now they create a vertical row near the original artist’s painting, but lower and centered on the stair landing.

One of the new steps extends to create a space for the marble quail. (Thanks to a detail oriented contractor!) We had a small ottoman we could set it on along with a felt black scarf from the MET. The addition of three more squares adds life and interest to the space.

Moving? Updating? Start with art placement!

Woven chairs and baskets exude an inviting and comfortable vibe – inside or out!  These chairs are for outdoor but could really be used for either. Other companies, of course, make additional options. But wheter it’s a chair, basket or woven ottoman, the texture adds an inviting warmth.  Spring and summer are the best time to freshen up.