Charleston Courtyard GoodnessSometimes you come across an image and think this should be in a magazine. That's how I felt about designer Amy Vermillion's pictures of Charleston courtyards - the first of which is from her client's historic Charleston Battery home. I immediately added them to my Pinterest Outdoors/exteriors boar…
Tom Scheerer Decorates: You'll Want This!Whenever a designer whose work has graced the pages of major shelter magazines issues a book, you always wonder - will I really be seeing anything I haven't seen before? When Vendome Press offered me the chance to review Tom Scheerer Decorates, I jumped at the chance to find out. Well the good ne…
Mix MasterToday I'm blogging over at Interior Canvas discussing the often perplexing topic of mixing patterns successfully. While there are no hard and fast rules, so to speak, there are some guidelines that I feel are helpful when approaching multiple patterns in a space. via So please head over to Interior …
Guest PimpinToday you can find me over at The Green Room Interiors sharing my mood board visions as part of Kim's "Pimp My Dollhouse" series. If you're not familiar, Kim has amazing style and a great little house (that she refers to as her dollhouse) that she's been slowly but surely outfitting in glorious fash…
What About Raffia Instead?Grasscloth is popular and you see alot of it - but imagine these two spaces without the raffia wall covering. It would certainly be nice but not quite the same look. I think that since raffia has both vertical and horizontal texture the look is even warmer and more enveloping. (room above by Eric…
A 40++ Year TraditionFor 40+ years my Dad, my Uncle Don and their childhood friend Ray have been driving from NY, CT and RI to meet-up at one of the most beautiful racetracks, Saratoga, for an early round of golf and a day at the track. How did these three kids from the triple-decker houses of Providence learn to golf?…
The Gardens of Twickenham, Huntsville!Picking up from last week's post on the home, here's a glimpse at the gardens and landscaping of Twickenham. I took this brick and stone "window" and the white stones creating a path as an invitation to peek. Would you?Formal layout with beautiful planters.Wish I could trespassed have taken a close…
