Okay friend, let me tell you a secret. That gorgeous dresser in the magazine photo? It might have started life as a plain IKEA Malm. Some of the most expensive looking furniture in real homes began as flat packs,...
Every parent knows the problem. You decorate a beautiful nursery, and two years later your toddler wants dinosaurs everywhere. You paint dinosaurs, and by age eight they are embarrassed by dinosaurs. Kids grow fast, and their rooms have to...
I will never forget the first time I walked into a truly modern organic living room. It belonged to a friend who had just redone her space, and I stopped in the doorway because the room felt like a...
Come stand in the doorway with me and look at this kitchen. The cabinets are a deep, inky blue, almost black in the corners where the light does not reach, but glowing like the ocean where the window light...
The smallest room in the house does the hardest working job. Your laundry room handles dirty clothes, wet towels, cleaning supplies, and the occasional lost sock, all in a space barely bigger than a closet. The good news is...
Picture a hotel bathroom you once stepped into and did not want to leave. The walls were dark, almost black, but the room glowed. Light bounced off the mirror, the faucet looked like jewelry, and a green plant owned...
When my cousin asked me to help redo her sixteen-year-old daughter's room last spring, I walked in with big plans and zero clue. My first idea was to paint everything bright white and call it modern. It looked like...
If you rent your home, your living room probably has at least one of these problems. Walls so blank they feel cold. Carpet in a color you would never have chosen. One harsh ceiling light that makes everything look...
I’ll be honest with you. For the longest time, I thought green belonged outside, in gardens and parks, not in kitchens. My own kitchen had white cabinets for years, and I kept telling myself that was the smart, safe...
Close your eyes and picture your patio right now. You open the sliding door with a cup of coffee, step outside, and there is barely enough room to turn around without bumping the railing. The chairs you bought last...