“I want to bring the feeling of Spring into my home decor but my budget is small and my available time is even smaller. Can you help me?” Solution: I hear this dilemma quite a bit during workshops and classes. You want to refresh your home each season, and although you want it to [...]
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In the News: A Naturally Thankful Season {article published in Impart Magazine}
A NATURALLY THANKFUL SEASON No matter what part of the country you live in, for most Americans, Fall is a time filled with images of harvest, abundance, cool weather, and gathering with family and close ones. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, the 2012 Fall Season officially begins on September 22nd and ends on the [...]
Moving On….Thanksgiving.
I have a love hate relationship with Halloween Decor. I LOVE that it gets people thinking about one of my favorite topics, Seasonal Decorating, but HATE the plastic spiders, bloody corpses and all around potential {as my Grandmother would have called it} “tacky-ness” of the whole thing. I say POTENTIAL, knowing that there are many [...]
Happy Halloween!
A few of our favorite Halloween and Pumpkin Decorating ideas sure to please your parade of Goblins and Princesses! Be safe and have fun! {Martha does it again. This image has been floating around for sometime but it’s still a favorite due to the use of a variety of shapes and sizes of pumpkins. To re-create [...]
Make a grand Entrance this Season.
Your entranceway is the first impression of your home or business to a guest or client. Your home may be lovely beyond the front porch or center hall but that first impression is already made. Or perhaps they make inside and forget the pots of dying plants and faded past season decorations for a few [...]
Eggplant in Bloom!
Two new flowers on the potted eggplant! Someone is loving all this cool rainy weather Debby is bringing to the area! Cheers! Krayl
CB2 to Launch Collection with HGTV’s Novogratz Family
The below article was originally posted by HFN Magazine, but I felt it worthy of a re-post since I am a huge fan of all the brands involved and of fantastic partnerships in the Home world in general! HGTV + The Novogratz + CB2 = An Appealing Plan! “CB2 introduced its first designer collaboration last night with Bob [...]
Design Finds: Casa Nova Tampa
Lastnight I attended an event at CasaNova in Tampa, FL for a networking function {and if truth be told to stare at all their beautiful home decor items}, and found a few new favorites to put on my growing wish list as well as an item or two for a client’s office re-style. This Bird Nest [...]
The Home Depot Launchs the “Doing Nation”
Do your spring plans include projects such as a Vertical Garden? Patio Firepit?? Raised Vegetable bed?? Consider joining the Home Depot in their Doing Nation program recently launch, running from April 12, 2012 till May 24, 2012, with the potential of up to $125,000 being donated to partner non-profits. Sure you have to head to [...]
