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I love my friend, Debbie.  We’ve known each other for over 20 years.   She has a great eye for what I call showcase items – items that spark interest or conversation in a room.  Her bohemian style boasts  a very eclectic array of furnishings.  Debbie’s latest showcase item accompanied her from Indianapolis and found it’s way to my dining [...]

In a previous blog entitled Lifeless to Lively: A Cottage Retreat I spoke of a couple who toiled all Spring and Summer to landscape their front yard and paint the exterior of their home. In the end, the fruits of their labor resulted in a savings that funded a two-car garage and a completely landscaped [...]

I always encourage clients to step outside their comfort zone. So when my good friend, Tina, approached me about doing a mosiac tile tabletop for the eat-in area of her kitchen, my initial reply was, “I don’t know. I have never done a mosaic tabletop.” Her table is huge. It seats 8 comfortablely. I thought [...]

I love showcasing quirky items when redesigning a space. While renovating a master bathroom I needed a medicine cabinet. As I was rumaging through an antique store I ran across a pair of salesman showcases. I was unfamiliar with what they were, but I was intrigued by their appearance. They looked like a set of [...]

This room showcases what Smart Design is all about. The homeowners already had several nice pieces that they loved. We reintroduced them into the finished space in combination with new purchases and great finds from various local resources. We purchased a new couch and two chairs to provide a contemporary feel. The pair of chairs [...]

Every design detail in this bathroom inspires the luxury of a spa retreat. Using my Smart Design process, the floor plan was subdivided into three primary areas: Walk-in Closet, Dressing Area and Wet Area. The defining of areas is very clear in this space, yet each space flows harmoniously into the next. The division allows [...]

Remember my early December post titled “Wood” You See What I See? When I saw the weathered outdoor table, I thought to myself this would make a great indoor coffee table. Once a humble outdoor piece this table now holds its own, standing graciously in the center of a living room. When its luster was [...]

Exterior home makeovers are usually quite expensive especially when the property has been neglected for years. This house was purchased as seen above – abandoned, boarded-up and unwelcoming. My job was to transform the house & front yard into a cottage-style retreat. With a limited budget, the homeowners hired me for design consulting. I introduced [...]

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