WE ARE NOT IMMUNE TO MAKING A MISTAKE Most "how-to "blog posts are a testament to successes big and small. They are conceived ou...

CARPETING AND RUGS Okay, perhaps this is a bit personal but I have a real philosophy about carpets and area rugs. (Oh, so now he's a phi...

 HOW TO NEGOTIATE SPACE As in art so in interior design scale is important. A small room crammed with oversized furniture and accessories no...

PASSING THE TEST When a client's requirement for landing their project includes taking a test and passing it you know you've come up...

  PILLOWS, PILLOWS, PILLOWS Okay, I have a pet peeve, okay I have a number of them. Too many pillows on a sofa, chair or bed drive me absolu...

A BLUE CEILING When my mother died it was left to my siblings and me to decide what to do with the family home. My parents had built the hou...

ANN'S GIFT A year and a half ago a small bloom budded out on our friend Ann's lemon tree, a tree she had been mothering for quite so...