While cooking over the Thanksgiving holiday, I thought about the movie Julie and Julia. As I watched this delightful biopic on celebrity Julia Child, I thought about this past year’s decorating projects. Her husband, Paul, set up the kitchen for cooking. Julia had...
For me, designing an interior is like composing music. Creating a pleasing harmony is accomplished by layering and juxtaposing colors, patterns, textures and also interweaving antiques, European and American furniture. We want to develop a new American Tradition for...
At least a third of our calls are related to clients needing help with updating their kitchens. I love this challenge. There are many thousands of decisions to be made when you remodel a kitchen. *Do we replace the cabinets, re-stain, reface, or just repaint them?...
Each year we fashion a home to enter into the Winston-Salem Parade of Homes. This residence is packed with our complete creativity. We started with the floor plans and made changes and suggestions for the builder to send back to the architect. They were redrawn and...
When creating those lovely spaces, I think of comfort. It must come first. We just ended market and tried out every sofa, club chair and dining chair available so that we can personally help our clients select comfort. A sofa must also be able to survive the abuse of...
