What’s on Your Window Treatment List for 2020?
It has been about a year since I wrote about window treatments. I am bringing this up again, because we feel it is an important element to add to your home. There was a period that window treatments were not as important, and customers thought they wanted to leave...
Design Strategies for 2019 Showcase Parade of Homes
We are always excited when the builder brings plans for us to review. Sometimes we suggest changes and this year was no different. We loved the open feel and all the light that the plan offered. So, we went about our normal procedure with our design inspiration,...
Bold Hues in a Traditional Home
There are many interior design strategies you can use now without creating added stress and wasting money. First, ask yourself how do you really LIVE in your space? Use the answer to that question to determine where you should save and where you should splurge. For...
Buena Vista – Terrific Transitional
We had a great weekend at the Parade of Homes. Our design was well received, and everyone liked the cool colors with all the warm gold accents. We decided to use blues throughout the home because blue is a soothing color and has universal appeal. Accents of blue in...
Tis the Season of Fall
Each year in the fall we are the design firm that has the privilege of designing, coming up with a theme, and the colors for an entry into the Winston-Salem Home Builders Association Parade of Homes. We begin by thinking through all our options with the builder, such...
Countryside Elegance
When you are asked to help furnish a home that is newly built and the customer is not taking anything from home, that is a dream come true for most design firms. For this project, the client met with us and we clicked right away. Sometimes, you can just feel their...
Buena Vista Gables
Fall is here and that means Parade of Homes for Winston-Salem and Greensboro. We get excited about meeting so many people and showcasing our work, along with builder, Don Hamrick. He allows us to be creative and come up with new ideas. Each year, we need to be...
Harmonious Colors
When we started with the design of this home, we found it very pleasant to work with a professional who was also the fabric’s sales representative. We had plenty of fabrics to choose from to pull a beautiful setting together. My first recommendation was to try and...
A FairFax Classic
The inspiration for this Fairfax classic began with the introduction of a fabulous new collection of fabrics by Thibaut. An imagination is all you need to get the creative juices flowing. It leads to a vision of transitioning the new and fresh to blend seamlessly with...