Mountain Rustic Look
Considering the flashy nature and the innovative designs that rustic contemporary houses are commonly displaying, it is not easy to fabricate a home that can showcase a mountain rustic look with just the right touch of contemporary. More…
Why Your Home Interior Should Reflect Your Culture
When work is done and errands are complete, there’s one destination that people seek— home sweet home. No matter what your residence whether it’s an apartment, house or mansion—home is a place of refuge.
For this reason, it’s imperative that the space you inhabit exist as a reflection of your personality, taste and style. Above all else, the interior décor you choose for your home should be a testament to those that live underneath its roof. What does this mean? It means that your home interior should reflect who you are and where you came from.
One of the best ways to do this is to use culture as an inspiration for interior design. Culture is an integral part of your family, and when it’s incorporated into your home’s interior design, can be infused into everything you do on a daily basis. More…
A Look Back at Decorating and Life Lessons Learned in 2014
Every year at this time, I look in my rearview mirror to check what the heck happened over the past 12 months. I flip through my 50 columns and extract my favorite nuggets of advice, one lesson from each month, and serve it up in a 12-lessons-for-Christmas kind of way.
Below are my top takeaways for the first six months of 2014. The remaining six months will be in next week’s column. More…
Living Room Features That Never Go Out of Style
They’re the simple pieces that stand the test of time. Never in or out of fashion, the items in this bunch are classically chic and tasteful, and eternally look good (so you won’t be forking over money to replace them in two years’ time). Forget passing interior fads and fly-by-night trends; here are the oldies but goodies every living room needs. More…
Christmas Decorating
This year’s Christmas decorating in our home is the definition of minimalist: there is an evergreen wreath hanging indoors for the scent, a faux tree, glitter confetti strung here and there, and a few white branches, and it’s just enough. We will get our real Christmas tree when we arrive in Las Vegas for the family reunion and we’re bringing our box of treasured ornaments so we do have that to look forward to. More…
20 Christmas Wreaths to Decorate Your Front Door
Christmas season is now in full swing. There’s probably at least three radio stations playing holiday tunes to create the background noise for your glowing Christmas tree. And you’ve got mistletoe hanging somewhere in your home in hopes that you’ll get a smooch from someone better than your old Aunt Betty. But have you thought about the front door? You can make a Christmas-y impression on your guests before they even knock. So check out these 20 Holiday wreaths to decorate your door. More…
