Want the secret to taking the Bah Humbug out of your Christmas decorating? Keep it simple. Based on your past experience, it sounds easier said than done, right? In this post, Sally and I will share our Christmas decorating secrets, as we take you through how we decorated one of our favorite client’s home. We...
Scenic wallpaper may seem to be a strange material choice for a bathroom. Yet, Sally and I knew wallpaper was to play a major role in our DXV Design Panel bathroom from the moment we began designing the room. To create our scenic wallpaper, we also knew that Doug, Lena and Brooke of Zoe Design were the...
How many formal place settings will fit around my dining table? That question came up the other day during a meeting with a client who loves hosting formal dinner parties. It gave Sally and me cause to think and ask ourselves two questions. RUMINATIONS Should a dining table’s size be based on the number of chairs we want around it? Above...
Believe it or not, NOW is the time you should be planning your new outdoor living space, whether it’s a patio, terrace, fire pit, outdoor kitchen or a combination of these spaces. I know it’s February, but it takes time to plan and execute, especially if you want a unique look that says “You”. Remember,...
One of our clients asked me recently, “How do I hide a flat screen TV above a fireplace?” Given the layout of their room, there were no other good options. TV’s are so thin, ubiquitous and beautifully designed these days, that now we can locate them over the fireplace without design guilt. Years ago, TV’s...
Hi, it’s Sally and I am going to show you how to make the best Christmas cookie ever! (Making this cookie is a family tradition, started many years ago by my Mom.) John posted some photos of this process on his Facebook page, and now people are asking for the recipe of the cookies they...
This year, Sally and I thought we’d share our Top 5 Christmas Table Setting Tips and Traditions. While we have several basic ground rules, no year is the same . . . We look into our crystal obelisk and ask ourselves, “What shall we do this year? What do we feel like this year?” Our...
Today’s post is all about our 10 top design tips for you, if you are considering designing an indoor outdoor living area and/or kitchen, for your own homes, (or hiring a designer to help you do it), which you’ll find at the end of the post. As I was planning this post, though, I started...
This started out being the summer of the great disconnect. That’s right, I got disconnected. For four days! I had no internet access and no cell service- nada. Granted, the circumstances were somewhat unusual. A friend cajoled me into joining him at a camp on a pond in the northern woods of Maine. No Facebook....
Summer is almost here and we are honored and thrilled that the editors of Cape Cod Home magazine (a part of Cape Cod Life) published a delightful story about our client’s summer retreat and chose our work to feature on the cover of their Summer 2017 issue. Thank you Cape Cod Life, we are very appreciative! We...