The Architectural Home When we stage an empty home, we are creating a story for an otherwise empty space. We ask ourselves questions like “Who lives here? What type of person would this kind of home appeal to?” In Ojai, as a stager and designer, I see many styles of homes. I have always been …
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Valentines Day Celebration
Where love meets style or how to create a tasteful but fun celebration for those you love. It is my 25th year celebrating Valentines Day with my husband, baby daddy, business partner and best friend Dines. For years we have marked this occasion with style! I still remember our first Valentines Dinner as a married …
Winter Slump
Everyone’s yard looks a little bare and brown. The crisp winter air makes my skin feel overly dry. Our house, no longer decorated for the holidays feels drafty and empty. I’ve officially hit my annual winter slump and it’s difficult to escape the warm embrace of the down filled, comforter covering my bed, to begin …
Summer CoLoR
When summer begins I always feel a drawn to more splashes of color around the home. The fragrance from citrus trees in the Ojai Valley over takes our senses and suddenly I find myself pulling out colorful outdoor pillows for our patio. With the citrus trees ready to pick and the flowers in full bloom …
What Holiday Decor Tells Us About Everyday Lighting
“Why does my house feel so great when it’s decorated for the holidays?” Asks our design client of over a decade. “A lot of what you’re feeling is the powerful effect of room lighting,” I answer. The holidays are a time when we bring into play a design principle decorators have used for decades – …
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STUFF
I overheard a great conversation yesterday while installing one of our home stagings. One of the handymen working on the home said to his co-worker, “I wish my house looked like this. I don’t know how I ended up with so much stuff!” Stuff, stuff and MORE stuff accumulates over the years in all of …
Easing from Late Summer into Autumn
The days are still hot but the nights have gotten cooler. It’s that unpredictable time of the year when a warm throw blanket added to the sofa in the evening is a good idea, even though the air conditioning was on inside the house all day. In warmer areas, like Southern California the teasing of …
The Bedroom Escape
If we’ve learned anything during our home stay this past year, it’s been that personal retreat space is important WITHIN the confines of home. We have added chairs, desks and sofa’s to client’s bedrooms this year, creating additional areas for personal workspace or retreat. It is possible to identify additional areas of productivity and calm …
Winter Blues
Hang in there! Warmer days are just around the corner…
Holiday Favorites… California Style
For many, this is the most wonderful time of the year. I am one of these people. I love Christmas. My head is filled with nostalgic memories from my childhood in Minnesota, where the abundance of snow always assured us a White Christmas, and our well insulated home held all the flavors of my mother’s …
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