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I opened an email this morning with a comment that sang to me from Liz Nichols in Austin, Texas. “I love the look of Santa Fe homes architecturally and style wise most of all. The colors are [...]

I have an announcement to make! After many long hours of hard work and a few delays putting the finishing touches on my Eye for Beauty e-Course, it is finally ready for its fall debut!

I closed last week’s blog about pattern with my favorite mantra – good design repeats itself – and that’s where I’d like to start this one about shape.

In my years of experience working with clients, I have concluded that the thing that most strikes fear into their hearts is choosing and combining patterns.

In my effort to come to terms with the tragic fires that are potentially becoming part of our weather pattern in California, I can only console myself in the knowledge that they are a part of [...]

Thanks for all your wonderful comments about the transformation of Casita Alegria and the ghost story that accompanied it. Your insights inspired me to close this allegory with an expression of [...]

Although Casita Alegria had been transformed into a lighter, happier little house, I had to face the fact that I was sleeping in a haunted adobe. While lying awake during my first night alone [...]

I got up at six AM this past weekend to hike up Frog Rock. What have I gotten myself into, I wondered grumpily? After considering staying in bed, I decided instead to indulge in a fat steaming [...]

I hate California – it’s cold and its damp! But this afternoon in an instant, the clouds cleared beyond my worn-out black laptop perched in front of an old single pane window. I stopped writing [...]

The couple found a home on an island whose layers hugged a lush green hillside by a brilliant blue sea. Perched on a narrow windy road near the island’s ridge, a curved stairway led down to the [...]