We finally invited friends over for dinner last weekend. I procrastinated on the invitation because it has been miserably cold and rainy here and our very old, heatless home is more suited for [...]
Situated on the high point of four acres of wide-open property in the Santa Ynez Valley - with views of olive trees, grapevines and horses grazing on hillsides below royal blue mountains - was [...]
All ranches are not created equal, as my clients discovered when they traded their contemporary ranch home in the Bay Area for a classic ranch house on four acres with mountain views in the Santa [...]
Four French blue leather chairs with ragged orange edges surround my old paint-splattered Mexican dining table. They represent the only objects in my home that are blue because I have always been [...]
Pillows are like actors. They each have their role to play in whatever ensemble they are part of, and their talents are endless! Color, pattern, shape and texture combine to offer something for [...]
Encouraged by your enthusiasm, I want to share a “lamp magic” anecdote with you that I experienced while helping my long-time clients create a guest room in their garage. After a friend whose [...]
Call me old-fashioned, but I love lamps. They not only make rooms look good, they make them feel good. And that, for all of you out there who love beauty, is truly magical. How can an object as [...]
It’s noon on Friday. I’m writing from a black upright desk in a tiny rectangular office with delicate lime green and white checkerboard fabric covering two small windows. Soft light glows through [...]
My perspective on home is colored by a crazy childhood in North Texas. I lived behind a strip mall anchored by an innocent-looking white brick Dairy Queen with a red plastic roof where all the [...]
What better time than Halloween to talk about my two favorite colors - black and orange. I love the warmth of orange in all its vibrant shades from brilliant eye- popping pumpkin to soft and [...]
