I love summer in New Mexico when I can spend most of my time outside, and I'm always reminded of how the outdoor rooms we created here are an essential part of our lives in the desert. When [...]
I heard an interview with Gloria Steinem on NPR a while back. She was talking about her book, My Life on the Road. In her early years, Steinem traveled with her family by car throughout the U.S., [...]
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 [...]
