Decorating My Home

I love decorating for Christmas, I think winter weather is so tolerable until December because of all the sparkly lights!  This first photo is my dining room (without any art yet).  What I love about the paint colour (BM Natural Linen) is that it really doesn’t change from day to evening (there are so many…

We got the tree up on Sunday and then the rest of the week I’ve been scrambling to get some other spaces looking festive.  I don’t think I have enough rooms looking Christmassy yet but here is my wreath for the front door. This wreath is NOT do-it-yourself 🙂 It was purchased at a big…

When I was in Portland a few weeks ago I bought the tall Mercury glass vase at West Elm. Then last week I found the short one at HomeSense. Photos by Maria Killam   Now that I have such a dramatic sofa table (which is the first thing you see when you walk into my…

On the last full day I spent at High Point on Monday, I went to a few one-of-a-kind including antique stores with Lauren from Pure Style Home and her husband Dave. When we arrived at one little hole-in-the-wall antique store, Dave actually escorted us to the door from the parking lot (so sweet) because of…

This is the cabinet I recently found from HomeSense for my entry. Isn’t it fabulous? Because there are two drawers they neglected to insert a knob in the middle. I might change them all out and insert new ones because it looks like they are missing at the moment. Photos not otherwise credited by Maria…

Since I’ve been in the design industry (the past 10 years) I have never started with an empty house. I’ve always had ‘something’ to work around, which of course, is much easier. Windsor Smith Many of my clients call me because they are starting fresh. An empty house is intimidating for new designers (it was…