The short and unsatisfying answer, Gentle Readers, is maybe. It’s entirely up to you (and your trusty designer). In sorting through my thoughts about this subject, I couldn’t come up with a hard and fast set of rules — much to my chagrin. Sometimes, a red brick house is drop-dead gorgeous. Sometimes, a brick house…
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The best pillow sizes for every situation imaginable
Ahhh, pillows. Aside from painting a room, Gentle Readers — which I maintain is the best, most cost-effective way to change a space dramatically — pillows can have an unparalleled impact on a room. But what size? My clients and I do crazy custom pillows all the time, but there are some standard sizes and…
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The best furniture arrangement: two sofas, or one sofa + two chairs?
Oh, Gentle Readers, it’s been quite a month! A fun month, but a super duper busy one. I hope you’re having a great summer so far. We did several design presentations recently, and in two – count ’em, two! – we were faced with the same question: In a long, narrow living room, which is…
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The clawfoot controversy (bath reno!)
Boy has THIS been controversial on TikTok, Gentle Readers. We are finally (finally!) getting around to renovating our daughters’ bathroom, and we came to the realization that the clawfoot tub — aged 110 — must go. It simply wasn’t salvageable. AND we had absolutely no way of getting it out of the house in tact.…
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Small but beautiful urban gardens that make you happy it’s (almost) summer
I live in a row house, so it’s no surprise that my back garden is pretty tiny. It faces south, but because the garden is contained by the garage and our two next-door-neighbors’ fences, it doesn’t get a ton of direct sunlight. It’s a challenge. I’ve become a bit obsessed with the garden this year.…
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