If you’re a visual person, like me, then it’s hard to get down to business in a home office that’s dreary and uninspiring. Your office should be a reflection of you, so you can get to work in a comfortable and motivating environment. My lovely, upbeat, hardworking client used this hallway walk-in closet as a [...]
Archive for the ‘Get Organized’ category
Nov 12 2010
From Dark Dungeon to Cozy Craft Room
I was fed up. Every night before dinner, we had to clear off the crayons, coloring books, beads, paint and other projects that my crafty peeps had been using all day. We shoved everything into a cupboard, but it all creeped back onto the dining room table the next day. I longed for a room [...]
Mar 01 2010
Keep a Design Diary
Ever find yourself fingering a new towel set or enchanted by lovely drapery panels when you’re out and about, only to wish you could remember the exact shade of blue you’d painted that bathroom? Returns are no fun, and you never know when you’ll stumble on that well-priced must have item. Should you pull the [...]
Feb 22 2010
How to Shelve Your Books
When we recently created a room reinvention for Tera, we recommended that she pare down from two domineering bookshelves in her living room to one with a less imposing design. Editing her book collection and then restyling the new bookshelf seemed like a daunting task to Tera, but it’s really not so hard if you [...]
Jan 05 2010
Sleek and Simple for 2010
As I sat down in my cozy new pajamas on December 26th and opened my favorite “Inside and Out” section in The Denver Post, I was eager to see what the trendwatchers would be forecasting for the year ahead. How will the economic and political climates of today translate into how we live and want [...]
Aug 16 2009
Serve It Up!
Got a random assortment of stuff on your dresser? Want to pull together a group of pictures frames that don’t go together? Resist the urge to buy the matched set. It’s easy to pull a mismatched collection together with a serving tray you probably already have stored somewhere else that is longing to serve. Take [...]
