Interior Design Tips & Tricks

Every designer will tell you that art inspires. Art speaks to the heart. Art can make an ordinary room extraordinary. It can. I suppose I could add to the...

Think that the use of buttons in interiors is limited? A button at each pleat in the header of these panels shows that you can use buttons to accent...

Ever considered using buttons on walls? When they are upholstered these pleats and buttons are a great touch!

Buttons and pleats are just the right touch to add some tailored structure to this bedskirt. Details add layers of interest in this largely neutral master bedroom.

Buttons, buttons everywhere. Whether you have a modern interior or a vintage look. Buttons on pillows like these can be the perfect accessory.

A recent profile of Alber Elbaz,  the designer of the Paris fashion house Lanvin, appeared in The New Yorker. My husband called it to my attention and said, “This...

Traditional cabinetry in two flavors. One is a traditional inset door with decorative hinges the other a traditional door style in full overlay with no exposed face frame and...

When using a wood with a vertical grain the stile and rail on the door can be mitered or butt joint. Two very different effects are achieved.

Slab doors with horizontal grain combined with thick vertical structural elements are the perfect details to create a modern custom look in this bar.

When we were commissioned to remodel a kitchen in an architecturally designed home one small detail helped the former relate to the new. Taking details from the custom base...

When designing a paneling and shelf wall system into the entry of this 1920’s something home designing brackets that had the right mix of craftsman and traditional details helped...

When you walk into your home, what do you see? How does it make you feel? So often when homes are designed both owners and designers put a great...

This collection of rubber ducks isn’t an elegant one but it brings joy to the kids who use this bathroom and it brings a wonderful pop of color to...

If you love penguins…you love them and I say don’t hide it! Group them, display them. Find great handcrafted artistic penguins and go for it!

The small details make a difference. Having a place to group collections. Grouping them to show them off. Honoring clients collections within the design of their home allows their...

Grouping these small works of art picked up on travels around the world in a small room, low on the wall were they can be easilly viewed allows them...

This collection of objects which share no color, cultural or any other classification becomes a cohesive grouping when gathered on the custom designed etagere in the foyer and also...

For me every project starts in the same place and in a different place. The client is always the center, the core but then something else will lead to...

New Yorker Covers as Wall covering. A client of mine made my day when she suggested using all of her saved New Yorker covers as the wall covering in...

Ask an interior designer if things like accessories make a difference…if the right selection of these minor items can make a room sing…if scale, mass, emphasis matter? You decide.