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I get emails and phone calls every week from potential clients who have never worked with an interior designer before. There is usually nervousness about the process and some pre-conceived notions about who I am and how I work. I know I feel nervous having another designer over to my own home so I can… Continue reading How to Hire an Interior Designer: 9 Tips from a Designer
Welcome to my last "Kitchens of 2018" post! (Oh good, I thought she'd never stop sharing these blurry site photos.) How is your January 2019 experience? My life feels back to "normal" from the nasty December that I had followed by the chaos of the Christmas holiday. I'm really enjoying being a part of this… Continue reading Denver Kitchens: A Year in Review (Part 3)
We have two more months of winter left and yet every time I hear birds chirping I nod sagely to myself and think: Ah! Spring is almost here! I always forget about the slog of January and February. I feel optimistic about this year even though (or maybe because) I ended last year in a… Continue reading Denver Kitchens: A Year in Review (Part 2)
Happy New Year! I'm writing this on a bitterly cold (but sunny) new day in 2019. I am a reflective person, but I'm not much of a backwards looking person and I think there is a difference. One of my many self-preservation skills is a lack of desire to dwell on the past. I think… Continue reading Denver Kitchens: A Year in Review (Part 1)
Happy week before Christmas! Are you still listening to holiday songs? I had a brief flurry of listening with my family right after Thanksgiving and then it's been right back to alternative rock and podcasts. I've never been one to drive around listening to Christmas music, but I know a lot of people who are… Continue reading Rustic Farmhouse Kitchen Design: Products, Furniture and Art
How is your end of the year going? I only ask because, for me, this December is rocky and frankly, unpleasant. It's rocky because the stress is peppered with good things for me career-wise. I feel like I'm experiencing a lot of turbulence with some extended stretches of smooth flying. Let me tell you, the… Continue reading Life Turbulence around the Holidays and a Book Review Podcast
My second House Hunters Renovation episode aired this past weekend. If you missed seeing it on television, it is Season 14, Episode 9 and is called: “Flying into a Renovation”. It should be available on demand and I believe you can find it on YouTube as well. It always blows my mind to see a… Continue reading Before and After Kitchen: As Seen on HGTV’s House Hunters Renovation
Hi dear reader! I will be appearing in another House Hunters Renovation episode coming up this Saturday! What great news! I didn't get enough of her the first time around. Now I get to watch her wave her hands around in the air again while she describes to stunned homeowners what she plans on doing… Continue reading The Lazy Woman’s Guide to Holiday Decorating
I had a conversation this week with a friend and colleague about "sameness". The urge that affects some people to have the same entry tile as their neighbor, to duplicate the other neighbor's wall colors and even to wear the same brand of shoes, drive a similar car and carry the same purse as other… Continue reading Copycat Decorating and Living: Stepping Away from the Group
One of my first studio projects in college was a retrofit of an old church into a residence. Unlike now, when I have 15+ clients at any given time, I devoted an embarrassing amount of time and thought to this project. So much time and thought that I remember it better than some projects from… Continue reading Retrofit Me: A Home in a Church
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