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We just got back from a fantastic VRBO in Taos, New Mexico. It's amazing to rent a home in a different state and experience life as a local. It satisfies my love for change and for houses. I got sucked in the other day on my lunch break looking at these luxury vacation rentals in New York… Continue reading Minimal Kitchens in Cool Locations: Imagine You’re a Local
Let your backyard speak for itself and go modern and minimal with your outdoor furnishings. Think clean lines and classic pieces that are made to last. Save your money and avoid the clutter that's marketed for outdoor consumption - do you really need all those brightly colored throw pillows, the outdoor rug and the solar… Continue reading 15 Modern Outdoor Living Spaces to Inspire You
I love seeing natural wood used in a bathroom. I design quite a few bathrooms every year and they typically involve hours of my time spent with tile, thinking about tile, drawing tile and then having conversations with the homeowner and the contractor about the tile. (It's a very exciting job, get a grip on your jealousy).… Continue reading Songs from the Wood: 7 Bathrooms with Natural Wood
Yes, you read the headline correctly and I swear I'm not interviewing myself Rupert Pupkin-style from The King of Comedy. An interview I gave entitled "The Insider" with Christine DeOrio for Luxe Interiors + Design Colorado came out this month (the March/April issue is out in stores now) and I thought I would share an excerpt and a little more of… Continue reading A Talk With: Colorado Interior Designer Laura Medicus – An excerpt from Luxe Magazine’s “The Insider”
Navy blue is classic and bold. It looks fresh and preppy most of the time, especially when paired with crisp white. I have been using navy in almost every project for the past 5-8 years. Navy front doors, navy offices, navy kitchens, navy bathroom cabinets, navy master bedrooms, navy foyers and, at least one navy dining… Continue reading Color My World: How to Use Navy Blue in Your Home
Since you asked, my favorite kitchen cabinet door is the shaker door. In general, I've never been a fan of flat front cabinets in a kitchen due to the cheap craftsmanship of most of them when they were briefly popular in the 80's. However, I'm currently working on a mid-century modern style kitchen and I'm looking at a… Continue reading Kitchen Cabinet Trend: 6 Kitchens with Slab Front Cabinet Doors
Dorothy Draper: A few years ago my mom gave me a first edition of Dorothy Draper's 1939 book "Decorating is Fun!" I'm just now diving into it and it's a fantastic read. Lines like: "Doors are usually orphans - nobody pays any attention to them," and dramatic statements about color: "It is the rock on which your… Continue reading February Books: Dorothy Draper and Wyoming’s Red Desert
Ghost Lenz's photographs jump out at me with a gritty vibrancy and heart that feel immediate and raw. Human moments - connections with strangers - his photographs are beating with life. He shared his thoughts with me recently about being a self-taught photographer, taking risks, curiosity about the unseen and the origins and meaning of his name.… Continue reading A Talk With Denver Photographer Ghost Lenz about Being Self Taught, Light, Beauty and the Darkness
I love the piano but I think we can all agree they're not known for being the cool kid at the rock concert. They're big, rectangular boxes that you need to sit or stand fairly still while you play them with a limited amount of head banging. I've been seeing quite a few upright pianos featured recently in the… Continue reading When Pianos Try to Be Guitars: How to Make an Upright Piano Look Hip
Lets talk small bathrooms. I'm going to vent first about my own, un-renovated bathroom so you understand where I'm coming from. My bathroom is incredibly small and quite beige. There's no storage at all in it, no counter space and the tile that a previous owner put in everywhere is imitation, polished beige marble. That's right.… Continue reading In Praise of Small Bathrooms: Two Small, Stylish Bathrooms
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