I had the great pleasure of interviewing NYC celebrity professional organizer Angela Kantarellis earlier this week, and I asked her all kinds of questions about how to whip my workspace into shape (you can find that interview here). Angela recommends asking yourself: are you a "piler" or a "filer"? I
Friends, I'm telling you - like most decorators I really hate fake flowers. You can almost always tell they're fake from a mile away and it just makes the whole room feel
"Put your money where your mouth is." These words have been ringing in my ears for the past few days. Want to know why? Because I just launched an incredible Office Transformation Package for the new year - basically, for a set fee I'm offering to completely redesign a
Hi everyone. Here's a fun article I wrote for the Huffington Post last week - thought you might want to take a peek. I LOVE brainstorming ideas like this - it's totally possible to decorate your space by using stuff you either already have, or
I'm excited to share with you the latest installment of my "Bite-Sized Decorating Tips" video series. Today it's all about fire places! No, I don't mean the mantel. I mean literally INSIDE the fire place. So many of us have fireplaces that we either can't use (or we're
My friend Jen recently sent me a blog post by Gretchen Rubin, a writer who penned Happier at Home, a book about the steps she took to make her home a place she really loves. She did things like "spotlight" her family's treasured possessions and throw out
Besides paint colors, probably the number one piece of decorating advice I'm asked is what kind of sofa is the best if you have kids? Well, the short answer is there really isn't just one answer (despite this blog post's title!). But let me tell you some
I recently completed a "mini redo" for a client and I thought you might like to take a peek into the process. My client needed an upstairs bedroom to function as a guest room AND an occasional weekend office for her husband. So here was a design challenge that probably
I just had the most amazing opportunity - to showcase my passion for easy, affordable decor on national TV. And not just any TV show - we're talking the Today Show, baby! I wish I could say I handled this once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity with grace and calm. If you
I had the privilege of helping decorate a living room from top-to-bottom recently. My clients Gali and Mark have the most incredible house - beautiful molding! Natural light! High ceilings! Basically my dream. But their living room needed some love. Actually, A LOT of love. This is what we