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Nothing feels better to wear during the summer than cool, lightweight, and breezy linen. My closet runneth over. Linen is also one of my fav

I love beautiful paper. The note had been written on Florentine stationery – I’m sure you’ve seen it in various patterns from elaborate vin

I recently ran into an old client who said, “I’ve been thinking about you every day!” I didn’t know what was coming next. Referring to this

My friend, Meryll, and I circled the displays at the Napa Valley Orchid Society a dozen times. Each lap delivered a new discovery. Intricate

A couple of weeks ago, the new series, “Silk”, started and I’m hooked. Set in London Judicial Chambers, it’s about two rival barristers comp

Who doesn’t want to make a good first impression? At the very least, who wants to avoid making a bad one? Your front door has the power to s

Batik is a wax-resist dyeing technique that is applied to cloth (which has first been washed, soaked and beaten with a mallet). “Wax-resist”

Art versus design has been a provocative topic throughout the ages. But there are points that can be agreed. The success of each is the resu

Impacts come in all shapes, sizes, costs, and commitments. They can be tackled one at a time or as many as one’s emotional and financial bud

What would 30 centuries of mystery, history, and tradition look like? Imagine patterns and colors filled with symbolism, folklore, and triba

You’ve heard the phrases, “Stop and smell the roses”, “Less is more”, and “It’s not the destination; it’s the journey”. Ikebana, pronounced

Happy Independence Day! While red, white and blue wave in our flags outdoors today, how do you use these colors in your interiors? Here...

Has the California drought turned your green garden brown? Has the recent rain been enough to revive your dry and dead patches? In either ca

As we went down her written list of questions, we came to the subject of wall color. I suggested one that may not seem very creative. White.

I always start with the shape of the room created by its furniture (other than the dining table). That is, an empty room may start out as a

Anything that makes your eye look up will help. For instance, place a can light on the floor, at the base of a potted plant, and shine it up

Large fans move more air than small ones so it is more efficient to run a large fan, even on a low speed, than a small fan on a high speed.

Even the great masters were stumped by color choices. “Color is my day-long obsession,” said Claude Monet. The next time you’re fanning thro

The Napa Valley just witnessed the destructive side of Mother Nature. While some are at home, slowly decompressing from this experience, oth

Feng Shui, pronounced “Fung Shway”, is one of the Five Arts of Chinese Metaphysics and is influenced by Chinese astronomy. The practice, whi