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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 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

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...

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 wasted space beneath them? Your open stairs lead me to a few open-ended questions. What is the style of your house? Is your staircase...

It’s not often that couples tell me, “We have the same taste, the same ideas, and the same goals.” So, a few years ago, I created an exercis

the future. We lost it in the Napa fires. In the meantime, we’re renting furniture which is expensive to do (and uncomfortable). Can you...

It’s true that many artificial plants look fake. Even the silk ones can look like plastic or paper. But there are companies whose potted pla

An eclectic style is hard to describe and even harder to create. It’s a careful mix of treasures, travels and memories reflected in furnishi