About 15 years ago, when I was in my “Country/Traditional” mode, I purchased a used breakfront/hutch from a friend-of-a-friend who was moving to California and wanted to change her style.  It’s solid Oak, and fit what was my taste at the time. Now I’m redoing my Dining Room (finally!).  My taste has changed a LOT  Read more »

Seems like a perfectly serviceable Family Room, right?  Eh, maybe so…but it can be improved.  Here are a few things I would do: 1)     First the good news:  The B&W photo arrangement is reasonably well-balanced and decently placed on the wall. 2)    Now the bad news:  The white shelf arrangements are somewhat redundant, poorly arranged,  Read more »

There was an article in the 10/25/09 edition of Parade Magazine called “Why Shopping is Good Again.” The article is talking about shopping for consumer products, not necessarily those that are interior design related. However, I took away three points from it that I think can be applied to interior design: 1) “No longer is  Read more »