LIGHTEN UP!

WELCOME SPRING The Foo Dog Ate My Homework Blue and White has always been a favorite combination. Add a little greenery, and it feels like S...

COMPLEMENTARY COLORS

COLOR - FEATURE IT, HIDE IT OR ACCENT IT... Color wheel 101 teaches us that the colors directly opposite of each other on the color wheel ar...

HOME DECOR: The Power of a Rug

A CHANGE IS GOOD I recently took advantage of a Pottery Barn sale and changed out my old, tired 8x10 patterned rug for a tightly woven solid...

HOME DECOR: UPDATING A MASTER BEDROOM SUITE

My bedroom needs a facelift via It's funny how you can live in a room for years and not really see it Suddenly, one day it hits you this...

HOME DECOR: GREEN DECORATING - REUSE, REPURPOSE, REARRANGE - UPCYCLE

Here's one of my favorite 'GREEN'  decorating tricks and one that costs you little or nothing Read more »

HOME DECOR: GOING COASTAL

CLOSE YOUR EYES AND THINK OF SEA GLASS   OF THE COLORS OF THE OCEAN OF DRIFTWOOD OR A SANDY BEACH OF SUNBLEACHED FABRICS AND TIMEWORN FURNIT...

The Dining Room

When we bought our house in San Mateo in 1999, the first thing I did was wallpaper the dining room in red toile. I loved it! But a year la...