By Nancy February 2nd, 2016
I got an email today from Kravet, a fabric company… usually I dismiss the emails without really looking but the picture of the sofa was too captivating! It’s velvet, and who can resist a velvet sofa? Well I’ll tell you who can resist a velvet sofa… a pet owner. But let’s pretend that the pet […]
By Nancy December 1st, 2014
Made of high quality gypsum, these panels made by ModularArts are meant to seamlessly interlock to create dimensional wall surfaces of any size. They can be left white or painted in any color. They contain no VOCs, no plastics, or no urea-formaldehyde. The shapes evoke patterns from nature such as water, rocks, and foliage, and […]
By Nancy November 14th, 2014
This challenging space is one of our favorite projects that we’ve ever worked on! This odd-shaped room was once a closet/dressing room and was re-purposed to be a multi-purpose home office/craft/reading/relaxing space for our client…in other words, a “chick cave”! A few new furnishings were mixed in with pieces she already had… a beat up […]
By Nancy November 7th, 2013
For some reason, I received a copy of a magazine called Electronic Lifestyles at my house. Sometimes magazines just show up and I’m never sure what kind of mailing list I’ve ended up on. I don’t live in a technologically tricked-out house, and I’m not sure that I ever will, but it’s good to keep up […]
By Nancy October 3rd, 2013
I find world religions to be fascinating. Pair world religions with color and there you have an article I can’t resist! If you have an interest in the “rainbow body”, or the fascinating meaning of yellow in Hinduism, click here to read a great article by Kim Palmer in Sherwin-Williams STIR magazine.
By Nancy September 12th, 2013
We are big advocates of accessorizing spaces with art pieces which have meaning for the people who live there. When we are helping a client finish a space with art and accessories, we always start by asking about the things throughout the home that are special to them. Many times people will hesitatingly say something like… “Well, I […]
By Nancy September 11th, 2013
For almost 30 years the local Remodeler’s Showcase tour has helped countless people envision possibilities for their kitchen, bathroom, or their whole house. Being able to see a remodeling project in a house like yours, in a neighborhood as old as yours, or in the same architectural style gives ideas for an existing home that a tour of […]
By Nancy September 5th, 2013
We’ve been working on a really fun project, turning what once served as a walk-in closet into something completely different: a kind-of retreat space for our client to relax in, but also to spread out craft projects, catch up on reading or work that is brought home, and be surrounded by personal treasures that […]
By Nancy August 31st, 2013
We recently completed a project in St. Paul… we would call it a “face-lift”. It was a master bedroom update in a big, old, grand house on Summit Avenue. The master bedroom surely had been updated several times in its 100-year plus history, but not lately. The room had a large bay with a window […]