This past weekend while in New Orleans, my family and I participated in The Color Run, a fun, creative, charity driven 5k that is just my speed. Everyone starts the race in a spankin’ clean white tee and by the end of the 5k looks as if they’ve gone through […]
Well over 100,000 fans descend on New Orleans this weekend and millions more tune in to watch the Harbaugh fraternal showdown that is SuperBowl XLVII. Whether watching the Bowl for the commercials, Beyonce’s half time show, or for the game itself, I decided to take a break from my gluten […]
So you’re plugging away in your studio, and an email pops up in your inbox from West Elm. They want to see some of your designs – are you interested? Uh… why, yes. Yes, I am!
Such was the case when West Elm approached Alyson Fox for their Fall ’12 collaboration. […]
It’s funny how something can be exactly on trend the moment it hits the shelves. I mean, how do “they” know? Where are these crystal balls they’re gazing into? Professionally, I see these phases continually come and go – the current rise of black and white interiors, the maturation of […]
Greener grass?
It’s a funny thing. As a designer, people often tell me they want exactly what their friends have – only different. Oh, and better. Client’s can wish their days away longing for the things in someone else’s home, when the truth is, their house is entirely different. So long […]
Few things make my heart pitter-pat the way something hand made does. Over the weekend, I attended the Renegade Craft Fair and the combination of like-minded, crafty folks + gourmet food trucks + gorgeous California weather made for a perfect day.
Sure there were several vendors selling crocheted refrigerator magnets (albeit […]
Me, and Rauchenberg’s “Bed” 1955.
Last week I read a post by life coach, Martha Beck whose work appears regularly in O Magazine, and is one of the most thoughtful and inspirational columns you can find anywhere, much less in a major newsstand publication. Though I am not “a 55 year old woman […]
While waiting for a vendor at a job site, I took my dog for a walk in my client’s neighborhood. The area is quaint, set with variety of styles of houses that sit fairly close together. As I headed down the block, I noticed that the street gradually crept down […]
For a long time now, stainless has been king, and in most kitchens these days, it still is. Massive Sub-Zeros and Viking ranges have fueled our appetites for commercial, industrial environments. Over the past few years though, a complimentary trend of this industrial look has been the factory look – […]