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Cozy sitting area with a patterned round rug, a plush armchair adorned with orange and blue cushions, and a side table with a lamp. Curtains frame large windows overlooking the patio, transforming your home into your haven.

Making Your Home Your Haven

In these difficult times, home has become more important than ever before. We have all been at home for weeks now. We have had plenty of time to get a good look at our surroundings. Time to learn how our home make us feel when watching a movie in the living room. Time to notice what’s around us while cooking dinner in the kitchen, eating breakfast around the table or settling in for bed time each night. Every room in

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A home office with a wooden desk showcases a blue patterned chair, a lamp, and decorative items. The window, adorned with a blue and white Roman shade—a perfect example of why window treatments matter—offers a stunning view of the lake and hills.

Why Window Treatments?

Let’s set the scene. You just bought a new house and you’re SO excited to move in. You grab the keys, unload the truck, then spend hours unpacking (most of) the boxes. You set things in place, rearrange endlessly and finally step back for your first look around. Furniture, lamps, rugs, it’s all there. Somehow, it just doesn’t feel warm and inviting.  Your windows are open and bright….maybe a little too bright. You’ve thought about adding window coverings, but the

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Cozy sitting area with a patterned round rug, a plush armchair adorned with orange and blue cushions, and a side table with a lamp. Curtains frame large windows overlooking the patio, transforming your home into your haven.

A House of a Different Color… or too many shades of gray?

When Green was King Long ago in the 1960’s and ‘70’s, green was king of interior design color trends. As in, one particular shade of avocado, used in tandem with gold, brown and burnt orange. It was everywhere. Absolutely everything that was used for the home, from dishes to crockpots to window coverings, came in this quartet of colors. I did not know back at that young age that it was even possible to decorate your home in anything else.

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Hunter Douglas Blinds: The Timeless Window Covering

Hunter Douglas blinds transform the light in your home. They will enhance everyday living and define the mood of your unique and beautiful space. Natural light helps increase productivity, elevate your mood, and even improve your health. In many ways, nature’s brightness can also beautifully transform your home’s interior thanks to Hunter Douglas blinds. Horizontal Hunter Douglas Blinds Hunter Douglas provides the industry’s most beautiful wood, faux wood, and aluminum horizontal blinds. They are available in numerous colors, textures, and

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A woman strolls through a room with ribbed walls and window blinds filtering soft light onto a patterned rug. She is wearing a light purple blouse and beige pants, accompanied by a modern chair and ottoman.

Window Blinds – What Kind Should I Get?

Window blinds create beautiful visual effects in your home. Before you buy a blind for a window, you should take into consideration the purpose of the room. A blind can increase or decrease the size perception of a room, and it also makes the decor stand out. On the other hand, if you choose a blind, or any window dressing for that matter, only by it’s price, the results might be disappointing. Window blinds are dressings that have individual horizontal

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Decorative custom pillows featuring Paris motifs, such as the Eiffel Tower and elegant cursive writing, are paired beautifully with a smaller Union Jack heart pillow on a textured fabric surface.

Custom Pillows: Jewelry for Your Sofa

Custom pillows are one of the ultimate luxuries for your home. While they can cost the most per square inch of any custom-made product (with the exception of furniture), you’ll quickly learn that custom pillows are worth the investment. In fact, hardly any other design element makes such a statement of comfort and luxury in your space. When well-designed and constructed with care, custom pillows truly finish off nearly every room and bring other design elements together. Whether you add

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Dining room with a long wooden table, chairs, a central floral arrangement, ornate chandelier, large windows adorned with elegant draperies, and framed wall art, overlooking a green outdoor area.

Why Draperies?

I focus my business on the window treatment aspect of interior design because I love that part of the business and also because I see a renewed surge of interest in covering windows. Several years ago, the trend was to leave windows bare but in the last few years there has been a new interest in making a more enveloping, sophisticated, finished-off look in homes. As a result, homeowners are considering window coverings but have no idea what to think

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The living room features a black sofa against intricate patterned wallpaper, complemented by a stylish floor lamp, coffee table, and plant. A round rug on the wooden floor adds warmth and texture to this inviting space.

Wallpaper Is My THANG

People ask me fairly frequently, especially those who were homeowners in the ‘80’s: “Is wallpaper coming back?” My answer is always, “Wallpaper never left!” The problem is, when the home fashion world gets ahold of or promotes a trend it can suddenly become all the rage and people will move heaven and earth to get their hands on however much of the item is required to be secured into the “socially acceptable” category. This is precisely what happened with wallpaper.

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