by vicki | Aug 11, 2014 | Bedrooms, Drapery, Easy Updates for the Home, Fabrics, Living Rooms, Window Treatments
A few months ago I was contacted by Trisha Roy, the founder and creative force behind the luxury brand Barn & Willow www.barnandwillow. As a design blog, I receive many inquiries, but some innate six sense of the design-kind caused me to visit her website. My...
by vicki | Aug 9, 2014 | Color, Patterns, The Comeback Kids Series, Wall Treatments
I’m just days away from renovating our Master-bath, it’s a total gut of a builder grade space. Some re-configuring, tearing down and overall general construction mayhem. Before my blog became a full-time job, I was a designer, and I suppose that’s a...
by vicki | Jul 29, 2014 | Ace Interviews, Antiques, Architectural Detail, Art, Color, The Ace About Town Series
Let’s face it Summer gets in the way of most things, and because of this blistering hot season (I’m a Fall & Winter girl), vacations were taken, designers get busy, and life simply goes into “island time.” So there was a little bit of time...
by vicki | Jul 24, 2014 | Bedrooms, Chairs, Furnishings, Inspiration, Living Rooms
Is mercury in retrograde this month? If it’s not then there has to be a reasonable explanation for all the crazy that is happening. If I were to share some of the crazy with you, I think you would agree that it can only be attributed to some seriously maligned...
by vicki | Jun 21, 2014 | Ace Interviews, Antiques, Architectural Detail, Art, Bedrooms, Color, Colour, Design Icons, Fabrics, Inspiration, Kitchens, Lighting, Living Rooms, Mirrors, Modern and Contemporary Fabrics, Pattern
I have a bucket list, or a list of sorts which has the title “Designers I Will Hire When I’m Rich.” In this ideal dream world that I have created, I will own a mansion in Newport, Rhode Island one of “The Gilded Age...
