We always joke that interior decorating emergencies don’t exist – save for the ones we can handle. Like you move in with a significant other and your collective stuff clashes.
Category: Philosophy
The Best Designers in the World have the best Clients in the World
What is Luxury (in 30 Seconds or Less)?
Fear is the Latest Trend
Shortcuts are Becoming Extinct
Does your Home Match (where you are in) your Life?
Are You Embarrassed to Have People Over?
The Nickel and the Dime
What Do You Do?
On Speaking Up (When It’s Much Easier Not To)
Everyone Always Wants What (They Regret) Their Parents Threw Away
20 Questions I Don’t Know the Answer To
I Make Decisions for a Living
Things I Wish I’d Known Before Becoming a Designer
This isn’t a post steeped in regret, pause or grudge. Rather, I entered this business quite deliberately, with much enthusiasm and energy. I never imagined having a job that I truly loved and for which I had Purpose. I also never had a mentor or Master Designer to work under and learn. My approach has […]
Ignore Sunk Costs When Making New Decisions
We hold on to decisions from the past. Usually, I imagine, because there’s a complicated series of (emotional) connections we have to the value of things, and more importantly, what our relationship is to money and how we choose to spend it. I’m in the business of physical transformation and change. And at the time […]
Video Killed the Radio Star
And customization is killing the luxury mass production stars. Is an $8K purse really luxury? Really? Is it even made out of leather? Are they completely hand-stitched? Is the hardware and buckles one of a kind? Can you have a say in the dimensions or how long the strap will be? What if you wanted it in […]
The Ultimate Luxury: Lack of Choice
Doubt, Apprehension and Skepticism
Ideas for topics can hit me at any time. In this case, mid-sentence with a friend during a recent gallery opening, my mind interjected and I blurted out, “Wait, an idea for a blog post just came to me!” She was in the middle of complimenting me about recent posts she’d read, how she thought they were great […]