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Tag: decorating
Decorating Emergencies – Yes, they are real and we’ve got you covered!
Bring the Candy Dish Back at Home!
Looking to the Past for Design Inspo – Historic New England Home Tours
TV Sets – Interior Design Inspo from Television Shows
A common conversation at Platemark starts like this, “I watched [hot new TV show] last night, and the interior of so-and-so’s home was amazing!” Movies and TV shows are huge sources of inspiration for us, especially when whatever we’re watching is a period time capsule of interior design. Below are a few shows that still […]
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
Downsizing, Yes, but Don’t Forget Upsizing Too
Many of our clients struggle with the challenges of downsizing. But what about upsizing? Typically out of college, we land our first job, maybe we shack up in a trendy urban neighborhood, then get married, celebrate a first born. But the inevitable arrives, planning for that second (or third) child?
Salon Style: Origins and Influence on Today’s Décor
Does your Home Match (where you are in) your Life?
The Best: My Favorites from Art Display to Outdoor Grills
Why is Ironing So Satisfying?
Are You Embarrassed to Have People Over?
Isn’t Paint Just Paint?
I’ll Know It When I See It
The Nickel and the Dime
What Do You Do?
A Thoughtful Job Posting
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
Before Company Arrives, Review This Checklist
What I’ve Learned From Professional Photo Shoots
It’s Not All Smoke and Mirrors My first assumption was, when flipping through shelter and home magazines, that nothing was “real”. Objects were dropped in at will, computers applied the magic wand tool to anything that didn’t show well. Cords and switches were scratched out. Not the case, well, usually. Lights Out I often get […]
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 […]
I’m Also a Furniture Designer
I’m many things, apparently. Originally (and I mean teenager-originally), chef tendencies shaped my future. If you follow my blog, you can see that is apparent here and here. Then, I got sidetracked in developing software for financial services, but that was a prison of my own building, albeit for the money and the freedom it […]
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 […]
Here’s My Design Bucket List
Don’t Let Pets Discourage Your Decorating Dreams
Getting Your “Pillowscape” Right
No room is completely styled without an essential symphony of pillows. It’s a key opportunity to pull together all the colors and textures that the furnishings, curtains and wall color are built upon. Except it’s hard to get right and of course it brings out our inner OCD. The Basics Starting from scratch, I find that the perfect formula […]
Why Does Everything Take So Long?
We’re so impatient. Trust me, I’m the worst in that regard. Though ironically I’m perfectly suited for this job because I aim my shepherding powers directly at the vendors, service providers and manufacturers I work with on behalf of clients. There’s a reason everything takes so long and I’m going to tell you why, in painful detail. […]
Why You Can’t Get a Good Contractor (Hint: It’s not the Economy)
Off-The-Wall Fabric Applications for your Home: My Obsessions, Passions and Compulsions on this Topic
Just Bought a Fixer-Upper? Feeling Lost?
You haven’t redecorated in HOW many years??
Think it might be time to freshen things up a bit? Put less delicately, if you haven’t managed to toss to the curb your console television from 1977 or still clinging to your spider plant jungle, it could be time. I know, we all get stuck in a rut. If you’re even mildly a design enthusiast, you likely spend […]