Tis the eve of my birthday and twas a glorious weekend full of all things delightfully Spring!

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Just back from a wonderful weekend with my Mother, sister (happy Birthday Tine!) and wonderful sister-in-law to celebrate birthdays and have some together time. So yes, life has been good and I’ve been doing some awesome exploring this year with family and friends. If you ever get a chance to visit Doylestown or New Hope, PA, I highly recommend it – wonderful for a romantic weekend or girlfriend get-away. My highlights of the trip were the visit to Fonthill, Anthropologist Henry Mercer’s eclectic Victorian era home (cement and tile abound), and our Sunday visit to New Hope where we explored some fun boutiques, I scored some awesome Spring clothes, and we had a patio lunch at the  The Landing restaurant. We couldn’t have requested a more beautiful day to sit in the sun.

So on to the design part…

Online design magazines have hit their stride, just in time for all of you iPad users. Read the full article

Did ya know your property doesn’t have to be in Arlington to work with me?

My friend who is also a client hooked me up with one of his family members in Chicago and now I’m working on interiors in their large home room-by-room. Ah, the Internet! So, if your Martha’s beach house needs some designing…let’s chat!

On to the space — it’s large, traditional and pretty formal with a large fireplace, columns at the entrance, and it’s the first room you see when you come in the front door so it’s got to be tres chic! Read the full article

Everyone needs one of these… I’m just back. It was a “design field trip, need some sun, time to get inspired, see as much as I can” trip to Miami. Thanks to my darling hubby and his work for making this happen! I had never been – and let me just say -  beyond my expectations for sunshine, architecture and design. Here are some photo highlights. I could do this every January… Read the full article

Welcome to my new blog! I’ll be sharing design tips and inspiration for creating warm, wonderful homes for you and your family.  I’ll also share local home-related events, design education and style and design items I love.

Please participate by reading, sharing and commenting. Let me know what subjects interest you and definitely send in your design questions and I’ll do my best to answer them (really!).
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