One of the biggest challenges of furnishing a room for a showhouse is finding enough furniture and accessories to fill the space. For designers like Susan and I, who don’t have a store or showroom, we “depend on the kindness of strangers”. (Don’t you just love Blanche’s line in Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire?) World Market … [Read more...]
Staging Your Home For Sale
The housing market crisis has dominated the news for months. Hopefully spring and summer will bring a turn around and those who want to sell will find buyers and those who want to buy will get financing. In the mean time, there are several things you can do to get your house ready for the market. Even if you don't have plans to sell, these … [Read more...]
Working on Breast Cancer Showhouse
Designers and painters have started work on the Breast Cancer Show House this week. We aren’t painting our room, but Sue and I are busy making pillows and a bedspread and more pillows and more pillows! It will be quite the comfy, cozy haven when we are finished. Interior design is … [Read more...]
Moving into Showhouse
We started moving furniture to our room at the Breast Cancer Showhouse. Sara Pudlosky, an interior design student at Mount Mary College and her husband David were gracious enough to offer their assistance. Susan and I appreciated the extra hands hauling awkward furniture up to the third floor and taking the door down to the … [Read more...]
Focus on the Egg Chair
We hear a lot about Modern Furniture and Modern Design. Most people confuse Modern with Contemporary. The term Modern is reserved for mid 20th century design the classic work of American, Scandinavian, German, and other celebrated designers and architects. Contemporary furniture and design is the current style or trend that is being manufactured or … [Read more...]
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