You’ve finally decided to remodel that 1970s kitchen. Out with the Avocado Green; out with the Harvest Gold tile. Wait! Those colors are back.
Presuming you have a design, licensed contractor and building permits; there are some things to consider before bringing in the wrecking crew.
Temporary Kitchen. Patios are ideal. Water and drain lines in [...]
So, you want to sell your home? The days when sellers could slap on a coat of paint and stick a FOR SAL E sign in their lawn are gone.
Here are some tips, to get them to say “I got to have it!”
Declutter! Your home will be more inviting.
Accessorize, less is more. Remove potentially offensive [...]
The Tuscan style with its warm sun-kissed palette is a one of the most colors popular kitchen trend today. Here are some tips to bring that Old World charm into your home.
Floors:
Tumbled stone, weathered tile, accented with painted tiles reminiscent of an Italian farm house
Cabinets:
Cozy aged woods
Storage nitches for an unstructured look
Hand-hammered
In recent years, the answer was to call a contractor to make it bigger. However today’s soft housing market and high-dollar home equity loans have tempered consumer spending.
Here’s how to maximize your home’s space without increasing its square footage.
If your refrigerator backs up to the garage or closet, many times it can be recessed so [...]
Even the most beautifully designed homes have a dirty little secret: a cluttered, dull and dreary bedroom.
Since the bedroom is a private space it’s generally the last to be designed: unfortunately with the smallest budget, often making it the houses’ stepchild to the beautiful abode.
Bedrooms should be tactile and sensual. We spend one third of [...]
Flowers are blooming, birds are chirping and paint is cracking. Yes! It’s spring time again. Here are some things you need to consider, before heading out to the paint store.
Color! You can wildly spin your color wheel on the interior, but not on the exterior.
Consider the neighborhood’s palette; do you need to comply?
Most paint companies [...]
Think color and light in the bathroom doesn’t matter? Think again!
Have you ever applied cosmetics, walked outside and said….EAK!! Blame it on your bathroom.
To make sure this doesn’t happen to you select color that complement color your skin tone. When creating custom interior color palettes, I place paint chips next to my client’s [...]
Congratulations! You are expecting a baby.
You have alerted your relatives and friends. Now you can just kick back and wait, right? Wrong!
You have several things to do prior to baby’s arrival, one of which is to “Feather The Nest” (design the nursery).
This room was designed for the NSO Showhouse by Bixler Studios
Tips:
Yellow [...]







