Oct 31, 2015 | Design Styles
Gray in the desert… Suddenly (in the past few years, actually) we all seem to find we love gray. Here in Arizona, beige/brown used to be our go-to neutrals. (We don’t even use natural gray concrete here for our community sidewalks, which have always been...
Aug 25, 2015 | Design Styles
Happening Now in New York City Looking at the magnificent designs of One and Two World Trade Center buildings, we are reminded that architecture has always been a public expression of current social and cultural trends and values. Sometimes that trend looks back to a...
Apr 5, 2015 | Design Styles
Design “trends” in the Western World hundreds of years ago tended to follow the style of a particular ruling monarch in a European country, such as the Kings George, or a furniture maker such as Chippendale. Trends then lasted many years, and became part of...
Dec 16, 2014 | Design Styles, Design Tips
Throughout the holiday season, nothing feels more cozy than snuggling up next to a warm fireplace on a cold winter’s night. Even in the desert of Arizona, a lit fireplace can warm up a room in more ways than one. In my last post, I discussed some of my best tips...
Nov 26, 2014 | Design Styles
With the holidays looming and panicky thoughts of the decorating that needs to be done (along with the shopping and cooking and baking and entertaining), I’ve been giving some thought to how to decorate a home and not have it conflict with the design style you...
Nov 5, 2014 | Design Styles
When I first arrived in Arizona as a designer from Colorado in 1989, I found that many of my custom home clientele were from out of state, usually the Midwest or New York. They tended to be successful entrepreneurs or corporate moguls who had recently reached the...
