Sep 23, 2014 | Design Styles
“Contemporary” has become a popular word in the design world…what does it mean? We went through the “Tuscan” phase here in Arizona, and we grew to despise it. It spoke to overdone, overbearing, overly heavy design that had absolutely nothing to do with anything we’d...
Aug 26, 2014 | Design Styles
When you think of “antique furniture” and it just sounds like something old and dusty, think again! Growing up, most of us thought of antique furniture as something that belonged to our grandmother, and was probably brown and creaky. But nowadays, we...
Aug 13, 2014 | Design Styles, Design Tips
A couple of years ago, I gave a seminar at the Paradise Valley, Arizona Design Center on “White Kitchens” and the prevalence across the board in all design styles to lighten up kitchens and go with variations of white cabinetry and even white countertops. Now, 2...
Jun 6, 2014 | Design Styles
If you were to try to define “Your Style”, say someone asks you to describe your home…would you use words like Mediterranean, or Santa Barbara, or Mid Century Modern, or maybe you don’t know how to describe it by a particular design...
Dec 15, 2013 | Design Styles
Due to the abundance of hills and small mountains in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area, many of the most desirable homesites in our area are on the sides of hills. As anyone who has been to the beautiful Medieval towns of France, Italy and Greece has seen, hillside building...
Dec 15, 2013 | Design Styles
Adobe construction is one of the first building materials used by ancient human beings, and is a good building method in warm, dry climates such as the Southwestern portion of the United States. Variations of adobe built structures go back thousands of years, and...
