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...
Oct 23, 2014 | Design Styles, Design Tips
As architects and interior designers, we are regularly called upon to define a style. We have fun making up “titles” to describe what might be an unlikely combination of design elements and historic periods that somehow work together and beg to be described. ...
Oct 14, 2014 | Design Styles
We are all aware of the incredible pace at which technology is evolving; it probably brings to mind the ever-changing world of cellphones and computerized products. But in the interior design world, rapid developments in technology are creating a surge of new...
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...
