If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let's have ourselves a little daydream... If there is a noble goal in all the land it's surely to keep ones kitchen counters as clear as first-world-humanly possible. Depositing the produce elsewhere is easy enough; ridding the miscellaneous piles of clutter that have a propensity to accumulate on kitchen counters harder for some, but altogether a non-negotiable ...

Maybe a fashion stylist would tell you differently, or a saleswoman in Bloomingdale's china department, but if you're asking me, I'll tell you: I don't give a hoot about splitting up sets and I don't think you should, either. So often when I'm sorting through things with clients we'll come across items that belong to a set--pajamas, dishes, knives, bedding, luggage, the list of stuff sold in groupings goes on. Inevitably my clients are all, ...

If there is one shopping crime of which we've all been guilty it must surely be entering a store without clarity about what we intend to purchase. When shopping is an aimless activity, when it is used therapeutically, or as a way to pass the time, it is risky at best and disastrous at worst. The "I'll just go have a look around" mentality nearly always results in impulsive and often unnecessary purchases. In my ...

Society ingrains within us the belief that identifying solutions for our problems is an arduous task. We are taught that to uncover the answers will take a great deal of time and effort. As a result, we often stay stuck in the mire of our problems far longer than we need to, almost obsessed with our struggle, glorifying the hopelessness of it all. We actually go so far as to dismiss the obvious solutions, falsely ...

Happy Friday peaches. Today on the docket we've got the work of Atlanta design firm, Westbrook Interiors. Who's Westbrook, you're wondering? I thought you might ask... Oh, there's Barbara Westbrook, herself, seated in her studio and looking like the absolute hybrid of darling and elegant. But, let's get a wee better look at that studio, shall we? Oh, right, it's completely unbridled glory is what it is. The baskets with the labels, with the built-ins, with ...