Just in case any of us were starting to wonder about the effect of beautifully sophisticated, timeless spaces, rooms peppered with brass accents and the occasional injection of color, Taylor Anne Interiors is on the scene to assuage all doubts. Well, she's down in Santa Barbara, but you catch my drift. The classic and lovely designs are laid-back-luxe at times, and high class, pared back at others. And though it was Taylor Anne's serving up ...

It's no accident that coat hooks and kindergarten are synonymous; the necessity of outer garments begins at birth, and even humans with somewhat newly developed fine motor skills can operate a hook and a hood or collar successfully. And just as a kindergarten class would turn into a cluster faster than you can say "tie my shoes" were it to be sans coat hooks, so, too, does a home without a properly appointed place to ...

Last week, we talked about three major things to avoid doing at all costs while in the process of editing your belongings. Hopefully, the angling of the post was effective in a similar way that What Not To Wear was (sans Stacy London's signature grey patch). By identifying and outlining the worst editing practices, my hope is, of course, to inspire you to adopt better, SIMPLER ones. So, here are three more things NOT to ...