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Best of March 2013: Color, Furniture Care, Babies & More
It's hard to believe March is nearly behind us. That's one-quarter of the year! Where did it go? On this blog, the month of March was devoted to color and texture in interior design, how to care for antique furniture, and revisiting clients. Let's revisit some of our favorite posts from the past month. Feeling a bit of spring fever...
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Baby Makes 8! Plus Using Antique Furniture in a Child's Bedroom
Baby Bella makes...eight! Our clients Bruce and Julie pose in front of their new antique French Brittany buffet with Bruce Junior and Bella Lynn. When we last visited Bruce and Julie of Whitmire, SC, they had just purchased an antique French Brittany armoire from us to use in their master bedroom. When we visited them again a couple of...
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Color Your Kitchen with Cookbooks
Designed as an armoire, this antique French Brittany bookcase can liven up your kitchen decor when you line the shelves with colorful cookbooks, blue Delft ware, and other collectibles. We've been spending the month of March looking at ways to use color creatively in your decor. Today, let's liven up your kitchen by lining the shelves of your antique...
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A Successful Design Scheme
We've been talking about color during this month of shamrocks. So far, we've looked at decorating with houseplants, adding color to your decor with accessories, and how to add warmth and mood to your rooms with natural wood elements. In today's client spotlight, we look at color from a different perspective: How you can use neutral accents to complement strong...
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Add Warmth and Mood to Your Interior Design with Wood
Bamburgh Castle exhibits a classic, dark-paneled treatment common to English estates of the day. The dark wood finish confers a real warmth to the room, which is heightened by the red leather sofas. You may not have the privilege of living in a magnificent castle, a la Downton Abbey, but you can create many home decor effects -- from...
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Home Decorating: Bring the Green Indoors
It's March. Can you believe it? The year rolls along like a bullet train, doesn't it? March is the month of green. It's the month of St. Patrick's Day, and the month gardeners start to get serious cabin fever. Depending on where you live, bulbs may be sending tender green shoots up through the snow, or your grassy carpets of...
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Color in Your Interior Design
In thinking about interior design colors for the 1920s bungalow we're restoring, I came across this great article at Freshome Design & Architecture: Room Color and How it Affects Your Mood. And then, in a moment of serendipity, an email newsletter from Traditional Home magazine landed in my inbox. The newsletter contains three links to slideshows: Beautiful Rooms Decorated in...
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2013 Trends: Antique Furniture Comes Back
I know many of you don't decorate based on trends. You buy antique furniture because you love its look and appreciate its high quality and value. Still, I was excited to see antique furniture made the list of House Beautiful's "10 Home Decorating Trends that will be Hot in 2013." And it made me want to look into other 2013...
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Whitmire, SC
Julie and Bruce V. of nearby Whitmire, SC, love color and aren't afraid to show it in their wonderful, old historic home. They recently purchased two pieces, a large 1890 Louis XV oak buffet for their dining room and a highly carved antique Brittany armoire for their master bedroom. Let's look at how Julie and Bruce skilfully combine fine antiques...
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Things We Love Right Now - November 2012
As summer slinks out the backdoor, autumn enters boldly through the front and redecorates nature's home in hues of red and gold -- with a blanket of white in some places! The crisp breezes of fall make us wistful for warm summer nights, but they also portend the festive season to come. And that season begins in a few short...
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