What’s your favorite color? It’s a common enough question, and one most people are accustomed to answering. Blue, one might say automatically. Or pink. Some of us like the soothing energy of… More

Pink. In small quantities (say a shirt, a throw pillow, a lipstick) is an easy color to love. In larger quantities (a pre-teen girl’s bedroom, a Hello Kitty store, Miami) it tends to feel over-the-top.… More

When looking to introduce a bit of whimsy into décor, rugs aren’t necessarily the first place you’d look. But I was reminded of how much fun you can have with your floor when I saw the latest… More

Many warn that painting a wood floor is not an entirely practical choice -- the restoration, should you change their mind a year from now (it happens), can be difficult, and cause some serious damage if… More

This week work and real life have intersected, once again. My husband just repainted our exterior trim and all of the exterior doors. It was a long time coming, I’ll tell you. Our house was built… More

Here's a shout out to our favorite room in the house: The kitchen. And the reason that yellow kitchen is so appealing? Color affects our mood. Yellow = happy. But what about green? Orange? How do we react… More