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Interior Design Ideas to Set The Dining Table

Barbara L. posted an article on - Sep 26, 2009, 6:51 pm
I’ve been AWOL for the last several weeks, with house guests and dinner parties trumping my time.  These were not paper plate dinner parties, but rather, they  required me to roll out a doze...
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Getting "A" Quality Service from the SubContractor

Barbara L. posted an article on - Sep 9, 2009, 11:03 pm
…when you’re their B quality customer.   I know my place on the hierarchy of interior construction returned calls.  I’m after the general contractors and before the homeowners.  ...
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Interior Design Ideas for The Beach House

Barbara L. posted an article on - Sep 5, 2009, 3:43 pm
The kids are back at school and Labor Day is late, so I’m still trying to squeeze more summer out of the calendar.  Here are my favorite beach house photos to close out the season.  Happy and ...
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The Woodworker's Art

Barbara L. posted an article on - Aug 28, 2009, 4:08 pm
The more mass produced our homes, furnishings, electronics and wardrobes become, the greater the appeal of hand crafted products as a tie to our natural world.  Just as the Art Nouveau movement follo...
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Ideas for Incorporating a Roof Window in Interior Design

Barbara L. posted an article on - Aug 25, 2009, 5:13 pm
One of the coolest features of my California house is a skylight positioned over my shower.    Abundant sunlight fills the shower stall all day, and it could only have been possibly improved  with...
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3 Common Interior Design Dilemmas Solved, Part 3 of 3

Barbara L. posted an article on - Aug 10, 2009, 1:12 am
Problem 3.  You blew your wad on a fabulous piece and now you still have to furnish the rest of the room, apartment, house-you fill in the blank. Ahh, I’ve been there!  When showrooms put the...
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3 Common Interior Design Dilemmas Solved

Barbara L. posted an article on - Aug 6, 2009, 6:36 pm
You may be guilty of all three but hopefully this discussion will help you find a fix.  To keep this post a manageable length I’ll roll them out one at a time, over a couple of days…. Pr...
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Beat the Heat With These Cool Furnishing Ideas

Barbara L. posted an article on - Aug 2, 2009, 11:26 pm
When the temperatures hit triple digits the last thing I want to do is to peel shorts-clad legs off of leather or vinyl furniture.  So my out door chairs have always had no cushions, or, machine wash...
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Getting the Proportion Right in Interior Design

Barbara L. posted an article on - Jul 20, 2009, 7:28 pm
The Golden Section shown in architecture, milan.milanovic.org When we interior designers “shop” for specific pieces to furnish a room we usually start with one item which sets the tone.Â...
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Design Ideas for your Headboard Wall

Barbara L. posted an article on - Jul 16, 2009, 7:36 pm
Designers Patrick Wade & David DeMattei, House Beautiful No matter what size your bedroom and what style of bed, the focal point of most bedrooms is the bed, it’s linens and the wall behind it....
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