TMI on Design

Recently I was asked to be a judge, alongside Michael Payne (of HGTV’s Designing For The Sexes) for a the design event “Serving Up Style” here in Portland.  In this competition designers are given a blank space to convert into dining room. It is annually...

These days, mirrors can be found throughout most every home in the world, but they were not always as accessible to the masses. Mirrors date back as to the ancient Greeks and Romans. These first mirrors were simply highly polished disk of bronze, silver...

Since the beginning of time, humans have collected things of interest to them. Many of these collectibles such as precious stones and metals later were used for trade. As far back as the Renaissance (14th to 17th century), there have been documented...

After recently finding out that four of my readers are pregnant, I started thinking about some nursery ideas. Although no one quite knows when the first nursery was designed, as with most design, it was most likely commissioned for royalty. In addition...