Daylight Savings Time Life Savers

Daylight Savings Time Life Savers

Design

I have always loved Daylight Savings Time.  The idea of having one extra hour of light every day usually perks me up out of the winter doldrums and gets me ready for spring.  But this year, things are different.  We are a few days in, and I am...
Vanity Tables Do Double Duty

Vanity Tables Do Double Duty

Design

“Where can I put on my makeup?”  That’s one of the first questions I get when designing master bedrooms and baths.   Sometimes we can add some space to the vanity, sometimes it’ll go in the bedroom, and most of the time it has...
What’s Warm and Cozy and doesn’t have to be Brick?

What’s Warm and Cozy and doesn’t have to be Brick?

Design

Ahhh… Winter in New England.  We’ve seen temps go from -4 to 60 degrees in a span of just a few days.  It’s a bit of a ghost town on those cold days, with everyone hunkered down indoors.  What better way to cozy up than by a blazing...
Hosting an Impromptu Oscar Party

Hosting an Impromptu Oscar Party

Design

Just realize the Academy Awards are Sunday night?  Call a few of your friends and host an easy, fun, and festive Oscars party with these great ideas!  I can just see cosmos in those Hollywood glasses, can’t you?  Have fun and enjoy the Oscars!...
The Desk is Back and Better Than Ever!

The Desk is Back and Better Than Ever!

Design

Remember when every new kitchen had a built-in desk?  And every child’s room had one for homework?  Office desks were replaced with “computer tables” and “work stations”.  Once laptop computers became the common mode of...