Addicted to Beauty

Addicted to Beauty

I am a bit old school in so many ways even though I am constantly pushing myself to stay technology savy.  I prefer a catalog to the internet while researching products for clients.  I delight in a handwritten note over an email.  I always look to pen and paper first...
Fabulous Finds

Fabulous Finds

Anyone that knows me well knows that I love jewelry.  Scouring flea markets, antique malls, estate sales, and the occasional thrift store has been a favorite past time for me for many years.  It is not uncommon for me to go off track in the antique shop looking over...
Counting to Fifty Two

Counting to Fifty Two

While out and about over the holidays I stumbled upon a small shop where I  discovered a new book.  It was actually a journal that the owner was particularly excited, and was written by a local Seattle author and fashion entrepreneur, Moorea Seal.  I guess a girl that...
Seeking Beauty

Seeking Beauty

I was so inspired by the documentary, Iris, that a friend of mine recommended  I watch the documentary, “Bill Cunningham New York”. Not only was I inspired, but I was fascinated.  Bill Cunningham is a legend.  This New York City photographer rides his...
Burgundy Rebound

Burgundy Rebound

It’s back!  That color I never loved as a kid in the eighties that was casting on everything everywhere in the interiors world, burgundy!  I remember how every dining room, every library, every office seemed to have burgundy walls and of course, accented with...
Mentoring More

Mentoring More

This past week I had the privilege be one of three designers reviewing the portfolios of some local interior design students.  This was their “Student Career Day” in which the students share their portfolios, talk to professionals, and tour the Seattle...