My sweet tooth is relentless! It is a never-satisfied, always wanting just one more “little” (translation: HUGE) bite of the most decadent concoction I can find. Though sweets don’t last long enough for a lengthy display in our home, I still love to walk into a kitchen where a sumptuous dessert is beckoning my taste [...]
“Designers are only as good as their resources”. It is an age old quote I have heard throughout my life. My Grandmother said it about her Dallas decorator, my Mother said it about her West Texas male designer, and I have heard this factoid at cocktail parties from Miami to Madrid.
So, it comes as no [...]
What I love right now is how the butterfly is being presented as chic and sophisticated.
A swarm of black butterflies cut from soda cans look as if they are flying out of a hole in the wall above the upholstered headboard. Seen in March 2010 Traditional Home Magazine
Large butterfly painting mounted on a black wall [...]
Roy Braswell, 4th in a series
I have always referred to Roy Braswell as “boy genius”. Because the years have just gone by too quickly, and I have no time to sort out dates, I cannot put the year on paper when I began working with Roy on his magnificent architectural designs, but we did begin [...]
(Part one of two)
There has been a decorative invasion at The Broadway and BDG is the guilty party. We were asked to design two of The Broadway’s model units to give prospective condo owners a better idea of how their space can be used. To showcase the dramatic transformation of going from an empty box [...]
Because I took a spur of the moment trip to Santa Fe last week and need to share the spirit of one of America’s favorite locations for a “get away”.
We were thrilled to be able to fly right into Santa Fe on American Airlines, rather than the rental car ordeal and trek from Albuquerque. The [...]
Sometimes you can run across that diamond in the rough while rummaging through the local garage and/ or estate sales. I never start the day expecting to find that fabulous jewel, but when I do it turns out to be a real gem. Below are two pieces that were rescued and revamped to create spectacular [...]
