• Tip deLuxe

    DIVERSIFY YOUR HUE It's a common pitfall.  You want a blue (or green or yellow or red) room and you think the answer is paint.   But alas, a room is not built on paint alone.  A room with one color is like a song with one note – flat.  It takes layers of colors, textures, fabrics and finishes to really make a room "sing".  The dining room below from Bunny Williams is a beautiful example.  The star of this room is a dramatic cerulean blue, but it's the supporting shades of green, yellow, gold and cream that make it pop.  Moreover, the designer chose checked slipcovers, a large 18th…

  • Mirror Mirror on the Wall

    “… Who's the fairest of them all?” Snow White’s nasty stepmother definitely didn’t get the answer she wanted when she asked this question. Maybe instead of looking for validation from a piece of glass, she should have consulted an interior designer. In my decorator’s bag of tricks, mirror is often my go-to solution.  It can make a space look bigger, improve lighting and reflect the best assets of a room.  It can even make the person looking into it appear to have a smoother, rosier complexion.  Too bad the evil Queen didn’t have my number  ; )         A living room by Bunny Williams. Mirror has been inserted…