• Lighten Up

      I had a few inches chopped from my mane this week.  My hair usually reaches the middle of my back, so now that it’s skimming my collarbone, I feel lighter, brighter, better.  I’ve embraced all things cumbersome the last several years – heavy fabrics, chunky jewelry, pattern on pattern – and I think I’ve had enough.  I’m ready to streamline and elevate my fashions, my interiors, my entire sense of style.  The layering, the eccentric colors; I’ve loved it all.  But it may be time to move on … for now.                     Tricia xo       row one: Mathias Dahlgren, Aerin…

  • Branded

      There is one question I receive more than any other from prospective clients, writers, editors, vendors and the public-at-large.  “What’s Your Style?”  Simple enough I suppose.  After all, most designers and novice decorators have a catch phrase … “edited elegance”, “shabby chic”, “retro glam”, etcetera.  The funny thing is that despite having worked as an interior designer for fifteen years and having my own firm for five, I’ve never been able to provide a nice neat answer to that all-important question.  I guess I found it difficult to sum up all of my professional passions and aspirations into a few choice words.  And perhaps subconsciously I realized that I…