Please Come In! Design Tips from My Own Home Makeover
For more than 3 decades, I’ve had a career doing what I love – creating beautiful, functional spaces in my clients’ homes. I am often asked, “What would you choose for yourself if you were designing for your own home?” Today’s blog answers that question!…
Design Tips for Work-from-Home Office Spaces
Outside the Swatch: Design Tips for Styling a Sofa or Sectional
Be Our Guest! Design Tips for Dining Room and Kitchen Seating
Transforming Kansas City Basements Into Luxury Lower Level Living
A Design Connection, Inc. Featured Project Basements. The dark and dank cellars of our previous generations are, thankfully, a thing of the past. The space in our homes that used to be inhabited only by creepy crawlies, jars of Aunt Mable’s homemade preserves and in…
Everything Comes Back in Style
Isn’t it fascinating how everything comes back in style? Maybe it’s the nostalgia of times past or maybe it’s a phenomenon motivated by profit… new generations, new customers. Whatever the reason, truth is that in fashion and design, styles are constantly being reinvented, revived, reinterpreted,…
High Point Fall 2012 Home Fashions Interior Design Trends
Arlene just returned from High Point Market, an internationally esteemed Furnishing Industry Trade Show where manufacturers launch their fall furniture lines. This is the place to be to stay up to date on the latest trends in furniture. I find inspiration for current design projects,…
The Wonderful World of Furniture
Furniture is defined as household equipment designed for a specific purpose. Scaled to the human body and used to make a home suitable for tasks and comfortable for living. What a functional definition! A professional interior designer elevates furniture from the functional to the beautiful….
Fall Fashion Trends – From Your Closet To Your Living Room
It isn’t hard to notice that Kansas City has cooled down and Fall is upon us. Chilly mornings and nights means it’s time to pull out the boots and wrap your neck up with those scarves that have been patiently waiting at the back of…
Ode to Ottomans
Traditionally ottomans are associated with chairs, as a place to rest your feet. But they can be so much more than that! They can be the finishing touch to make a bedroom sitting nook very, very elegant.