Contemplative Interiors: Spare & Nature-Informed Beauty
Last summer we explored an inspiring book featuring soulfully spare, contemplative interiors by Michael Del Piero. What’s the significance of this contemplative quality? For me,…
Hello Lovely’s Family Room (Prescription for Beige-y Furniture? MORE …
The prescription is unapologetically, authentically effective and true on planet Michele! I know, I know! Mostly colorless rooms with low-to-no contrast ’round here. Boring as…
Country French Dining Room: Understated Beauty by Joanna & Chip
A blast from the past that never truly will fall from favor with its timeless appeal. This country French dining room by Chip and Joanna…
Parisienne-Style Villa in Pacific Heights
With AI images everywhere online, I often get push back from FB followers insisting an interior I post is not real when it truly is.…
Where Can I Find a Great White Sofa?
If you are in the market for a white sofa for the living room, great room, or den, I have options! White upholstery is not…
When Rooms Feels Especially Celestial & Ethereal
86,000 followers on my Facebook page, and 80,000 of them are likely turned off by pale neutral rooms. That makes it tricky to share the…
Modern Country French Kitchen With White Oak
Such a lovely renovated modern country French kitchen with understated, unfussy charm imagined by Joanna Gaines! We’ll peek at the design details and adjacent sunroom…
Coastal Great Room in a Dream Cottage (Paint Colors Too!)
Whenever I daydream about finishing our walk-out basement, I inevitably wind up stuck since the possibilities are wide open. Would we go in a summery…
Provence Poiriers: French Country Paradise Now!
By now, every Francophile on social media has surely admired this breathtakingly restored 18th Century Provence property Le Mas des Poiriers. It has been photographed…
For the Love of Belgian, European Grainsack, & Turkish Linens
In the spirit of timeless and tranquil design, find resources for a few favorite textiles around the house. Belgian Linen, European Grainsack & Turkish Linens…
Classic Paint Color Palette for Cottage Bedrooms
Sizzling hot days, summer vacation, and afternoons stretching long and balmy seem like conditions just right for crisp white and blue. Not-too-spacious cottage bedrooms with…
Paint it Quiet: BEDROOM PAINT COLORS to Consider
Have you heard rumblings of “color blandness” or “sad beige?” Such chatter has cluttered my social feeds, and I have to giggle. Is there anything…
