Entries Tagged as ‘interior decorating’

August 21, 2009

Inspired by silhouettes

Silhouettes are currently a hot trend in decorating. 
sil·hou·ette (sil′ə wet′)
noun

an outline, esp. a profile portrait, made either by cutting from black paper and fixing on a light background, or by drawing and then filling in with a solid color
any dark shape or figure seen against a light background

http://www.yourdictionary.com/silhouette
The traditional black and white contrast is a [...]

July 24, 2009

House Beautiful does a redesign

Redesign is hot!  Even House Beautiful magazine’s July 2009 issue includes a one-day redesign completed by New York designer, Jonathan Rosen.
This is the “before.”
The website offers a great slideshow of the redesign process as well as  Mr. Rosen’s top 10 tips for this particular redesign. 
http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/one-day-makeover
Drumroll, please…

The transformation is great and it took only one [...]

April 30, 2008

Ikea decorating

Don’t you love Ikea?  I was first introduced to it when an Ikea opened in Frisco, Texas (near Dallas) a couple of years ago.  I couldn’t wait to make my first trip.  Once I did, though, I was hooked!  If you don’t have an Ikea near you, you are sadly missing out.  I recently helped [...]

March 2, 2008

Organizing and Redesign

Welcome to my Stellar Spaces blog.  This is a blog about all things related to organizing and redesign.  
                                                
Let’s talk about organizing first.  Why would you need someone to help you organize?  Well, clutter happens over time.  It’s sort of like getting out of shape – it doesn’t happen in a day nor does [...]