Due to the mountainous topography of East Tennessee many homes are built with lower levels or basements. This is an easy and inexpensive way to gain extra square footage. However, many people are guilty of treating this part of the home as an afterthought. People...
Recently, we received a call from a woman and she said that she would like to talk to us about a new home that she had just purchased. She told us that it was about 8 years old and she had been looking a long time to...
The New Year has barely begun and we are fortunate to be scheduling appointments to see new clients for upcoming spring projects. And our New Year couldn’t start off any better than with being featured in the latest issue of Signature...
It’s hard to believe that summer is rapidly coming to an end. Labor Day is just 2 weeks away, and as soon as you come in from the lake, the cabin and the pool, you will begin . . . perhaps reluctantly . . ....
Today, I want to explain the term, eglomise (ā-glə-mē-zā). This is a French word meaning “gilded glass” where the back of a piece of glass is gilded with gold or silver leaf. While the technique can be found dating back to pre-Roman times, it gained...
So it is now less than 48 hours until Christmas. And if you are like many of us, there are still one or two gifts you still need for that someone who is “hard to buy for” or “who has everything”. Well if he or...
I made a whirlwind trip to High Point, NC last week to attend the International Furniture Market. Although I was barely there for 48 hours, I managed to cram in a lot of showroom visits and to check out what is coming down the pike...
So you have found this wonderful wallpaper that you love but perhaps its very bold and colorful and you are afraid to commit to a whole room. Or you love the pattern and color but it is expensive and you know your budget cannot handle...
In my last blog I mentioned that clients often get paralyzed by indecision when it comes to using pieces they have, because they worry about finding the “perfect” piece. There is no perfect piece – only a perfect piece if it means something to you...
Ikat (ē-ˌkät). This technique of dyeing yarn – and its resulting pattern – has been around for hundreds of years. But in the last few years, I am seeing a real resurgence of Ikat patterns both in fashion and home. Ikat comes from the Malaysian word...