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Interior design, one room at a time.
Paint colors, furniture reviews, home tours, DIYs and seasonal decorating — from a designer who's spent years making the same decisions you're making now.
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Paint colors
Tested in daylight, lamplight, and north-facing rooms — with the ones I'd use again.
7 posts →Design inspiration
Room-by-room ideas you can actually pull off — paint, furniture, layouts, and the small decisions.
28 posts →Home tours
Full house tours and room reveals from four houses I've designed and lived in.
7 posts →Renovations
Before and afters, budget decisions, and what I'd do differently next time.
7 posts →Seasonal
Christmas, fall, spring refreshes — decorating for the season without buying bins of new stuff.
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Furniture, rugs, lighting, and small finds I've bought, used, and would buy again.
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A room that finally came together. A paint color worth saving. Something I'd buy again. Something I wouldn't.