Our lives are full of thousands, millions, even billions of tiny micro moments that, when all put together, create our wonderful lives. Some of them are planned out to the very smallest detail, while others are brief bursts that leave as quickly as they came. When we opened the House of…
A Guest Bedroom Makeover You Will Want To Stay In
Guests are nice. Some even arrive with flowers and chocolates to thank you in advance for your hospitality, but in essence, guests, by sheer definition of the word itself, are meant to leave after a short stay. (Otherwise they turn into squatters and no one likes those.) But what if you could…
The Best Home Design Books You Can’t Live Without!
The Best Design Books You Can’t Live Without!
Let’s SAVE This Real Estate DEAL with less than $350!
Let’s Save This Real Estate Deal! With Less than $350!! Our homes are one of our biggest investments, so the last thing we want to do is cost ourselves money when we are ready to sell. When I wrote my dear friend, Amanda, about her current listing in North Highland, California, she…
A TUB for TWO!! Renovating Roxburgh!!
A TUB FOR TWO! Bring on the champagne and bubbles! With major demo done, we are well on our way to seeing Roxburgh come back together. Ignore the dust because this house is being built with a tub for two… or at least one. Bring on the champagne and bubbles!
Alice in Wonderland & the Return of Chintz
“Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland I just sent all three of my kids off to school for their first day and I can’t help but feel a little sad that they won’t be running around, playing some epic battle…
Introducing MY MOM & a peek at the House of Valentina Shop!
Without a doubt one of the top reasons we stayed in Atlanta was to be near family. Wait. Let me rephrase that. THE top reason we stayed in Atlanta was to be near family. My mom and I have daydreamed for years about working together in design and real estate and now…
Go Green, Without Even Hugging a Tree!
Go Green. As if trying to predict the future did not require enough nerve, now I’m downright stating that I was right. There. I said it. I was right. No sooner do I start to shout out that green is coming and then it starts popping up everywhere. Was it already there…
The Best Way To Predict Your Future…
The Best Way to Predict Your Future is to Create It. Abe Lincoln If you want to nearly guarantee your success, both in life and a project, you need to start with a proper plan. I’m a super visual person, so I need a mood board. Some pretty big stuff has been brewing…
Renovating Roswell : WE CAN’T GET IN!
Week one and the entire house is SEALED UP. I thought I was going to take the kids over to give them a tour, but as it turns out, every inch of the house needed to be sealed with plastic in order to scrape down the popcorn ceiling. While I tried to…
Dear Valentina! I Need A Budget Friendly Kitchen Makeover. STAT.
Laura wrote me with several design questions. She wants to do a Budget Friendly Kitchen Makeover that doesn’t involve any major renovations. Here are her questions and photos she submitted: “I’m working on my kitchen. I put in a new backsplash. The cabinets are solid wood so I’m painting and upgrading knobs on cabinets….
Everything is Free! The Best Place to Shop Is Your Own House. Get The cart!
The Best Place To Shop Is Your Own House It’s not that I’m against trends. In fact, I love them and follow them and find them fascinating. But sometimes trends annoy me. Most trends require us to throw most of what we own in the trash or in a giveaway bin. I…
