Your home has two wardrobes. One for living and, if you decide to sell it, another for listing. This home literally has the worst staging possible. It goes against even my own passion for “lived in staging”. My sellers struggle with this all. the. time. They want to live in their home…
Come on in, Ya’ll! Welcome to our Spiffer Upper!
So, here we are. Right in the middle, not in the city and not in the country, but in… the suburbs. Gulp. How did we end up in No Man’s Land? When we got back from Copenhagen we needed a place to land and to register our kids for school. The first…
Real Estate and Politics :: VOTE TODAY!
Real estate and politics don’t always intersect in conversation, but lately that has been an exception. The buzz around town has been that the luxury market always slows a bit around election time as buyers and sellers wait it out. While I can’t say whether it’s the election or not, I can definitely confirm that,…
The Suburban Reform :: We’re Moving In!
Life has a way of surprising you. It rarely goes according to plan. It has a way of sending you places you never imagined you would go… if you are willing to let it. Six months ago we gave up our brownstone style townhouse in the middle of bustling Copenhagen for suburbia. We’ve…
Get Your Dream Home Without Surgery
We all love a good transformation. It’s kind of hard not to. TV has literally bombarded us for more than a decade with shows filled with them. Been ugly all your life? No worries, we’ll fix that. Or maybe you just can’t seem to mix plaid and stripes the right way? There’s…
Keep Your $$ and Let’s Do A DIY Living Room
It really doesn’t matter whether you have lived in your house for a week, six months, or a lifetime. There are areas of our house that need help and sometimes we simply need to save a few bucks to get what we want. After the Christmas decorations came down and the realization…
Do You Love This New Home Shopping Trend?
Whether you are one that confesses to “not have the imagination” or you are a tactile person who loves to touch things before you buy them, this new home shopping trend may just be the solution. I’ve talked about Artilleriet before. It’s one of my favorite Swedish design shops in the world….
Forget The Kitchen… The Dining Room Office
“I don’t have a lot of normal days,” says design entrepreneur Christiane Lemieux, founder of Dwell Studio. Christine has recently launched her yet another line that is epic and gorgeous called Cloth and Company. And while I quickly added several items to my wish list, it is her dining room office that really…
The Apartment Shared Bedroom
When you cram a family into a small temporary apartment, having a shared bedroom is a necessity. We lucked out in two ways. First, our boys still like sharing a bedroom, so our teen girl got her own bedroom. Second, that the kids’ beds that were handmade in Morocco fit perfectly in the…
Is The Climbing House Garden A No-Go?
I was talking with a home inspector yesterday about a property and he said that the ivy growing up the side of the home needed to go… ASAP. I protested. But a Climbing House Garden is so European! It’s one of my favorite things about Europe, I practically squeaked. (I’m learning quickly that my…
My Dark Grey Home Office in Copenhagen
I really cannot believe that exactly six months ago we left our home in Copenhagen. The time has flown by and most days I’m too busy to even stop and think about our home, but today I want to give you a glimpse into my dark grey office. These photos are a little sample of…
Don’t Decorate In A Day. Design Slowly.
Rome Wasn’t Built in A Day. And Neither Should Your Home. Unless you happen to be one of the lucky few who has the budget to hire a decorator with a limitless budget, you are likely going to need to design slowly. A home takes time to procure but sometimes when we see shows…
