Just when I started to think we would never be able to decide what to do to the master bathroom, we finally did it. We simply could not agree on what we wanted. He wanted light walls. I wanted dark. He wanted white subway tile. I wanted taupe. We would find a…
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This home got stuck in my brain :: Sara Costello
This home got stuck in my brain like a song stuck on a broken record. According to Google there are only four effective ways to remedy this problem: Listen to the song all the way through. Most stuck songs, or “earworms,” are actually parts of a song, such as a catchy chorus or even…
Bathroom Art Wall: What You won’t mind Looking Back At You
As a real estate agent, I spend a lot of my time advising my clients to simplify their decor and generally remove clutter. But once the place is yours? Bring it on, Donkey Kong. I remember Yiyoula (Greek for Great Grandmother) complaining that my mom had hung a family portrait in the bathroom….
To Live Between Darkness and Light
I found myself mesmerized by the play between darkness and light in the home of Tom Delavan. My clients often struggle with feeling like they need to choose one or the other, but I constantly encourage a balance between the two. Neither one can exist without the other and it is the harmony…
No, We Are Not In Europe: Modern Design Alpharetta
When I saw this first image, I genuinely thought our local Alpharetta magazine, Alpharetta Lifestyle, had jumped the shark (or the pond!) and headed for Denmark. It looks SO Scandinavian, but incredibly, it is the new office building for Fiserv, a financial technology service company. And it’s located in Alpharetta. Alpharetta is…