Creative tips

I used to think pantry design was just about stacking cans. Turns out, the whole enterprise is way more layered than that—literally and metaphorically.

I used to think making window coverings required some kind of divine sewing gene I simply didn’t inherit. Turns out, Roman shades—those elegant

I used to think lighting a staged home was about cranking up every lamp and calling it a day. Turns out, professional real estate photography is more like

I used to think wood bead chandeliers were just another Pinterest fantasy—one of those projects that looks effortless in photos but turns into a tangled

I used to think Colonial design was just about eagle motifs and Windsor chairs until I walked into a 1780s farmhouse in Connecticut that had been meticulously restored.

I used to think cork was just that thing you pop out of wine bottles. Turns out, cork bark—harvested from Quercus suber trees mostly in Portugal and Spain

I spent last Saturday afternoon staring at a puddle of wet concrete in my driveway, wondering if I’d just ruined a perfectly good bag of Portland cement.

I used to think staging was just for selling houses, you know, that whole HGTV thing with the fluffy pillows and fake fruit bowls. Turns out—and I mean

I used to think home staging was just about throwing some throw pillows on a couch and calling it a day. Then I watched a friend—a real estate agent who’

I used to think staging beach houses was just about white slipcovers and nautical rope. Turns out, the psychology of vacation buyers operates on a completley