Four Reasons to Hire an Interior Designer in a World of DIY

Four Reasons to Hire an Interior Designer in a World of DIY

So you have 37 Pinterest boards. You’ve saved enough interior design ideas to fill a 200 page book. But what does it look like to turn those daydreams into a reality during a real-life home improvement project? In an Internet world ruled by Pinterest and Houzz,...
Busy Bee

Busy Bee

It has been quite a week for me!  Last Friday afternoon we got these: Keys to our first house!  Since then there has been a lot of this: Of course, I couldn’t leave the walls white so I had to paint every single room before we moved the furniture...
Starting Fresh

Starting Fresh

I always enjoy beginning of January.  It’s a new year so many people are freshly motivated to achieve new goals.  The air is usually fresh and crisp and on a sunny day, it is nearly blinding since there are no leaves on the trees to filter the...
More Victorian

More Victorian

When deciding on paint colors for a house,  people usually end up sampling many colors to find the right ones.  I used the software from Dunn Edwards paints to “preview” the paint colors for the Victorian I am working on, as mentioned in the previous...
Color Change

Color Change

Today my work took me outside and to downtown Sacramento where many Victorian style houses can be found.  I was referred to this client for my eye for color by my painter, Dayne Beals of Infinity Paint and Restoration.  He has been spending much time prepping the job,...
Mythic Paint: Painting Green

Mythic Paint: Painting Green

When I was visiting the interiors store Scout in Oakland a while back, I noticed they featured Mythic Paint.  I wasn’t too familiar with it so I decided to look it up and pass my findings on to you. Most paint manufacturers like Dunn-Edwards are going green...