Just back from spring break and feeling the blues? It always amazes me how getting the taste of spring or summer and returning home where there is still some snow on the ground can suddenly spoil ...
I call February the “love is in the air” month! With the approach of Valentine’s Day, our computer is bombarded with adds, promotions, stories, and more, all about love… ...
While everyone has new year’s resolutions, I like to start January reflecting on the Pantone color of that year and on how to incorporate it in my interiors. For those who don’t ...
The inevitable is here… time to turn on the heat! It is also when you wish you could have radiant heat rather than dealing with these ugly noisy radiators! However, if you embrace the ...
We just had our first snow! While every year it comes too soon and we still have the fall fire colors in our minds, I cannot help thinking of Robert Frost’s poem Fire and Ice. However, ...
After moving to New England, I developed a special affection for October! Not only is the nature beautiful, but the houses dressed up for Halloween fascinate me. The decorations are so inventive! ...
Some things are set in stone: ideas, traditions, but also those little things around the house that have always been somewhere and will always remain there. If they are set in stone, why not have ...
In the design world, everyone knows that August means “I am at the beach, come back in September.” It is indeed the time when all the factories in Europe are closed for the month, and ...
Why are dinner parties always so overwhelming? We first struggle to find a date on the calendar, and we then agonize over the menu, and the wine, and the flowers, and the RSVPs etc… In my ...
I love this time of the year when nature starts to emerge and come to life. After so many months of being “locked” inside the house, all we want now is to be outside! This is when we ...