Spring Into Action!

As Mother Nature begins the rejuvenation of our landscape, it is time that we all consider the endless possibilities for our indoor living quarters. Throw back those dingy time worn drapes, and let the sunshine in!

The time has come to update your surroundings with a fabulous new color palette that will brighten your days and wow your guests. So much has happened in the designs studios while we were snowed in this winter and you will be elated by the fresh new choices at hand. If you want color, pattern and trendsetting style, you will be inspired like never before.

As with any new project, find your inspiration piece and then make a plan. Remember the order of priorities: 1. Fabric, 2. Paint, 3. Accessories.

I hope you will browse the many new selections from our "Bold Expressions" collection at MyDesignerFabric.com, and as always we are here to answer your questions and guide you to the room of your dreams.

I'm In Love With Blue Again!

I have missed the color Blue. It has been absent for quite sometime from our palettes, and we need it now more than ever. Periwinkle Blue, Royal Blue, Baby Blue, even Navy Blue, is poping up everywhere. Beautiful blues, when combined with white, is cool, calm and serene; something that we could all use a little more of.

When I help a client choose a color scheme I try to encourage them to consider the psychology of color. The affect that color has on your mood and lifestyle is the most important aspect of any design project and often the least considered.

Give blue and white a chance for your next project. I promise, it will be the room that you find yourself, and your family, gravitating towards for rest and relaxation.

Are You A "Right or Right Now" Client?

In the course of a design project you may be faced with a dilemma that is going to force you into making a choice. A choice to either delay the project or make a new selection. I call this the "Right or Right Now" decision. If the delay is based on a crucial element of the project, you have to decide what you are willing to sacrifice for the eventual outcome.

Many of the projects that I begin for clients are "event" projects. The client has put off purchasing draperies for the home they moved into three years ago because they just couldn't decide what they wanted to do. But now, they have agreed to host their best friends bridal shower in four weeks and it has to be done by then. As a Designer I love these life events, it spurs people into action! (And I work well under pressure) But, invariably, some element of our choices will be "backordered" until the week after the event.

Now, in most cases this is not a crisis because we can find a suitable substitute. But what if there isn't a better substitute? What if this is the best choice for the project. I have to ask my client "Do you want it right or right now?" Only they can make that decision because they have to live with the choice.

Design projects are expensive, time consuming, emotional, and aggravating. But they can also, more importantly, be fabulous and worth the effort if your willing to make the sacrifices needed for a beautiful result that you will enjoy for years to come.