Ask the Designer - How Not to Decorate

When it comes to decorating your home, we all slip up at times. To avoid making some of the most common faux pas, check out these important tips

Choosing Furniture for Office or Home - The Right Way

An all too common mistake made by anyone, including women when purchasing expensive furniture is the discovery that the proportion of the furniture doesn’t work in the space for which it was purchased. This happens at home, as it happens in the place of business - and women in business are no exception to this mistake. When this happens to one of my clients, I get the call to come and “fix” the problem.

Creating Great Rooms

What I love most about interior design is getting to know my clients so that I can do the best job possible in developing a decorating plan that works for each individual.

Discover the Decorator in You

The trend in decorating today has an eco aspect that is as important to the environment as it is to a well balanced, beautifully decorated room.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Building for Annapolis Family in Need

Homestaging Tips That Work

The home buying market is more sophisticated and better informed today than ever before. Buyers need to be impressed from the moment they drive up to a property. Home Staging will give you the competitive edge needed to sell your home quickly and for top dollar.

How to Hire a Contractor

I’m not shy. I have no problem drilling the people I’m thinking of hiring to do work for me – whether they are fixing my computer or teaching my kid Russian (and I may not have gone far enough there because my kid does not, in fact, speak Russian).

Moving Tips - Move Prep 101

Preparing for your move is the key to a successful move. It is never too early to start the downsizing process – even before the packing begins. It is an opportunity to not only organize, but eliminate items you no longer need so there will be fewer items to move. In other words – lighten your load!

Spring Cleaning Your Appliances

About this time every year you start your spring cleaning or at least think about it. You might be cleaning out your closet weeding out the winter clothes and bringing in the Summer or if you are like me you have had the urge to get the kitchen cleaned.

Stay Organized at Home and at the Office

Being organized is a fundamental skill necessary to be successful at work and at home. In my almost 10 years of helping women get and stay organized, I have found that there are two core strategies at the heart of every organized home.