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The Developing Plan for Union Pier in Charleston

Existing Plan of Union Pier

Last week I was lucky to attend a function that hummed with expectation. Looking around the make-shift lecture hall within the pier facility, I noted the collection of people to be well informed residents, realtors, hospitality business men, museum representatives, shipping union heads, neighboring local government officials, preservationists, environmentalists,  [...]

Out of the blue…

Have you ever wondered if any of the hard work of constructing a website will ever pay off? Well for me this little question begs for my attention now and then  with an increasing frequency lately.  Part of the pressure to answer that question comes from  internet marketers calling in and attempting to [...]

Happy New Year 2010!

I am very much looking forward to 2010. I must say I am very happy to see 2009 go. A year of change to turn into a year of new beginnings. I am looking forward to creative new products and design works that resonates with the new client or customer psyche. I [...]

The Christmas Holiday is Approaching Fast

Easy Centerpiece

Well, here we are, just  a day or two before the Christmas Eve.  And what an easy way to create an elegant centerpiece! A bag or two of cranberries, a dozen of green apples and a half a dozen red roses.  That should take some of the finishing stresses off the shoulders!

My last [...]

Turquoise

Here is an example of Turquoise trending into 2010

Color of the Year 2010

A Ramble about Current Trends

Kate in Ruling Class Blue

Clients insist on quick overall success rather than perfect accomplishment of (small) task; Use technology to support an alternative process selection; Neutrals animated by bright touched of color; Saving the environment, especially water; Light Therapy; Colors that enlarge spaces; Luminosity/clarity/white washed; Shapes with indispensable thickness (volume).
Fashion without constraint without [...]

An Explaination of Absence

Late May 2009, I had one of those family emergencies that changes daily life… for a very longtime. Since that discovery, I have been helping that elderly relative  regain her home by providing accessible space to assist in her rehabilitation and navigating various caregivers and the professional medical community. Without a doubt [...]

Appointment at Wren

Wren in Beaufort South Carolina

A week before the Spring Holiday, I had an appointment set up to meet the designer who put the St. Helena’s Tour together. Living in Charleston and having parents in Beaufort, I offered to meet her in her town and she suggested this lovely little restaurant called Wren. Little did [...]

Baths…Where from? And List of Bath Thingies.

Master Bath by Shannon Hall

The modern bath as we know it has roots in the Victorian Age with the introduction of indoor plumbing in the 1850’s. It was probably an existing room such as a small closet or bedroom adaptively reused with three components: the toilet, the basin and the bathtub. A [...]

The 53rd Annual Spring Tour of Homes: Plantations, Schools and Praise Houses

Dr. Melodie Martini as Docent at Tombee Plantation

This past weekend I did a short trip down to Beaufort for The Parish Church of  St. Helena Tour of Homes.  I was warned that it was to be more ‘historic’ rather than ‘decorated to the nines’ by someone involved in the project.   Personally, I was excited [...]