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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Here is an example of Turquoise trending into 2010
Color of the Year 2010
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]