Category Archives: Lighitng
101 Designer Secrets — #60, #65 and #70-71
The May issue of House Beautiful magazine has a 4 page spread of 101 Designer Secrets. We read them and decided to share along with some commentary. Not all 101 will be shared, but you can click on the link above to … Continue reading
101 Designer Secrets — #19, #21 and #22
101 Designer Secrets–#19, #20 and #22 The May issue of House Beautiful magazine has a 4 page spread of 101 Designer Secrets. We read them and decided to share along with some commentary. Not all 101 will be shared, but you can … Continue reading
Filed under Bathroom Remodel, Design Elements, Design Plan, Interior Design, Lighitng, Redesign, Residential design
Dining Room Decor
Putting a dining room together is one of the most important steps when completing the layout of your home. After all, this is one of the most important rooms in your home! You will have romantic candlelit dinners and festive family get-togethers, tasty meals and perhaps even family game night all around your dining room table. Even though we are just through the holiday season of entertaining, having a functional and beautiful dining room is always important. Continue reading
Filed under Design Elements, Dining room, Interior Design, Lighitng, Redesign, Residential design
Mirror Mirror on the Wall
Ask an interior designer about how to best use mirrors in your room designs and you are sure to get a lot of different responses. S Interior Design always tries to use mirrors when they can reflect a beautiful accessory … Continue reading
Optimizing Natural Light In Your Home
When I got asked if I would enjoy a guest blog post on the subject of Natural Light I immediately said YES! I am a firm believer in the power of light and how it impacts how a room looks and feels, and often say to my clients that we need to leverage natural lighting in our design work together. Of course living and working in perpetually sunny Arizona brings great options to work with natural light. So assess your home and see where you can install a Solar Tube or get rid of heavy window coverings and let in some of nature’s bounty—LIGHT. Continue reading
Filed under Artwork, Bedroom Design, Colorization, Design Elements, Dining room, DIY, Interior Design, Lighitng
Easy Bathroom Decorating Ideas
After the kitchen, the bathroom is the room you use the most every day. It’s where you get ready in the morning before you dash off to work and where you take a few minutes to relax in the evening while soaking in a hot bath or a shower. If you’re thinking of giving your bathroom a much needed makeover, here are a few trendy tips you might want to take into consideration. Continue reading
Sunlit Interiors
I always say there is no better light source than natural light and always strive to leverage it in my designs. Here in perpetually sunny Arizona, we are fortunate to have a lot of sunny days to enjoy. When Arcadian Lighting offered to write a guest post on this subject for our blog, I was very pleased. Here it is, enjoy the fabulous visuals. Continue reading
Filed under Design Elements, Interior Design, Lighitng, Redesign, Renovation, Residential design, Space Planning
Design 101- Some Interior Design Basics
Design 101: The elements of design are: space, shape, form, mass, line, texture, pattern, light and color. What do you think the most important element is? The answer might be surprising. The most important design element is LIGHT Natural sunlight … Continue reading
