If I had to, scratch that, if I had the ultimate pleasure of hiring an interior designer, myself, I would put Jessica Helgerson at the top of a very short list. EVERY SINGLE THING she and her team does is …
January Your Way
Winter wonderland, folks, all Target-style. A new video is up and its all about being fresh, and yet cozy in the new year. The winter Threshold line is vintage-inspired, with quirky good accessories, and lots of happiness. These are just …
6 Things I Would Save From A Fire
For someone who has such an intimate relationship with ‘things’ I can be strangely cold about parting with them. I shop, collect, style, love, hug and then after a while (and after a couple shoots) I’m typically ready for something …
Design Mistake: Anything “Antiqued” or “Faux Old”
I used to say that I hated anything “fake” or “faux” – anything that was trying to fool you into thinking that it was real, when it wasn’t. This included water bras, cubic zirconium and female (or male) butt implants. …
My Biggest Design Regrets
Designing a house means making 100 MILLION decisions every day. A mistake can easily be made, but you admit it, weigh your options, choose one and move on. I’m writing a big post right now about who typically pays for …
Decluttering For The New Year
‘Clutter Foot’: the condition where you get into a car that has stuff in the foot area and you think you have enough room … until an hour goes by and you realize that you’re uncomfortable and that it has …
Shelter Reveal: The Nursery + Shop The Look
This room, this room is the one that really gets me. Not that the nursery is perfectly designed or because it’s going to blow your mind with its innovation, but this room means that there will be one less young, …
What I Bought Over The Break
I’m always curious what bloggers actually buy for themselves – not just for projects and not gifted from companies. So I figured you might be, too. Over the break I did some damage, but I felt I was in newborn …
Graphic Novel Antique Geek Chic
Welcome to the new series ‘Blast from Secrets Past’, or in other words ‘Emily revisits, rehashes, reposts and criticizes her own work from that makeover show’. Many of you may have not seen the show or read the blog 5 …
Exciting blog news for 2016
Welcome to 2016, folks. I’m back (big arm clap) and I feel GOOD. The last few months have been the most challenging of my life and it taught me something very important: I’m trying to make way too many appetizers …