GARDE is one of those shops that makes you feel the need to go home and instantly purge 90% of your current furnishings and decor (oh, and clothing too). Not only does owner Scotti Sitz have an amazing talent for …
Crop Top Round Up
While most of you are on vacation I’ve been super busy buying, wearing and touting the benefits of crop tops. I consider any shirt that shows your belly when you raise your arms a crop top, even though they might …
Shelter Reveal – The Family Room
The reveal of the Family Shelter (that so many of you generously donated to) is finally here. Without driving too far into sappy town I’ll just say that designing a space for families with children that would otherwise be on …
Master Bedroom Refresh Plan
I’ve had the pleasure recently of doing these 1/2 hour consultations for people who gave a substantial amount to the shelter as a perk/thank you gift (THANK YOU, AGAIN). They send me a PDF that has their photos and their …
Life/photoshoot updates
Before I left for vacation things were pretty insane around here with back to back design and video shoots (and some makeovers) that were keeping us on a constant adrenaline rush and have continued since we got back. But man, every single …
Maternity, Cats and Goodbye Guest Room
Welcome to the last of the ’25 week’ maternity fashion posts. I’ll be taking a round of new ones (thanks for the encouragement) next week where I’ll be 31 1/2 weeks. Yes, I’m counting 1/2 weeks, and I’ll look WILDLY …
New Living Room Design Plan
Design projects are happening over here (thanks to my very hardworking and talented design team run by Ginny). One of them is more of a refresh on the living room of a client that we LOVE, The Silver Lake Hills Family. …
Living Room Round-Up
It’s like choosing children. Over the last few years we’ve done a lot of living rooms and every now and again it’s fun to go through them and stare at them, decide what I like/don’t like about them and pick …
Orcondo Update: What to do with these Modern Windows
A dark secret about the world of design is that a lot of designers HATE thinking about window treatments. Especially one’s you have to do yourself. The last words you want to hear out of a client’s mouth are: “Will …
Trolling Craigslist – Brooklyn
Oh Brooklyn, you bring me back to my early twenties when I fled the beautiful and rainy skies of the Pacific Northwest for your dirty and edgy streets. Man do I miss those days of discovery and feeling like you …