Over the past 10 years that Lara Anderson and Kathy Lathrop have worked in home décor and design, one thing has stood out: great lamps with awful shades can ruin a room. In keeping with their mutual desire to create beauty in people’s lives, Anderson and Lathrop started dreaming up ways to solve this common style problem, since purchasing brand new lamps and shades is … [Read more...] about Local Designer Customizes Lamp Shades: RD Shady
Design & Style
Live Your Style
Turn your home into a winter retreat When temperatures dip outside, it’s time to cozy up inside. Interior design expert Stefanie Brooks offers ideas to warm up and add your style to every room of your house. 1) Reface – it’s that time of year to cozy up to the fireplace. Old brick, dated tile or a wimpy mantel can ruin the look of a fireplace which is often a focal point of a … [Read more...] about Live Your Style
Artist Trust Fellowship Recipient Spotlight | Dan Corson
Dan Corson is a local artist who is nationally recognized for creating dynamic, large-scale, conceptually driven public artworks, often utilizing a variety of materials and technologies, including light. His projects integrate works in state capitol buildings and light rail stations, at busy public intersections, and in quiet interpretive buildings, museums, galleries and … [Read more...] about Artist Trust Fellowship Recipient Spotlight | Dan Corson
Adding Fall Color To The Garden
Set your fall landscape ablaze with color. Planting trees, shrubs or even perennials adds welcome color to your fall landscape. Create a colorful canopy by adding sourwood trees. Sourwood can reach heights of 30 feet while providing several seasons of color. The orange fall color of paperbark maples complements its reddish brown exfoliating bark. Use it as a single specimen … [Read more...] about Adding Fall Color To The Garden
Design Defined
What is design as it relates to our habitats? There isn’t an easy answer to that question. Design encompasses everything from space planning to material choice and beyond. But the experts do agree on one thing—the most successful projects begin and end with well thought-out design. Design Is Experience There’s a first time for everything, including a major renovation. Yet just … [Read more...] about Design Defined