• Advice,  Design

    2017 House Beautiful Kitchen of the Year

    The October 2017 issue of House Beautiful magazine features the 2017 Kitchen of the Year designed by Jon De La Cruz. What we love about this space is the fusion of vintage inspired pieces mixed with current modern day elements. This is the current “IT” trend. We recently wrote about ways to incorporate Modern Retro design into your current space. Designer tips for Modern Retro Style So many aspects of day to day life is focused around the kitchen. We admit it, we are total foodies and having a place for our family and friends to gather is so important. We love this oversized built in seating with farmhouse style table.…

    Comments Off on 2017 House Beautiful Kitchen of the Year
  • Advice,  Design

    Designer tips for Modern Retro Style

    Photo: Elle Décor Modern Life Concept House   Ever wonder how to infuse design décor from 60s and 70s into modern living? Designers have been infusing historical references into their design concept for years. Many times its a subtle reference in the color story of the design palette, sometimes its a piece of heirloom furniture that ties a personal touch of family history. The designs of past decades were hard working multi-tasking pieces. Form follows function and a piece that didn’t serve a purpose was omitted. When designing a retro modern house, consider the usage of each piece and eliminate anything that doesn’t have a purpose. Not only will this…

  • Advice,  Design,  Lifestyle

    ‘The Bold Type’ Apartment Style for Less

    The Bold Type on Freefrom has been my summer obsession. I’m a little sad that the season is over but find comfort that some of my other favorite fall shows will be premiering soon. I love following the lives of these women as they find themeselves navigating through the working world. Their lives are relatable and so are their apartments. This screenshot of Sutton doing some arts and crafts immediately takes me back to my time in Studio. Using whatever space I had to assemble material boards, sometimes I even sat on the floor to work because it’s was the largest clearest space I had to lay out all my…

    Comments Off on ‘The Bold Type’ Apartment Style for Less
  • Advice,  Design

    Pink Friday

    Happy Friday! Today isn’t just any Friday it’s Pink Friday! Pink had found a re emergence in the design world lately. From Rose gold, to soft pastels to the ever present millienial pink. It was even the Sherwin Williams color of the month for July. Pink is surprising easy to work with. It pairs nicely with both warm and cool neutrals and adds an easy breezy chic modern feel to any space. I recently purchased this pink and blue area rug and gorgeous textured pink throw to pair with neutral furniture for a living room design project. The rug is a true piece of art! It’s the perfect contrast against…

  • Travel

    How to Beat the Back to Work Blues

      What goes through a designer's head on the first day back from a vacation? More vacation! Well that probably goes through everybody's head but to in order to keep your pulse on the current trends you have to be on trend! Right now the trend is vacation mode. My tip for how to handle that first day back from a nice vacation, plan the next one! When the realities of life get you down, think about that last amazing vacation that you had, or the next one you would like to take. Like this beach house in Mallorca or an Italian Villa with a phenomenal view. Bora Bora? Count me…

    Comments Off on How to Beat the Back to Work Blues
  • Nature,  Travel

    Natali’s Bohemian Style!

    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur laoreet cursus volutpat. Aliquam sit amet ligula et justo tincidunt laoreet non vitae lorem. Aliquam porttitor tellus enim, eget commodo augue porta ut. Maecenas lobortis ligula vel tellus sagittis ullamcorper. Vestibulum pellentesque cursus risus, in ultrices odio. Morbi dui metus, fringilla quis urna vitae, fringilla tristique nibh. Donec ultrices est ut dapibus dapibus. Nunc fermentum viverra risus, et mollis ante commodo sit amet. Vestibulum eu enim nec lectus volutpat dignissim vel sit amet dui. Maecenas sodales mi non nibh egestas gravida. In in dolor orci. Mauris viverra eu enim eu luctus. Praesent vel orci pulvinar, semper augue et, interdum sapien. Pellentesque…

    Comments Off on Natali’s Bohemian Style!
  • Creative,  Travel

    Start Day Positive

    Cras eget elit convallis est condimentum congue non id sem. Proin metus dui, eleifend id mollis quis, pulvinar in metus. Nulla pharetra sapien ultricies dui blandit, eget condimentum tortor rhoncus. Donec gravida leo neque, ac consequat diam dignissim ut. In ligula felis, tempus vel est ut, pellentesque fermentum ligula. Proin at dui sagittis, rutrum velit in, fermentum nisl. Donec sagittis, risus vitae mollis pretium, tellus turpis feugiat mi, ac cursus nibh metus quis tortor. Integer ultricies ullamcorper nulla, nec consectetur mi hendrerit eget. Donec at elit vel ex pulvinar vestibulum. Cras tristique molestie leo malesuada sollicitudin. Nunc nec lorem id mi consequat rhoncus ac eget purus. Sed massa orci, volutpat…

    Comments Off on Start Day Positive
  • Lifestyle,  Travel

    Life Is Adventure

    Dras eget elit convallis est condimentum congue non id sem. Proin metus dui, eleifend id mollis quis, pulvinar in metus. Nulla pharetra sapien ultricies dui blandit, eget condimentum tortor rhoncus. Donec gravida leo neque, ac consequat diam dignissim ut. In ligula felis, tempus vel est ut, pellentesque fermentum ligula. Proin at dui sagittis, rutrum velit in, fermentum nisl. Donec sagittis, risus vitae mollis pretium, tellus turpis feugiat mi, ac cursus nibh metus quis tortor. Integer ultricies ullamcorper nulla, nec consectetur mi hendrerit eget. Donec at elit vel ex pulvinar vestibulum. Cras tristique molestie leo malesuada sollicitudin. Nunc nec lorem id mi consequat rhoncus ac eget purus. Sed massa orci, volutpat…

    Comments Off on Life Is Adventure
  • Fashion,  Travel

    Jeans is Always Trendy

    Cras eget elit convallis est condimentum congue non id sem. Proin metus dui, eleifend id mollis quis, pulvinar in metus. Nulla pharetra sapien ultricies dui blandit, eget condimentum tortor rhoncus. Donec gravida leo neque, ac consequat diam dignissim ut. In ligula felis, tempus vel est ut, pellentesque fermentum ligula. Proin at dui sagittis, rutrum velit in, fermentum nisl. Donec sagittis, risus vitae mollis pretium, tellus turpis feugiat mi, ac cursus nibh metus quis tortor. Integer ultricies ullamcorper nulla, nec consectetur mi hendrerit eget. Donec at elit vel ex pulvinar vestibulum. Cras tristique molestie leo malesuada sollicitudin. Nunc nec lorem id mi consequat rhoncus ac eget purus. Sed massa orci, volutpat…

    Comments Off on Jeans is Always Trendy