Home Staging and Decorating thought activism at its most passionate! Snappy answers and reasoned resets for your space and your stuff, and why it all matters so darn much.
“Can you BELIEVE this??” my husband thundered from upstairs. “UNBELIEVABLE!!” Doug has a deep voice, but does not typically “thunder”. So I ran upstairs. The subject of his ire? A new can of Barbasol shaving cream. Yes, the shaving cream … Continued
Addiction has a ripple effect. Beyond those using, it touches those who love them, depend on them, live or work with them. Two things are a certainty: It doesn’t discriminate, it can happen anywhere, to any family. Also, it flourishes … Continued
Last year I saw a cool video. OK, it was one of many, but this one really stayed with me. A young girl, banging the hell out of her drum kit covering Foo FIghter’s “Everlong”. Her joy, passion, and confidence … Continued
October 2020’s Consults for a Cause beneficiary is Feeding Westchester. Known as the Food Bank of Westchester when it first opened its doors three decades ago, Feeding Westchester has both refined and expanded as the years have passed. Pre-COVID the … Continued
This week in a design/hospitality trade webinar I heard one of the panel members make that remarkable statement: There is no post-COVID. And forget about pre-COVID…or a new normal. What?? Of course there’s a pre-COVID. We had parties and concerts! … Continued
Ever have a big decision that feels overwhelming? Was your instinct to retreat, or just freeze? Understandable! But if it IS big, important, or even just necessary, delay often adds to the burden. Consider the difference between gathering and evaluating … Continued
Over-engineered. Too much. Superfluous. Ungapacht. Unnecessary. Whatever you call it, you know it when you see it. Or, more accurately, when it fails to work, or fix the problem. It’s not you. It’s over-engineered. Created usually by inexperience or ego, … Continued
Good lighting is highly underrated. As a design professional I KNOW you don’t consciously notice good lighting, but if lighting lacks, oh how we’ll adjust/contort our bodies, bend our habits or otherwise compensate. TRH asks why not look to adjust … Continued
As we navigate through COVID, houses are still being listed every day here in Westchester County. Offers are being made, and deals are being closed. More cumbersome, and in understandably smaller numbers. But it’s happening because people want to get … Continued
Seeking and choosing goodness, what made sense and feels right were my takeaways in Aesop’s classic (c. 600 BC) Wind and the Sun fable. Attraction, rather than persuasion. Then, about 2100 years later in Akron Ohio this became a cornerstone … Continued
