a well lived life...: April 2009

Quotes...

The best decisions are always made at the last minute. Just know when the last minute is.
Holly Hunt

Be faithful to your own taste because nothing you really like is ever out of style.
Billy Baldwin

All rooms ought to look as if they were lived in, and to have so to say, a friendly welcome ready for the incomer.
William Morris

... to ensure a successful mix, I treat cushions, trimming, lampshades and other accessories as the shoes and handbags of the home. The right shoes can really make an outfit - and equally, if you have the wrong shoes, you can feel old-fashioned in the smartest of suits.
Nina Campbell

Each item in a collection has its own story, its own memory - the search, the day you bought it, who you were with, the vacation, etc.; a collection provides a special satisfaction and sense of achievement.
Tricia Guild

Good design has to tell a story. It has to stop people, and it has to make them wonder. Good design is a conversation.
Zahid Sardar

I have been working with Living Ventures on this project since the purchase of the land last year. Starting with the builder and the initial architectural drawings I completed design and specifications for three individual homes. The following pictures are of the South Unit which I also partially staged last week before it goes on the market on Monday.

This is the kitchen - huge kitchen! All the millwork is custom designed for the space, the counters are caesarstone, extra large single sink, 36" wide range, hidden hood fan, etc...