Michelle Borgelt cultivated her passion for interior design working for award-winning retailers Crate and Barrel and Baker Furniture. A resident of Portland, she combs local shops and websites for fresh ideas in home decor.
With more people entertaining at home rather than going out, make your kitchen and dining area a focus for 2010. Vow to get together with friends at your house every month. For party planning novices...
Just when we have begun spending a little of our hard earned cash again, newly opened home furnishings and gift boutique Pickleweed Hill offers furniture and accessories with an air of meaning (think cheerfulness and familiarity of a Norman Rockwell...
To simplify your last minute planning, take the fuss out of decorating and forego the cobwebs and fuzzy tarantulas.
Instead, set the table with Le Creuset’s signature “flame” French oven. Have it bubbling over with tried...
Candle sconces no longer exist only in the homes of characters in Dickens novels. They are turning up everywhere; continuing the antique décor trend seen at High Point this past spring.Candle light is relaxing. It has a...
Apparently black paint isn’t as dark as it gets in home décor anymore. Just as the trend toward antiques and unique accessories with a sense of history emerged from High Point Market this past spring...
Buying furniture off the sales floor can be a great money-saving experience.Given the state of the housing market and its effect on retail home furnishing stores, floor sample sales are more plentiful than they once were. Because stores...
Ikat is to home accessories what subway tile was to kitchens and bathrooms; its staying power has defied its meteoric rise to ubiquity. The popularity of this tie dye styled weave found on fabric, rugs and even dishware, seemed too...
Whatever you love about this country - the politics, the people, its landscape, or architecture, that has shaped this great nation, someone has probably photographed it.There are numerous photographic sources to find whatever you are looking for. The Associated...
With the passing of the legendary Michael Jackson I can’t help but think about his influence on the world; not only with his music but with his style. Michael Jackson loved everything royal. He was the “Prince...