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    Tip Top Tabletop

    Tip Top Tabletop

    By Courtney Lake Early in my design career, I was hired to design a client’s living room. The centerpiece of the space was an expansive vintage coffee table, on which…

    Junk in Your Trunk

    Junk in Your Trunk

    We all have a place in our home that just seems to be in a perpetual state of disarray. It is where things that should have been given away, tossed…

    Take It to the Floor

    Take It to the Floor

    It is odd to quote Yogi Berra when it comes to design, but he was on to something when he said, “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll…

    Decorating Your First Digs

    Decorating Your First Digs

    If Pride was any indication, San Francisco is bursting with the recently graduated. Having dreamed of living on their own, these sweet, naïve youngsters are full of lofty ideas on…

    Cocktail Party 101

    Cocktail Party 101

    Cocktails. The name alone involves two of my favorite things. That aside, throwing a cocktail party may be my third favorite type of get together to throw. Cocktail parties are…

    Reimagine Your Office

    Reimagine Your Office

    I recently moved my home office to a new off-site location. Up until this point, I had thought of myself as being an “organized” person—papers filed and supplies neatly tucked…

    Mixing Metals

    Mixing Metals

    Forget that old design rule that states you need to stick with one metallic finish when furnishing a room. Find out the secrets to mixing metals with abandon to create…

    Year Round Romance

    Year Round Romance

    Who says romance has to be tied to a specific holiday? Now that Valentine’s Day is over, why not take elements from the year’s most romantic day and apply them…

    New Year’s Eve Party Planning Tips By Courtney Lake

    New Year’s Eve Party Planning Tips By Courtney Lake

    Ringing in the New Year among friends and family is one of the things I cherish most about the holiday season. Thanksgiving may mark the start of the holiday festivities,…

    Make Your Bed!

    Make Your Bed!

    I have always considered the bed a sanctuary; that most intimate of settings where we lose all of our defenses. It is where you recoup from a long day, reconnect…

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