Creating Spaces Blog

Window Treatments: The Devil’s in the Details

January 31, 2017

Happy 2017! I took a little break from the blog to focus on a flurry of client projects around the holidays. It’s human nature. We all want our …

October 13, 2016

The 2016 DC Design House opened on October 2. If you’re in the Washington area and haven’t visited yet, make plans to go soon! It’s …

September 19, 2016

A big part of a designer’s job involves creative — and fast — problem-solving. I had seen Kelly Wearstler’s fabulous, …

September 13, 2016

There’s a controlled chaos that goes on the weeks before the opening of a show house — and this year’s DC Design House certainly fit …

August 31, 2016

Hope springs eternal, as the saying goes. Around this time of year, parents start looking for solutions, strategies and supplies to ease the …

July 22, 2016

You know how when you’re really busy, time seems to move at a faster pace? Between working on some amazing client projects and planning our …

June 13, 2016

I recently got some exciting news! I have been selected to participate in the 2016 DC Design House, taking place this October. Specifically, …

May 23, 2016

I was thrilled to participate recently, along with other area designers, in a discussion on Surrounds Landscaping’s blog. Surrounds is one of …

April 28, 2016

Last week I was in High Point for Spring Market — and am just now recovering from a jam-packed, head-spinning three days. Twice a year, the …

March 22, 2016

Interior designers get their inspiration from all sorts of places — fashion, travel, history, Hollywood…you name it. But when it comes to …

January 14, 2016

Every December Pantone names its Color of the Year for the coming year. For 2016 the color experts broke with tradition and picked a combination of …

December 10, 2015

A visit to Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic Fallingwater had long been on the top of my weekend-getaway wish list. So this fall, my husband, Peter, …