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Design Detail: Layered Lighting

July 14, 2025

Patterns and Prosecco Design Detail: Layered Lighting

You’ll often hear design is in the details. And if you’ve ever renovated you’ll know that there is no shortage of details to consider. One such detail that is often overlooked and doesn’t receive nearly the attention it deserves is lighting. But in fact, it’s lighting that highlights a design, creates the mood and often determines how a space is used.

Lighting and in particular layered lighting, is where the magic lies.  Intentionally layering lighting creates depth, warmth, and versatility in a home. It’s the secret sauce that takes a room from flat and one-dimensional to rich and storied.

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Design Detail: Marble

June 11, 2025

Design Details: Marble

In world that seems to be obsessed with faster, better, more. I find myself craving slower, quieter and less. Less hustle, more presence. Choosing longevity and depth over quick and easy. As is so often the case, my yearnings in life are filtering into design. Choosing work that honors craft, classic materials and timeless style. Nothing embodies this more to me than marble.

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Design Crush: Anatomy of a Scandal

May 3, 2022

Design Crush: Anatomy of a Scandal

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If you’re anything like me, you devoured Anatomy of a Scandal on Netflix.  Based on the book by Sarah Vaughan, the psychological thriller tells the story Sophie (Sienna Miller), the attractive albeit long-suffering wife of James Whitehouse (Rupert Friend), an ambitious Tory MP in the British government.  While the story itself is predictable, the stunning interiors, Sienna Miller’s impossibly chic style and my love of Rupert Friend, had me captivated.

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