Design Defined: Salvaging the Barn
By Lucianna Samu/Life@Home Uncertainty keeps my design ego in check. Uncertainty is different than a lack of confidence. Uncertainty is competent and confident design with an asterisk. Even when the...
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By Lucianna Samu/Life@Home The hunt for the perfect finishing touch to complement a renovation project often begins while the project itself is still in the planning phase. Then, over the weeks or...
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By Lucianna Samu/Life@Home Friends and clients e-mail me some of the best ideas I have for Design Defined topics. Scrolling through the subject line of a batch of answered mail filed in my newly minted...
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Think Like a Designer By Kristi Barlette/Life@Home We all have that one friend, or family member, whose home is magazine-perfect. When she mixes fabrics, the result is chic; when you give that a go,...
View ArticleDesign Defined: Comfort Really Does Matter
By Lucianna Samu/Life@Home It’s sound design practice to buy a chair because it’s comfortable. But when we get swept away by the turn of a leg, the drop of a skirt or the feel of a luscious fabric...
View ArticleDesign Defined: Count on counters
By Lucianna Samu/Life@Home Every time I tape a fresh piece of paper onto my drafting table, I follow the same exact process. After so many years, and beginning with the tape, I still can’t even say for...
View ArticleDesigned Defined: Let’s Get Wallpaper!
By Lucianna Samu/Life@Home Thanks to the Internet, it’s easy to figure out when a trend is taking hold. Bloggers with posts entitled: “On a roll,” “Wallpaper is back,” and “Pattern-pattern on the...
View ArticleProblem Solved: The secret is to get creative!
The Case of the Broken Tile By Brianna Snyder/Life@Home Problem When this Saratoga Springs homeowner moved into her new townhouse, she found the tile in the kitchen was cracked and the previous...
View ArticleDesign Defined: Mastering the Mix
By Lucianna Samu/Life@Home Asked to conjure up a concept for a master class in interior design, I looked to a column I wrote for Design Defined some time ago for inspiration. My working title for the...
View ArticleDesign Defined: The Endless Search for Storage
By Lucianna Samu/Life@Home Ask any builder for the top five must-haves in new construction and you’d have your response without hesitation: Kitchen with a walk-in pantry, two sinks in the master bath,...
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