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DESIGN TIP OF THE WEEK:

I recommend adding flowering plants to your kitchen/breakfast room table. I force Amarylis and hyacinth bulbs and their brightly colored blossoms help dispel the dreariness of winter.  I also bring in my flowering begonias and they keep blooming for a long time, so my table looks like spring even though the trees outside are bare  and the days are gray and dark.



ROOM OF THE WEEK:

Doesn't this room look inviting in the winter?

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DESIGN TIP OF THE WEEK:

After the holidays , as we approach the long winter, I wish for peace and less clutter.  So I often don't replace all of my accessories when I remove the Christmas  decorations and sometimes I  exchange the living room lamps with the bedroom lamps.    I give everything a good cleaning, put into view my favorite things, switch other  things, add several  warm throws and settle in to enjoy the quiet. 

ROOM OF THE WEEK:

 

 

   

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DESIGN TIP OF THE WEEK:

Painting one wall a deep, vibrant color can give a room a whole new look.  Recently I selected a deep green color for the wall dividing a customer's living room and dining room and trimmed the inside edges of the five foot arched  opening a deep red (which was the wall color used in  the dining room)...It looked wonderful and made her taupe living room (with green accents) very dramatic.



PICTURE OF THE WEEK:

This is a guest room using these deep reds and greens together.

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DESIGN TIP OF THE WEEK:

I enjoy working with people who have collected art, photos, prints...things that are personal to them and that they really like...then we can have them framed and hang them on the walls  or display them on easels on tables or in bookshelves... and then  their homes truly represent them.  These things add so much interest to their interiors.


PICTURE OF THE WEEK:
from the Music Series
by Heide Browne
"Il Trovatore" by Verdi
28 x 22 oil and metallic pen
$1,200

 

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DESIGN TIP OF THE WEEK:

As the holidays approach and holiday decorating will soon be tackled, I find it a good time to de-clutter...to make more space, both for the enjoyment of quieter rooms and also it makes room for the decorations.  This year I think more simple decorations are returning...Christmas trees where the green of the tree shows...still beautifully adorned, but not so fully covered.  I am creating a tree with natural decorations this year, pine cones, acorn caps, feathers, magnolia seed pods,  and one tiny ornamental owl made of feathers...surrounded with clear white lights.  So my tip is, pick your favorite things and  give yourself permission to simplfy if you wish and go with the joy and ease and quiet  beauty of the season.


PICTURE OF THE WEEK:

"Music Unfolding"
by Heide Browne
Acrylic and metallic on Tara paper
22 x 28
$700

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DESIGN TIP OF THE WEEK:

I am reading a book about Japanese houses.  This architecture is  where the "less is more" thought originated and though I won't re-create this quiet and minimalist look in total in my American house, I am de-cluttering...removing 5 things from each room...even removing  the accumulation of extra magnets and stuff on the refrigerator :"quietened" the kitchen.  So my "tip of the week" is "let your minimalist side shine"


PICTURE OF THE WEEK:

"Vanishing Patter"
by Heide Browne
28 x 22 oil on Tara paper
$1,200

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DESIGN TIP OF THE WEEK:

"Don't give up on your dreams"  I work with a client who built a fabulous, large  contemporary home high on  a hill overlooking the city...and he dreamed of having a grand piano...and try as we might, we  could not fit a piano into his living room...but now, 3 years later he has found a "mini grand" piano and it is being delivered tomorrow!...complete with piano lessons.  I'm meeting them for the installation and to see about finding a new smaller chair for the living room corner that the piano will occupy.

PICTURE OF THE WEEK:

"Music Unfolding"
by Heide Browne
22 x 28 Acrylic on Tara Paper
$700