It’s Sunday and everyone deserves a day off.
Here’s
wishing you a restful Sunday.
recipe friday
FRENCH ONION SOUP
Ingredients
- ¼ lb butter
- 3 medium onions, thinly sliced
- 1 T flour
- ½ C white wine
- 3 beef bouillon cubes
- 4 C hot water
- 1 T Worcestershire sauce
- 1 can onion soup
Garnish with Munster
Directions
Sauté onions in
butter
Stir in flour,
add other ingredients
Simmer 20 minutes
Put cheese on
French bread
Put soup in
individual baking dishes
Top dish with
cheese bread & place under broiler until melted
monday morning movie
Each week I post one of my
YouTube Videos here and invite you to sit down, relax
with your cup of coffee (and your movie popcorn) and enjoy a short
(approximately 3 minute) Design ‘Movie”. If you want to know how this all got
started, click here.
So,
Let’s Go to the Movies!
May not be available on your Mobile
I will have a seat reserved for you every Monday!
recipe friday
FRENCH DRESSING
Ingredients
1 C vegetable oil
1 C sugar
½ C ketchup
1/3 C white vinegar
1 T paprika
1 medium onion, quartered
Directions
Place all ingredients in the blender
and blend well
rules were made to be broken
Some might say that
this is the mantra to my life… Rules are made to be broken. This is
especially true when it comes to decorating.
Here are a few decorating rules that I love to defy, and how you can make these tips work in your own home:
1. Rule to Break:
Everything Must Match
Who says molding
always has to be white, bedroom furniture always needs to match and fabrics and patterns always need to coordinate exactly?
Paint wainscoting or
oversize trim with colors.
Textiles and
furnishings need not match wall color.
Mix it up with your
furniture styles and finishes, don’t play it safe… forget about that Rooms to
Go look!
2. Rule to Break: Ceilings Should
be White
Don't ignore what's
above your head, remember your rooms has five walls.
It’s easy to paint the ceiling the same color as the walls. Try this design
trick in a small bedroom or a powder room, because it will make the space feel
cozy.
Keep walls white or a light color, and allow the ceiling (or fifth wall) to get
all the color.
3. Rule to Break: All Finishes
Must be the Same
All of your hardware
does not have to match. The layered, 'collected-over-time' effect that different hardware finishes bring to a room can be amazing. Take a tour of a local Builders’ Open Houses, even with their
warehouse full of hardware selections, the house's faucets might not match the
towel bars, might not match the lighting fixtures, might not match the mirror
frames... The same goes with the kitchen. Notice that the hardware and lighting might even match in the numerous hallways.
4. Rule to Break: Always Rely on Neutrals
Although neutral
colors are a go-to for most designers, they don't always work for every space in the home. My favorite place to break this rule is in the children’s rooms, where paint
becomes an inexpensive tool to accommodate an ever-evolving taste.
Kitchens are another
great area to express creativity with a few ‘out-of-the-box’ colors.
5. Rule to Break: Don't Use Dark
Colors in a Small Space
Although some design
books will eschew dark colors in small spaces, the opposite is true. Dark colors make the
space feel more intimate, cozy, not necessarily small. And when the natural light changes through the
windows, it presents a wonderful dramatic element to dark colors.
Give heavier shades a
shot in the bedroom; a young child's room (better for naptime); or dining
areas for more dramatic evening.
But remember... Stay away from spaces
where you typically need light, like a home office.
Now, do you feel like you could Break a Few Rules?
quick tip: plates on a wall
Easy projects can
freshen up your home & be inexpensive, too.
Cover a Wall with Plates
Discover a quick and easy way to add a beautiful arrangement to a blank
wall.
Ever shop eBay or Home Goods? You will be amazed at the selection of gorgeous plates and service pieces that you will find… and in gorgeous, I mean maybe too gorgeous to be covered up with food!
Covering a whole wall with plates has the same effect as one big piece of artwork.
Ever shop eBay or Home Goods? You will be amazed at the selection of gorgeous plates and service pieces that you will find… and in gorgeous, I mean maybe too gorgeous to be covered up with food!
Covering a whole wall with plates has the same effect as one big piece of artwork.
I am more of a
minimalist in my own home… so solid color plates are a
wonderful way for a minimalist to add several pieces of stoneware to a wall as art.
Whether you go all
out with patterns, floral, or prints… or collect solid, all one color… plates are a
gorgeous addition to your wall and yes, in any room!
Check out the Tiffany
Suite in the world-renowned St. Regis Hotel in Manhattan
monday morning movie
Each week I post one of my
YouTube Videos here and invite you to sit down, relax
with your cup of coffee (and your movie popcorn) and enjoy a short
(approximately 3 minute) Design ‘Movie”. If you want to know how this all got
started, click here.
So,
Let’s Go to the Movies!
May not be available on your Mobile
I
will have a seat reserved for you every Monday!
recipe friday
EASY CLAM CHOWDER
Ingredients
2 Cans creamed corn
Directions
Warm all ingredients over medium heat, stirring occasionally
a kitchen of many colors
Home Renovation is in full swing here at our office… it is that
time of year. And Kitchens are the Number One area undergoing transformations.
Ok, I am a little bias, but a Kitchen renovation is at the top of my ‘favorite
to-do list’.
Whether it be big or small in square footage or big or small in budget, there seems to be a wonderful, ‘imaginations go wild’ type of style emerging in Kitchen renovations. Luckily our customers are more than
willing to jump on the band wagon.
Do you know what the style is? ...painted cabinets. Long gone are the stained mid-century Kitchen
cabinets of your Mother and Grandmother. Today, let your 'imagination go wild' on choosing colors for your cabinets… and why stick with one color? Kitchens are the heart of the home…
so why not add your own personality to them. For example, does a Kitchen island
have to match your wall and base cabinets? Come to think of it… do your wall
cabinets have to match your base cabinets?
Take a look at these and you decide…
Now… anything peak your imagination?
What do you think of
painted cabinets?
What do you think of
the new 2-tone trend?
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