I can still recall how I used to walk around my first Spanish style home in Santa Barbara. Underfoot terracotta floors, the effect of sunlight coming through arched doorways and that certain feeling...

I remember standing in my empty spare room three years ago, coffee in hand, wondering how on earth I was going to make this space work for both my daily job and my mother...

I eventually spent more money than I would wish to acknowledge on bathroom lights over mirror that seemed beautiful on the internet and awful as soon as it was put on. Poor...

Introduction When it comes to design, creating a small cottage living room is less a battle of the square footage and more about working with it. Rough surfaces, low ceilings, and exposed beams...

I recall the annoyance of sitting up chairs by my small kitchen table. All food consumed was cramped and I kept on bumping into walls. Then I learnt about banquette seating, and the thing is...

Purchase a patio set, enjoy it the first summer, then it begins to rust, fade or wobble by year 2. It is more common than it should be and typically it's a...

A couple of years back, I wasted a lot of money buying a flowered dining table centerpiece that was only pretty enough to serve me once. Then it withered, and my board...

There is something almost magical about a well designed coffee bar cabinet. I recollect the time when I entered into a kitchen of one of my friends and noticed the coffee station. There was a place and time to everything and I stood there and...