Hello, Lovelies, I hope you're enjoying the fresh air, warmer days and all that comes with spring. If you are new here, welcome! If you're an oldie, then you probably know how much I LOVE darker tones in design. I know they aren't for everyone, and of course I wouldn't paint every room in my house a dark color--that would be depressing. But I sure find richness, sophistication and--may I even say--seduction when darker tones are brought into a space. So lets talk about the do

I recently interviewed a young married woman (well, it was about 2 years ago, actually) at the time she was about to purchase her very first home. One of her questions was, "When should I splurge and when should I save?" I've heard that same question from many of you. So I thought I'd expand on that a bit here, where I can give a more complete answer than I did in front of the camera. But here's a full interview I gave on this topic. You may need to tap a few times to get to