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My @Home interior design articles appear in the Fort Myers News-Press/USA Today Network on the first Saturday of each month.  As a Fort Myers interior designer working throughout Southwest Florida, I share tips on how you can create the beautiful home you have always wanted. Need a little inspiration? Check out the articles below. And if you need help getting started, we will help you create a plan that allows you to move forward with a home that makes you happy each time you walk in the door.

Current articles

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Finding the soul of the home: Blending old with new
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Escape to a world of inspiring designs: Kips Bay Decorator Show House
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Have a heart: Show your home some love this month!
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Fall season brings renewed hope and comfort
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Splish Splash: it’s time to update the bath!
Changing seasons: Decorating tips to take your home into spring and summer
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Decorator Show House dazzles with bold color and joy!
Love your home again: decorating ideas from the heart
Love your home again: decorating ideas from the heart

2023

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The soul of a home: telling your story
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Selling a home? Design tips to close the deal
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Spring decorating: a breath of fresh air
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It’s spring: tips to declutter your way to a happy home
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A crocodile, inspiration and coastal vibes at Kips Bay decorator showhouse
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Tips for renewing and refreshing home for a new year

2022

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Finding comfort and joy at home for Christmas
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After the storm: making home feel like home again
Decorating tips for a small space
Living well with less: tips for decorating small spaces
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Tips for using color in your home
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Seeing green: color is optimistic, healing, calming
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Inspiration from Kips Bay Decorator Show House
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Ins and outs of a spring home interior refresh
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At home in 2022: Don't be boring!

2021

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Tips for a joyful holiday home
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Thom Filicia: Finding the soul of the home
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Tips for finding comfort at home for fall
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All that glitters: lighting tips to brighten your home
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You've Got (design) Style!
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Inspiration for creating a beautiful home
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How to add sparkle to your home with accessories
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Beyond beige: color changes everything in a home
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How to correct home decorating mistakes
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For your home: spring dos and don’ts
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Open your heart on Valentine's Day
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Pause and reflect: at home in the new year

2020

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Finding joy at home for Christmas
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Finding comfort at home with color
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Creating comfort at home for fall
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At home: what’s trending now?
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Read any good (decorating) books lately?
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Summertime and the living is hot!
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Making home your happy place
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Refresh and renew your home for spring
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Staying home: survival tips
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Selecting a backsplash
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Finding design inspiration in a decorator show house
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Creating a gallery wall for our treasures
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A new year: Finding peace and comfort at home

2019

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Holiday decorating: keep it simple and happy
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Thinking about pink: 2020 Color of the Year
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Blue Hues: why we love them in our homes
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Love your home again
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Color Matters
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Sprinkle your home with a little decorating whimsy
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Heading to college with stylish (and practical) dorm room tips
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Cutting through the decluttering maze
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The weather is great! Time to move outside!
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Spring: bring some joy into your home!
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Company is coming! Is your guestroom ready?
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Forget the resolutions and set realistic goals in 2019

2018

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Pantone color of the year: peachy, fun and bold
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Redefining "home for the holidays"
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Giving thanks for your home
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Home renovation survival tips
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The coastal-inspired home
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It's complicated: selecting the right white
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Confused about rugs? Tips for getting it right
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Eliminate color confusion! Tips for getting it right
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Selling your home? Tips for closing the deal fast!
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Start at the curb for a spring refresh!
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Open floor plans: How to make them work
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Little details that save time and mistakes
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What's in, what's out and resolutions for a new year

2017

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Foot stool to ottoman: the most versatile piece in your home
Foot stool to ottoman: the most versatile piece in your home
Finding more with less: When is enough enough?
Finding more with less: When is enough enough?
At home: finding calm after the storm
At home: finding calm after the storm
What designers know: how they take your home from blah to wow!
What designers know: how they take your home from blah to wow!
The Pink Home in Giverny: Monet's Best Work
The Pink Home in Giverny: Monet's Best Work
Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater
Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater
Yellow: a burst of sunshine for your home
Yellow: a burst of sunshine for your home
Color Me Pink: a splash of happiness
Color Me Pink: a splash of happiness
Spring refresh for home and spirit
Spring refresh for home and spirit
Bathroom redux: from drab to fab
Bathroom redux: from drab to fab
Oops!! Family-friendly fabric for real life
Oops!! Family-friendly fabric for real life
Your home in 2017: Is it time to call a design professional?
Your home in 2017: Is it time to call a design professional?

2016

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Benjamin Moore's "Color of the Year" casts a dramatic Shadow
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Bring timeless French style into your home
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Design directions: what designers want to change in your home
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Designing by the book
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Bring home design tips from favorite boutique hotels
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Quick Decorating Tips for a Happy Home (some are free!)
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Tips for designing a home that brings the beach inside
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Home sweet rental home: Make it yours and keep the landlord happy
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He said, she said...solutions for creating home sweet home when conflicts arise
Mini makeover tips for a big change
Mini makeover tips for a big change
Time for my own makeover
Time for my own makeover

2015

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Simply white: How to get it right in your home
Simply white: How to get it right in your home
Trends from High Point Market: Bold, fearless and flirty with a touch of Bohemian
Trends from High Point Market: Bold, fearless and flirty with a touch of Bohemian
Styled to sell: Tips that make your home appealing to buyers
Styled to sell: Tips that make your home appealing to buyers
Tips for creating a calm space in a not-so-calm world
Tips for creating a calm space in a not-so-calm world
Make an entrance: doors that say "welcome home"
Make an entrance: doors that say "welcome home"
Making porches part of your living space
Making porches part of your living space
Home Inspirations: Fashion meets interior design with simplicity and sexiness
Home Inspirations: Fashion meets interior design with simplicity and sexiness
Color your home with happiness
Color your home with happiness
Read all about it: decorating with books
Read all about it: decorating with books
Easy changes to refresh and renew your home and spirit for spring
Easy changes to refresh and renew your home and spirit for spring
Home Inspirations: Chipping away at paint color
Home Inspirations: Chipping away at paint color
Home Inspirations: Start spring decorating with curb appeal
Home Inspirations: Start spring decorating with curb appeal
Home Inspirations: Model behavior
Home Inspirations: Model behavior
Art meets design for a walk on the wild side
Art meets design for a walk on the wild side
Home resolutions (easy) to make you love your space (a lot)
Home resolutions (easy) to make you love your space (a lot)

2014

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Design forecast: Fearless, bright, bold and brassy
Design forecast: Fearless, bright, bold and brassy
Home Inspirations: Simple touches transition home from summer to fall
Home Inspirations: Simple touches transition home from summer to fall
It's a wrap: Trimmings personalize design style
It's a wrap: Trimmings personalize design style
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Collecting is one thing, hoarding another
Creating design that stands the test of time
Creating design that stands the test of time
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Sorting through the trends: Decorating tips for 2014
Indigo: As timeless as the deep blue sea
Indigo: As timeless as the deep blue sea
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Bringing the Downtown Abbey look into your home

2013

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Give your home a mini-makeover before the holidays
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Home Inspirations: Window treatments define a room's style
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Sweet dreams are made of these: tips for a glamorous bedroom makeover
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Moving: Putting some happiness into a new home and making it yours
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Stuck in your kitchen? Tips for a makeover!
Time to hire a professional? Tips for working with an interior decorator
Time to hire a professional? Tips for working with an interior decorator
Lighten up home decor with Lucite
Lighten up home decor with Lucite
Tips for creating tablescapes: dazzling works of art for your home
Tips for creating tablescapes: dazzling works of art for your home
When paint color is just not enough: wall coverings make bold design statement
When paint color is just not enough: wall coverings make bold design statement
Shedding light on illuminating a home
Shedding light on illuminating a home
Downsize and live well with less
Downsize and live well with less
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Always in Style: Stickley furniture offers history lessons
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Tips for filling home sweet home with happiness

2012

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Tips for decorating like a pro this holiday season
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Accessories: Maximize with minimum
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Home Inspirations: All that glitters
Spring forward with these tips to refresh your home
Spring forward with these tips to refresh your home
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When you live where you work
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Decorating Resolutions for a Happy New Year!

2010-2011

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Freshen up your home heading into the holidays!
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Repurposing Objects from the Past Can Turn “Worn” into “Wow.”
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Try these (FREE!) decorating tips at home
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Spectacular Spaces tips for eliminating color confusion!
Home inspirations: Romancing the closet
Home inspirations: Romancing the closet
Mission: Declutter after the Holidays
Mission: Declutter after the Holidays
Simple tips for beautiful holiday decorating
Simple tips for beautiful holiday decorating
Easy tips for turning your bath into a blissful spa escape
Easy tips for turning your bath into a blissful spa escape
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Home Inspirations: There's no place like (a comfortable) home
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