Interior Design Rules to Live by
In interior design there really are no rules. Every space is unique and every person has his or her own style, and his or her own requirements. There is always a solution to every design issue!
Highrise Downtown Living
While living in a high rise in New York or Chicago has always been the norm, downtown living in smaller cities has not always been as popular until recently. Many smaller, up and coming cities across the country are seeing a revitalization of their downtown communities.
Color Spotlight: Orange Interiors
We love color here at Marta Mitchell Interiors. I thought it would be fun to start a new blog series, focusing on a different hue and it’s presence in a sequence of spaces. So here is the first of many posts, and to start us off, the color orange.
New Year Home Decor Updates
January first has already come and gone. Resolutions have been made and most likely some have already been broken. With the start of a new year, many feel the itch to make a change. Transformation seems to be a theme that many base their resolutions on.
The Space Between
Have you ever noticed all of the different possibilities there are for using the space between your stairs and the floor? Powder rooms are a popular choice by many, but the options don’t stop there. If you’re in the process of building a new home or doing a renovation and need some ideas to make good use of some dead space, take a look at some of these space saving and creative ideas.
Powder Rooms: Unique Design Opportunities
I don't think that it is a surprise to anyone that we love color. It excites us, motivates us, and inspires us. And while we love to use it in bold ways, it is not the ideal scheme for every client. But something interesting we have noticed as interior designers, is that in most cases, regardless of how daring a role hue and saturation plays in the main living spaces, many are willing to [...]
STRIPES!!
STRIPES are an exciting, dynamic, stylish, and fun pattern. I try to include stripes to every project I do – sometimes as a bold statement, sometimes in subtle ways.
Interior Designers Serve Many Roles
Interior Designers need to be proficient in many, many areas. Following are a some of the roles we play that we receive no formal training for, and yet are able to perform so well: BEST FRIEND: This is actually a perk! And it is the only item on this list that is not a joke. Over the many years I have been practicing interior design I have developed some wonderful lasting friendships. Because of the personal [...]
5 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Live in a Museum
Wouldn’t it be easy to design a home, or even just a room, if we chose a favorite style and copied the way people did things at that period in time? Straight from a history book. We would end up with a “perfect” look and our home would turn out to look just like a museum’s vignette – just like the historical homes we all enjoy visiting when on vacation (my family excluded!). And if [...]