Many of you may not know this, but I LOVE to do color consulting in your home or business. It’s my thing, I see color, I can visualize it. I’ve done it since I was a little girl, and professionally since 1998. 95% of the time the colors come to me so clearly, the client is...Read More

Hi Friends, Well I knew it wouldn’t be forever, and I must have had a feeling since I began purging this month, but I have to move. I’ve had 2.5 years here and I do love it so but I firmly believe that change is good and that everything happens for a reason. The search...Read More

And love, and beauty, and creativity and excitement are in the air! What’s going on: I’ve redone the shop walls after a bit of a hiatus, I had let others do it for me for a while and I needed to get my visual mojo back. Kitchen design for clients is fun and time consuming....Read More

Making the Most Out of a Small Space Scarlett Fiona Reed of Saffron and Genevieve talks quality over quantity “I could almost tent it here and be happy,” says Scarlett Fiona Reed, referring to her quaint cottage, which overlooks Schwan Lake in Santa Cruz. The founder/owner of local home furnishing shop Saffron and Genevieve moved...Read More

1. Free yourself. Unless you are living with your parents or grandparents you are under no obligation to live with their furniture and belongings. As much as I love old things, if they do not work in your home and you do not love them you should not be living with them. Your memories are...Read More

You may remember I moved into a small cottage in January, and finally got it the way I wanted in June.  Or, I got it the only way I thought possible. My bedroom measures 8 x 11′, and is 7’3″ tall. The only window faces north and is behind my headboard. The door and closet...Read More

  Update* This was my new home in Jan of 2012. I have moved twice since then! Pictures of my new real home coming soon. Hi, I do plan on having some professional photos taken but these will do for now. I hope you like, and feel free to pin 🙂 I do hope you...Read More

It started in my late teens, when I saw someone else wearing a necklace I had on, purchased at a department store.  The next time I was in that store, I studied the jewelry and thought I could do better, and it would be one of a kind.  I taught myself how to bead and...Read More

Did you miss me?  It’s been a busy year for me so far, yet nothing I could talk about or really nothing big inspiring me until now.  Prepare yourself for a barrage of catch up posts.   Design Sponge just did a really cool story on my friends Nancy Aebersold and Dana Blumrosen’s home.  I...Read More

  I wasn’t allowed to talk about it, but now it’s out there, and I’m getting very exciting phone calls and emails!  Design Sponge did a sneak peek of my little cottage.  I understand there might be some of you that don’t know what Design Sponge is, so I will tell you that this is a...Read More