Most of you know that i have a thing for miniatures. Miniature horses, furniture, food, whatever…as long as it makes me feel like a giant i love it. And dollhouses? forget about it. It’s like two of my favorite things combined – home design and minis. Not new ones from toys r us, no way,… Read More …
Most of you know that i have a thing for miniatures. Miniature horses, furniture, food, whatever…as long as it makes me feel like a giant i love it. And dollhouses? forget about it. It’s like two of my favorite things combined – home design and minis. Not new ones from toys r us, no way,… Read More …
As you do. I had a dream that a client said ‘no wicker’ which is more like deja vu, less like a dream because i’ve had 3 homeowners put the immediate kaybash on ‘wicker’. And i get it, i do. You grew up in the 80’s, you remember loads of wicker and floral fabric,… Read More …
….til a new post. I had a whirlwind trip last week, 30 hours in nyc full of like 31 meetings and a really fun HGTV party, (pics to follow, including me and Dina from RHONJ and the Novagratz’s). Then straight to Salt Lake City where i got a behind the scenes question and answer session… Read More …
Artwork for a tv show is tricky. And by tricky i mean ugly, bad, hotel art. I mean, you can’t even call it ‘art.’ You could call it ‘stuff to put on walls so it doesn’t look empty’. Well, welcome to my biggest pet peeve, wait, styling shelving with empty bins is my… Read More …
Oh man. This is gonna be a good season, i can feel it. First of all these guys look pretty accomplished. Secondly, David Bromstad is in the hiznouse as our younger and more fabulous Tim Gunn. Also we are promised more individual challenges and more time for challenges, which could all equal one great, competitive reality competition…. Read More …
First of all i woke up to an awesome review of Secrets from a Stylist by Young House Love (a DIY blog that is huge and amazing) this morning. Shocked and excited. Read it here. And yesterday i had an interview at Centsational girl with some styling tips which you can read here. Plus, i’ve… Read More …
This summer is offically starting out amazing. Here are the announcements, mixed in with some new artwork that i’m obsessed with: 1. Design Star is starting july 11th, and the changes they made to the show make it sound like its going to be super, super good (more time, more individual challenges, less constraints, David… Read More …
S’right. Those screams follow me everywhere, wait no they don’t, and especially NOT a the Rose Bowl yesterday during the drizzle that turned this little blonde into a little drowned squirrel, a la this: Oh that guy? Not sure who he is but he reminds me of somebody….. And no, i did not purchase… Read More …
And when i say ‘for me’, it means ‘for me until i find myself desperate and needing it for the show then its gone’. Sometimes at night Brian sees my eyes darting around and he’s like, ‘wait, don’t shop…nothing is leaving. no not that, Emily i actually like that…’ Oh Brian, clearly he doesn’t… Read More …
I get a lot of criticism on the show for having a lot of ‘clutter’ and being really ‘messy’ and ‘random’. Yes, these are the haters, and in general i don’t really care, but when i was thinking about who i love, style-wise i was reminded of these folks and how much i would rather… Read More …
AH!!! My computer is broken so i couldn’t blog. I’m at the mac store right now, secretly blogging, these ‘genius’s at the ‘genius bar’ (which is not an actual bar by the way, boring) haven’t noticed yet. So here’s the deal, lots of announcements: 1. Secrets is not airing til July 2nd, there will… Read More …
