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25 Aug
accessories, Ask the Designer Detective, Back to School, Bathrooms, Bedrooms, Before & After, Benjamin Moore, black, Charity, chevron, Courageous Color, CR Laine, custom, Dallas, design, Design Cases, Design Crimes, Design Dilemmas, design ideas, Design Styles, Designer Dictionary, Designer Friends, Dining Rooms, Entertaining, Entryways, Fabulous Fabrics, Family, Frisco, furniture, get it now, GMT, Holidays, IBB, ibbdesign, inspiration, instant gratification, interior design, Kid's Room, Kid's Rooms, lighting, Living Rooms, Model Homes, neutral, On Magazine, One Room Challenge, Outdoor Living, pattern, Perfect Paint, Pinterest, polka dot, Products I love!, Recipes, Scene Stealer, Shay Geyer, Shay's Favs!, Shay's House, Sneak Peek Saturday, sophisticated, Study/Home Office, This Just In!!!, Tip in a Zip, To Market, trend, Uncategorized, unique, Video, Wall Treatments, Wallpaper Wednesday, Wedding, white

New Video: Stylish Family Friendly Design

Tips for a Stylish Family Friendly Design:1)    Keep your larger pieces neutral to allow you flexibility to switch out your accent colors more easily in the future.2)    Use an upholstered ottoman as a cocktail table. ...

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01 Mar
2011 Academy Awards, Albert Van Luit, CR Currin, Fabulous Fabrics, Fine Art Lamps, Global Views, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hilary Swank, interior design, Kravet, master bedroom, master bedroom design ideas. eglomise bed, Oscars, Shay's House, slider, Uncategorized, upholstered headboard

Project Renovation: Oscarlicious Master Bedroom

That will be the word of the day ~ Oscarlicious!  Why, you ask?   As far as design inspiration goes, I was particularly drawn to two dresses at the 2011 Academy Awards worn by Gwyneth Paltrow &...

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03 Feb
fabric, Fabulous Fabrics, interior design, outdoor fabrics, outdoor furniture, outdoor living area, OW Lee, Schumacher, Shay's Favs!, Shay's House, slider, Trina Turk, Uncategorized

Dreaming of Spring Renewal

Baby, it’s cold outside!  Freezing is more like it.  Much of the country is facing fierce winter storms.  Many in Dallas & surrounding suburbs have been snowed in since Monday night & the kiddos...

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24 Aug
Asian, Asian influence, Back to School, Chinoiserie, Designer Dictionary, Domino Magazine, Elle Decor, European, fabric, Fabulous Fabrics, Grace Studio wallpaper, hand painted, hand painted wallpaper, Kravet, Lee Jofa, Lonny, Lonny Magazine, Orient, Scalamandre, Tory Burch, turquoise, Uncategorized, Vogue

C is for Chinoiserie

Chinoiserie:  a form of European decoration imitating techniques and motifs of the Orient; especially fashionable in the late 17th century and revived during the Regency, or as many say ~ a French term meaning...

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21 Apr
Beatles, Beatles fan, bench, Century, Century Furniture, design, fabric, Fabulous Fabrics, furniture, High Point, market, memoribilia, ottoman, Paul McCartney, print, Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, Shay's Favs!, Uncategorized, Vanguard

A Fabric That Rocks!

Even if you’re not a huge fan of the Beatles, you probably instantly recognize the iconic group pictured on this fabric.  It’s the photo from the back cover of their album Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely...

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13 Mar
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Is your home in tune to social media?

Talk about being socially savvy & totally with it!  Furniture manufacturer CR Laine has hit the height of uber (or should I say cyber?) creativity.  As part of their new spring line of fabrics,...

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15 Dec
Alexa Hampton, Barbara Barry, Barclay Butera, blog, Calvin Klein, Candice Olson, design, fabric, Fabulous Fabrics, interior design, interior designer, Kravet, Uncategorized

Finding the perfect Fabrics

Kravet, one of my very favorite “go to” fabric lines had a wonderful post today on their blog about selecting the right fabrics for upholstery.  Even as a design professional, I found the knowledge...

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13 Jul
chaise lounge, durable fabric, Fabulous Fabrics, Kravet, outdoor, outdoor fabrics, Outdoor Living, outdoor space, patio furniture, pattern, pillow, pillows, pool, pool furniture, print, Schumacher, Shay's Favs!, Sunbrella, Sunbrella fabrics, Trina Turk, Uncategorized

Is your outdoor space IN style?

Decorating your home is no longer contained to the interior.  During the spring & summer months, families spend more & more time outdoors & lounging by the pool.  Are you doing it in style? ...

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21 Jan
2009 color of the year, color, color palette, Courageous Color, design, design blog, Elle, energy, fabric, Fabulous Fabrics, fashion, happy, home fashions, hope, Inauguration, interior design blog, Isabel Toledo, Kate Hudson, lemon-grass, Michelle Obama, Mimosa, Pantone, shade, Shay's Favs!, sun, sunflower, sunny day, This Just In!!!, Uncategorized, yellow

Yellow Fever

Yellow is so energizing & happy that I’m just bursting while writing this post.  Doesn’t yellow make you happy just thinking about it?  Think sunflowers, mimosas, baby chickies, a warm sunny day…Yellow can do...

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