Home Design means so much more than decorating...

It’s a matter of your well being, well lived.

There is a reason why we say, “It’s so good to be home.”

The best home design creates rooms that speak, in a beautifully personal way, to those who live in them…

It’s an art form that feeds the soul in a practical every day kind of way.

While home means different things to different people, at the beginning and end of each day, it’s our own private oasis…and who doesn’t need one of those?

Yet the process of designing and styling a home specific to one’s taste and needs is so baffling to most people, that it often keeps them from considering much beyond a sofa, a flat screen TV and a bed.

It’s a little sad, but not actually a given

Having been in the home design business, one way or another since last century and helped hundreds of clients to find real home design satisfaction,

I’ve discovered first hand that most people have better taste and more intuitive know-how than they think.

In other words, you can create a beautiful home to suit yourself in a wonderful way, though you may not know it yet.

Who is Decoding Decor for?

Decoding Decor, as a design reference library, is for anyone who wants their home pulled together to look great, be comfortable, and perfectly tailored to meet their needs and budget. 

It’s for anyone who isn’t in the market for a “Designer Look” but want their look clarified and their homes to reflect the best of their own version of “Designer Vision.”

What’s different about the Decoding Decor Library?

A unique perspective is presented about how to create your own well-designed home, by thinking of it a as a logic-based construction and with it, a step-by-step understanding of what good home design is, how it works and how it can work for you.

Along with practical and actionable professional advice, you’ll be ready to design and style your home, knowing that your choices are well considered and will make the most of every room and every situation.

What is my Experience as a professional home design consultant?

Fair question…

I am a member of ASID Allied, and earned the privilege the old fashioned way with…

• An honors degree from one of the top interior design schools in the country.
• Hands-on experience working with truly gifted designers working in the field during the years I was training.
• 30 years as a design consultant to private clients and for clients through well known, high end furniture retailers.

Learning the foundations of design, working with the best in the field and real long term experience proved to be invaluable training.

I was told to write about what I know...

And so, I did…

I started writing about home design for various publications around the same time I began developing Decoding Decor as a Home Design Reference Library in 2009.

In 2010, Decoding Decor won a $1000 cash prize as one of four editors top pick for best content from Demand Media, the largest media content aggregate in the country at that time, with access to over 45 million articles.

this is what you should know…

The best home design is logical.
It’s grounded in practicality by necessity.

In other words, there is a systematic way to hack the otherwise mysterious Home Design Code down to understandable building blocks.

By browsing the posts you’ll find in the Elements of Decor archive and tuning the finer points with help from the Design and Style archive, you’ll learn how to create and define a home that is truly just so, just for you.

Bottom Line: The principals of good design are universal and hold true regardless of the style and provenance of your home furnishings or the size of your budget.

While advance clarity and planning are essential… at some point, you’ll have to shop for All. The. Things.

Look no further than the Shopping For Home Decor archive. There you will find specific advice to help you get all the right information you’ll need, including a few choice words about budgets to help keep you tethered against “impulsive buying” at the wrong time.

How can I help you?

This is the magic in the logic of design