The Don’t Of A Room

May 8, 2025

When considering a room’s “don’ts,” avoid common design pitfalls like cohesion, overdone symmetry, color gone wrong, and shapes, lines, and forms. 

1. Lack of Cohesion: The room can’t decide what it is. Contemporary? Traditional? Does the item serve a purpose? Pay attention to all the elements in the room. Place items purposefully (E.g., Floor lamp next to chair/sofa).

2. Overdone Symmetry: It becomes redundant and uninteresting. You don’t have to have two of everything. The only exception is the master bedroom.

3. Color Gone Wrong: Understand the saturation/value of the color. Saturation is the purest shade of that color, the highest level. Value is when you brighten the color by adding white. (Ex: coffee, add milk color lightens). Use colors that will compliment the furniture. If one color pops out more than any other color, chances are the color is to saturated.

4. Lack of Attention to Shape, Line, and Form: The lines all go in the same direction (E.g., all vertical, vertical lamp, vertical stripes, tall vertical vase).

Alternative Upper Kitchen Cabinets

June 24, 2021

In the past upper cabinets in kitchens have always been closed doors. But in the past few years, there’s been a trend towards open shelves. At first, there was some resistance to that trend, but nowadays, more homeowners are incorporating some form of open shelves in their kitchen design, even if just a small area. It’s definitely a more creative way to design.


I personally love the look.