Design Recipe Tip: Creative Ways to Use Bookcases

Bookcases can be a great double duty furniture piece. Balance books with mini statues, decorative book ends, or candles to add touches of your personality in
the space.

 

Floral arrangements made simple: The Single Stem

Floral Arrangements:

There is something sophisticated and simple about a single flower in a bud vase.

Group them together to make them the center piece of a room. Making the flowers different but in the same color family also adds visual interest.

Top NYC Interior Designer/Home Stager Cathy Hobbs Hosts Broker Party-Named Jan Cover of real estate magazine The Mann Report

Interior Designer Cathy Hobbs, ASID

Top New York City Interior Designer Cathy Hobbs celebrates being selected as the January cover of the Tri-State’s premier real estate magazine The Mann Report. The festive broker party was held at the spectacular loft of prop and furniture showroom Props For Today.

Design Recipe Tip: Making an area rug “work” the room

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Most people think the design focus of a room is the wall or a piece of furniture. Why not switch it up and let the floor take the lead? Using the walls as a neutral background, pair furniture (in contrasting but neutral tones) with a bold pattern or colored area rug. Tie the whole thing together with wall art, or accessories such as throws and pillows in the same color family.

Design Recipe Tip: Using an area rug to "work" the room