by Mary Margaret Vasquez | May 4, 2016 | Interior details
When touring vintage local homes, one often sees beautiful details giving the house that special “Old Florida” look. One of these details is the use of pecky cypress which is not seen as often in the newer built homes. Lucky me, I have the opportunity to...
by Mary Margaret Vasquez | Nov 24, 2015 | Interior details
When a truly wonderful houses exists, it can be honored with a symbol or illustration that becomes the insignia of the house – a house logo. I love the idea of giving a house a logo. It creates a sense of place to have it thoughtfully placed throughout the house...
by Mary Margaret Vasquez | Sep 4, 2015 | Interior details
The Mission San José de Tumacácori provides history lessons as well as architectural and garden inspiration. As summer is officially ending this weekend (noooooo!) with Labor Day approaching, this will be a commemorative post of that wonderful season which allows for...
by Mary Margaret Vasquez | Mar 23, 2015 | Interior details
Creating some curtains for a client required reconsidering some styles previously regarded as outdated. These dreamy white curtains in a Santa Barbara home designed by Michael S. Smith are my curtain of choice in many instances as they are full and elegant yet simple...
by Mary Margaret Vasquez | Jan 7, 2015 | Interior details
Finding color and pattern inspiration at the movies. Over the weekend I went to see The Imitation Game. It had some nice design details scattered throughout the movie. This sharp vintage phone in the bottom right corner of the photo above caught my attention. I...
by Mary Margaret Vasquez | Oct 7, 2014 | Interior details
The French do everything in style, even closing their doors. A few summers ago we had a delightful French boy come to live with us for a few weeks. During his stay, I noticed that he would always keep the door closed to his room. He closed it when he was inside – not...
