The Haute Home

It’s been three years since the start of the biggest project of my life – the demo and renovation of my home in a suburb of Boston. My mental and physical selves have been back to [...]

Find Your Comfort Zone In my last article about my home renovation, I discussed how important it is to take a risk and step out of your comfort zone. In this installment, I want to remind [...]

Go Beyond Your Comfort Zone This is not for everyone, but this is what I always preach to my styling clients. Everyone has their comfort zone in style, and I find that most of the time this is [...]

Creating My Own Secret Garden Ever since I can’t remember, I’ve been in love with gardens, in particular, rose gardens. I had always told myself, “when I grow up and [...]

It is Possible to Achieve Style On a Budget Can you still have style without having to “swallow” champagne and caviar prices? Ummmm.. yes! And I’m not saying DIY [...]

A Happy Medium(Between Style and Kid Friendly) One of the biggest obstacles I faced during my home renovation was making our house kid-friendly. To me, kid-friendly means the following two [...]

Don’t Get Stuck On The Trendy Train My passion for interior design is probably as old as my love for fashion. For me, the two go hand in hand. As they say in the fashion world, you can buy [...]

Do What Works for Your Lifestyle So far in my series of home renovation tips, we’ve talked about following your gut and not being afraid to ask questions. Combine those two premises and [...]

Ask A Lot of Question, and Actually, Listen to the Advice My next home renovation tip is the same advice you most likely heard from your teachers during your entire education, “The only [...]

No matter what you want to do with your home, you’d be surprised at the amount of criticism, negativity, and unsolicited opinions you will receive. Everyone from close family members (they [...]