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2022 MENORAH ROUNDUP

For this upcoming Hanukkah here's a collection of Menorahs to let the light and design into our lives.

WHO'S AFRAID OF COLOR?

Color is fun, color is joy, and I think that's why applying color into a design is often considered a playful, capricious act. But it's not.

DID WE OUTGROW LINEAR SOFAS?

2020 was nothing but linear or predictable, and to compensate for that let me introduce you to the curved sofa.

LAST MINUTE THANKSGIVING DECOR

This Thanksgiving I'm trying to re-enact magical moments with an affordable, last minute Thanksgiving dinner table décor.

A SIMPLE, AFFORDABLE HOME OFFICE

Covid-19 is here to stay for a while, pretty much everyone works from home, and here is a home office you can design for only $375!

PERFECT IS BORING

It's time to demonstrate the beauty of imperfection, because we're all flawed one way or another, so why hide it?

ON DESIGNING AN ADAPTIVE HOME

How do you maintain both your sanity and esthetic values, now that schools are up & running on their "new normal" schedule?

MULTIFUNCTIONAL & AFFORDABLE ROOMS

Six months into a global pandemic, our lives and homes are a mess. Now, more than ever, multifunction is the key to survive.

MY 2 CENTS ON DESIGNING WITHIN BUDGET

You hardly have the money to furnish your place, let alone hire an interior designer? Fear not, you can do it by yourself.

BLACK LIVES MATTER

D.C. Mayor Bowser's gesture and the artwork of Christo & Jean Claude: Art is a powerful way to convey a social message.

DESIGN RULES: YES or NO?*

Rules are mostly made to be broken, and are too often for the lazy to hide behind" said General of Army Douglass MacArthur.

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DESIGN: NEUTRAL MONOCHROME

Neutral monochrome. It's the antithesis of color, the purest version of minimalism with its very strict scale of earthy tones.

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DESIGN: COLOR

It seems like color can no longer be applied spontaneously into a design, instead it has to be controlled and obsessively organized.

EMBRACE YOUR IMPERFECTION

It's hard to live at peace with the ever going conflict between a flawless designed space, and a real lived-in space.