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The Decorative Touch Featured in 435 South Magazine

The Decorative Touch Featured in 435 South Magazine

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We have some big news to announce. We’re excited to share that 435 South magazine has featured the Decorative Touch in its latest issue. The all-encompassing article is something we couldn’t wait to tell our blog readers. One of my favorite parts of the article is Tips from the Tierstrieps, where we give some tips and tricks about interior design. Some of the tips included:

  • Pull photos
  • Grow your furnishings with your home
  • Add the unexpected
  • Embrace Plan B
  • Take a deep breath

You can read the entire article by grabbing a copy today.

The Decorative Touch Featured in 435 South Magazine

The Decorative Touch Featured in 435 South Magazine

At the Decorative Touch, we’d love to help you integrate stunning, glamorous ideas into your home’s design. Please feel free to give us a call if you’d like to get started: 913-888-1388.

Map Lining in Drawer

Designing with Maps

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Map Lamp Shade

Map Lamp Shade

Feel lost when it comes to interior design? The Decorative Touch can help you find your way by incorporating maps into your home’s decor.  Colorful and often unique, maps will guide you to fabulous design and a creative look.

For example, say you’re a big traveler. You can hang pictures from your latest vacation by having a map can serve as the border of the picture frame.

Plus, I can identify special finds in stores that have items with map patterns pre-printed on them. I would use boxes, pillows, or decorative wooden letters with maps printed on them.

Maps can be used to decorate anywhere you can glue paper too, including lining drawers, wrapping presents, and making book dustjackets.

At The Decorative Touch, we’d love to help you integrate these ideas into your home decorating. Please feel free to give us a call if you’d like to get started: 913-888-1388

Photos via marthastewart.com

The Decorative Touch is Featured on Houzz

The Decorative Touch is Featured on Houzz.com

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Master Bath Design by The Decorative Touch Featured in Houzz

Master Bath Design by The Decorative Touch Featured in Houzz

Have you heard? The design work of The Decorative Touch is featured on Houzz.com. The online write up is such exciting news for me, especially since this site has such a mass following, particularly among those who love interior design. Houzz boasts that it’s the largest collection of interior design and decorating ideas on the Internet, including kitchens and bathrooms. And now, the portfolio of The Decorative Touch is part of that beautiful, robust compilation of design pictures.

I’ve included above the picture mentioned on Houzz.com. The feature discusses designer bathrooms, including one by the Decorative Touch, that have small touches that make the master bath very special. Go to the article, scroll to the No. 9 mention and take a look for yourself. Like the readers and editors of this site, get inspired by what we can do to create your dream master bathroom.

Houzz.com: Soft surroundings. Swaddle yourself in textiles for utter softness inside your master bathroom. Who says the living room is the only place for draperies, rugs, pillows, throws and upholstered pieces? Adding unexpected levels of comfort creates surprise.

Also, rummage through some other rooms I’ve done for clients found in my portfolio, and contact me to start your interior design project today.

Photo via The Decorative Touch

Jaw-Dropping Staircases

Jaw-Dropping Staircases

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I am constantly running across photos of truly jaw-dropping staircases, some in the homes I design and others in different media such as blogs, magazines and books. As an interior designer, I love working with architects who spend  an ample amount of time to create stairs that look so beautiful and allow for stairs to become part of the design process. A popular design blog named Design-Milk.com listed 20 stunning stairwells. Some are uniquely shaped. Others have vibrant colors. Each set of stairs is very unique, yet all are equally stunning.

One of my faves is the ‘wood’ stairwell. Take a closer look. The pieces are not really wood. Italian company 14 Ora Italiana has a collection of wood grain porcelain tiles inspired by the work of famed pop artist Andy Warhol. The Uonuon line comes in fourteen colors.

Uonuon

Uonuon

Also, these days you may see more of the space-planning trend with staircases. Architecture firm Atelier SAD created this modern staircase that also serves as a bookshelf.

Bookshelf & Stairs in One

Bookshelf & Stairs in One

These are only two of the staircases that caught my eye. Make sure to look at all 20 on Design-Milk.com. Plus as always, feel free to leave a comment below, and let me know which is your favorite. Enjoy.

Photos via Design-Milk.com

Kumquat with indigo

Opposites Attract: Complimentary Color Schemes

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Color theory is something we’ve always implemented here at The Decorative Touch for a long time, so we were thrilled to see a recent House Beautiful article about opposite color schemes. Photos like these can make anybody complimentary!

Kumquat with indigo

Kumquat with indigo

The chairs above, by Jeffrey Bilhuber, contrast kumquat with indigo, which is almost opposite on the color wheel. Note that the indigo is a little less vibrant than the kumquat; it would have been too bold otherwise.

Color wheel

Color wheel

Image courtesy of Cornell University

The seating area below, by Melissa Warner, balances vibrant color with a more neutral sofa. When it comes to color, neutrals are the pause that refreshes.

Vibrant color with a more neutral sofa

Vibrant color with a more neutral sofa

The Hamptons cottage below contrasts orange with blue. The blue is more subtle than the orange, enabling the quilt to really pop like the piece of art it is.

Contrast orange with blue

Contrast orange with blue

If you are looking to refresh your home with a thoughtfully-planned-out color scheme, contact us at The Decorative Touch or visit www.decorativetouchltd.com