Fall Decor

By Lindsey Walta, September 20, 2009 | In Home Design |

Fall Decor

Tip: As the seasons begin to change, try decorating for fall instead of Halloween and Thanksgiving specifically. Using a more general theme of fall leaves, pumpkins (no faces), orange, gold, and brown palettes, your decor can last from now until the end of November.

Skip the jack-o-lanterns . . .

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Eco-Friendly Countertop Material

By Lindsey Walta, September 10, 2009 | In Home Design |

ECO by Consentino

ECO by Consentino is a great option for a green countertop material made of recycled material. Visit www.ecobyconsentino.com

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New Add Campaign Urges Renovation and Recyling

By Lindsey Walta, September 1, 2009 | In Renovation Design |

For more than a decade we lived in a culture of real-estate ambition as up-ticking values made every house a potential nest egg. God help us, we were a nation of bidders and flippers consumed by balloon mortgages, rate locks and transfer taxes.

Now that Americans are resigned to staying put for a while, will they . . .

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Kitchen Design Trends

By Lindsey Walta, August 17, 2009 | In interior decorating |

A great article on Kitchen Design Trends from Dallas Interior Decorating Examiner Nancy Baldwin and www.examiner.com

Kitchen design trends are a reflection of changes in how we use our homes. As our families have become more mobile, and as entertaining has become a regular occurrence, the kitchen has evolved into a multi-purpose space combining function and . . .

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Green Not Always an Easy Sell to Skeptical Consumers

By Lindsey Walta, August 6, 2009 | In Green Home Design |

Although “green” is now very much in the nation’s vernacular, green builders should not assume that consumers are sold on sustainability, Suzanne Shelton, president and CEO of the Shelton Group, told the NAHB National Green Building Conference last month in Dallas.

Shelton said that prospective buyers of green homes are more concerned about what sustainable features . . .

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