The Colorful Life with Studio of Decorative Arts

HI EVERYONE!  I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT VERY SOON I WILL HAVE A NEW BLOG NAME AND A NEW, RE-DESIGNED SITE ON WORDPRESS.  AFTER BEING ON BLOGGER, WHICH I FOUND VERY EASY AND IT GOT ME INTO T...

http://studioofdecorativearts.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-new-name-and-re-designed-blog.html

WHEN I MARRIED MY HUSBAND, I MOVED INTO A HOUSE WITH A LOT OF 70S TYPE WALLPAPER.  FOR A DECORATIVE ARTIST LIKE MYSELF - THAT'S LIKE BEING IN PURGATORY (OR WORSE!!!).  NOW, I LOVE WALLPAPER......

http://studioofdecorativearts.blogspot.com/2012/07/evolution-of-powder-room-removing-yet.html

THIS WEEK I WAS ASKED TO STAGE A VACANT HOME IN MALVERNE NY.  IT'S A LOVELY DUTCH COLONIAL THAT HAS A GREAT, HOMEY FEEL TO IT.  WHEN I LOOKED AT THE HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME, I JOTTED DOWN MY I...

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THIS MORNING I ATTENDED A WONDERFUL SEMINAR BY DESIGNER LARRY LASLO THAT WAS HELD AT THE ROBERT ALLEN SHOWROOM IN WOODBURY NY. AFTER HEARING LARRY TALK, I CAN SEE WHY HE IS SO SUCCESSFUL - HE ...

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JUST WANTED TO POST SOME PICS OF SOME MONARCH BUTTERFLIES THAT WERE IN MY BACKYARD.  THEY ARE MY FAVORITES.  TRUE TO THEIR NAME - THIS PARTICULAR BUTTERFLY LOVED THE BUTTERFLY BU...

http://studioofdecorativearts.blogspot.com/2012/07/happy-summers-day-some-butterfly-pics.html

I'M TWO DAYS LATE WITH THIS POST, BUT I THOUGHT I'D SHOW EVERYONE HOW I DECORATED MY FRONT PORCH AND BACK DECK FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY. THE FRONT PORCH THE MAIN STAPLE OF THE PORCH ...

http://studioofdecorativearts.blogspot.com/2012/07/deck-and-porch-decorating-for-fourth-of.html

I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT MY FAMILY USED TO BE LUCKY 1) IF I SERVED ANYTHING MORE AMBITIOUS THAN A HOT DOG ON A BUN AND SOME SALAD ON JULY 4TH AND 2) IT WAS ALWAYS SERVED ON PAPER PLATES (AND THEY ...

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A SHORT WHILE AGO I HAD TO HELP A CLIENT IN MANHATTAN WHO HAD HAD A FLOOD IN HER KITCHEN - WHICH MARRED THE CABINETRY THAT I HAD PAINTED AND ANTIQUED NEARLY 6 YEARS EARLIER. THE ONLY DAY I COUL...

http://studioofdecorativearts.blogspot.com/2012/07/antiquing-kitchen-cabinetry-in-new-york.html

I'M CHANGING THINGS UP A BIT TODAY.  I THOUGHT SOME OF YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL PLACE I CALL HOME.  I THINK I LIVE IN ONE OF THE PRETTIEST SPOTS ON LONG ISLAND - GREAT RIVER, NY.  ...

http://studioofdecorativearts.blogspot.com/2012/06/boat-tour-around-my-neighborhood-on.html

ONE OF MY LONG TIME CLIENTS, STACI, HAD A COMMERCIAL RANGE HOOD INSTALLED IN HER KITCHEN.  SHE LOVES TO COOK (SHE'S ITALIAN AND A GREAT CHEF!) BUT SHE NEVER LOVED HOW HER RESIDENTIAL RANGE H...

http://studioofdecorativearts.blogspot.com/2012/06/commercial-range-hood-gets-beauty.html

ALTHOUGH WE HAD A WONDERFULLY SNOW-FREE WINTER (ALMOST, EXCEPT FOR THE FREAKY HALLOWEEN AND ONE OTHER LITTLE STORM), I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THE WARM WEATHER, SWIMMING, BARBEQUING, SAILING AND J...

http://studioofdecorativearts.blogspot.com/2012/05/welcoming-in-summer-transforming-mantle.html

AS PROMISED, SOME OTHER IMAGES AND IDEAS FROM THE SHOWCASE HOUSE IN BEAUTIFUL SAN FRANCISCO, CA.  THE SHOWCASE WAS SITUATED IN LAUREL HEIGHTS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL ENCLAVES IN SF....

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HI EVERYONE...I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING THE SAN FRANCISCO DESIGNER SHOWCASE YESTERDAY WITH MY DAUGHTER, JESSICA.  WE STOLE SOME PRECIOUS "GIRL TIME," SINCE DADDY WAS GOING TO MIND MY L...

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HI EVERYONE... I JUST WANTED TO DO A QUICK BLOG POST WHILE I'M AWAY IN CA.  I HAVE TO GO BACK TO THIS HOME TO TAKE BETTER PHOTOS...BUT I THOUGHT I'D SHARE ANOTHER IDEA FOR PANELS IN WAINSCOTIN...

http://studioofdecorativearts.blogspot.com/2012/04/another-decorative-idea-for-wainscoting.html

HI EVERYONE... AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, I AM OUT IN CALIFORNIA VISITING MY NEW LITTLE GRANDDAUGHTER, PEYTON - WHO IS THE MOST PRECIOUS LITTLE BUNDLE OF JOY.  I THOUGHT I'D POST A PICTURE OF HER THA...

http://studioofdecorativearts.blogspot.com/2012/04/my-new-little-masterpiece.html

A FRIEND, AND NOW A CLIENT, WANTED A BEAUTIFUL POWDER ROOM.  SHE HATED THE DARK COLOR THAT WAS ON THE WALL (ORIGINALLY A MAROON HUE).  SHE ALSO DISLIKED THE GLASS SHOWER DOOR IN THE ROOM AND S...

http://studioofdecorativearts.blogspot.com/2012/04/creating-elegant-powder-room.html

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.  I WAS AN ENGLISH MAJOR - WAY BACK WHEN - AND I HAVE ALWAYS CELEBRATED THE BARD'S BIRTHDAY IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.  TODAY - HE GETS A BLOG POST! ONE OF FAVOR...

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WHEN I FINALLY CONVINCED MY HUSBAND THAT WE NEEDED A KITCHEN RENOVATION, I FIGURED THAT IF I GOT HIM THAT FAR...LET ME SEE IF I CAN ALSO GET ANOTHER ROOM ADDED ON - A GREAT ROOM, OFF THE KITCHEN...

http://studioofdecorativearts.blogspot.com/2012/04/gold-leafing-and-antiquing-fireplace.html

I AM DISTRAUGHT TODAY BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MY LAPTOP - IT'S IN THE SHOP GETTING A LITTLE OVERHAUL (AND I HOPE IT'S "LITTLE"!!). SO I THOUGHT I WOULD TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT FOR A BLOG POST AND ...

http://studioofdecorativearts.blogspot.com/2012/04/weekly-faux-finishing-column-idea-what.html

WHEN WE FINALLY REDID OUR KITCHEN A FEW YEARS AGO, I WAS BEYOND HAPPY WITH IT.  NO LONGER WAS I EMBARRASSED HAVING PEOPLE OVER FOR DINNER BECAUSE I HAD NEW CABINETRY, GRANITE COUNTER TOPS, NEW F...

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WHILE I AM AWAITING THE NEWS OF MY NEW GRANDDAUGHTER'S BIRTH (IT SHOULD HAPPEN WITHIN A FEW HOURS...I CAN'T WAIT!!), I THOUGHT I'D SHARE A PROJECT THAT I DID IN MY HOME RECENTLY...MY DINING ROOM...

http://studioofdecorativearts.blogspot.com/2012/04/fifth-wall-importance-of-decorating.html

WHEN WE GOT THE PHONE CALL YESTERDAY MORNING THAT MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, JESSICA, WAS EN ROUTE TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE HER CONTRACTIONS WERE 5 MINUTES APART...I WAS SO EXCITED THAT I COULDN'T REA...

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WELL...BY THE TIME I GOT HOME AND FINISHED SETTING THE TABLE, THE SUN DECIDED TO CHANGE TO CLOUDS!  BUT I WANTED TO POST SOME PICTURES TONIGHT.  HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE GOOD SUNLIGHT TOMORROW,...

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I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE TIME WENT...BUT IT'S ALMOST EASTER.  HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?  WASN'T IT JUST CHRISTMAS?  ANYWAY, WITH THE WARM WEATHER THAT WE HAD TODAY, I HAD TO GO SHOPPING FOR SOME EAS...

http://studioofdecorativearts.blogspot.com/2012/04/getting-ready-for-easter-and-easter.html

I'VE POSTED ABOUT THIS BEFORE ON THIS BLOG AND ON MY HOME STAGING BLOG  - BUT SINCE THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN FEATURED ON SOME OTHER BLOGS AND THE TOPIC IS VERY POPULAR, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GRE...

http://studioofdecorativearts.blogspot.com/2012/03/what-to-do-with-kitchen-soffits.html