Category: Decorating

Lowcountry Dining Room, after

A LowCountry Dining Room Makeover

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Interior Design by Kerry Ann Dame  In a room that already has furniture, decorating completes the room scheme and adds warmth and sophistication. Adding window treatments, art and accessories makes all the difference between bland and beautiful. When I arrived, the dining room had a beautiful light dusty aqua paint color chosen by the homeowners, a nice French country cupboard, and a pewter chandelier. A beautiful table and chairs in a light driftwood stain were on order. Since the dining room adjoins a large, open great room, we decided that [...]

Design…Folly

A Folly is a fanciful, unique thing, created purely for pleasure. Design was born of our innate desire to create beauty and joy around us.....in the design world, once form and function have been decided, the rest is frim-fram. The spaces we live in are for our pleasure - we should be inspired by them!  Folly and serendipity help us create the unique spaces that give us roots in this uncertain world. And so, DesignFolly.

modern khaki sofa with colorful pillows

What Kind of Sofa or Chair Should I Buy?

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If you like to sit up and read, or entertain more formally, choose tight-back furniture. Dressed-up guests don’t want to be flopping back into a sloppy pile of pillows, and if you really need back support, Scatter-Back down pillows are wrong for you. A tight back sofa is one with springs in the back, rather than loose cushions. Most common are Camelback style sofas, although nowadays there are many other classic tight-back styles being reproduced.