Janet Ramin - As a designer, one of the questions that I’m frequently asked by potential clients and students alike is what style should I decorate my home in? Or, what style is this? Many times they have some idea, but it’s usually hazy and confused. On our Mood Board series, we’ll try to take the mystery out of the multitudes of styles by showing off furniture, lighting, and accessories that best reflect the essence of each style.

Our first stop on our global tour features Asian-inspired styles, all very popular choices for home design. My selections for the Asian Modern style include

interior designGuest UserJune 3, 2011Asian, furniture, home, mood board Comment

HGTV Gives Away a Green Home

HGTV 2011 green homeThose of you who dream of living in an eco-friendly home and easing your impact on planet earth, HGTV has the perfect house for you. This year's green house giveaway is a green home located in Denver, Colorado. The city's vistas of endless blue sky and snow-topped mountains provide a fitting backdrop for the environmentally-conscious new construction.

Some of the green features is a roof lined with photo-voltaic panels that provide 75% of the house's energy and exterior walls wrapped in recycled-cellulose insulation, preventing heat loss. The surrounding gardens also adopted green practices

interior design, videoGuest UserMay 3, 2011HGTV, contest, green Comments

Fine Dining Tabletop Exhibit Showcases Top Interior Designers

DIFFA sponsored their annual fundraising event, Dining by Design, at the recent Architectural Digest Home Design Show. DIFFA is Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. Each year they invite famous and local designers to create dining installations that range from gorgeous to wildly provocative.

Here are some photos of this year’s installations. Interior designer, Vincente Wolfe, created this flower bower of pink, white and blue hydrangea, perfect for a spring outdoor party.

interior design, videoGuest UserApril 8, 2011Architectural Digest Home Show, DIFFA, dining, tabletopComment

5 Easy Ways to Get People to Admire Your Home

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Sharon Harlan - Let’s face it – our home is not just a place we head for when the day’s work is done to unwind and spend time with our family; it’s also a status symbol that we'd love to flaunt in the most subtle ways. This is the reason why we clear the clutter in the living room when unexpected guests show up, and why we’re apologetic and rushing to explain how “we were just going to clean up.” We want people to admire our homes, we want them to go "ooh" and "aah"

interior design, videoGuest UserFebruary 25, 2011Sharon Harlan, home, house, staging, tipsComment

Bollywood Meets NYC Loft Living

Jay Johnson - My regular readers know me well; I'm a voyeur. I love to look into people's houses. When I was little, I liked to take walks around the block and hope that people's lights were turned on. I could see people seated around their dining tables, chandeliers blazing, artwork on the walls - interior design in plain sight, just like it was meant to be . . . for me to see!

When I find a video that gives us a chance to tour people's private spaces,

interior design, videoGuest UserFebruary 5, 2011Chris Coleman, New York City, gay, loftComment