Unfortunately sometimes in life things happen...someone in the family breaks a leg, or has surgery - maybe a hip replacement -  that would require them to be in a wheelchair.  If your lucky and nothing like that happens to your family you will still age and with age brings decreased mobility.  Plan ahead and account for these things while doing a remodeling project or building a home.

Bathrooms are small spaces with the potential of Great Impact, the space to really showcase your sense or humor, high-style design or love of luxury.   Add personality to your bathroom by adding color and pattern! This colorful vibrant bathroom definitely shows personality...from Elle Decor.

French Country Home It takes a lot of skilled and knowledgeable people working in harmony with the homeowners to create a custom home.  Myself, my design team, the builder, all of his crews, vendors, manufacturers, installers, craftsman, etc...etc....all have to work together to make a custom home exactly or better than the client imagined. So here's a salute to the incredible people that help make this project a tangible, living entity that melts my heart every time I walk t...

If you're planning a remodel or building a new home - pay attention to where your electrical outlets lie.  One of the biggest eyesores of a bathroom (or kitchen - but we'll get to that later) is a 2" x 4" electrical switch or outlet right smack-dab in the middle of your beautiful tile. There are numerous places you can hide your switches - but the layout has to be planned well before you start tiling.  *Hide your switches/outlets on a pony wall.  Pony walls are used for a variety ...

There are these little things in life I like to call "Happy Accidents;" things that you wouldn't have wished to happen but when they did, the result ended up being much better than your original plan.   An old client of mine had one of these "happy accidents." Their bathroom developed a leak and after some debate on how to fix it, they decided to do a small remodel to update their bathroom. Above are a few "Before" pictures.

For those of us who have several kids ruling our roost, we all know how different each of their personalities can be.  One child loves toxic shades of blue, while another is more subtle in fairy pink land.  One way to connect these drastically different spaces is through their bathrooms.

Although we are all superhuman and will never "grow up," a bathroom remodel or design during new construction at any point in your life is a good time to start thinking about how you will age in your current space.  Bathrooms are one of the most dangerous areas of a home no matter how old you are and taking extra precautions to make yours safer is easy to do.    Here are some tips for aging-in-place designs in a bathroom: 1.

Check out the recent edition of Texas Home and Living (January/February 2011 issue) to see one of my beautiful master bathroom projects - "Sensuous Master Bath Retreat!" The master bathroom was featured as one of the 2011 Bathroom Designs, a spread by Jack Frink and was even featured on the 'Contents' page of the magazine! Click here to read the entire article! Or you can pick up a copy of the magazine at any local bookstore or grocer. 

It has been exactly one year since my assistant Erika packed up her stuff and moved to Houston to come work for me!  What better way to celebrate than to show off one of her most recent finished projects!!!  Enjoy this beautiful red and gold master bathroom.....