Be Your Own Decorator (Rizzoli New York) is the latest book out by noted design expert and author Susanna Salk. It's meant...
Easter is coming, and I know all you decor mavens are itching to decorate your house. I've culled a few of my favorite things for you to use. Sometimes it's just about fresh spring color, sometimes it's about a cute bunny, but it's always glam and chic!
— Valorie from
Most of us are not rich girls (or boys). We can dream and be inspired by the homes of those with the cash to do just about anything they want. Sometimes it's really good and sometimes it's really bad, for money does not always equal taste and style.
This is a product roundup of some classic...
Mardi Gras falls on February 21st this year, but Mardi Gras decorations have been up since January 6th in New Orleans. It's just another Tuesday in the rest of the US, but you can get in on the fun and throw a Mardi Gras party anywhere.
— Valorie from The...
I did event design in New York for many years. I always worked on New Year's Eve, creating magical parties. I often had several events to do, but I always used a signature color for each New Year's Eve party: white.
You can do this too by choosing white as your main color, and adding any and all...
Fashion continues to influence home decor, and it has reached Christmas tree decorations too. I do a Tiffany-inspired tree that I call the Holly Golightly Tree. Tiffany-blue is the main color in the ornaments and boxes. Then I add accents of black (as in Audrey's LBD), lots of sparkle and vintage ornaments...
A trendy word in home decor circles is "tastemaker." Several shopping sites are dedicated to Tastemaker Sales, and while the choices of the tasteful people are often quite wonderful, the items are usually way too expensive — at least for me, and maybe for you too. So I chose some affordable items that...
Every decor maven has go-to staples and a little bag of tricks to draw from when a room needs a revamp or update. Much like going to the closet and reaching for that little black dress or going to your little black book to call on the tried and true, this ideabook is about the just-right black piece...
Leopard has been in style since we dressed ourselves in pelts and lived in caves. Perhaps the height of popularity for the leopard print was in old Hollywood, with a revival of it in the glam rock and roll era of the 1980s. Leopard print in the home as been fashionable since the 1920s. It really has...
I am creating a French-style salon using items found around the web. I love color, I love pretty and I love things that are a little off-center in a good way.
This ideabook is inspired by my living room, which is styled in the manner of a French-inspired salon. — Valorie of
