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2014
Bringing warmth and life into our homes, creating atmosphere as well as comfort - color and texture are two critical elements of interior design. Color is a versatile design tool which can be used to enhance and to alter the quality of natural light, make a room seem more spacious or intimate a...
12/21/2014
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I love the Moonbean Cafe. Located in a charming little house with a fabulous front porch in the middle of Briarcliff Manor, New York, The Moonbean Cafe is one of my favorite neighborhood haunts. I love to sit quietly and read or do work (there is free wi-fi of course) or, to meet up with a fr...
12/16/2014
As a Westchester County interior decorator and designer, I sometimes meet with new clients, looking to remodel either parts of, or an entire home, who ask me "I already have a contractor, so why should I hire a designer or an architect? When I ask them directly "why did you call me" the discussi...
12/14/2014
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That John Lennon was assassinated. What a tragic waste. Back in 1969, Pete Seeger sang John Lennon's words "All we are saying, is give peace a chance..." Lennon imagined all the people living life in peace. And along with Pete Seeger, John Lennon imagined it for everyone - whites and nonwhites...
12/07/2014
There are so many ways to "pay it forward" and so many worthy people, places and causes to support. For years, I have been volunteering at In God's Love We Deliver, an organization that was originally established to help feed New York City residents who were homebound because of the AIDS virus....
12/02/2014
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Joanna Cohlan
Designing, Decorating & Staging Westchester Homes