The Art of Cluster Art
Anyone who knows me knows that I'm an art lover.  I collect it, I make it, and I hang it everywhere!  For a while my house looked like a hap hazard art gallery, with pictures placed wherever I could find some spare wall.  After my previous entry about clutter bugs, I took a look around my place and decided that perhaps I needed to take some of my own advice. I went through taking down the many pieces I had in the strange places I had them until I wa More...

Murphy Beds and STYLE!
Twenty or thirty years ago, if you would have used “Murphy beds” and “style” in the same sentence, I probably would have thought you were crazy.    I have to say that I’m not overly impressed with how the Murphy beds from 30 or more years ago look, even if I consider the styles and fashions of the day.  Most of the time the bed cabinet did not match the room and it stuck out like a sore thumb.  Come to think of it, that might h More...

Simple Elegance
As soon as I saw this photograph, I knew that I had to share it!    It is a simple and elegant design for a child’s room, utilizing decorative crown moulding mounted all the way to the ceiling to give the unit that much desired, built in look.  The open shelving keeps the unit feeling light and airy.    The small and large arched handles in brushed chrome add to the simplicity theme.  The star shaped and knobs on the drawers More...

FLEX Space
What is “flex space”?  It is space that can be used for multiple purposes – like a room that is an office during the day and a bedroom at night.  Flex space is a key concept being utilized in many of today’s new and existing homes.    For example, as children grow up and leave the nest, the parents typically no longer devote the use of whole rooms to their children and end up reapportioning their abode. They use the emptied spaces fo More...

Murphy Beds of Today
Today, wallbeds not only pivot from the head of the bed, but they can also pivot out from the sides, as seen in the picture below. At Murphy Bed Lifestyles, we’ve discovered there's a certain freedom that can be found in a custom designed wall bed unit.  By customizing the wallbed cabinet to fit the More...