New is Not Always Better: Bar Stool Redo
Recently, I had a client with a small upholstery job. Yes, we do small pieces. This involved three bar stools. She had three dilemmas to solve. The first was that the seats had caved in and actually split the leather coverings. So, they were no longer usable. The second dilemma: now that her new home was finished, (thank you Super Storm Sandy) the brown leather seemed too harsh against her new color palette. Lastly, should she just replace them for something new and just
Think Light: Tackling Spring Cleaning
Are you as confused as I am by the weather? It was starting to be warm enough to open a window, and now we are back to winter coats! Yet, despite the weather, flowering trees and shrubs are blooming; perennials are starting to get green. It may be too soon to garden, but spring cleaning seems appropriate. One of my favorite blogs is Sacred Science and recently Nick Polozzi wrote about ways to tap into nature for our spring cFootleaning rituals. In one way or another, we cr
