April 2009


MediaMouths! Rate these magazine covers!Every Wednesday, in our blog installment of MediaMouths™, we ask our readers to critique a pair of leading shelter magazine covers. Take a look at the current covers of House Beautiful and Metropolitan Home and give us your opinions. (more…)

Test your IDQ!

What’s your Interior Design Quotient (IDQ)?

This 5-question test tells you what your
fundamental IDQ score is. (more…)

DesignCoach discusses mixing mismatched dining chairsEach Monday on the DesignQuotient™ blog, Los Angeles interior designer DesignCoach™ James Swan answers readers’ questions. Post your design dilemma. DesignCoach™ can help you find the solution.

This week the DesignCoach discusses mixing mismatched dining chairs. (more…)

MediaMouths! Rate these magazine covers!Every Wednesday, in our blog installment of Media-mouths™, we ask our readers to critique a pair of leading shelter magazine covers. Take a look at the current covers of The World of Interiors and Western Interiors and let us know your opinion. (more…)

DesignCoach discusses skylightsEach Monday on the DesignQuotient™ blog, Beverly Hills Interior Designer DesignCoach™ James Swan answers readers’ questions. Post your design dilemma. DesignCoach™ can help you find the solution.

This week the DesignCoach discusses skylights.
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DesignFind explores Charleston, SCDesignFind’s Spotlight is your in-depth guide to local design, antiques and arts events. This week on DesignFind’s Spotlight, we explore Charleston, SC. Make sure to also check out our latest DesignFind global design events guide!

Before we start, we want to help answer the question: How to find a top interior designer in Charleston, SC? (more…)

DesignFind Global Design Events CalendarDesign Find is your global guide to upcoming interior design events, home shows, furniture, art & antique fairs, and designer show houses. (more…)

MediaMouths!  Rate the covers of Architectural Digest and Elle Decor Every Wednesday, in our blog installment of MediaMouths™, we ask our readers to critique a pair of leading shelter magazine covers. Take a look at the current covers of Architectural Digest and Elle Decor and let us know your opinion. (more…)

DesignFind: Global Design Events Calendar Each Monday on the DesignQuotient™ blog, DesignCoach™ Beverly Hills interior designer James Swan answers readers’ questions. Post your design dilemma. DesignCoach™ can help you find the solution.

This week on the DesignCoach: What is one quick-fix project to make your home more beautiful? (more…)

DesignFind showcases the design events in Philadelphia and answers the question: How to find a great designer for your project in Philadelphia, PA?DesignFind’s Spotlight is your in-depth guide to local design, antiques and arts events. This week on DesignFind’s Spotlight, we explore Philadelphia. Make sure to also check out our latest DesignFind global design events guide!

Before we start, we want to help answer the question: How to find a top interior designer in Philadelphia? (more…)

DesignFind: Global Design Events Calendar Design Find is your global guide to upcoming interior design events, home shows, furniture, art & antique fairs, and designer show houses. (more…)

MediaMouths! Rate these magazine covers: House & Garden and Homes & Gardens Every Wednesday, in our blog installment of Media-mouths™, Interior designer James Swan asks our DesignQuotient™ blog readers to critique a pair of leading shelter magazine covers.

Last year, many readers lamented with us when Condé Nast shuttered House & Garden in the US. This month, for the many H&G fans, we look across the Atlantic to preview the current UK issue of H&G as well as their UK competitor Homes & Gardens magazine. Take a look at these two covers and give us your opinions. (more…)

DesignCoach: Design for your lifestyle Each Monday on the DesignQuotient™ blog, Beverly Hills Interior Designer DesignCoach™ James Swan answers readers’ questions. Post your design dilemma. The DesignCoach™ can help you find the solution.

This week on the DesignCoach: with no shortage of interior design advice out there, what will work best for your home in the long run? (more…)

DesignFind showcases the design events in Kansas City and answers the question: How to find a great designer for your project in Kansas?
DesignFind’s Spotlight is your in-depth guide to local design, antiques and arts events. This week on DesignFind’s Spotlight, we explore Kansas City. Make sure to also check out our DesignFind global design events guide!

Before we start, we want to help answer the question: How to find a top interior designer in Kansas? (more…)

Bail-out Decorating Part IV: The Circus of Circumstance As is true for any path to success the journey is a sum total of small steps. At times the act of taking a single step can bear resemblance to shouldering the weight of the world but it remains a step nonetheless; proceeded by one of a similar description while anticipating fruit from the same family tree. As the old tune reminds us in what can be an annoyingly perky platitude, “put one foot in front of the other…” (more…)

DesignFind: Top 3 Design Events and the Global Design Events Calendar Design Find is your global guide to upcoming interior design events, home shows, furniture, art & antique fairs, and designer show houses. (more…)

MediaMouths! Rate these magazine covers: House Beautiful and Metropolitan Home Every Wednesday, in our blog installment of Media-mouths™, we ask our readers to critique a pair of leading shelter magazine covers. Take a look at the current covers of House Beautiful and Metropolitan Home and give us your opinions. (more…)