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In interior design, trends come and go. Some stick around for years while others seem to disappear at virtually the snap of a finger. Regardless of how long a design trend is projected to last, following the latest crazes can be a blast. Even cabinets and countertops go in and out of style. This becomes apparent when we walk into an old kitchen; we immediately spot that the colors, materials, and general style simply do not match up to what everyone is currently raving about. How …

Since just about everything has turned digital, it makes sense why people are repurposing or even scaling back on their belongings that can now be accessed online – photo albums, magazines, CDs, home videos, the list goes on. Books, of course, are not exempt from the latter. However, now that many are switching to digital or audio books as opposed to the bound set of printed pages that we all originally started with, or are ridding of their books altogether due to lack of extra t …

Before starting an interior design, the initial thought for many is that the process will be a breeze. After all, we all start off with an idea of what we think will be “exactly what we want.” But unfortunately, things change as we realize we don’t have as much space as we thought, the budget runs out quicker than expected, or the furniture and décor that we envisioned are not able to be found in stores. Regardless of the interior design issues you come across, there are a few pr …

Even just from the song ‘Uptown Girl’ by Billy Joel, it’s clear there are distinctions between uptown and downtown. Even  though the terms often have different meanings today, ‘uptown’ used to signify a middle to wealthy class neighborhood while ‘downtown’ was deemed a poorer side of town when compared to its uptown counterpart. If this is still difficult to put into perspective, think of the Great Gatsby where East Egg represented where the wealthier elite resided while West …