Modern House Minimalist Design

Good morning! Love to showcase designers whose work I admire and Elizabeth Dinkel fits right into my description of an "uber talented" designer! Love her style. I had seen a room that she had done for a showhouse in a magazine a few years ago and knew right away this was my kind of decorator. She clearly trends towards a more traditional look, but theres nothing heavy, stuffy, overdone or off putting about any of her rooms. Though some of them are formal, there is an ease and comfort level to the very beautiful spaces she has designed. Some of the bedrooms are just downright dreamy, and the living rooms while sophisticated and stunning are all rooms I can easily see being very comfortable entertaining family and friends in. Elizabeth's firm is based in West Hollywood, California and was established in 2004 after nearly 18 years as an interior designer. Her talents take her all over the United States and she has had her work featured in nearly every important design public...

Good morning! Don't forget to enter my fabulous giveaway, for the gorgeous Kilim bench from Safavieh. All details follow at the end of this post.  Hope everyone had a good and restful weekend. Ours was on the more relaxing side for once, a nice change. Dinner with friends, went on a friends boat despite the fact that the weather has been on the cooler side here and shuttled my son around (he is out of school so my chauffeur duties are being put into high gear)  Don't you just love monograms! It is a way to make something personal and exclusively yours in addition to the elegant decor motif they afford whatever you are monogramming. Perhaps its the southern in me, but I am always so drawn to this old world, regal and timeless classic element in decorating. The most common places to see it is in the bedroom, on bedding and in bathrooms on towels. But there are no real limitations....bar stools, linen napkins and placemats, pillows both indoors and out,dining chairs th...