According to the Color Matters website, color can suppress your appetite, affect taste and smell and calm football playe…
Textiles
10 Myths About Dry Cleaning
It’s hard to ignore those cautionary labels (even the misspelled ones). Do we dare wash a delicate garment at home…
A Handy Reference Guide to the 20 Greenest Materials
True, we are still living in a material world, but cotton grown with pesticides is no longer the fabric of our lives. Th…
Pillow Talk with Donna Halloran
After 15 years working in home furnishings, Donna Halloran left her corporate career behind. Taking valuable insight fro…
School of Hard Nots
Teaching the nation’s future fabric designers not to use flame retardants and harsh dyes is one thing. Teaming up …
10 Clever Way to Cut Up Your Excess Upholstery Fabric
On Project Runway, overestimating fabric amounts can cost designers big time on those challenges requiring they apply ev…
Wabisabi Island
My island dream house is clean and white, sprinkled with sea glass and hurricane lamps, and images like the frond, coral…
Serenity with Amenity
Taking an active interest in protecting the environment and appreciating the aesthetic value of its sweeping beauty go h…