SW Design Concepts, LLC

Just as I always recommend against buying a whole bedroom or living room set, I also recommend against using the same finish on all of your kitchen cabinets. Mixing up the colors or finishes adds a bit of the unexpected, and let's face it, the unexpected results in visual interest.

But don't the cabinets need to match each other and doesn't the kitchen table need to match the cabinets? Negative, Houston. In fact, the opposite is true. Every room becomes more attractive with...

How to Choose Paint

If you are looking for ways to kick-start your room redo, My Image Inspiration is a tool that allows you to upload a picture of something you like and think would work for your space—whether it’s a piece of art, furniture, fabric—anything! Once your photo is uploaded, the program gives you color palettes based on your inspiration!

I'm in the organizational mood. Perhaps because I'm working on a home office project for a client, or maybe because I'm working through my home to get everything, including closets, organized. Organizational systems don’t have to be ugly eyesores that we hide from friends and family!  Here are 10 office solutions that you can create for your own home office! 

1.  Colorful Fabric Bulletin Boa...

Furnishing and organizing your home in the most appropriate way is challenging, but the reward is that it can be a great expression of yourself.  Some people don't think interior design and architecture are such a big deal, until they see for themselves the impact that successful room decor, furnishings, and layouts can have on a house.

Serene and clean but not too sparse.

When it com...

As we look back on the past year we ponder the year to come. Stepping over the time line into a new year is cleansing. New hopes and dreams carry us into 2012 as we say farewell to 2011; hopes for a better economy and future, good health, dreams for the perfect job, home, and family.

As we say so long to the past and welcome the future we get a surge of excitement in anticipation of discovering new trends. It is necessary to look at the world around us when predicting the tr...

Don’t even get me started about the difficulties of under-counter storage. Though it’s true, perhaps, that it beats having to climb on step ladders to reach stuff stored way up high, the back-bending labor required to extract large pans from down low often seems not quite worth the effort. But here’s a godsend for improving the organization of low kitchen storage—Rev-A-Shelf’s Stainless Steel Peg Board Drawers.

Every so often I come across a product that I immediately categorize as essential inventory in my future fantasy house—the one my hubby and I will create once money is no object. Of course, in the real world of limited finances we might choose one of artist Tracy Glover’s lovely pendants as the one and only fantasy acquisition.

If you’ve seen (and felt) glass blowing up close, you...

Nearly every time I begin a new remodeling project that includes tile, my clients get excited when I present unique tile layouts for their consideration. Why? They often, whether they realize it or not, believe there are limited functions for each type of tile. For example, large format tiles should only be used on the floor and only in vast spaces, mosaics should only be used on the walls and often for backsplashes, you should b...

A home office is the ideal spot for a family planner. Coat part of a wall with chalkboard paint and create four weeks' worth of squares in a variety of chalk colors. Use it just like a regular planner for events, reminders, school schedules, and lots more.

Or let the kids draw on the walls! They'll love having permission to draw on a typically forbidden area. As a side note, I adore...

Long been considered a ‘must have’ for professional chefs, induction cooktops are quickly becoming a kitchen essential for any home cook. With its precision heating and ease of cleaning, induction combines the best of gas and electric to create a cooking method that’s fast, efficient and safe.

How Does Induction Work?

Unlike gas or electric, i...