Category: Interior Design

Clients, events and friends that I meet along the way….all have a message, all are in transition.

Christmas Already?

Posted on by Cheryl Draa
[caption id="attachment_580" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Christmas already!"][/caption] "Yes, I know I have glitter on me!" is becoming my new logo for the month. We've already started buying product and staging it for the next big production.  And yes, even started decorating!   Why would someone decorate for Christmas before Thanksgiving?  ...Read More

Holy Smokes

Posted on by Cheryl Draa
Missing a turn in the neighborhood of a client I was visiting allowed me to see this amazing burned out house.   I speculated about what had happened to it while making  my way to the correct street.   Had it been struck by lightning?  What happened to the people and...Read More

“Cheryl is Like an Addiction”

Posted on by Cheryl Draa
I recently received the most fabulous testimonial from a client on Thumbtack.com. Thanks so much John!!   As quoted by John Williams:  The question is not "Why would you use Cheryl Draa?" but rather "Why would you NOT use her!?" Easy to work with and really listens to what you're...Read More

Bathroom Renovations

Posted on by Cheryl Draa
"The throne room", the "restroom", a"powder room", the "Privy" or the "washroom", "Lavatory", and "Comfort station",  are all names to describe the same room....the bathroom.   Most of us spend more time in there than we care to admit.   It is usually one of the last rooms decorated. [caption...Read More

Pet Peeves

Posted on by Cheryl Draa
[caption id="attachment_249" align="aligncenter" width="307" caption="Cows roam the front lawn of a country home."][/caption] My clients truly love their animals.    Some live in the country and have cows in their front yards and raise the cutest baby goats I've ever seen.   They occasionally traipse in some hay or red clay mud, and it...Read More

People in Transition

Posted on by Cheryl Draa
People around me seem to be experiencing their own transition.  Remember when you found that you were having a baby and everyone around you seemed to also be having a baby?    I think it wasn't so much that everyone around me was actually pregnant, but that I noticed it more....Read More

Personal Transitions

Posted on by Cheryl Draa
"All of us have bad luck and good luck. The man who persists through the bad luck -- who keeps right on going -- is the man who is there when the good luck comes -- and is ready to receive it.  --Robert Collier. "Lucky Dog", "Luck of the draw",...Read More

Seasonal Thoughts

Posted on by Cheryl Draa
[caption id="attachment_62" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="The front door is the first thing your guests see....."][/caption] One of the many things I do for people is decorate their homes for Christmas.  My "elves" and I start the process often before Thanksgiving rolls around, and we finish up around the second week of...Read More