Dining rooms are really all about the table and the chairs.

One of the most common reasons people renovate their homes is a change in their lifestyle - an upcoming wedding, a new baby, or grown children moving away.

I tell people marriage is a compromise, and so are renovations.

I think people underestimate the importance of lighting - layers of lighting, not just one light. I do a lighting seminar where I take a $300-a-yard fabric and a $3-a-yard fabric. I show what lighting can do to either one.

Paint goes a long way in making old look like new.

I firmly believe that if your environment works for you and your family, it translates into a better life.

The perfect antidote to dark, cold and creepy is light, warm and cozy.