Debbie Wiener's Blog

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Our new virtual client in Colorado purchased a beautiful old Victorian home with stained glass windows.  She’s a young newlywed with modern taste so she asked our designer Sharon to turn this 1905 house into a beautiful and comfortable 21st century home.  She has two active dogs and wanted a durable design.  Here are a [...]

Okay, so you like the idea of having Slobproof! but you can’t figure out what fabrics to use.  Call us!  We love decorating.  Check out the cool pieces we picked for a client in New York.

You know how stripes can make you look fat- if running across your middle, or tall if running head to toe?  Well, that’s the kind of logic I used when carpeting a small basement.  Striped carpet not only looks cool- especially in lively colors- but makes the tiny footprint look fat and tall as well!  [...]

The brand new Graduate Lounge on the 2nd floor of the Stamp Student Union is now tricked out in MD Terrapin colors.  The radical transformation from blasé earth tones to slate gray and blood red walls has the grad students psyched.  Also our Slobproof! furniture in warm gold, UMD red, and soft gray have the [...]

Follow our new virtual clients as we tackle long-distance design.  For starters, Sharon is working with clients in Denver on their newly purchased Victorian home.  With emails, phone calls, samples and Skype, she’ll transform their home into a modern day urban oasis. Looking for a long-distance design relationship? We’ll make it work with our new [...]

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Here are some great before and after shots from a very happy client!      

What a great image of our Slobproof! furniture from an article in the Alexandria Gazette Packet. Not sure what I like more, the Slobproof! sectional or the cute kids sitting on it! Want more of my interior design tips for real life?  Click here to read the full article!

Our traveling client has no use for live leaves but he needed something natural looking to soften the space… These leaf screens from Arteriors are just the thing, no watering required.