Sometimes It's As Simple As Nature

Sometimes design is best left basic. Best left to be inspired by its surroundings, not to overpower them, but to enhance them. When you live in Southern California, you have limited space, especially outdoors. So it's best to enhance what you have and to flow design and inspiration from the outdoors in.

For this patio tile design, I used a natural slate and created an inset pattern with a border by cutting smaller tiles and laying the inset tiles on a bias. The result was pure beauty. Check out more photos.

New Era, New Design

It's official! My website has been updated to include better photography, a better user interface, better technology and well, it's just better!

Take a spin and let me know what you think. I guess it's a by-product of my marketing background - the marketing has to be up to the same level as the product - and honestly, my marketing (e.g. website) was a bit lacking.

I hope you enjoy it. The swirls and birds make me happy. And it's amazing how well these colors go with the colors I oftentimes use in my furniture design. It's almost like it was, um... meant to be?!

I'm featured in Lowe's Woodworking Magazine!

It's official! I really am a woodworker now, Lowe's even said so! Okay, I've been a woodworker for years, but it's nice to get some recognition every now and again. I just got some preview copies of Lowe's Woodworkers Magazine which ships quarterly all over the country. Click here to take a sneak peek of the article.

By the way, another feature on me should be coming out in FIRST For Women Magazine next month. I'll send it out once it hits stands on 10/5/09.

Enjoy!