warm up your gray
The gray trend started back around 2008 and after 14 years it has finally played out. Are you ready to move on from the grays? Stay tuned for my warm neutral recommendations.
Wellness In Your Home
You don’t have to wait for your vacation to experience spa luxuries. Kathy Corbet Interiors can help you create your own in-home spa retreat so you can indulge every day.
At Market: Maison et Objet and Paris
Our top finds and memories from Maison Et Objet in Paris, France.
How The Fashion Industry Has Inspired My Love For Interior Design
I transitioned from a career in fashion to interior design, so I felt right at home as I paved my way. Here are a few things I learned then that I apply to my interior design process now.
No Dream Project is Impossible With The Right Interior Designer
Planning and designing the interiors of your home can be complicated. It’s only natural that we become emotionally invested in them and long for them to be the perfect home of our dreams. Sometimes, you’ve got a vision in your mind, but you can’t quite make it a reality. This struggle can also apply to businesses that want their environment to be one their guests look forward to visiting time and time again. Well, friends, look no further.
Enjoy A Pick-Me-Up At Your Office Coffee Bar
A coffee bar can help create a cafe or hotel-lobby-like space as an alternative to sitting at your desk. Here are our favorite ways to bring a coffee bar to the office.
Kathy Corbet’s Fall Favorites
It’s October, which means we’re FINALLY in the fall season. Here are some of my favorite things to enjoy this time of year.
5 Steps for Hiring an Interior Designer
Maybe you have been thinking about bringing in professional interior design help for a while, or perhaps a new project has you feeling overwhelmed. Either way, you know you need an expert. Now what?
WALLS YOU WANT TO TOUCH: PART 1
Every year the interior design “In and Out” trend lists are published. Number seven on the Wall Street Journal’s “In” list caught my attention: Walls You Want To Touch. I have always been a big fan of texture on the wall. Part 1 of this blog will cover a few wall textures we have installed. Part 2 covers our favorite finds that we want to use in 2022.
LOVE YOUR HOME: PICK THE RIGHT PAINT COLORS
Choosing paint colors for your home can be overwhelming. Luckily, picking the right paint color is an interior designer’s specialty.
FAQ: Placing a TV over the Fireplace
Placing the tv over the fireplace is a design question that comes up almost weekly. Is it safe? Is it ideal for viewing? How does it all work together as the centerpiece for a room?
THE MIX: STEAMPUNK FOR NORMAL PEOPLE
Steampunk is a trend that involves the interaction of history, art, and technology—sometimes called retro-future. The often avant-garde style can seem so far out there for most of my clients. However, I do believe there are bits and pieces we can incorporate into our homes.
PLAYROOMS THAT ARE FUN AND FUNCTIONAL
Teen, child, and toddler rooms have been a standard for many years in homes with kids. Now they are a common request from the grandparents as well! At Kathy Corbet Interiors, we specialize in designing playrooms that visually please adults while sparking imagination in children.
5 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD CONSULT AN INTERIOR DESIGNER BEFORE RENOVATING YOUR HOME
You are about to renovate your house. You have spent a lot of time on Pinterest and blogs and you already have some good ideas about what to do with your space. Or the opposite, you are excited to move forward with the renovation, yet you feel a little lost on where to actually start and you are having a hard time picturing the finished result.
HIGH POINT TREND REPORT PART 6.5: ANIMAL VASES
We saw lots of human faces on vases at the High Point Market, but animals were losing their heads, too! We expect to see more of these at the next market.
HIGH POINT TREND REPORT PART 6: FACES AND VASES
Bust A Move? The traditional Roman bust as decor started a few years ago. Now they are more expressive! Creativity is encouraged by opening the top and allowing us to give them a hairstyle.
How can this trend work in your home? MyDomaine says it can make your home feel like a museum. Here’s HGTV’s guide for adding vintage faces to your space.
HIGH POINT TREND REPORT PART 5: MUSHROOM MOTIF
Avocados were a millennial favorite and now we all eat them. Who knew Brussels sprouts were such an essential? Now mushrooms are showing up on menus everywhere, even in coffee. Could this mushroom motif trend become a home decor trend, too? Elle just called them design’s hottest trend and they were all over High Point, too!
HIGH POINT TREND REPORT PART 4: BURNT AND CHARRED
This trend may even still be in the fad category right now. It first appeared a few years ago with “fumed” oak flooring and then the matte black trend. Now it is appearing in accessories. I look forward to how this plays out in the upcoming year.
HIGH POINT TREND REPORT PART 3: ROUND AND CURVILINEAR
We have been overloaded with geometric shapes over the last decade. Now we see the same ideas recreated with curves and circles. The trend is making the rounds. Read Chloe Dimink’s take on the curved sofa trend and Savvy Heart’s piece about curved furniture.
HIGH POINT TREND REPORT PART 2: BLACK-WHITE-NATURAL
Over the years we have seen black and white trends and matte black and gold trends. Now we are seeing matte black and white with natural colors and materials. Some showrooms called it “Primitive Modern.”