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by Patricia M. Cove As we all know, our homes, our communities and our streets are all reflective on how we like to live, what we enjoy seeing every day and the surroundings that bring us peace and joy. Living in the Northwest section of Philadelphia, we are surrounded by historic architecture, gardens and smaller, […]

by Patricia Cove Two weeks ago we talked about a project that had been sent to me by a couple who was looking to incorporate changes in their space that would make it more functional while bringing its appearance into the 21st Century. The room had been professionally designed about 20 years ago and although […]

by Patricia Cove A few weeks ago, I had asked for readers interested in a virtual redesign of a space to send me photographs of rooms that needed some updating or a new look. I received many terrific photos and landed on a project belonging to a terrific couple, whose home we helped design nearly […]

We are all lucky to live in this area of Philadelphia. Our natural landscape, rivers and streams, gardens and parks create an oasis rarely found within large cities. I suspect many though, like me, find a major reason for loving this area is its abundance of historic architecture and the wide and varied architectural styles […]

by Patricia Cove First let me thank all those readers who sent me their “Before” room photos! There are so many terrific projects from which to choose, and I know more are on their way. I will be contacting you in the weeks ahead to talk about your project that would be included in an […]

by Patricia Cove Don’t we all love “Before and After” photos? I am always attracted to photos with “before and after” hairstyles or “before and after” weight loss or ensembles. And no matter the subject, doesn’t the “after” always look so much better? I don’t always know how that gets accomplished, but when it comes […]

by Patricia Cove Some of us are techno geeks. Some of us are not. In fact, when it comes to technology, I usually take the slow lane. It’s not that I don’t like technology, it is that it doesn’t like me. But it certainly is a fact of life these days, and a fact that […]

By Patricia Cove It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was writing an article titled “Designing for the New Millennium,” and all of a sudden it is 20 years later, and the design world seems to be headed in a different direction. I came to this realization last week, when I was visiting two […]

by Patricia Cove You may have heard that Pantone’s Classic Blue has been named the Color of the Year for 2020. Where do I begin? There is so much to say about a color. How is it that Classic Blue happened to become color of the year? What is your reaction to Classic Blue? Will […]