Brighten Your Year: Treatments That Let the Sunlight Shine In The new year is starting with a chilly arctic blast. But on days with clear skies, it feels good to have that sunlight shine into your home and brighten your day. Let’s start off the year on a bright note and discuss window treatments that...
Founded in 1909 in High Point, N.C., the High Point Market was formed to provide the region’s furniture makers and retailers a convenient venue to conduct business and discuss design trends. It’s where the who’s-who of the design industry meet, mingle and shop! Kim Palmer, Star Tribune’s lifestyle reporter and editor, interviewed Kathy Basil, Hirshfield’s...
How Window Treatments Affect the Atmosphere in Your Home How do you want your home to feel? Warm and cozy? Polished and put together? Contemporary? Traditional? Once we know what we want for our home’s tone, we can put together components that support the desired atmosphere. You might not realize it, but window treatments not...
“Aging in place” is defined as the ability to live in one’s own home and community safely, independently, and comfortably, regardless of age, income, or ability level. I came across three articles on “aging in place” at the remodeling website daily 5 Remodel and was pleasantly surprised to see one of the articles written by Hirshfield’s customer...
Designer Spotlight: Dawn Feda One of the features that make Hirshfield’s unique is its outstanding service. The designers who work for Hirshfield’s give excellent interior paint tips and work with homeowners to determine what the “just right” window treatment options are. They can meet homeowners either at interior design showrooms, where customers can get ideas...
Introducing PENGUIN LIBRARY wallpaper, produced with the kind permission of Penguin. Just a little something I ran across at the H’s design studio which tugged at my bibliophile heartstrings. A wallpaper featuring Penguin book covers! The Penguin Library wallpaper is from the English company Osborne & Little, if you couldn’t already tell by the civilized...
Last week was a big week for all us color geeks. Pantone made their always-anticipated Color of the Year announcement with Radiant Orchid declared the color for 2014. “While the 2013 color of the year, PANTONE 17-5641 Emerald, served as a symbol of growth, renewal and prosperity, Radiant Orchid reaches across the color wheel to...
Best Choices for Bay and Bow Windows When it comes to windows, bay and bow windows are unique because of the way they project from your home. They make a room feel bigger, increase natural light and add an interesting visual element to your home, but they can also be a challenge when it comes...
Choosing a color scheme for an open floor plan My friend Melissa knocked out a wall in her home that used to separate the kitchen from the living and dining rooms. Her new open floor plan allows her and her husband to keep an eye on their young children while they’re in the kitchen, paying...
She did eighty-three years on an ever-changing main drag in Minneapolis. Cobblestones and street cars (and probably a horse here and carriage there) in the Thirties gave way to the fast cars and drive-in malts of the Fifties and the myriad ebb and flow in the last half of the past century brings us to...
