At Home With Marlene Lynch

Ok quick….what’s missing in these photos? Give up?  It’s the ugly (and completely unnecessary) quarter-round moldings some installers use to “finish off” stairs and base molding on hardwood floors! A pet peeve of mine:  Quarter-round moldings!

I’ll never forget the day I spent most of an afternoon with a client, reviewing their very extensive art collection.  One of their favorite things to do is pick up artwork at local antiques shops and in their many travels […]

To look at the before and after photos of this bathroom, you’d think it was a very expensive undertaking, but in reality most of these high-impact changes were relatively low in cost.  Let’s break it all down…

Isn’t this a dramatic fireplace re-do?  To tell the truth, these clients hadn’t thought about re-doing their fireplace because they never really used it much….they never really saw how it was dragging the beauty of their room down.  So, as we […]

Knock – Knock! Who’s there? A lion’s head door knocker….in a luxury Master Bathroom?!?

So what does the design of a hair salon suite have to do with you? Lots! I know you have “that room” in your home with limited space, that needs to be multi-functional, AND you want it to look great. […]

All too often I see people creating a nursery or child’s bedroom based on the ‘cuteness factor’ and the child’s current age, rather than thinking about creating a space that with only a few minor changes will still be relevant […]

The key to the fun in this space is color … and what a glorious color it is!  The keys to its function are simplicity and attention to how the office must perform.

With so many gorgeous tile and stone options from which to choose these days, it is usually easy to get a flooring material that will not only be beautiful, but that will also be slip-resistant in wet areas such as […]

One of my quirks from way before I was a professional interior designer was to “deconstruct” photos of rooms or groupings I liked to figure out WHY I liked them so much. That quirk is at the core of how […]

Remember when shopping for dining room chairs or other movable furniture pieces: There needs to be enough clearance for moving the chairs in and out from the table and also to have people get in and out of them comfortably […]

Some people think hiring a professional Interior Designer is a luxury they can’t afford, when in reality the value far outweighs the luxury. There are many factors that make hiring a professional Interior Designer make a lot of sense (dollars […]