Over the years, I’ve amassed a number of unique collections. I’ve been lucky enough to travel over the years, and have found some interesting things along the way. Many of my clients have unique collections, as well. As an interior designer, it’s part of my job to find a great way to display these items….
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Ask the Expert – Me!!
Ask the Expert” – as seen in Luxe Magazine Marilyn Rose Interiors was recently featured in Luxe Magazine in an “Ask the Expert” feature! We discuss the “collaborative dance” involved in successful design projects – combining clients’ family needs, art collections, and favorite items into a cohesive and beautiful home design. We also share a peek…
Our Top Window Treatment Tips
Window treatments are one of the most important parts of any room. They make your room look finished and professionally decorated. They also provide warmth and privacy to your home. Window treatments run the gamut from simple shades to more elaborate swags and jabots. I’m noticing that clients are asking for simpler window treatments, as opposed to…
Olympics Inspiration – Bronze Age
It’s Olympic Season! Anyone else glued to the TV each night, hoping to watch Team USA win it all? All this talk of gold, silver, and bronze got my creativity flowing! Check out this chic bronze-inspired inspiration board. Bronze doesn’t have to mean third-place in style! We love incorporating bronze elements into our interior design projects…
DECORATING 101 – Gorgeous Formal Living Room Design Inspiration
This gorgeous formal living room we designed for an Old Brookville interior design client is a perennial favorite of ours. EXISTING ELEMENTS The boiserie panels and herringbone oak floors were imported from a French chateau when the home was built – excellent bones to start the room with! INSPIRATION When it came time to decorate…
Decorating 101 – Breaking Down This Formal Dining Room
The secret to being an interior designer isn’t a secret at all: it requires technical knowledge, project management skills, an artistic and creative eye, superb people skills, hard work, and the magic ingredient: an innate intuition of how it’s all going to fit together. When you look at a room designed by a professional designer or…
Fun Fuschia Inspiration That Will Make You Happy!
I was noticing lots of fuschia in home decor magazines recently. Then one day I went to Bloomingdale’s, and I saw fuschia everywhere! This trending color is definitely hot right now. We’ve incorporated it as pillows and trim in an upcoming interior design project. Throwing in bright, fun colors like fuschia make a room energetic…
Best Kid’s Room Decorating Ideas
Your kids will love these rooms until they move out of the house! Kid’s rooms can be a challenge to decorate if you’re not a professional decorator. Kids grow fast, and so do their tastes. They’re also notoriously hard on furniture and materials. We’ve included our top five kid’s room decorating ideas below, using some of…
The Evolution of Draperies…
or years our drapery treatments were quite elaborate, but with the advent of more and more contemporary styles becoming popular, the draperies have become more minimal. 1. Traditional Draperies As an example, the draperies in this traditional style room, have triple swags and jabots with trim and side panels on each window (the swags are…
A Perfect Design From Start to Finish
Over the years, I’ve created many interiors. Some jobs, I must admit, I’ve loved more than others (which comes with the territory, I think). Of course there is the issue of the aesthetics and then there is the love affair with the clients. This project encompassed both. Sometimes you really get lucky and have both of these ingredients…