How to Display Your Favorite Collections

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….


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…


Happy Fall!

Today marks the beginning of fall – though here on Long Island, it still feels like summer! What are we excited for? Cozy scarves and blankets, camel-hair coats, pumpkin patches, apple picking, hayrides, hot toddies, and of course, decorating for fall!


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…


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…