Carol Collins, Texas’ only WFCP Expert Sitting in a waiting room for over an hour this week, I found myself staring at a television on a blank wall. The experience started my creative juices flowing. There is nothing more boring than being surrounded by blank walls no matter what color they are. Walls are the…
2017 color of the year Carol Collins, Carol’s Custom Draperies Since 2000 the Pantone Color Institute declared a particular color, “Color of the Year.” For 2017 that exciting color is “Greenery.” Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, suggests that “Greenery burst forth in 2017 to provide us with the reassurance we yearn…
Carol Collins, Carol’s Custom Draperies Happy New Year The New Year has begun; what does 2017 bring for you and your home? Well, for Carol’s Custom Draperies comes a wealth of new changes beginning with a new location. Yes, we are moving away from the Downtown Square. Our new location will be at 535 South…
Merry Christmas Carol Collins, Carol’s Custom Draperies By now the stockings are “hung by the chimney with care in hopes that St. Nick will soon be here.” The turkey is ready to be thawed and dressed for your very special dinner. The decorations are just as perfect as you hoped they would be. Now, are…
Holiday Tablescapes Carol Collins, Carol’s Custom Draperies There is nothing more elegant than a white and silver tablescape that will complement any color scheme. For Thanksgiving add real pinecones and chestnuts to a white pumpkin centerpiece. Adding a few fall colored leaves won’t spoil your theme. They just add that speck of color and spark.…
Carol Collins, Carol’s Custom Draperies My daughter sent me a picture this week of a pumpkin bundt cake that she had baked over the weekend. Oh, how delicious it looked. Thoughts of fall started to flow through my mind, and I began to visualize what I could suggest to you to help bring the sights…
Carol Collins, Carol’s Custom Draperies Have you stood in your master bathroom recently and thought that you would like to make a change but don’t really want to spend a lot of time or money on the project? I’d like to offer a few suggestions that will keep you from emptying your pocketbook of money…
Carol Collins, Carol’s Custom Draperies Have you ever asked yourself the question, “Do I really need window treatments?” I find myself looking as I drive through a neighborhood to get ideas of what others have done with their windows. When I spot a home that has done nothing I try to put myself in their…
Carol Collins, Carol’s Custom Draperies What is Style? From fashion to character to writing, style can have many meanings. As a noun style is defined as a particular kind, sort or type as with reference to form, appearance or character, an elegant, fashionable or luxurious mode of living, a mode of living as with respect…
Carol Collins Welcome to your home at Robson. Coming home should feel like getting a big hug. There are only subjective rules when it comes to decorating. Many confuse this fact by believing that there is a “right way” to decorating a space. What is light and open to one may feel hollow and empty…