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Design Crush: Wiggle Dining Chair
For my Design Crush this week, I've found the most shapely and lovely thing, the Wiggle Dining Chair from Global Views. She's a curvy girl! This chair has so much personality and makes a stylish accent chair with regal lines and a distinctive silhouette. The Wiggle Chair is pictured above in a signature "raindrop" fabric, but is also available in black micro-velvet, or muslin for your own signature Wiggle. Greatness! Got your own Design Crush? Share it with us on Facebook, Pinterest, or Instagram (don’t forget to tag @bgidesigner)! If you want to elevate your home’s interior design, please call me at 214-641-7897 or use this contact form for...
How to Survive a Kitchen Remodel
This is part two in our new series about Barbara Gilbert's Dallas kitchen remodel. Read part one here. I'm toward the end of a big kitchen renovation in my DFW home and I've got a few tips for surviving the process emerging with a smile. This is a new home for my husband and me — we're empty nesters and purchased a zero-lot-line house with good bones last year. The specific design of the kitchen wasn't doing it for me, though. I saw room for improvement and started a kitchen remodel a few months ago. I had planned on completing it by June, but some life...
Color Crush: Bird of Prey
Every other week, I share a Color Crush color palette here on the Barbara Gilbert Interiors blog. It's so fun! This week, I've chosen a gorgeous hawk as a jumping off point. At first glance, this bird of prey seems to have only a few colors. But look closer and you'll see so many beautiful hues in her feathers and beak. This Color Crush color palette would create an earthy, serene feel in any room — I've found that the colors from nature often do just that. I think the taupe-gray shades would be great neutrals, paired with the blue and green. The purple...