Maple Oak & Olive

All white kitchens. Grey walls. Eye-numbing neutrals everywhere. It’s monotonous madness and there is only one cure. Color. But color can be a scary thing, requiring boldness, commitment, and imagination…but not too much. Going too far off the rails today means investing in a re-do sooner rather than later. Trendy is as trendy does. Timelessness…

Who says modern farmhouse kitchens have to be all about tradition and seriousness? It’s time to put a fresh spin on this beloved design trend and infuse it with a healthy dose of fun and timelessness. Get ready for a kitchen that’s full of personality and charm! Let’s start with colors. While neutrals are the…

The greatest successes are born out of failure. And you can’t fail if you don’t try. It’s easy to sit idle, overthinking, afraid to put yourself out there, to try something a little crazy. Another project to add to the unfinished pile. So what? True success is making the unfinished pile bigger than the not…

You don’t want to start watching a movie after 8:00 p.m because you have trouble staying awake after 10. In five years you’ll be the same age as one of the Golden Girls. You go to a concert and notice a lot of people with walkers. You see ads for reverse mortgages and life alert…

We renovated our master bathroom last year. Like many (most) remodel projects, it didn’t go smoothly. But in the end I got the thing I wanted most. A big steam shower, bathed in natural light, modern farmhouse chic, with a bench and a rain shower perfect for ritual decompressing and as it turns out, ideal…