by Maida Korte | May 2, 2021 | Interior Design
by Maida Korte “Yes, terrible things happen. But sometimes those terrible things – they save you.” (Chuck Palahniuk) “I am a Russian interior designer. Rip it out.” I practice saying this out loud in the privacy of my car when I mentally review some...
by Maida Korte | May 14, 2020 | Decorating, Interior Design, Remodeling, Writing
– Maida Korte “Men shut their doors against a setting sun.” William Shakespeare She came to the door with a large stemmed goblet in her hand filled with sparkling water. In a deep gravelly voice...
by Maida Korte | Apr 15, 2020 | Interior Design
by Maida Korte – It has been said that the kitchen is the heart of every home. Well, if this adage is true then many homes are at major risk for heart failure. Often a kitchen remodeling project springs from a faucet that no...
by Maida Korte | Sep 2, 2019 | Interior Design
Maida Korte “My bedroom furniture is moving in on me.” This was the phone message I received in the middle of the night. It seems that Mrs. Smith could not sleep due to her bedroom feeling overly oppressive. Rather than phone...
by Maida Korte | Jul 12, 2019 | Interior Design
“We owe much to the fruitful meditation of our sages, but a sane view of life is, after all, elaborated mainly in the kitchen.” – Joseph Conrad When we moved to the country from the city, I had...