by Carmen Thomas | Apr 13, 2011 | Bloggers, Interior Design, Kansas City events, Patricia Shackelford
I had such fun just going to see fellow interior design blogger Patricia Shackelford (aka the fabulous Mrs. Blandings) talk the other day at a luncheon in Kansas City. She was as nice as could be and such a doll in her crisp white shirt and beautiful Spring floral... by Carmen Thomas | Oct 6, 2010 | Exterior Architecture, Ideas, Interior Design, Kansas City, Kansas City events
It’s that time of year! As a child, I remember the Parade of Homes (October 2 -17) …oh, yes. Being dragged all over the city, walking, walking, walking through homes. Up stairs, down stairs. My brother and I got suckers to coax us...
by Carmen Thomas | Jul 2, 2010 | Art, Art Galleries, Contemporary style, Ideas, Inspiration, Interior Design, Kansas City events, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Transitional style
Anyone who knows me, knows I love art. I don’t know what it is, but it stirs me all up. I have painted many pieces myself and loved it so. Because of that when I study a piece, I enjoy thinking about the artist and how they felt in the middle... by | Feb 25, 2010 | Art, Art Galleries, Contemporary style, Inspiration, Kansas City events, Museums
Being a designer, one of the things I crave in life is creativity, inspiration and joy from looking at beauty, art and design. You will find I talk quite a bit about art and will go to a museum any time I can…though that never seems to be near as often as...
by Carmen Thomas | Feb 3, 2010 | Baby rooms, Bloggers, Interior Design, Kansas City events
While at the Kansas City’s Central Exchange downtown last week (of which I am a member), I met fellow blogger of Momma Said, Jen Singer. Now granted, she blogs about being a mom (and is quite funny!) and not interior design, yet being a mother myself and... by Carmen Thomas | Nov 9, 2009 | Awards, Kansas City events, Kansas City Home and Garden Magazine, Magazine Articles
This past Saturday was a perfect 74 degrees, sunny and full of beautiful homes. It was again time to judge the Kansas City Home and Garden magazine’s 2010 Home of the Year awards. It is such an honor to be selected to judge the work of some of Kansas...