We just got in this beautiful wood chest with black and white inlay at our Avondale location in Jacksonville. The African “Aius” wood is custom tinted with natural colors. With two drawers and a fres...
Question: My staircase is so boring. Do you have any tips for making it more special? Phoebe’s Answer: Yes, there are a lot of great ways to do this. The best way is to show you is with some examples...
Although the rest of this house was bright and colorful, the client requested a soothing and tranquil master bedroom. We chose a painted four poster bed, writing table and nightstand. A p...
We recently hung these beautiful photographs in our Charlotte store. We love how fresh and vibrant they feel, and we cannot wait to see more work from this artist (Karen Millet). These are $2,500 eac...
Lets continue our Q&A series on bathroom and kitchen hardware. (For past posts, click here and here.) This week, we are talking about faucet sets. Here is Phoebes input: Bathroom plumbing hardwar...
Continuing with our clients house in Sea Island, this week we have one of the bedrooms. Our client wanted lots of color in this house - especially orange. We found a way to combine it with hot pink t...
We have noticed more recycled paper animals at market, and shoppers are loving them. We just got in a slew of elephants and pigs - we couldnt resist! Weve had the dogs before but can never keep them ...
This week we have the breakfast and sitting rooms. The breakfast area was very large and our client wanted casual and family friendly furnishings. For the breakfast table, we chose a 72" x...
We have selected another deserving young lady to receive a complete bedroom makeover. (For more on the back story, click here). Gabbie was nominated by her family, and we fell in love with her story....
We love this new child’s Orkney chair we just got in the stores. What a fun way to make a playroom or child’s bedroom a little bit different and more special! $750, 21"w x 18"dx 33"h A...
Continuing with our client in Sea Island: This dining room was square, which led to the choice of a round dining table with leaves. We wanted the room to be casual and comfortable, so we replaced the...
We know many of you were not able to visit High Point, so we thought wed give you a glimpse into the Mr. & Mrs. Howard for Sherrill showroom. Heres a quick tour through the various rooms - the sh...
While the convex mirror has been around since at least the 14th Century, it had a sharp rise in popularity during the Neo-classical Regency and Georgian periods. Adding light to rooms before electric...
The foyer opens directly onto this large living room, with a fireplace and bookcases on the left and three pretty pairs of french doors straight ahead. We decided not to do curtains in this room beca...
This foyer is a pass-through space that opens directly onto the living room with a stairway on the left. On the right wall we placed an interesting, heavily-carved Burmese console, a dark octagonal m...
We usually keep the blog focused on our stores, projects and products, but we thought we’d make an exception in this case. Tuesday evening, Phoebe had a book signing at Carolina Herrera in New York. ...
Continuing our Q&A series on bathroom and kitchen hardware (click here for last weeks post on hand towel bars), below is Phoebe’s answer about selecting bath towel bars: Bath towel bars are a lit...
This was a very large guest bedroom and sitting area with high ceilings, large windows, and a lot of space. To bring down the scale of the room and to warm it up, we chose a Sanderson small-scale lea...
We have a new "Dont" from Phoebe. Here is her advice: I often advise my clients that barstools are not a good place to skimp or cut a budget. This is one item that I really believe you get ...
We have received loads of questions about bathroom and kitchen hardware, so coming up, we will do a series of Q&As about hand towel bars, bath towel bars, bathroom sinks, faucet sets and kitchen ...
We have exciting news to share: Phoebe and Jim are launching their own collection of furniture with Sherrill Furniture! It will make its debut April 20-26 at High Point, and we are thrilled. Of cours...
You all remember the room contest we had for a 13 year-old girl to completely re-decorate her bedroom. We selected Amanda, a wonderful, deserving young lady. We are happy to announce we have just fin...
This was a very large guest room and was basically a blank slate. The space allowed for it, so we decided to furnish it like a hotel room with two double beds. To add some structure and to fill the s...
Phoebe has been an avid collector of all types of textiles her whole life, and lately we have been finding ways to frame them. We have had a lot of fun with this, and below are some examples of frame...
Question: I love the "beach-y" look, but I feel like it gets gimmicky really easily. Do you have any tips for avoiding this while still making it feel like a beach house? Phoebes Answer: Ye...
This guest bedroom was very spacious, and we left the decoration rather spare, as well. Walls, curtains and rug are all neutral, as well as the furnishings. The two ottomans at the foot of the bed ac...
Question: Phoebe, I love my china, but I just cannot bring myself to use it. Your tables always look so lovely … but how often do you really use your china? Do you have any tips for making me use it?...
Mrs. Howard and Max & Company in Atlanta are participating in a fantastic tent sale this week, and we wanted you to know about it. Our stores are located in the Galleries of Peachtree Hills (righ...
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