 
							
					
															
					
					 by Malena Gamboa | Apr 2, 2020 | Interior Design, How To Guides, Interior Design Trends, Nashville interior designer, The Soulful Home, Zen Style
Unsettling times… Today, whether it’s due to the strain of social distancing, real health crises, or economic uncertainty, we are all in our homes, struggling to get comfortable. So today I am offering you some personal tips for grounding...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Malena Gamboa | Mar 23, 2020 | Interior Design, Color Trends, Interior Design Trends, Nashville interior designer, Outdoor Living, StyleBlueprint
A Blue Year…  So the 2020 color of the year is Classic Blue. This brings about the inevitable questions:  I love this color. And I really love this wallpaper in that color.  I’m seeing it everywhere, and it’s really growing on me.  But will...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Malena Gamboa | Feb 24, 2020 | How To Guides, Interior Design, Reclaimed Wood, Sustainability
With all the headlines about global climate change, it’s good to know what one can do about it that is easy and within reach. When I studied for LEED Accreditation, I discovered there are three things that have the biggest impact on the environment: Building...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Malena Gamboa | Jan 23, 2020 | Interior Design, Nashville interior designer
What will define our era? Can you believe it’s been 100 years since the roaring ’20s?  It was a glamorous decade for sure, and the heyday of interior designers that gave birth to Modernism, Bauhaus and Art Deco…   It makes this designer ponder...				
					
			
					
											
								 
							
					
															
					
					 by Malena Gamboa | Dec 12, 2019 | Interior Design, Happy Holidays, Historic Architecture, Nashville interior designer
Traditional and modern are, for me, the two primary design soul styles with “practical” and “sensual” being the two secondary design “soul styles.”  I’ve covered this extensively throughout the years. Today I thought I’d touch on how these are seen in...