Marcelle Guilbeau is an award-winning designer who has been featured in StyleBlueprint, Elle Decor, USAToday, Rue Daily, Nashville Lifestyles Magazine, nFocus, Apartment Therapy, and DesignSponge.
She has received Best of Houzz for the last five years and was asked to curate Wanderlust and Whimsy, a popular Joss and Main event.
Marcelle has accreditation through the National Council for Interior Designers Qualification and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).
The Window Treatment Layer
Window treatments multi-use ... Window treatments are the design layer that brings the finishing touches of your Soul Style. However, as you move into this part of your home redesign, keep in mind that window treatments often double for a building block --...
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Tapestry Trends
As we move into the last quarter of the year, the changes we’ve seen in design trends 2018 could not be clearer. Soon to exit are violet, indigo, overly extreme minimalism and even trend chasing. What’s stronger than ever? Bold color and texture... and...
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Top 8 Bathroom Remodel Trends for 2018
If you are building a home or simply renovating your bathrooms, there are several trends that tend to get the spotlight right now. These trends are getting bolder and more exciting than ever before, taking elements from past bathroom trends and blending...
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Designing with Concrete
Concrete is that ubiquitous building material that's been around since the beginning of civilization. It's just incredibly durable (The Roman Colosseum comes to mind here, along with just about every lasting historical building). Today, It's used...
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Indoor and Outdoor Living Spaces
Summer Time Designing... Summer is well upon us and with it an invitation to expand our indoor living, outdoors. It’s a time for family, relaxation, taking in some well-needed vitamin D and inviting the friends for a barbeque... There is nothing better...
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The Wallpaper Design Layer
There was a time when wallpaper reminded us of grandma’s stuffy home. But if you’ve been keeping up with design trends, you’ll know that’s completely changed now. 2016 marked a resurgence of wallcovering and it's even more alive, bold and fun in 2018. I...
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The Lighting of your Soulful Home
Lighting as a Layer... Lighting is a layer of your home design that you really must give special attention to. Aside from playing its functional purpose of illuminating your space, it also emphasizes the aesthetic of your soul style. The right lighting can...
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The Art in Your Home Design
When you attend an art exhibit, you're invited into the creative world of the artist. However, when you bring art into your home, it is a reflection, or a window, into what has meaning for you. Depending on the piece, art can make a bold statement about...
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Design Layers – The Fireplace
Focal points in a room help ground a space and orient peoples’ activities in it. In the next few blogs, we will explore the focal point as a layer, beginning with the most natural one of them all... The Fireplace. Now that you have a color palette in hand...
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Design Layers – Tables
Adventures in... Table Layering? So if you’ve been following my blog series, you’ll notice that I’ve called coffee tables and side tables in a living room, a layer. In truth, they are not a full layer because they have a functional purpose: To hold books,...
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