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 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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Design Layers – The Throw Pillows
It may seem counterintuitive, especially for the Practicalists and Modernists among us, to discuss the throw pillows layer next. But it is frequently the next step I take with my clients after we’ve selected the sofa and chairs. There are two reasons for...
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What Colors Speaks to You?
If you’ve been following this blog since the beginning of the year, you’ve uncovered your Soul Style and know how your lifestyle and aesthetic weave through it. You’ve learned that your design Building Blocks need to support your lifestyle. Perhaps you've...
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What do you want to do in your space?
In the last couple of weeks, we've talked all about 'what the room wants.' Is it a loft, a family room, or a great room? Does it have a focal point or not? Where does the furniture want to sit? etc... Now, we need to ask ourselves, "What do I want to do...
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Design Starts with Your Building Blocks
Last week, we covered the 'Timeless Classic Base' with only a brief description of a building block. This week, I want to break it down and be far more specific because understanding the building blocks of a room is what will set you apart; Its the...
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Understanding the Timeless Classic Base
Since the first week of January, I’ve been taking you through a journey of ‘resetting your home’ for the new year. We’ve covered unearthing your Primary and Secondary Soul Styles, your Soul Style Combination and Aesthetic versus Lifestyle. So what do you do with all this? Let’s start with understanding the Classic Timeless Base.
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Lifestyle, Aesthetic and Your Home Design
Understanding 'lifestyle and aesthetic' is very important in designing a soulful home. When most people talk about style in a home, they're generally thinking about design trends and colors... But much confusion ensues when a person favors the ‘feel’ of a...
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