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).
Dream Home
The building or renovating of a dream home isn’t for the faint of heart. It also is important to keep your perspective. The home is an outer reflection of who you are and where you are in life. It can change a lot, even after you have created that magnificent dream home.
read moreHow to do Eclectic Design
Anyone that has ever worked with me, or spent time reading my blog, knows that a big part of my work is helping clients identify their unique design style, or what I call their Soul Style. I have a process that allows them to get very clear on whether they are traditionalists, modernists, sensualists, or practicalist at heart. (You can learn more about that process here). Today, however, I am going to discuss an additional design style that is unique and fun, and that can be integrated into all four soul styles — And so enters, Eclecticism.
read moreSacred Spaces
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...
read moreThe Color Blue
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. ...
read moreGuide to a Sustainable Home
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...
read moreVision Boards for 2020
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 how the new...
read moreHoliday Styling 2019
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...
read moreA Nature Inspired Thanksgiving
California Sunset Color Inspiration... As we narrow the autumn focus to Thanksgiving table decor, I’m still contemplating the changing of the seasons, the beauty of nature, and how we can be inspired by it in our seasonal decorating... I’m in fact, still...
read moreAutumn Aesthetic 2019
We want to give our homes a nod to autumn, but we don't want to inadvertently move into Thanksgiving, Right? Today's blog is about easy ways to bring that autumn aesthetic into your home without falling into that holiday decor trap. Colors Palette... There...
read moreA Retro 50’s Pool Area
Black, White & Yellow: A Retro 50's Pool AreaWhat's cool about this? We took a blank slate of a concrete pool, patio and gave it an instant Retro - 50's vibe with this somehow sporty yet sexy black, white and yellow color palette. These canary...
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