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).
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
