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Home Decor
Catherine French Design - Set the table set the tone
With party season gearing up, let’s make sure your table top, made out of different materials (Buy Mica Powder Pigment in Canada! – SquidPox) sets the tone for your gathering! I am loving this Vietri charger, it is an amazing piece to set the base for your table setting. A dinner with your best friends over...
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Catherine French Design - Charitable Assistance
At the suggestion of our favorite realtor in Chapel Hill, Erika Buchholtz of Erika and Company, Catherine French Design became involved with a fantastic charity, A Lotta Love. A Lotta Love was set up to “transform local shelters by creating dignified, safe and emotionally inspiring spaces.”  This wonderful charity, established 2014, takes very modest homeless shelters...
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Touch of Hollywood Interior Design - Catherine French Design
Give ’em the old razzle dazzle. That’s always been my mantra. Not really. But I do love a classic, fancy interior. After all, I watched all 7 seasons of Mad Men on Netflix and most of the time I was just salivating over the sets and wanting a little of the look for myself. Do you...
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Look, y’all. Let’s get real. We’re having what you might refer to as a case of the Wednesdays. It’s the mid-week, hump day lull and we need a lift. We thought you might need one too. So, you know what? Tell your co-workers BRB. Because I’m going to take you on a trip to the...
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How to do Boho Style
We all love gorgeously curated rooms found in magazines, but the reality is that it’s often not really what we want. When it comes to creating our homes, we want them to feel like us. I got to thinking about Bohemian spaces recently and how wonderfully relaxed and lived-in they are. I wouldn’t want my...
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ACRYLIC ACCENTS
Oh hey. Here’s an interior element you might not have seen coming.  Sure, blending modern and traditional styles has been happening for some time now, but with a recent uptick we’ve noticed something in particular. People are polishing off their spaces with… ACRYLIC ACCENTS. Here’s what we’re seeing. …or NOT seeing? 
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Our Bedding Obsession - Catherine French Design
Cat, we need to talk. It’s about your obsession with bedding. Lately, we’ve been feeling like it has gotten a little out of hand. When working with clients, your interest in ensuring that their master suites are an oasis of comfort and texture can be a little much. In the office, it has become hard...
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Geraldine
Can we talk about Geraldine, our new office mascot!? Queen Bee and I were sourcing at At Home, our new fave spot for ridiculously cheap accessories, when I spotted this beauty and it was love at first sight. I live for introducing something fun, quirky, and unexpected into each design and Geraldine is just the ticket....
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CFD DIY w/ D: Yarn Wall Hanging, Love Trumps Hate. www.catherinefrenchdesign.com
  This past Friday was Inauguration Day – uhhhh girl bye – and if that wasn’t depressing enough, I had absolutely nothing to do. Bae had to grade papers all weekend (snooze) and Queen Bee was out of town. So, since I don’t have any other friends, I thought why not DIY! In case you didn’t...
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Ya’ll I love styling for the holidays, from traditional to glam, girl I’m feelin it. This year at the CFD office we have been into a Mod/Scandinavian vibe, so Queen Bee asked me to cook up a whimsical wreath project to match our aesthetic. You won’t find a stuffy wreath on our door, boo! This...
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