It’s been quite awhile since I’ve posted regularly to my Journal, mainly due to all the interior design project work that's kept me traveling. With S. B. Long Interior’s website launching this week, I wanted to get back to posting and share a powder bathroom gut renovation recently completed at...

Travel always inspires my work, and recently I’ve found a lot to love in Miami Beach. I’ve started going there for a project, and at every turn there’s something fun to look at. Not surprisingly, my favorites are the vibrant colors, fresh art deco architecture, repetitive details and patterns you...

A personal project this summer has been planning the landscaping for my home in Highland Park. I’ve always loved traditional European gardens, where everything is organized and there’s clear geometry in the design and repetitive themes. To bring about that feel, I’m planning to integrate boxwoods and lots of green...

As some readers may remember, with a great team of professionals we're revamping a Spanish Mission house in Las Vegas (which I first posted about in January). As the construction is almost completed, I thought I’d share more of our progress. Inspiration for the interiors came largely from my client’s...

Something I love about Venice is the classic, crisp awning stripes that are widely used as decorative accents - especially outdoors. I’ve always admired the striped mooring poles in the canal and the different color combinations of stripes throughout the city. I’ve written about my stripe obsession before, but seeing...