Author Archives: Jeanette Joy

Home Tour Inspirations

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Jeanette Joy

Do you enjoy home tours? My friend Jane Meade and I went to a special event to share holiday decorating ideas at a fancy Beverly Hills estate. Not only did we see exotic, exclusive, and extraordinary design, we saw the setting for historic events and countless movies. The home is an interior designer’s delight with new rooms every year.

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Pasadena Red Cross Home Tour Spa

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Jeanette Joy

The Pasadena Red Cross Design Tour featured a home and garden in La Canada-Flintridge. The terraced gardens include a huge pool, magnificent spa, waterfalls, water slide, sunning beach in the pool, tables and stools built-in the pool, and a magnificent, super-sized, outdoor kitchen with more amenities than most mansions, an outdoor living room with a second large flat TV, a grotto bathroom, and even a secondary kitchen area for serving!

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Joy Bird Songs

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Jeanette Joy


You can barely hear the birds in this short video. Besides stopping to smell the roses, do you stop to listen to the birds singing?

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5 Design Psychology Updates from Joy to the Home Kitchen

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Jeanette Joy

Since we moved into our new home, I’ve learned a few home decorating ideas about my Design Psychology practices. I’m also amazed at how patient I’ve become waiting to finish the stripped kitchen.

No matter how many times I have updated the following photobucket slideshow, it still doesn’t delete deleted slides or show the titles.

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von Hemert Interiors Royal Wedding Celebration

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Jeanette Joy

Carrie and Leslie know how to celebrate! Enjoy the fun and selected furnishings I love from von Hemert Interiors

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Joy to the Home: What can we learn from the royals?

Posted on April 23, 2011 by Jeanette Joy

With the world in financial distress, war, famine… we need a break. The royal wedding invites us to stop the struggle, look up in faith, and  share the promise of a glorious life well-lived.

Royal Chandelier

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Joy to the Home and Gratitude

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Jeanette Joy

A friend came to visit me recently. She complained about her home instead of sharing my happiness in our move. After she left, I thought about how grateful I am for such a glorious home. My life wasn’t always like this.

My friend’s jealousy and reading Colin Beavan’s No Impact Man: the adventures of a guilty liberal who attempts to save the planet, and the discoveries he makes about himself and our way of life in the process made me feel guilty about my home’s amenities.

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Joy to Dining

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Jeanette Joy

Celebrate everyday life by adding glamor, elegance, and excitement to a shared meal.  These seven dining room ideas help you create a joy filled memory.

1. Dining Table Shapes

Less formal round dining tables enable full conversations, with everyone participating. Without a head to the table, guests feel important–treated more respectfully.

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