Writing on design.
A decade-plus of Kimberly's essays, how-tos, color crushes, before-and-afters, and dispatches from the road. Search by topic below.
A Thankful Heart
A Thankful Heart Hello dear readers! I hope y’all are staying warm and enjoying this Fall weather. I’ve been thinking about ways to incorporate thankfulness into our Thanksgiving…
A Winter Wonderland of Interior Design Elements (Part 3) – SNOW-WHITE LINENS!
A Winter Wonderland of Interior Design Elements (Part 3) – SNOW-WHITE LINENS! Monogrammed, lace sheeting by Matouk. This brand and several others available at Knotting Hill…
Adding Drama with Sassy Seating (Part 3): Harrison Gil – Christopher Guy
Adding Drama with Sassy Seating (Part 3): Harrison Gil – Christopher Guy One of my very favorite furniture designers isChristopher Guy, a.k.a. Harrison-Gil. If you are looking for…
An Idea for Displaying Your Collections in Your Decor
An Idea for Displaying Your Collections in Your Decor Using collections in our decor is part of what makes our home, feel like home. Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to display…
Making Artwork Unique To You
Making Artwork Unique To You Artwork should truly be a unique reflection of you! There are so many interesting ways in which to express yourself through the artwork you choose for…
Beautiful Family Living (Part 3): An Interior Design Model Home
Beautiful Family Living (Part 3): An Interior Design Model Home Check out this photo of a new family-oriented layout that we (at Knotting Hill Interiors) just created as a model…
Beautiful Family Living (Part 4): Paper Plate Soirees
Beautiful Family Living (Part 4): Paper Plate Soirees For me, family gatherings are a “big deal”. As a Mother, I feel the need to sit down at the table together- as a family! – as…
Bring Nature into the Home with South Carolina Interior Designer and Natural Floor Coverings: Part 2
Bring Nature into the Home with South Carolina Interior Designer and Natural Floor Coverings: Part 2 Bring Nature into your home with South Carolina Interior Design Natural Floor…
Celebrate the Flow - Part II
Celebrate the Flow - Part II As many of you know, I have been trying to create a design/lifestyle brand for quite some time. What I have discovered is that the more I pushed, the…
Coastal Interior Design (Part One): The Giant Clam Shell
Coastal Interior Design (Part One): The Giant Clam Shell Each year, as summer comes to a close, I pause to reflect upon how truly amazing it is to live in a seaside community in…
Coastal Interior Design (Part Two): Unique and Unusual Homes
Coastal Interior Design (Part Two): Unique and Unusual Homes I must admit that my intention today was not to blog about unique and unusual, coastal homes. In fact, I was actually…
Cozy Spaces (Part 2): Window Seats & Reading Nooks
Cozy Spaces (Part 2): Window Seats & Reading Nooks One of my favorite relaxing pleasures in life is to curl up with a great book and a cup of hot tea on a chilly Fall day. In my…
Create a Sanctuary For Your Heart, In Your Home
Create a Sanctuary For Your Heart, In Your Home Happy Valentines Day! I chose to put a different spin on the typical posts about flowers, candy, love letters and date nights. I…
Finding Peace with Your Storage Closets (Part 1)
Finding Peace with Your Storage Closets (Part 1) If you are a woman….. And if you have a walk-in closet in your bedroom….. There is a good chance that it is one of the smallest…
Finding Peace With Your Storage Closets (Part 2): Celebrity Style!
Finding Peace With Your Storage Closets (Part 2): Celebrity Style! It’s true that a girl can never have too much closet space! However, no matter how much we wish upon a star and…
GOING GREEN WITH LUXURY INTERIOR DESIGN! (Part 2): Living Areas
GOING GREEN WITH LUXURY INTERIOR DESIGN! (Part 2): Living Areas Achieving the look of luxury interior design, while also “going green”, does not have to leave your living areas…
Gone But Not Forgotten (Part 1): Interior Designer, Billy Baldwin
Gone But Not Forgotten (Part 1): Interior Designer, Billy Baldwin “A person with real flair is a gambler at heart.” I love, love, love that quote! Who wrote it? None other than my…
Home Interiors: Living Green (Part 1)
Home Interiors: Living Green (Part 1) It has been a couple of months since I last blogged about earth-conscious living. However, some of you loyal readers may recall from previous…
Hotels for History Buffs (Part 2): Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet, Turkey
Hotels for History Buffs (Part 2): Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet, Turkey Ok, I admit that spending time in a Turkish prison is certainly NOT on my “bucket list” of…
Hotels for History Buffs (Part 3): Hotel Schloss Rheinfels – St Goar, Germany
Hotels for History Buffs (Part 3): Hotel Schloss Rheinfels – St Goar, Germany A vast fortress, Burg Rheinfels, dominates the landscape in the German town of St. Goar. For hundreds…
How to Design the Ultimate Man Cave- Part I
How to Design the Ultimate Man Cave- Part I First published in the Sunday, January 26th edition of The Sun News Some of my most joyful work as a designer is working with men to…
How to Design the Ultimate Man Cave – Part III
How to Design the Ultimate Man Cave – Part III I have been looking forward to sharing this post all week in my last of this three part series on designing the ultimate man cave.…
Interior Design: Decorating With Maps as Artwork
Interior Design: Decorating With Maps as Artwork Looking for an artwork alternative that is both inexpensive and unique? MAPS are an interesting choice that you can truly…
Interior Design 'Dribble' (Part 1): Ideas for Designing Around Kids
Interior Design 'Dribble' (Part 1): Ideas for Designing Around Kids Lately, my life has become consumed with basketball! My sports crazed son, the baby of the family, has decided…
Interior Design: Framing Artwork
Interior Design: Framing Artwork Even for those who do not have a refined knowledge of art, there is one element that anyone can learn to do well…. THE FRAME! The framing of a…
Is Design a Spiritual Experience? Part I
Is Design a Spiritual Experience? Part I Recently, I was listening to an Oprah interview with Nate Burkus on the radio. Oprah asked, “Nate, is design a spiritual experience for…
Is Design a Spiritual Experience? Part II
Is Design a Spiritual Experience? Part II One day a client said to me, “Please don’t proceed with this room. It’s just too nice and I feel too pretentious. I feel that while I can…
Just a Dash of (Part 2)... Bright Color!
Just a Dash of (Part 2)... Bright Color! Bright colors are like animal prints. Often, people shy away from them in interior design, because they are afraid the colors will be too…
Ep #21: The Dance with Accessories
Ep #21: The Dance with Accessories My favorite tool in my designer toolbox is accessorizing. I love it more than any other tool, even color, which may surprise you. Accessorizing…
Gone But Not Forgotten (Part 1): Interior Designer, Billy Baldwin
Gone But Not Forgotten (Part 1): Interior Designer, Billy Baldwin : Interior Designer, Billy Baldwin") “A person with real flair is a gambler at heart.” I love, love, love that…
Ep #20: My Golden Rules for Hanging Artwork Successfully
Ep #20: My Golden Rules for Hanging Artwork Successfully One question I have received numerous times since starting this podcast is, how do I select artwork for a space?…
"These are a Few of my "Favo-Red" Things…" CONTEST (Part 1)
"These are a Few of my "Favo-Red" Things…" CONTEST (Part 1) ") [](http://www.diamondsbyeyal.com/ResultsCat.aspx?category=Rings) Pinot Noir, “Boy Toy” polish, and standard “red”…
"These are a Few of my Favo-Red Things…" (Part 3)
"These are a Few of my Favo-Red Things…" (Part 3) ") As I type these first few words, I am tiptoeing around my office at the thought buckets full of tomatoes being thrown at my…
Kimberly Grigg’s Three Rules of Collecting
Kimberly Grigg’s Three Rules of Collecting I have been thinking a lot about collections and have more to share about displaying collections in your home. Do you have precious…
Knotting Hill Interiors LOVES Natural Floor Coverings! Part One: Seagrass and Sisal
Knotting Hill Interiors LOVES Natural Floor Coverings! Part One: Seagrass and Sisal A beautiful room with a sisal rug - Photo Credit: www.southernliving.com If you are looking for…
Living the Fab Life – Accessories are Icing on the Cake!
Living the Fab Life – Accessories are Icing on the Cake! I am equally as passionate about accessorizing myself as I am your home. The same sort of anxiety that wells up in my when…
‘Love Locks’ on the Pont Des Arts Bridge in Paris
‘Love Locks’ on the Pont Des Arts Bridge in Paris Fellow blogger, Ronda Carmen, of All The Best, recently wrote an article for the Huffington Post about one of the most endearing…
Luxury Interior Designer Gets Inspired by Emerald in Art and Fashion
Luxury Interior Designer Gets Inspired by Emerald in Art and Fashion As the rest of the world rang in 2013, the design community celebrated the Pantone’s grand reveal of the Color…
Man Cave Essentials – How to Design a Man Cave Part II
Man Cave Essentials – How to Design a Man Cave Part II First published in the Sunday, January 26th edition of The Sun News As with designing any room, the spatial elements for a…
Moody Blues (Part 3): Pairing Blue with Other Colors in Interior Design
Moody Blues (Part 3): Pairing Blue with Other Colors in Interior Design As you may have gathered from my other posts this week, I have found myself heading for the blues in my…
NATURAL INSPIRATION: From the Back Porch (Part 3)
NATURAL INSPIRATION: From the Back Porch (Part 3) I have been told a time or two (or twenty, maybe!) that I am a woman of many words…. translation…. “You talk too much,…
New Year | Fresh Design, Part II
New Year | Fresh Design, Part II Once the holiday crowd has dissipated and decorations have been put back into their boxes, it is always amazing how empty a space feels. This is a…
New Year | Fresh Design, Part III
New Year | Fresh Design, Part III Start the New Year off right with my end of year series on “Fresh Design.” This is the last of three posts from beating any holiday blues (asI…
REMODELING KICK-OFF: The Perfect Shade of Blue (Part 3)
REMODELING KICK-OFF: The Perfect Shade of Blue (Part 3) As a reminder, here is the Benjamin Moore paint color, Rhine River 689 At night, the wall color I have just added in my…
Ringing in the New Year (Part 1): How to Eat Your Way to Gettin’ Lucky in 2011
Ringing in the New Year (Part 1): How to Eat Your Way to Gettin’ Lucky in 2011 Ever wonder about all of those crazy New Year’s traditions? If you live in the South, you have no…
Ringing in the New Year (Part 2): Ideas for Your Celebration
Ringing in the New Year (Part 2): Ideas for Your Celebration WOW! Christmas is over, and already, New Year’s is upon us! It is a whirlwind every year, it seems! If you are wiped…
Show me your"GREEN"... PART 1
Show me your"GREEN"... PART 1 Brighter Green: Lime Granita. Great for Kids Rooms! A Stronger, Bolder Shade: Luau Green Universally, I find the color green to be a client and a…
Show me your"GREEN"... PART 3
Show me your"GREEN"... PART 3 As springtime approaches, the color green is one that rings in the approaching season with a celebration of fresh, new foliage and anticipated…
SMALL SPACES: (Part 2) FIREPLACES
SMALL SPACES: (Part 2) FIREPLACES With the fall season right around the corner (although it is still hot here in sunny Myrtle Beach, SC, right now!), it started me thinking about…
The Secret Life of a Bikini Mama (Part 1)
The Secret Life of a Bikini Mama (Part 1) Bikini.... Not me in it, though! I found myself writing this blog series from my family vacation in Park City, Utah. Sitting in front of…
The Secret Life of A Bikini Mama (Part 2)
The Secret Life of A Bikini Mama (Part 2) Old-fashioned bikini! (This is not me, though). Okay, so for anyone who may be wondering what happened with my bikini debut, here it…
The Secret Life of a Bikini Mama (Part 3)
The Secret Life of a Bikini Mama (Part 3) For everyone who has been reading along with my blog posts this week, you already know that I have been comparing some specific traits of…
The “Sky” is the Limit: Decorating with Its Colors (Part 3 – Blue Skies)
The “Sky” is the Limit: Decorating with Its Colors (Part 3 – Blue Skies) There is nothing that can start a day out right than gorgeous blue skies! I remember, as a child, that I…
“These are a Few of my Favo-Red Things…” (Part 4)
“These are a Few of my Favo-Red Things…” (Part 4) HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY, Y’ALL…. AND CHEERS! As I may have mentioned a time or ten, I LOVVVEEE Pinot Noir wine – matters not about…
Things to Love in Fall (Part 2).... Football!
Things to Love in Fall (Part 2).... Football! I don’t know how many football fans I have out there, but in the Grigg family, Fall is prime time for cheering on our favorite team….…
TOP 5 WAYS that ART is Like a
TOP 5 WAYS that ART is Like a Raymond Goins was an artist featured at the Atlanta Decorators' Showhouse and Gardens 2010. This charcoal is called "Horse". For those of you who…