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Live Inspired: Interior Home Style Inspired by Design, Lifestyle & TravelWelcome! We are so delighted that you stopped by for a visit.
At The Decorating Diva, our driving passion is to inspire, and to help you discover, nurture and channel your inner decorating diva.
We believe that creating beautiful home interiors, that resonate on a very personal level, is heavily influenced and shaped by our experiences and exposure to a multitude of inspirations from travel to art to architecture to fashion to beauty to interior design and to those everyday moments that give us pause and takes our breath away.
Our mission is to share those beautiful inspirations from the worlds of design, lifestyle, everyday life and travel with you - to share those diverse sparks of creative inspiration and perspective that will undoubtedly ignite, fuel and continuously nurture your inner decorating diva as you embark on creating the home of your dreams - either with the help of a professional interior designer or on your own.
Live Inspired,
Carmen Maria Natschke
Founder, The Decorating Diva, LLC
Home Decor Inspiration
Luxury Bath Design
No Boys Allowed! The Ultimate Girly-Girl Bath Spa
It’s well known that I have a deep admiration for the color pink, so when I saw how Azulejos Alcor used several hues of pinks…
Bathing Rituals: Gessi – the Art of Private Wellness
Could it be the quiet, safe and serene environment in which we lived immersed in our mother’s womb that hints at our need to find…
Asian Minimalist Bath Design & Bamboo Soaking Tub
Design Resource: Bath design products and decor discovered at CP Hart London showroom.
Kitchen Design Inspiration
From Blah to Ah! Design Pro Shares 3 Kitchen Backsplash Ideas
Smith Kitchen Design Project: Backsplash implemented in light reflecting glass tiles. Illuminate and Brighten. Glass tiles are very popular and are often used in contemporary…
10 Home Decor Trends for Kitchen & Bath Designs at I Saloni 2014
The 2014 I Saloni design fair in Milan was brimming with gorgeous and evocative illustrations of what’s next in interior design trends for kitchen and bath. Many…
Milan Design Week: BLANCO America’s ATTIKA’s Debut at Acheo Showroom
Milan is a city renowned for its beautiful, sexy and stylish citizens, and it came as no surprise that BLANCO America debuted its equally beautiful,…
Bedroom Decorating Ideas
Bedroom & Accent Furniture: Decorating Dreams of a French Chateau
Ardenay Collection: French Chateau Inspired Bedroom Design The classically inspired French style Ardenay bedroom collection by Accentrics Home by Pulaski features lovingly distressed oak veneered…
Traditional Blue & White Bedroom and Sitting Room Design
Adamsleigh Showhouse: Luxurious China Blue & White Bedroom Design by Robert Brown.
My Style, My Bedroom: Express Your Style at Home
Fashion Style #1: Silver Screen Siren Silver Screen Siren Style Moodboard: Style Icon: Scarlett Johanssan; Star Sparkle: La Vian Pink pearls, diamonds and gold tear drop earrings; Dress…
Interior Decorating Trends
Travel by Design
Poetic Architecture: Alberto Alfonso’s Fragmentary Blue Rooftop Bar at Streamsong
“This place really is in the middle of nowhere!” I mused to myself upon arrival at the Streamsong Resort, Yes, the resort is in a…
Alfonso Architects’ Hidden Grotto in the Heart of Florida: Acqua Pietra Spa
Acqua Pietra, translated literally from the Italian means ‘Water Stone’, but another more fitting interpretation of the Italian ‘pietra’ is ‘jewel’ or ‘gemstone’. And, a jewel…
Instagram Inspiration: Venice Canal Sculpted Ironwork Bridge Railing
The romance and enchantment of gondolas traveling through a Venetian canal surrounded by centuries old architecture captured from behind an elegantly aged and patina-rich bridge rail of geometrically sculptured ironwork.
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Victorian Bathing Charm at Barnsley Gardens Resort
Deloach Modern: Antique & Design Center of High Point
Madcap Cottage Designs: High Point Market Antique and Design Center
50s’ Florida Architecture: Costa d’Este Beach Resort
Elizabeth Lyons’ Blown Glass Floral Chandelier
