{"id":336,"date":"2021-05-07T18:30:41","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T18:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sec-interior.com\/?page_id=336"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:06:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:06:23","slug":"interior-design-tips","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sec-interior.com\/?page_id=336","title":{"rendered":"Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"336\" class=\"elementor elementor-336\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dcb4c2b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dcb4c2b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8fa58ac\" data-id=\"8fa58ac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/secretaryinteriordecorating\/\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a> <\/span>featuring Barbara Graceffa&#8217;s traditional, modern and mostly art quilts<\/p><p><strong>Videos<br \/><\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCnrvp_rgzcuUhlloPSkL8nw\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>My Youtube channel:<\/strong> Barbara Graceffa, Secretary of the Interior<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/mfMIAFnv988\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Meet Interior Decorator Barbara Graceffa <span style=\"color: #000000;\">(3:05)<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JWGUKb15JoM\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Design is in the Details: Decorating with Art and Accessories <span style=\"color: #000000;\">(28:50)<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bHq0DgrN_ls\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Inexpensive Decorating Ideas to Sew and Craft Yourself <span style=\"color: #000000;\">(28:44)<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9anBBvJzkRg\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Decorating Show &#8216;n Tell <span style=\"color: #000000;\">(29:05)<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/At_Your_Library_-_Big_Ideas_for_Decorating_Small_Spaces\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Big Ideas for Decorating Small Spaces<\/span><\/a> lecture intro (5:21)<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/At_Your_Library_-_Decorating_Tips_Under_50\">Decorating Tips Under $50<\/a><\/span> lecture intro (8:02)<\/li><li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/At_Your_Library_-_Barbara_Graceffa\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Interview on my first one-woman quilt show<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">(6:45)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">World Quilt Parade <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wDdA_CG34vc\">Chapter F<\/a> <\/span>(last six quilts) and <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/BW5GFtOyoAo\">Chapter G<\/a><\/span> (first three quilts)<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Newspaper articles<br \/><\/strong><\/p><p>Bi-weekly Q\/A decorating columns in the <em>Quincy Sun <\/em>(Quincy, MA) since 2014<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<em>\u00a0 Sample column:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/sec-interior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Overcoming-Indecision.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Overcoming Indecision in Interior Decorating\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/sec-interior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Quincy-Quilter-To-Participate-in-Second-MA-250-Event-on-June-28.docx\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Quincy Quilter To Participate in Second MA 250 Event on June 28<\/span><\/a> <br \/><em>The Quincy Sun<\/em>, June 2025<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/sec-interior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/quilts-250.docx\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Quincy Quilter to Help Celebrate Revolutionary War Events of 1775<\/span><\/a><br \/><em>The Quincy Sun<\/em>, April 2025<\/p><p>Reaching out to design experts from California to Connecticut, the real estate firm Redfin invited Barbara to share her favorite and not-so-favorite design trends. Her chosen quote appears in their Life &amp; Style blog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redfin.com\/blog\/2022-design-trends-wrapped\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2022 Design Trends Wrapped.<\/span><\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.countryregisteronline.com\/Papers\/CTMA_currentissue.pdf\">Three of Barbara&#8217;s art quilts were featured in the March\/April 2023 issue of\u00a0 the Connecticut\/Massachusetts issue of <em>The Country Register. <\/em><span style=\"color: #333333;\">(See page 5.)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/sec-interior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Quincy-Sun-Art-Quilt-News-story.pdf\">&#8220;Graceffa Quilt Displays at International Juried Show,&#8221; <em>Quincy Sun<\/em>, August 4, 2022.<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/sec-interior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Library-gallery-to-display-quilts-exhibit.docx\">&#8220;Library gallery to display quilts exhibit,&#8221; <em>Milton Times<\/em>, August 18, 2022<\/a> <\/span>with similar articles in the <em>Quincy Sun<\/em>, and area <em>Patch<\/em> newspapers.<\/p><p>&#8220;Center Readies Quilt Trunk Show&#8221; in <em>Hometown Weekly <\/em>(Medfield, MA). NB: This 2021 show at the senior center drew the largest audience of any event in the center&#8217;s history.<em><br \/><\/em><\/p><p>Read this early-career article from the <em>Patriot Ledger<\/em> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patriotledger.com\/article\/20090526\/News\/305269662\">to\u00a0get to know interior decorator Barbara Graceffa<\/a><\/span> better.\u00a0 My perspectives and passions remain true today.<\/p><p><strong>Television<\/strong><\/p><p>Several appearances on Quincy Access TV and Weymouth Community Access (see videos above).<\/p><p>Barbara&#8217;s Boston Skyline quilt appeared on WGBH <em>Greater Boston<\/em> and host Jim Braude lauded it as &#8220;impressive.&#8221;<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Need decorating advice for your home or business?<br \/>Contact Barbara at 617-921-6033 or email <a href=\"mailto:barbara@sec-interior.com\">barbara@sec-interior.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12aad28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12aad28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOCIAL MEDIA, VIDEOS &amp; 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