It started before the pandemic…a trend of indoor-outdoor residential spaces where homes opened up to the outdoors. …Luxury kitchens had whole walls designed to open to a patio or grilling area… …Outdoor entertainment spaces had new and creative amenities like barrel saunas and open-air ... Continue Reading
5 Ways Your Home Can Make Lifestyle Changes Easier
If you say you want to cook, is your home designed to support that? If you want to entertain more often, will the common areas in your home help or hurt that? The life you want to live can be helped or hurt by how your home is set up. That might come down to cabinet design, or having walls ... Continue Reading
To Do a Remodel Before the Holidays, Here’s What You Need to Know…
It’s still summertime, but fall is in sight! Have you thought about a renovation you wanted to have done later in year, specifically in time for the holidays? The bad news: you probably won't get it done before the holidays. And you definitely don’t want the guts of your home showing during an ... Continue Reading
How Does a Designer Help If I Don’t Know What I Want?
Maybe you’ve had this experience…you know that you’re longing for an update in your home, but you put it off…because you haven’t REALLY defined what you want, and why get started if you don’t know exactly what you’re after?! As a general rule, we try not to put the cart before the horse. Clients, ... Continue Reading
How to Achieve the Trifecta of Look, Feel, and Function in Your Home
Your relationship with your home has something in common with relationships you have with loved ones...you care for your home, and your home cares for you. Think about the last time you had any kind of home maintenance done. Next, think about the last time the gutters were cleared out. Did you ... Continue Reading
Possibilities You Never Thought of for Your Primary Bath
If you’ve ever dreamed of completely redoing your primary bathroom, you’ve probably imagined solutions that solve specific problems you deal with day-to-day. For example... Whether your fantasies are functional, style-related or both, you are RIGHT to dream. Your primary bathroom should ... Continue Reading
Awesome Appliances: Technology and Manufacturing, Perfected
We've spent thousands of hours reviewing appliances with clients. Styles change, but technology changes twice as fast. (Just look at the technology of tile the last 10 years.) From dimensions to energy efficiency, features, and even details like door handle style ergonomics, there are always ... Continue Reading
The Technology of Tile
Tiles have been used inside and out as a decorative and protective material for thousands of years. Across walls, floors and even ceilings, ceramic and porcelain tiles offer an inherent beauty...and their beauty is as varied as the buildings they adorn. Tile offers a tactile experience as ... Continue Reading
