The other day I got a quick note that our photo had been featured in an article on impressiveinteriordesign.com.  It’s exciting when a writer grabs our work to emphasize a point in their story and their choice reminded me of one of my favorite projects from several years ago.  This week we’re going to walk through the thought process that turned this small pass through space into a convertible kid zone.   Keeping with our theme of timeless interiors this month, this project was just featured in January 2020, but we completed it in February 2016. Here’s the photo that got
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When we ask our clients what they want for their room remodel inevitably the answer is “make my room timeless”.  The prevailing question when designing a timeless look is “How do I create a room that can change as my taste and style changes?”  It’s not about creating a museum that never changes – it’s about a look that can change and grow with you. Last week we conducted a small experiment.  I posted a photo of my family room on Facebook advertising our Free 5 Day Improve Your Room Challenge (for more info click below).  We boosted the post
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Complete your Interior Design projects without making costly mistakes. Armed with a Pinterest board, many homeowner DIY’ers embark on improving a space in their home with the thought, “how hard can it be to copy a photo?” Join our FREE 5-day “Improve your Room Challenge” for design tips and tricks to avoid costly mistakes in your home improvement project.   In our over 18 years in business, many a time we’ve been called in to figure out and fix aesthetic mistakes on a home improvement project. Can’t you just copy a photo from a magazine?  It is not that simple,
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Does your home need a “Winter Look”? We are in the thick of the holiday season right now and our homes are filled with pretty decorations, gifts, and lights, but what happens in a few days when the holidays are past?  Have you ever gotten excited about creating a “winter” look for your space? Join our FREE 5-day “Improve your Room Challenge”  for design tips and tricks to try with any project including creating your winter look. Our rooms are welcoming and comforting during the holidays.  But soon, all the pretty accents will return to their permanent storage homes for
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Do you put the same holiday decorations in the same exact place year after year?  When you pull down your bins of accessories, are they sorted by the spot they’ve always been in? Just like our day to day living spaces, our holiday décor needs an occasional “spruce” up.  How do you update your Holiday Home without starting over?  Follow my 5 rules below and each year your holiday look will feel fresh and updated. This year give the gift of Interior Design to someone special on your list and get our Holiday Decorating Style Guide Absolutely Free! In the
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With the Holidays right around the corner, it’s not too early to start thinking about decorating your home.  This week, I’m going to give you a way to create a “designer look” with your holiday décor. If you’d rather get specifics and easy copiable ideas for all areas of your home, click here to purchase our Holiday Decorating Style Guide. Like any design project, your holiday home is a composition.   And building a composition relies on implementing the principles of design to create a unified look. There are five basic principles of Interior Design.  Here they are listed with how
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Bookshelves were once the sturdy storage spot where we kept our reading collection – not only great entertainment, but those hard cover investments became beautiful accessories in any home.  Flash forward to today where we download books and read them on a kindle, a great convenience and just one more advantage technology has given us.  But does that mean that our bookcase is obsolete?  Absolutely not!  Today, I’m going to give you some tips for your own bookcase while we walk through an example with photos. What can you put in a bookcase? Books I know – obvious right?  You’re
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