The Guest House Bath Reno
What started as a low-impact refresh turned into a gut job, and we spent two months of nights and weekends working on it. Our goal for the space: a clean, functional, beautiful guest bathroom that we won’t need to touch for the next decade.
Ask a Designer: Why does furniture cost so much?
Furniture is where we live our lives, and I believe it is worth spending our money on. But furniture - and the industry responsible for making it - is complicated, and it’s very understandable that it’s a confusing thing to navigate for consumers.
While it’s by no means exhaustive, I hope this primer is useful to help you begin to be able to see quality differences as you shop for your own home.
Neocon 2021: Trend Spotting
I spent several days last October at Neocon in Chicago. While I walked around, I was really keeping an eye out for connections between the showrooms. I’m not a trend-chaser, but I think it’s so interesting to see the way trends develop and get incorporated into the wider design lexicon.
Not a Decorator!
There are a handful of careers that everyone thinks they get because they saw it on tv. It’s probably most commonly the long-running tv dramas, but in my case it’s home renovation shows and the meteoric rise of home decor and residential design Instagram accounts.