Designing a Stylish Laundry Room: Making Chores More Enjoyable

When it comes to home design, laundry rooms often take a backseat. These spaces are typically overlooked in favor of more glamorous areas like the kitchen or living room. However, a thoughtfully designed laundry room can transform monotonous chores into a more enjoyable experience, all while boosting your home’s overall design aesthetic.  Let’s explore some… Continue reading Designing a Stylish Laundry Room: Making Chores More Enjoyable

Floor to Ceiling: How to Create a Cohesive Design Concept for Your Home

When it comes to home design, achieving a cohesive look can often feel like an overwhelming task. With so many elements to consider, it’s easy to end up with a space that feels disjointed. One of the most impactful ways to craft a harmonious living space is by considering the concept of “floor to ceiling”… Continue reading Floor to Ceiling: How to Create a Cohesive Design Concept for Your Home

Excel and Pinterest get Married

True, I’m a creative. I’m a right-brained person but I’m also (obviously) “Type A” and enjoy organizing and staying on budget. Excel and Pinterest both work great for me! My intern, Molly, is AMAZING! She also loves Excel. Now, who loves Excel? Honestly, I mean its just numbers, right? But, one weekend I decided that in… Continue reading Excel and Pinterest get Married

Pinterest Points the Way

  To be honest, most designers I know spend a lot of time protecting their intellectual property. I’m one of them and you won’t see a lot of my resources or details about how we created something amazingly cool on my client project pages. The Rocky Bay Home project is different though… It’s a “cheat… Continue reading Pinterest Points the Way

Functional vs. Decorative Kitchen Lighting

I love lighting! Decorative lighting can be seen as a form of artwork or an accent piece in a room or a functional aspect to modern living. Focusing on lighting elements can help define space or create a powerful vignette. I always tell my clients that the goal is to control the eye. We really… Continue reading Functional vs. Decorative Kitchen Lighting

There is Nothing Like a Hot Bath

Sometimes, there is nothing like a hot bath to take all the worries away! I find that typically my clients are passionate about their bathtubs if they want one. And now, there are several approaches to purchasing, designs for installing and locations to consider outside of the traditional approach. Let’s discover a few together: LOCATION:… Continue reading There is Nothing Like a Hot Bath

Key Elements to Selecting the Right Cabinetry Supplier

Are you in the market for new cabinetry either in your bedroom, bathroom or closet? If so, it probably means two things are happening: You have a much larger job ahead of you than just selecting a new cabinet. You are in the midst of making a lot of complex decisions in a short amount… Continue reading Key Elements to Selecting the Right Cabinetry Supplier

Where Old Meets New

We do a lot of additions and renovations! And they are fun! Why…? I love the renovation challenge and no two homes are alike. I love taking an old home with old floor / ceiling joists and pushing the design to adjust to modern dimensions and building codes. Existing foundations and stair codes are rarely met… Continue reading Where Old Meets New

How to bring COLOR into your home and not freak out!

Are you afraid of adding color to your home? Or do you really like color but you find that you don’t know how to bring color into your home and not freak out! Well, there is a bit of a formula that you can follow to find a balance of colors that work together and… Continue reading How to bring COLOR into your home and not freak out!