Gut Check: Does Your Home Make You Happy? (part 1)
One of the most popular New Years resolutions is to get healthy and be happy. Often, as we think through this goal we fail to look at how our homes are helping us get healthy or even worse, holding us back from our goals. How do we know if our home is impacting us in a negative way? The Entry at our Fitzgerald Project. The best person on the planet to judge your own happiness [...]
Tis The Season… To Decorate! Holiday House Tour 2017
I absolutely love decking the halls and this year was especially fun! With our newly painted house and expanded front porch I felt inspired to bring in fresh decor ideas. We always do two trees inside, one in the front den and the other in our family room. This year I noticed the tree decorations were lacking color so I brought in a lot of red to spice things up. I don't have much red [...]
The Purple Trend, Jump on Board Or Let It Slide By?
Pantone Inc. announced it's 2018 Color of the Year last week, Ultra Violet. I have found that people tend to have strong feelings about purple, so it should be interesting how this introduction is received! 3 things to know about Pantone's Ultra Violet // If you love it, go big. When trying out this hue in your home don't even think about painting an accent wall! Choose the smallest, darkest room in the house [...]
A Detroit Condo Infused with Japanese Style
New project alert! I can't tell you exactly where personal style comes from, but when you've got it flaunt it! One of the best parts of my job is to uncover my clients taste and transform it into 3D. Every design "like" and "dislike" is considered to develop each clients unique space. Because who wants their home to look exactly like everyone else? Do we value individual expression? It's the difference between eating at a [...]
Our Freshly Painted White House, Before and After!
Renovating a house is no small undertaking! It's a joy, a pain and a strange addiction that I can't fully explain. We are so delighted to have the exterior of our house transformed, it feels so good! Freshly painted from top to bottom just in time for fall, yay! The original color was a lovely shade of "nicotine beige" as Jeff called it. Ugly plastic shutters that flanked the windows, it was pretty depressing! We [...]
5 Ways My Bedroom Keeps Me Healthy
Nothing makes me more frustrated at the end of the day than walking into my bedroom and it's a disheveled mess. In that moment all my energy is drained and I feel my stress levels rise. Compare that to the feeling of walking into a well designed hotel room at the end of a busy day, the hotel suite might not have your Personal Style but it is clutter free and in most cases [...]