Creating a Fresh Start with a Blue-Green Color Scheme It can be daunting to start over when it’s time to move on from a beloved home that has served a family well. But with a little planning and inspiration, you can create a space that reflects your tastes and feels like an extension of…
The way we live in our home has changed over the years. Luckily our living spaces are reflecting this change. In the past, there was only a single purpose to the living room, while the family room was the area where the family could actually relax and have fun. This left the formal living…
As styles and tastes change – consider updating the space where you like to relax in your home. When the color scheme of your home no longer suits your taste – it’s time for a change. This family room, which the family used daily, felt heavy, and thus did not reflect the energy the…
Maximizing our living spaces & making them enjoyable for family & friends. While this room was used on a daily basis by our clients—it had so much more potential. Very little seating and vast places with no seating made this room unavailable for entertaining. The lovely Fran & Dave deserved so much more. We…
Opening up the flow for a brighter space When this house was built in 1993, it was standard procedure to have a half wall between the kitchen and the family room. It was a way of defining the two rooms—and completely unnecessary. Without that separation, the two rooms that are so important in our…
Creating a welcoming & comfortable office space to enjoy every day. As we spend more time at home and working from home is the new normal, we need to rethink how to make our surroundings as comfortable and efficient as possible. One of the spaces that is often neglected in our homes is the basement….
Located adjacent to the kitchen a keeping room gives loved ones the chance to keep the cook company. Keeping rooms hail back to colonial times, when they were a popular space thanks to the heat from the kitchen that kept the room warm. A plus for company that also kept them out of the cooks…
There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.” – JANE AUSTEN We already established that the family room is the most used room of the house after the kitchen. It is a place to relax and unwind, a place to enjoy time with family and friends (when we can do so again safely)….
Even if you loved a certain color in the past, chances are you might not love it as much anymore. Colors change and so do our feelings about them. This home was designed as a model home with current colors, yet over the years our client’s feelings about the home’s color palette changed and their…
Decorating a room that is long and narrow is no easy feat. Give that room multiple purposes and you have a real design challenge. It can be difficult to decorate a room that is long and narrow and too often this means the furniture is being crowded into a corner. In our client Lisa’s case…