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January 31, 2017

Home Resolutions for the New Year

I have never been very good at making resolutions for the new year, and this year was no different. We are just over a month in to the new year, and I am still not…

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November 18, 2016

How to Create Your Own Personal Space at Home

How to Create Your Own Personal Space at Home Regardless of whether you live as a couple or a family with kids or whether you have an open floorplan in your home or not, it…

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October 25, 2016

Get Your Home Ready For Winter

Get Your Home Ready For Winter It’s hard to believe winter is upon us again when it seems like it was just the 4th of July, but here it comes again! It’s important to get…

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September 19, 2016

Surprising Home Trends of 2016

Surprising Home Trends of 2016 I tend to be cautious when speaking of home trends. Often, the word “trend” scares people as they automatically believe a “trend” is something that is going to go out…

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August 30, 2016

Hot Kitchen and Bath Trends for 2016

In the world of residential remodeling, kitchens and baths are still at the top of the list and still deliver the greatest return on investment for resale. So, designing them to be up-to-the-minute is important…

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August 1, 2016

Project Profile: 55 Wareland Basement Remodel

Project Profile:  55 Wareland Basement Remodel When the clients at 55 Wareland moved from Europe to the United States and purchased their stately New England colonial, they knew they would need to do some work…

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May 31, 2016

Southern Design Elements for Your New England Home

Southern Design Elements for Your New England Home   Over the weekend, I was lucky enough to be in a beautiful wedding in Isle of Palms, South Carolina, a city about 15 miles east of Charleston….

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April 25, 2016

5 Tips for Bathroom Remodeling

5 Tips for Bathroom Remodeling   When it comes to remodeling a bathroom, it is easy to get overwhelmed with the number of selections and decisions that need to be made. Even if the bathroom…

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April 18, 2016

Solid vs. Engineered Wood Flooring

There are two types of hardwood flooring: solid and engineered. Both of them are made of 100% wood.  Both of them come pre-finished (with a factory applied finish), both can also be sanded and refinished…

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April 18, 2016

5 Tips for selecting kitchen cabinets

Custom or Manufactured – This is your first decision when selecting cabinets. There are pros and cons with both. Custom cabinets are typically the more expensive choice (however, not always so some homework may be…

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February 29, 2016

Tips for Designing a Laundry Space in Your Home

Tips for Designing a Laundry Space in Your Home When considering home remodeling, the first spaces that usually get attention are the kitchen and the master bathroom.  This makes sense, as these are typically the…

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February 21, 2016

Project Profile-3 Loew Home Remodel

When the homeowners of the 3 Loew project purchased the home in June of 2014, they knew they would have to do some work before they could feel like their new house was truly a…

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February 21, 2016

Project Profile: 1190 West Kitchen Renovation

The kitchen renovation at 1190 West all started because of a broken dishwasher. The homeowners were torn between redoing their master bathroom or their kitchen. They knew they could only do one at a time…

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February 8, 2016

Tidy Up your Home with these Creative Storage Solutions

It all comes down to built-ins.  if you need places to put “things”, your designer can create a built-in for almost any empty space available in your home.  Whether it is a tall, shallow cabinet…

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February 2, 2016

Understanding Universal Design

As the owner of a residential design build firm, I often meet with potential clients who would like to upgrade, add to, or otherwise improve their existing home rather than move to a new location. …

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October 25, 2015

5 Design Trends in Residential Construction

5 Design Trends in Residential Construction I work with scores of clients every year. Each project is different but there are some overall trends that are likely here to stay for the long haul: Open…

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October 20, 2015

The Four Elements of Kitchen Lighting

When undergoing a kitchen remodel, one of the most important features (that is often given little thought) is determining how to light the kitchen.  As Randall Whitehead, a nationally known designer one said, “Lighting is…

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August 18, 2015

How to Care For Your Granite Countertops

How to Care For Your Granite Countertops One of the most popular countertop surfaces today is granite, a natural stone.  If I had to guess, I would say that 80% of my clients select a…

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August 17, 2015

Trendy or Timeless: Is My Favorite Decor a Design Trend or a Design Staple?

Trendy or Timeless: Is My Favorite Decor a Design Trend or a Design Staple? One of my main goals as a designer is to create spaces that cannot be identified by the year in which…

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August 9, 2015

Is a Kitchen Remodel Worth the Investment?

The answer is YES: kitchens and bathrooms are at the top of the list in terms of return on investment!  In the hottest housing markets, springing for a kitchen remodel is a sure-fire investment, often…

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