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There are two kinds of people in the world: those who genuinely love hosting gatherings and those who panic-clean their entire house in 20 minutes when someone unexpectedly drops by. Regardless of which side you fall on, your home’s design […]

Having friends or family stay over can be a great experience—or it can feel like an extended social experiment in patience. The key to making overnight hosting stress-free? Creating a guest setup that feels comfortable for them—without turning your entire […]

Some people love hosting. They thrive on the idea of dinner parties, game nights, and spontaneous drop-ins. Others? They break into a cold sweat when they hear, “Hey, we’re in the neighborhood—mind if we stop by?” Regardless of which camp […]

Let’s be real—most of us don’t have the luxury of a dedicated, perfectly staged guest room that sits untouched between visits, just waiting to make a cameo when family or friends roll into town. More often, guest accommodations involve a […]

Wouldn’t it be nice if every person in the house had their own space? A dedicated reading nook, a personal gym, a separate room just for crafting or gaming or working in total, blissful silence? Yeah… that’s not reality. Most […]

If you thought designing for adults was tricky, welcome to the final boss level of home design: kids and teens. These are the most demanding, brutally honest, and ever-evolving “clients” you will ever have. One day, they love neon green […]

So, you’ve started paying attention. You’ve noticed that one person in your home always moves the chair back to a certain spot, another always avoids the kitchen during dinnertime chaos, and somehow, the living room remains a graveyard of abandoned […]

It’s easy to design for an imaginary household—the one that looks great in magazines, Pinterest boards, and perfectly curated Instagram posts. But real homes? They’re full of actual people—each with their own quirks, habits, and (sometimes conflicting) needs. Some of […]

Let’s get one thing out of the way: nothing I design will be perfect. Not by my neurospicy standards of perfect. And not by some hyper-curated, Architectural Digest, never-lived-in fantasy of perfect. But by yours? Absolutely. Because before we do […]

It’s easy to think of home design as mostly visual—colors, furniture placement, the way light moves through a space. But let’s be real: a beautiful home isn’t always a good home. Ever been in a place that looked stunning but […]