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Room For Improvement: Our Favorite Home Improvement

Favorite Home Improvement I don’t think we talk about this often enough: Curb Appeal It may be easy to turn a blind eye to the outside, but remember it is your home’s first impression. The perfect time to consider exterior changes is when you’re getting a new roof. You’ll likely need to repaint some areas so it is a good time to change colors on both your house and the roof. We like to take…
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Modern Ranch Reveal

We’ve been teasing photos of this home for more than a year and now it’s finally time to share this project in its entirety! It’s always fun to reveal a whole house because you get to see the end result as it’s always been imagined and intended by our team.  This particular project originated when our longtime clients came to us with the idea to build a weekend home. Already owners of vacation homes in…
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How to Make Your Outdoor Living Area Blend Seamlessly with Your Interiors

Outdoor living is all part of the home experience and people are more invested in their homes now more than ever. Recently we had several clients who have existing outdoor living spaces contact us to help plan an expansion. People clearly love being outside and want more space to enjoy the seasons! One of the reasons I love outdoor living so much is because it does offer a great way to extend your home’s living…
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Summer Flower Beds: How to Make Yours Stand Out

This is the time of year when many of us turn our focus to the exterior of our homes.  So I’m going to take my interior design hat off for just a minute and talk a little about gardening and summer flower beds. The past couple of weekends, Stan and I have been doing some garden prep and plantings.  We’re originally from Ohio and the way we’ve always done our flower beds is a little…
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Bee Inspired Baby Shower for my Daughter

Fun fact:  I love interior design but I also have a passion for party planning.  So as you can imagine, I was thrilled to throw my daughter, who recently had her first baby (a little girl!) a bee-themed baby shower.  This was the first party I’d planned post-pandemic, which required a shift in creativity to put together a special event that was both safe and meaningful for the mama-to-“bee.” I decided to host the shower…
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