The open plan kitchen seems to be an integral part of everyone’s dream home. Real estate brokers will tell you it’s always on their client’s must have list. In new homes, they are looking for kitchen, dining and living spaces combined into one large contiguous room. In existing homes, they want to see the kitchen...
Kitchen storage – it’s always a hot button when Sally and I work on a kitchen design with a client. They all seem to be storage obsessed. Terrified that there might not be enough storage for all their stuff… KITCHEN STORAGE : CASE STUDY 1 We first encountered this behavior when we worked on a...
This past week I had the opportunity to discuss kitchen and bathroom living/aging in place design solutions with manufacturers and interior designers from across the country when I hosted #kbtribechat. #kbtribechat is a community of kitchen and bath professionals who gather once a week on Twitter to discuss kitchen and bathroom design and trends, network...
Sally and I covered some of the hidden costs of construction in our most recent post about our bathroom renovation. In that post we discussed why you need a contingency budget, which is intended to protect you from two major sources of hidden renovation or construction costs. Unforeseen conditions Scope creep There are other hidden...
A renovation project, whether it’s a bathroom, kitchen or entire house, is complex, disruptive and can be filled with unknowns and uncertainty. Virtually all of our clients have never undertaken a renovation before. Since most renovations have a life cycle of 25 – 30 years, they may never undertake another again. It’s called a Low...
A mosaic tile mural is the perfect way to spice up your bathroom or kitchen design, if you are considering renovating either of these areas. Here’s why. They’re unique. You won’t look like the Joneses next door. Believe it or not, sourced properly, they are cost effective. Finally, your tile guy will love how easy...
Hi, it’s Sally and I am going to show you how to make the best Christmas cookie ever! (Making this cookie is a family tradition, started many years ago by my Mom.) John posted some photos of this process on his Facebook page, and now people are asking for the recipe of the cookies they...
I know what you’re thinking. “Argh!” Not another *Best Kitchen Planning Tips* post!” But perhaps you’ve never seen an actual case study that shows you how an interior designer actually applies those tips to one of their own projects? If that’s the case, read on, while I illustrate each of the 7 best kitchen planning...
In this post, l’m sharing my *5 Top Tips for Designing Your Floor Tile Layout.* These are all the top tips I have learned over the years, and I hope they will be useful to those of you who are doing it yourself, or the homeowner or contractor working with another professional interior designer. Earlier...
Sally and I are celebrating the arrival of summer (finally!) and the delightful story in Northshore Home magazine’s Summer 2017 issue about the classic white kitchen we designed for a young couple and their family in their newly purchased Colonial Revival style home in Newbury, MA. Previously, this couple lived on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, but chose to move to the country to...