50 years of interior design, it hardly seems possible. Yet here I am, my wife and business partner Sally by my side. I invite you to join me as I look back and celebrate our years together. We each took different paths along the way to our careers in the business. Sally was living in...
Kitchen trim was on the mind of kitchen designer, Scott Koehler, when he contacted me several weeks ago. He was designing a kitchen with 10’ high ceilings and wanted to make sure the crown moulding’s proportions were right. Drawing on my understanding of the Classical Orders and Proportion, could I help him make sure this...
When is a kitchen not a kitchen? That is the question I’ve been asking myself recently. It’s been prompted by several things. First, as consequence of the pandemic, we all have been forced to use our homes in ways we had never previously considered. For example, in my son’s family both dad and mom are...
Kitchen lighting is a challenge in the best of conditions. Lighting levels, fixture spacing, ambient lighting, task lighting and decorative lighting are all in play. In my last post, I alluded to a particular challenging lighting challenge relating to the placement of a soffit crown moulding above a row of kitchen cabinets. The underside of...
Periodically, we are asked to help a client upgrade the interior trim in their home. For instance, they might be a family with a newly purchased home. The clients love the location, but the interior of the home lacks character. It has no Gravitas. No Bones. What can be done? Another example is the family...
Interior Design Trends are something that Sally and I usually don’t pay much attention to. We write them off to media and marketing hype. Having said that, discussions about emergning 2020 Interior Design Trends in several private FB Groups I am a member of caught my eye in December. The first was a conversation about...
This past winter, Sally and I worked on a smart kitchen design with a client. Both husband and wife were tech savvy. Their day jobs were in the tech industry. They both loved to cook. It should have been a match made in Heaven. After evaluating appliances from Thermador, Subzro, Miele and Jenn-Air, they decided...
Renovation projects. They’re never ending. It’s home ownership’s dirty secret. The one no one ever tells you about – until after you’ve purchased your first home. Sally and I are in the process of selling our home and doing the downsizing thing this summer. Going thru photograph albums of the work we’ve done on the...
Sally and I always enjoy our summer snackies and sippers on the side porch or on our circular brick patio in the back yard. In the summer, it is one of our favorite evening time rituals as we relax before dinner. Sally and I took this past July 4th week off, thoroughly enjoying several days...
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...