Category: design
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Why You Should Choose Bigger Art (As Proven By A Beautiful Italian-Inspired New Build)
We are pretty selective when it comes to featuring house tours that aren’t our own makeovers. It’s not because they aren’t all great, but more that we want you to get an important takeaway. We have a good one today:) Caitlin and I were just talking about the problem with “bitsy” wall decor. There always…
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Boost Visual Appeal with Floor Plan Conversions in Real Estate
Floor plan scale conversion means changing drawing measurements to real-life sizes or a different scale. It helps you understand and use floor plans correctly for building or designing. Stay with us! We’ll soon share more easy tips and guides about Floor Plan Scale Conversion to help you plan and build better. What Is a Floor…
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Why We Chose A Clover Lawn Instead Of Grass (This Time)
I feel like I’m about to step into an opinion minefield today. Deciding to do a clover lawn in one area of the property has been oddly polarizing. I’m not an expert, so don’t use me as your sole point of research, but we did opt for a clover lawn instead of traditional turf this…
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Hidden Potential: Our Favorite Storage Sofas, Sectionals & Ottomans (A.K.A. Living Room Super Heroes)
There are few things in this divided, polarized world that nearly everyone agrees on, but having more storage than less in your home is probably one of them (I’d bet my armoire on it). When you’ve exhausted all your closets and cabinets and drawers…what then? Purge? Well, yeah, you should probably start there. But after…
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A Modern Traditional Green Tiled Bathroom (With A Last Minute Sink Pivot)
Well, well, well…I do believe this is the last bathroom of my brother’s river house, and likely the one that gets seen the most by guests. I have an order of favorites, for sure, but this one seems to be the reigning #1 (I’m partial to the primary myself, but perhaps that’s because I’m middle-aged…
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Design Trend Alert! Breaking Down Regency Minimalism For Your Next Flea Market Trip
The time has come to unveil a “new” design trend for 2025. And boy, is it a pretty one. To be honest, this one has been sneaking up on us for a minute, and no, it’s not “fisherman core”. For me, let’s keep fish in the sea and add ornate light fixtures into our homes:)…
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Design Court: Curved Sofas On Trial
As a kid, I heard the refrain “you’d make a great lawyer” more times than I could count. At 11, I internalized it as a compliment. At 33, I realize that “lawyer” may have been a stand-in for “annoying” or “exacting” or “pedantic.” (To be clear, it was absolutely a stand-in for those terms.) NO…
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How I DIY’d Canning Jars Into An Art Installation (And Would I Do It Again?)
I’m indulging in some nostalgia lately – looking back at 10+ years ago projects with fun emotions (“oh wow”, “I did what?” and even “oh that’s fun”). Maybe in 10 years I’ll look back at the Craft Barn or the squiggle bulletin board with the same surprise and nostalgia. This project I TOTALLY forgot about…
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My Partnership With Living Spaces (With A Lot Of BTS Of The Most Incredible Shoot/House Ever)
A couple months ago I flew down to Orange County to shoot a big campaign in a famous reality star’s home – 3 days of on camera fun + pressure + being treated like a queen. Living Spaces hired me to promote their summer furniture line and collaborate on the campaign. It was all the…
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Peek Into Emily’s Etsy Cart – 6 Of Her Favorite New Artists And Vintage Dealers
I often forget that I have access to things like Emily Henderson’s Etsy account. And boy, any time I’m told to take a look to find a link for a blog post I get a little twinkle in my eye because I rememeber that I get to see everything she’s saved, what she’s purchased I…