You don’t have to be an expert to know that lighting for interior design can dramatically transform the look and feel of your home. It may not be as fun as focusing on grand pieces of furniture or beautiful artwork, but lighting design can dramatically affec...

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT HIRING AN INTERIOR DESIGNER Feeling overwhelmed at the idea of hiring an interior designer, even though your space desperately needs a makeover? We get it. After all, partnering with a designer means that you’re putting your trust in so...

How to Create a Space That’s a Reflection of You Your personal style is your fingerprint, from the clothes you wear to the music you love to the hobbies you’re most passionate about. And when you create a space—whether it’s a brand-new home or even...

Designing a room for mental/physical wellness If you’ve noticed similarities in the decor and general aesthetic of successful retail businesses, it is not by chance. Even a simple audit of our personal preferences can reveal that we find ourselves more at...

WHY IS SUSTAINABLE INTERIOR DESIGN IMPORTANT? Interior design trends come and go, but there’s one that’s here to stay: sustainability. Going green at home can improve our collective carbon footprint by combating air pollution and wasted natural resource...

How Interior Design Affects Mood You don’t have to be a neuroscientist or psychologist to know that the way your space looks and functions affects your mood. And that’s what makes interior design not just an art, but a science too. After all, mental w...

Where to Save and Where to Spend in Luxury Interior Design When it comes to designing and decorating our homes, we want them to have that wow factor—a sense of casual elegance and jaw-dropping beauty that you see in magazines or from your favorite Instagr...

Top Interior Design Trends for 2021 We don’t think you’ll blame us for wanting to say a very sassy sayonara to 2020. Plus, a new year always feels like a perfect time to change the look and feel of your space. Implementing the latest design trends means...

Interior Designer vs. Interior Decorator: What's the Difference? Maybe you’ve been sitting around your home for too long and realized your space is in serious need of some new design changes. And in order to fall in love with your home all over again,...

How Interior Designers Work with Architects Interior designers and architects go together like prosecco and pizza. Great apart, even better together, and certain times definitely call for both. While some interior designers (like myself) can do most interio...

My Go-To Luxury Home Interior Paint Colors It’s no secret that after months of spending forced time indoors, we’re all feeling that desperate urge to make some serious design changes in our homes. But online shopping can be dangerous when we’re cooped...

Interior Design Tips: How to Outfit Your Home for Homeschooling Now that so many schools have gone remote to help contain the spread of COVID-19, you may have found yourself with a mandatory new side gig on your resume: first-time teacher. Like most other p...

My Favorite Outdoor Summer Activities in Austin It’s summertime, and the living should be easy. But as much as we’d like to be packing the hillsides of Barton Springs Pool and sharing blankets—and jugs of micheladas—at Blues on the Green this summer...

Prepping for Warmer Weather: How to Get Your Patio in Tip-Top Shape Welcome to another beautiful Austin summer. We may not be able to flock in hordes to Barton Springs Pool or share a blanket on the lawn at Blues on the Green this year, but it won’t stop...

Unexpectedly Working From Home? How to Spruce Up (or Create) Your Home Office It’s hard to believe that just a few short weeks ago, we were still in our normal routines like getting in an early morning spin class or stopping for a latte on the commute to...

Eating In? Try This Easy Vegan Italian Red Sauce Recipe Because you won't be going out to eat any time soon, I recommend trying out some new recipes to spice things up in the kitchen! Just because you're *safe* (not stuck) at home, doesn't mean you can't ea...

Austin’s Vintage Interior Design Shopping & Style Guide Austin is home to plenty of bests: best music, best breakfast tacos, and best swimming holes, to name a few. But it’s also the mecca of some of the best vintage shopping in the Lone Star State�...

Austin's Weirdest Homes Whispermaphone talk tubes. Bird cages full of doll heads. A home without 90-degree angles. A 33-square-foot abode. What do all of these have in common? They’re the strangest spaces and places you’ll find in our delightfully stran...

Green/Eco-friendly/Sustainable Interior Design It’s not just a new year—it’s a new decade. And that means your resolutions should be more epic than ever—a little more creative, a little more responsible, and definitely more forward thinking. There�...

Best Winter Interior Design Trends The stretch of winter after the holidays is rough, I’m not going to lie. Whether you’re partaking in “Dry January”, “No Funding February” or “Melancholy March”, this time of year is one of the least jolly....

Photo Credit: @morganesezalory on Instagram Spruce Up Your Commercial Space for Winter If you’ve ever made a trip to New York City around Christmastime to see the window displays at Bloomingdales, Saks, and Tiffany’s, you’ll know why a merry storefront...

How to Make Your Home Cozy for Fall Forget pumpkin spice lattes - decorating your house for fall is totally the new black (and orange). Fall is definitely one of the most fun times to give your home a little warm & cozy makeover. As the sun drops earlie...

Getting ready for the season ahead isn’t just about swapping out our wardrobes and trying new recipes—it’s about infusing our home with design choices that reflect the change in the weather too. For fall, it means welcoming warmer hues to reflect nature�...

Amazon, TaskRabbit, Favor, Instacart, Upwork: these days, so many services are done online or via app. It’s easy to avoid chores when one simple swipe of the phone means someone else will take care of it....

Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely adore talking about home interiors and could do it for hours on end. I am, after all, an interior designer in Austin by trade. But something we don’t seem to talk about as much is the exterior look of your home. Because thi...

So, you have an interior design project at home that you need help with, and you’re debating whether or not you need to hire an interior designer for help. I completely understand the uncertainty. After all, I’ve worked with countless clients who, at first...

Even if veganism isn’t the lifestyle choice for you, you’re most likely familiar with the concept. After all, the number of adopters of this cruelty-free lifestyle has increased so much over the past few years that 2019 has been declared the year of the ve...

Spring cleaning, spring fever—we all associate this time of year with a certain excitement and energy. And it makes sense: as plants and flowers come back into bloom all around us, we feel the surge, which translates into the desire to reinvigorate our homes...

The fact that there is modern home tour in my hometown every year brings me so much joy. Knowing that I’m not the only one who loves to wander these gorgeous homes, marveling at the layouts and designs makes me so thankful to live in a place with people who...

What makes luxury design… luxury? Like most design terms, "luxury" is hard to define. However, most luxury spaces have a few common elements that unite them. Luxury homes focus on comfort, elegance, and custom touches to embody the highest pedigree of interi...

How many times have you watched one of those interior design shows on HGTV and heard the term modern interior design or something like it? I bet you could make a pretty intoxicating drinking game out of it. Everyone *thinks* they know what modern means but I�...

While tacos may be your go-to summer food, it might be time to spice things up with this delicious (and highly nutritious) vegan recipe. The benefits of a vegan diet are numerous. While you may not be ready to make the switch just yet, even when you eliminate...

Few design conventions get my creative juices flowing as much as the annual New York International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF). I attended the show May 20–23 with my design associate, Rula Al-Obaidi, to get a first-hand glimpse of the newest furniture...

Buying a home can be a tremendous undertaking. In addition to all the financial preparation involved in finding your dream home, you want to ensure you don’t end up with a money pit that consumes all your resources and your sanity....

Is there a room in your home that doesn’t serve a purpose? Does its sparse décor and bland aesthetic clash with the rest of your home’s design? Or is it simply failing to live up to its full potential? If you answered yes to any of those questions, we’r...

If you’re contemplating switching to a vegan diet, you may have reservations about adhering to it when dining out. Although most restaurants have some sort of salad, we all know the caliber of salads and their paired dressings can be a bit disappointing. Not...

In early April, I made my annual trek to the Round Top Antiques Fair, mecca for interior designers and collectors in search of unique home furnishings and accessories at bargain prices. As I drove 85...

Vegan Interior Design Alternatives to Real Leather When you look at a leather couch, you may not immediately think of things like greenhouse gas emissions and the unethical treatment of animals. But as we all become more aware of the impact our actions have...

6 Simple Interior Design Updates to Help Sell Your Home If you’re contemplating selling your home in the not-too-distant future, we hate to break it you, but you’re probably going to have to put in some work to spruce up the interior. Dark leather furni...

Using Non-Traditional Materials in Your Interior Design It's time to funk it up. When you think of interior design, the first materials that usually come to mind are wood, marble and even glass. But if you're looking to make a statement and try something no...

Design Tips to Warm Up Your Space for Winter Although the cold weather is nearly behind us in March, this is usually the time we're most ready to infuse some more warmth into our spaces. If you're tired of being cold, read on for our easy and fashionable wa...

Commercial Design Trends for 2018 If you’re looking for great examples of commercial interior design, Austin is a great city for it. Our "Keep Austin Weird" mentality keeps things funky, funky fresh. Here we look at some fun and unexpected design trends w...

What's Your Design Style? Interior designers typically start an engagement by trying to gauge a client's design style. But one of the most common concerns we hear from new clients is that they don't know how to explain their style. Some clients don't...

8 Ways to Make Your Home Feel More "Austin" Marble Austin homes tend to be decked out with gorgeous slabs of imported Italian marble in the kitchen and baths, completed with accented edges allowing for a home of comfort and style. Marble al...

5 Questions to Ask When Hiring an Interior Designer It is important when you hire an interior designer to ask essential questions to clarify your needs and the ability of the designer to meet those needs. The relationship you create with your desi...