A family kitchen is put through its paces daily. Whether it’s serving as a laboratory for young chefs, an eating and gathering place for the whole clan, or a homework station for school kids, the kitchen sees a lot of action. To ensure that your design meets a...
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Help Your Clients Choose the Ideal Laundry Placement
Whether you’re building a new house or renovating an existing home, planning the laundry placement may not be as exciting to the homeowner as designing the kitchen or basement hang-out space. But it’s important to get it right. While laundry may not be their favorite...
The Importance of Measuring
You’ve heard the old adage, “measure twice, cut once.” Cutting lumber is one thing. But what about the measurements for your luxury appliances in your brand-new kitchen with the breathtaking cabinetry and countertops you’ve so carefully selected? Measuring for...
Creative Ideas for Cozy Eat-In Kitchens
While the kitchen island is perfect for grab-and-go moments, nothing can compare to gathering family around a table and enjoying an unhurried meal in a comfortable setting. Decidedly more approachable than the dining room but not as unceremonious as an island, the...
Amp Up a Kitchen with Gleaming Metals from Café
A thoughtfully crafted kitchen leaves nothing to chance. Like a symphony, all elements harmoniously combine to convey your designer vision and realize your client’s dream. Even seemingly small details, such as metal accents, perform their parts in the melodious...
Fashioning a Range Hood Focal Point
The range hood serves an important function: it improves a kitchen’s air quality by removing grease, smoke, and odors. While maximizing the hood’s performance is imperative, upping its style quotient can powerfully impact a space. Solve the panache part of the...
The Shape of Kitchens to Come
Interior design trends do not develop in a vacuum. Culture and current events play their parts. Without a doubt, seminal lifestyle changes over the last year have launched an ongoing conversation on the form and function of homes. And that dialogue extends to...
Safe Sanctuaries: Designing For a Post-COVID World
After isolating at home for much of the last year, people are rethinking how their home works for their family and their new daily routines. COVID-19 has impacted all aspects of our lives. We are looking through a new lens as we consider how we interact in and with...
How COVID-19 Is Impacting Home Design
After being isolated at home for the last several months, many homeowners are rethinking their home’s design.
Design Trends for Home & Interiors: 2020
As we gear up for a new year, new colorways and home interior trends are on the horizon. Building on some of the 2019 trends, nature's neutrals and natural elements brought into the home continue to gain popularity. Rustic woods for cabinetry and quartz,...
New Design Trends in Home and Interiors: Natural, Novel, and Nostalgic
The current trends bring the natural, the novel, and the nostalgic all together. This is definitely seen in Pantone’s Color of the Year, Living Coral, a natural color that has been remastered for a unique and retro feel. This animating and life-affirming color...










