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What Is Design-Build and Why It's Better

What Is Design-Build and Why It's Better

There's a moment, in any renovation, when you realize how many people you're talking to — and how rarely they seem to be talking to each other. Your architect envisions one thing. Your contractor prices it differently. The designer you've brought in has a third idea entirely. Before a single wall is touched, the dream you started with has been diluted by committee. Design-build was born as an answer to that problem. Interior Design. As an...

The Case for Custom Furniture: Why Built-to-Order Changes Your Home

The Case for Custom Furniture

There's a version of furnishing a home that most of us default to — browse a few retailers, find something close to what we had in mind, and make it work. It's efficient. It's familiar. And, more often than we admit, it's quietly disappointing. Not because the furniture is bad. But because close to what we had in mind is not the same as exactly right for this room, this light, this life. Interior Design. As an...

How to Plan a Kitchen Renovation: A Designer's Guide to Getting It Right

How to Plan a Kitchen Renovation

The kitchen is the room that gets renovated most often — and the room most often renovated poorly. Not because homeowners lack vision, but because the kitchen asks more of a designer than almost any other space in the home. It must be functional at 6am and beautiful at 8pm. It must accommodate a family in full chaos and feel serene when you're alone with your coffee. Interior Design. As an esteemed design-build company...

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