Category: Architecture

Oh My Goodness…We Own A House!

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OF COURSE THE FIRST THING WE WANT TO DO IS PAINT!

Walnut Wood Flooring, Pale Gray Wall Color, Iron Lantern, Craftsman Architecture
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Designers are just like everyone else.  At some point, we buy our first house.  Mr. LBD Junior and I just starting to think about what we want to do to our first home before we move in.  Like many others, painting is on our list!

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 How To Create The Decor You’ll Love In Any Home

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Even If You Don’t Have The Architecture And The Budget You Think You Need

White Painted Wood Floor, White Wire Leg Breakfast Table, Black Lacquered Chairs, Gold Light Fixture, Black Painted Window Sashes
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We all do it.  We zip through Pinterest, Instagram and places like Houzz, and find rooms we love.  Entire houses in fact.  We save the photos and may even start dissecting and researching to see how to make these visions come to life in our home.  Before long we hit a snag.  For starters,  the architecture in the rooms we love is the exact opposite of ours.  Or the first piece of furniture we price is what we hoped to spend on the entire space.  Perhaps the paint color on the walls, so recently finished you can still smell paint, came out different from in the photo you used as your inspiration.  Sound familiar?  Designing a home, your home, does not have to be like this.  Designers don’t necessarily have a bag of secrets but we do follow one rule on nearly every project….

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The “Cottage” Estate At Little Hills

Stone Steps, Wood Decorative Glass Entry Door, Black Canvas Awning
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IS IT POSSIBLE TO LOVE A HOUSE  TOO MUCH?

“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Our design firm is “old”.  Years ago a very young feature writer called us “an established design firm with years of experience”.  What this really means to us is that we have built relationships that are important to us.  We continue to be blessed with clients who allow us to come into their homes and become part of their families.   We have as many memories of their homes as they do.  When it’s time to pass “our” home onto the next family it can be bittersweet.

Little Hills Is One Of These Properties. 

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The Great Danes

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SCANDINAVIAN DESIGN – THE BEST WAY TO UNWIND!

 

Danish Design Bar Cart, Succulents, White Washed Floor

How many times do we hear, “There are just not enough hours in a day!”  Who isn’t  busy?  It’s the way life is and most of us don’t want it any other way.  However, we do want our homes to offer the calming, soothing sanctuaries we need to recharge.  Let’s take a few clues from some Great Danes …they know how to do this!

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