The Backwoods Abode Project

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The main floor of this charming Midcentury Modern-style home underwent a stunning transformation and was such a fun project to work on! The loveliest couple purchased this home in the spring of 2023 with the intension of renovating the entire main floor. The homeowners wanted their new home to feel warm and cozy while embracing a minimalist design aesthetic and monochromatic finishes. With any new design project, we always start with a site visit to take photos and measure the existing space. Below is the demolition plan (left image) illustrating the initial layout of the property and the image on the right shows how we later reconfigured the bathroom layouts.     Recognizing the need for a more functional layout,…

Ways to Create a Home Office

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Over the past 6 months, our lives have been completely flipped upside down due to COVID-19. We’ve had to adjust to a new way of living and with that has come new routines. We’ve had to adapt to working from home, homeschooling and cooking from home more than we normally would. Spaces in our homes have been transformed to suit our new reality and to serve purposes other than what they were initially designed for. Living rooms have become our makeshift home offices, basements have been transformed to a home gym and dining room tables have become a space to teach our children. The pandemic has changed the way we use our home. Moving forward we need to create spaces…

Resolutions For Your Home

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With 2019 just around the corner, you’re probably starting to turn your attention to New Year’s resolutions. Each New Year brings the excitement of new possibilities and opportunities for improvements. Perhaps you’re making goals to be more active, stop smoking or to save more money. Regardless of what your goals are for the upcoming year, we should all use this time to show our home some love too. These suggestions will help you to feel less stressed, more organized and might even help you save some cash! Purge When you own a home, it becomes so easy to keep accumulating more and more stuff. You get some new bedding for Christmas, but you hold on to old ones just in…