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One thing I consistently find is that space can be

One thing I consistently find is that space can be deceiving. Often clients will think that rooms are bigger on plans than they are in reality and then they’ll feel smaller during the framing stage and then bigger again once the drywall is up. Until every little piece of furniture and architectural detailing is in, the construction process can feel like a series of illusions. This project is no different and I often find myself relying on experience to overcome my own experiences of these deceptions. This pre-roof stage is extra deceiving. There is still one more year to go till this special gem is complete but all of the preparation and attention to detail will make it well worth the wait 🙌🏻

Toilets are often left out of photos but my little

Toilets are often left out of photos but my little toilet room is just so charming and inviting. Plus it has a heated toilet seat. One could spend the day in there!

This is my favorite corner of our house 🏡

This is my favorite corner of our house 🏡

Yesterday’s re-install went well! Just waiting f

Yesterday’s re-install went well! Just waiting for some cabinets and a countertop and this one’s a wrap! Sadly we won’t be photographing it till the summer but it will be worth the wait ☀️

Covid has taken away a lot of the perks of living

Covid has taken away a lot of the perks of living in a city but peace and serenity can be found almost anywhere. 🧘🏼‍♂️

📷 @chipperhatter

Amazing what you can fine when you peel back old w

Amazing what you can fine when you peel back old walls 🧐

You guys! Meet Katie, our new Studio Manager. She

You guys! Meet Katie, our new Studio Manager. She is a fabulous party thrower, an amateur dog handler (her own pup Bruce is two points away from being a champion!) and she feels she is at her best when helping others, which I can attest to.🙋🏼‍♀️ She beat out over 100 other applicants to get the job and nearly a month in has made herself indispensable. I am super lucky to have her and excited about the magic we’re going to create together. 💫

You know you’re an adult when one of your greate

You know you’re an adult when one of your greatest life pleasures is a clean kitchen. 😆

📷 @chipperhatter
Contraction by @ashhavensconstruction

Blizzards be damned, our Glenn Ellyn project has a

Blizzards be damned, our Glenn Ellyn project has a wall!

When your new client says that they have some impo

When your new client says that they have some important things that they’d like incorporated into the design and this is one of them. #DREAMJOB

I haven’t even started and I’m already loving it and them! This house is going to have some major personality.

Handmade tile for the win 📷 @througha.lenz

Handmade tile for the win

📷 @througha.lenz

Editing by @carlaypage #handmadetile #homeinspo #sfinteriors

We haven’t done an install since last summer but

We haven’t done an install since last summer but we have two later this month and I can’t wait!

📷 @chipperhatter

Whenever clients want me to scope out a house for

Whenever clients want me to scope out a house for them, I basically drop everything I’m doing because it’s so much fun. The views don’t get much better than this in Marin!

Another angle of this very popular corner. When yo

Another angle of this very popular corner. When you have enough counter space but want to maximize storage, or hide things like appliances, consider bringing you uppers all the way down to the counter.
📷 @througha.lenz

Editing by @carlaypage #kitchendesign #farmhousesink #kitcheninspo

I am obsessed with this work, done by hand, by @ja

I am obsessed with this work, done by hand, by @janehambleton_art

It deserves a good home but I’ve run out of walls big enough 😭 #graphitedrawing

I was totally that person who said that she would

I was totally that person who said that she would never let her children have plastic toys. 🚂

On that note though please check out @terracycle zero waste box where you can send your plastics (including broken kids toys) and other hard-to-recycle items.

Rare is a client who doesn’t jump at the chance

Rare is a client who doesn’t jump at the chance for a coffee station. ☕️
📷 @througha.lenz

Editing: @carlaypage
#coffeestation #butfirstcoffee

I’m taking the bait. I hope the #berniememes nev

I’m taking the bait. I hope the #berniememes never end. I dug this image out from the archives for this special occasion 😉
📷 @chipperhatter

I’m always cold. Always. So I love the idea of

I’m always cold. Always. So I love the idea of curling up by the fireplace. Even though I took one out of my house because I was afraid of it 😬
📷 @chipperhatter

#fireplace #reclaimedmantel #warmth

Happy Inauguration Day 🇺🇸 #onwardsandupwards

Happy Inauguration Day 🇺🇸 #onwardsandupwards

Spent a chunk of the day down at the San Francisco

Spent a chunk of the day down at the San Francisco Design Center which is always leaves me feeling eager to create....and take a nap 🌳

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