the apartment displays a playful combination of decorative wood and custom built furniture, office desk and storage facilities, all made out of wood. Modern wood paneling adorn the interior spaces and make each room inviting and unique. Custom-designed to create a continuous design that links all the spaces together. The white walls seem to accentuate [...]
Really. And 2011 has been our best year yet: 16 kitchens! By comparison, in a very informal survey of my kitchen design peers, the typical annual project load is roughly 6-8 kitchens – 10 in a very busy year. No wonder I haven’t been posting regularly to the blog. Or tweeting. But I have been [...]
Winter is a great time to undertake home improvement projects, especially those that enhance the interior of your home. Here are some popular wintertime projects. Insulating: Installing insulation is a great cold-weather project that will pay you back in the form of lower heating and air conditioning bills. The easiest place to install insulation is [...]
Q: I understand local soils tend to be acidic and that you’re supposed to sweeten them with lime. So what’s so bad about acidic soil? Does sweet soil grow sweeter crops? A: There’s nothing bad about slightly acidic soil. In fact most plants do best in soil with a pH between 6 and 7. Think [...]
Earlier this year I met Janet, a very talented interior designer who lives in a massive, gorgeous apartment in a vintage Logan Square 3-Flat. After I finished shooting Janet’s place, she introduced me to her upstairs neighbor Judie, a freelance photo stylist, and it wasn’t too long before I returned to photograph her equally amazing [...]