Window Treatments - Inside Mount vs. Outside Mount: How to Choose
A kitchen window came back this week at 46.5 by 34.5 inches with exactly one inch of mounting depth, and that one number settled the shade before anyone opened a fabric book. Here is what each mount actually gives you, and what it quietly takes back.
The Green Armoire
A broken two tier armoire, a saturated green, and a peel and stick mirror I would have talked a client out of. Here is what happened to it, and what happened after it sold.
Put the Outlet Where the Thing Lives
Nine recessed lights were the only obvious decision on the electrical plan. Where the rest of the power went, inside a drawer, inside a vacuum cabinet, behind a pantry door, came down to one question we kept asking room by room.
Five Questions From My Inbox This Week
A builder asked whether to wait out a tile back order, a client asked why shower floors are always hex, and three more questions landed behind them. Five real answers from one week, with the numbers left in.
Never Choose a Countertop in a Showroom
There were two quartz samples on the table Monday morning, and the prettier one lost. Why I make clients take stone home for three days before anyone orders anything, and why your island was never supposed to match your perimeter.
The Unglamorous Inches That Make a Primary Bath Work
Every beautiful bathroom gets decided twice: once with tile samples on the counter, and once in a framed room that smells like sawdust. Here are three decisions from the second conversation, including the six-inch ledge that solves the freestanding tub problem.It All Begins Here