Becoming parents has been our single biggest motivator to seek out fun things to do in Des Moines, particularly during the frigid winter months when outdoor time is limited. While …
Reading has always been one of my strongest passions and my number one hobby since my earliest memories. The amount of time I have devoted to reading has ebbed and …
I can say with 100% certainty that I would not be where I am as an interior designer or an interior design business owner without the treasure trove of free …
We purchased our 1980s contemporary style home in West Des Moines five years ago right before our son was born. We looked at a dozen or more houses that summer, …
We have a new project up on our Morris Lare project portfolio. We designed this kitchen remodel for a young family in Winterset, Iowa, which is in rural Madison County, …
This post was originally published in May 2020. Costs for remodeling have shifted so dramatically in the last two years that I edited this post to reflect more current pricing. …
Two months ago, I signed out of Instagram on all of my devices and deleted the app from my phone. Except for one very brief relapse, I haven’t gone back, …
Last weekend Keegan and I took our first “vacation” alone in a whole year and drove up to Decorah, Iowa, for a quick weekend getaway. Keegan’s mom grew up in …
One of our favorite aspects of our home is that we’re lucky enough to have a separate guest room and bathroom (a side effect of having an only child). We …
If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you know I love a good IKEA kitchen remodel and have used IKEA cabinets in three of my own kitchens. …
The Not So Big House, A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live, by Sarah Susanka, was originally published in 1998. Twenty-two years later, as Americans struggle with a global pandemic, we are spending more time together in our homes than we have in decades. For the last few months, families have been experiencing the nuances of our personal dwellings, for good or bad, all day every day with little relief.
Bringing the natural world inside (biophilic design) is one of the biggest movements in architecture and design today. And, house plants are one of the easiest, least expensive, and accessible …