Creative tips

I used to think rope-wrapped furniture was just for sailboats. Turns out, the maritime aesthetic has been creeping into interior design for decades now

I used to think ceilings were just… there. You know, the forgotten plane hovering above our carefully curated gallery walls and meticulously styled

I used to think curves in furniture were just about aesthetics—you know, the soft edges that made a room feel less like a corporate conference space and

I used to think Caribbean interior design was all pastel walls and wicker furniture until I spent three weeks in Dominica’s rainforest villages.

I used to think area rugs were just decorative afterthoughts—something you picked up at the end of a room makeover to tie things together, maybe.

The first time I walked into a proper mountain lodge—this was in Switzerland, maybe fifteen years ago—I remember thinking the whole place smelled like

I used to think home staging meant turning your house into a sterile hotel lobby. Turns out, the buyers who fell hardest for properties I worked on weren’

I used to think Belarusian interiors were just about embroidered linens and wooden spoons hanging on walls. Turns out, the design DNA of Belarus runs way

I used to think ramadas were just fancy pergolas until I tried building one in my backyard and realized how wrong I was. The thing about ramada shade structures is they’

I used to think lighting was just about making sure you could see where you were going. Then I moved into this apartment with overhead fluorescents that