How to Make a Minimal St. Louis Home Warm and Livable
We often hear remarks like “I like modern, I like minimal, but I’m afraid of it looking too cold or sterile.” The truth is, these two aesthetics don’t have to be one and the same. You can keep things minimal, but it can still have warm colors, wood tones, and softer elements. If you start […]
LED Lighting Design for Your St. Louis Kitchen
Your kitchen is the heart and soul of your home. Today’s kitchens, in fact, support a range of activities well beyond just cooking. Eating, entertaining, homework, brainstorming – these days, it all happens in the kitchen. Such a highly-trafficked area requires an attractive, inviting, and functional lighting design that facilitates all that you do within […]
St. Louis Kitchen Design with Raw Food in Mind
If your household is committed to a raw food diet, your kitchen design should reflect this. In many ways, designing a raw food kitchen is a much simpler task as you won’t likely be needing as much storage for pots and pans and many appliances, such as microwaves, coffee machines, and fancy stoves won’t be […]
Cream Kitchen Design in St. Louis
If you are dreaming of a cream kitchen design for your St. Louis home, you might be wondering what it would take to get this style, what paint colors we would recommend, and any matches and pairings that would look great. White with white, Cream with Cream To achieve a cream kitchen design, we […]
Creating Zones with Different Flooring for your St. Louis Home
Open-plan spaces don’t always have to focus on a single design aesthetic. While you want to create a nice flow throughout the space, there are ways to add dimension through the creation of different zones. Applying creative lighting techniques, different types of flooring and half-walls are ways that interior designers accomplish this throughout the home. […]
The Pros and Cons of a Finished Basement in Your St. Louis Home
Having a finished basement in your St. Louis home can bring many benefits and when considering this type of remodel, most of our basement clients have similar goals: Gain additional entertaining and living space, Add a family room, ¾ bath and/or a formal dining room, Add an egress window (has to be no higher than […]
Should I Connect My St. Louis Living Room and Dining Areas?
For us, every renovation or remodeling project begins with a conversation. We sit down with the homeowners (that’s you!) and ask pertinent questions to get a better idea of your day-to-day lifestyle and how you are intending to use the space when it’s all said and done. When we address the issue of connecting the […]
How to Prepare Your St. Louis Home for Winter
Winter is coming, and with it, all its attendant issues. While St. Louis doesn’t experience the extreme cold or snowfall accumulations that they experience in the northeast, it is still cold enough that it warrants some preparation. Getting your home ready for the coming season in advance will help you avoid costly problems like burst […]
The Many Benefits of Living in St. Louis
St. Louis is a city with a lot to offer for a diverse range of people. Besides the beauty and charm we see on the surface, it’s a small city that can feel like a “big” small town and within its borders, it is made up of diverse and unique neighborhoods, communities that are cultural […]
How to Avoid Traffic When Moving to St. Louis
Traffic … it’s a fact of life for everybody who lives in an urban center. Fortunately, the traffic isn’t all that bad in St. Louis – at least, it isn’t when you compare it to other metropolitan areas in the United States. In fact … a recent study concluded that St. Louis ranked number 34 […]