Design Layouts that Connect

Design Layouts that connect A kettle hums softly on the stove. Friends settle into chairs angled toward each other. Someone leans against the island, chatting with the person slicing vegetables. Without thinking about it, the space is doing its job, pulling people together. The design layout connects! The layout of a home is more than […]

Layering Texture for Optimal Coziness

Layering Texture for Optimal Coziness You walk into a room and it just feels… good. You may not notice why right away. The palette is subtle, nothing shouts. But there’s a richness. Depth. Comfort. The kind that makes you exhale. That’s the power of layering texture. While colour gets the spotlight in most design conversations, […]

The Best Season to Renovate

The Best Season to Renovate Summer construction is a phrase everyone knows and… loves? Calgary traffic is rerouted, and a commute once delayed by snow is now at a standstill because of summer construction. Most of those builds are to improve our infrastructure, but residential renovations are not exempt from the summer construction phenomenon. There’s […]

The Most Overlooked Rooms in a Home

The Most Overlooked Rooms in Your Home When people think about renovating, they picture a shiny new kitchen. Or maybe a spa-like ensuite. We think about those, too! But some of the hardest-working spaces in a home are the ones that often go unnoticed. We’re looking at the real MVPs: mudrooms, entryways, laundry rooms, and […]

Designer Myths: Do Designers Just Design What They Want?

Designer Myths: Designers Just Design What They Want NO, designers don’t just do what they want. One of the most common questions we get is, “Can you do X style?” and the answer is, “Yes. But how does this style represent you?” People are often concerned that a designer will hold fast to their design […]