Practice
Verify Before the Installer Has to Guess
Installation problems often begin as unanswered design questions. Record the field condition, design intent, governing dimension, stop condition and owner before a trade has…
Room for Drama · What is wrong with it
You keep bumping into it The whole house
The route through a room is furniture you cannot see, and nobody ever allocated it any width.
4 pieces.
Narrowed to The whole house. Widen it back out
Same problem, one room at a time. Every one of these is a URL you can keep.
Furniture and Scale
The Reading Chair Is Not a Reading Zone
A reading chair becomes a real zone only when the light, side surface, view, circulation, and book storage support the behavior. Design the whole…
Awkward Spaces
The Sloped Ceiling Needs Furniture That Stops Fighting It
Sloped ceilings work best when low functions move to the perimeter and standing functions move inward. Use furniture height, circulation, lighting, and visual lines…
Materials, Color & Finish
How to Make a House Feel Lived-In Without Letting It Get Fussy
There is a point where a room stops feeling finished and starts feeling managed. Here is where that line sits, and how to stay…
What is wrong with it
Not sure which of these it is? Say it in your own words instead, or read the room properly and let it tell you which one is doing the most damage.