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New Year, New Hue!

Ready to embrace “New Year, New Hue” in your home? Whether you’re looking for a bold statement color or a subtle, calming shade, I’m here to help you bring your vision to life. Together, we’ll create a space that feels fresh, inviting, and perfectly you. Serving the Cincinnati area, I’m dedicated to transforming your home with personalized design solutions and cutting-edge 3D renderings.

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The Benefits of Working with an Interior Designer for New Builds

Are you looking to build or are you in the process of building? Are you stressed out already or don’t know where to start? I can help!

I work closely with builders and contractors to streamline project workflows, offering clear spec plans, 4D renderings, and weekly updates to all stakeholders to keep timelines on track. My goal is to make every project efficient, accurate, and aligned with the client’s vision.

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Tips and Tricks on How to Decorate Your Home

Finally, FALL has arrived! I absolutely love fall and all the “feels” it brings with it. The cooler weather, warm conversations around a fire, cozy blankets, and sweaters, Pumpkin Spice Lattes, and opening up windows to let the fresh air in again. I’m wrapping up some large projects, and I’m ready to start some new projects that will be completed in 2025.

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Why “AI” Will Not Be the Solution for Your Interior Project

Hiring a virtual designer or using online programs AI (Artificial Intelligence) can relieve a client with some tasks and give them a good roadmap into the outcome they want for their space, but the misconception of it replacing an actual Interior Designer is something that is coming up more and more in the industry. From sourcing inspiration images, capturing current (and accurate) space measurements, to sketching floor plans, managing deliverables, and coordinating with contractors, it becomes evident that the value you receive from these services is directly proportional to your effort and involvement.

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Expert Tips on Choosing, Caring for, and Styling!

Your outdoor space reflects your lifestyle and a place for relaxation, entertainment, and creating lasting memories with friends and family. As you plan and design your dream outdoor oasis, choosing the right furniture is essential to complete the look and enhance the functionality of your outdoor living area.

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Good, Better, and Best Outdoor Furniture

Have you been shopping on the internet recently on “best outdoor furniture near me” recently? I’m sure the results offer you line after line of websites to buy furniture from. When I shop for outdoor furniture for clients, I make sure I teach them the difference between the good, better, best when it comes to how long they expect the furniture to last and what their overall budget is.

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Outdoor Furniture 2024

Pool and patio furniture in the Cincinnati Tri State Area can be a difficult decision to make. There are a lot of details that make a quality furniture piece, and since outdoor furniture has to hold up to the harsh elements (unlike indoor furniture), it’s important to understand how a high quality outdoor piece is made. In this month’s blog, I will give you some tips on what to look for when you are ready to invest in high quality, outdoor furniture pieces and accessories. Like the products you see below? I am a dealer for Summer Classics furniture which means I am able to pass on savings to you as a client (no middle man). Book your call today to learn more!

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5 Ways to Freshen Up Your Space for 2024!

Here are some questions I have been asked being in this business. I have a lot of clients that already have high quality furniture, good “bones”, and interesting accessories to use in their space but they get stuck on how to space plan their furniture and use existing items to make their rooms look amazing. Have you ever asked yourself these questions below?

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Interior Designer vs. Interior Decorator

When choosing between an Interior Designer or an Interior Decorator, it’s important to know the fundamental differences between the two. This is why I always start out every project with a discovery call to ask the questions that guides you to what service fits your needs. Depending on the level of service you want, what your budget is, and what type of project will help define what level of service you need for your project! Book a call with me now to chat!

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Decorating!

Interior Design and Decorating go hand in hand when it comes to finishing off a space. It’s almost like “the icing on the cake” and “jewelry with an outfit”. Without the decorating, the design of a space just doesn’t look complete. Decorating can greatly enhance the aesthetic and ambiance of any space! Decorative items not only make a space feel more inviting and comfortable, but the overall look can express someone’s personal style and personality.

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4d Renderings

Visualizing and completing spaces in my head is easy for me, but having my clients understand my vision is sometimes hard to convey through words, photos, mood boards, Pinterest pages, etc. 3D, Photorealistic images help bring my visions to life and show a real visual for the space for those who are “visually impaired” (as one client described it to me :). My response to that, this is why I have a job and this is why I LOVE my job!

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Where to Invest vs. When to Conserve

Whether you’re renovating a space from top to bottom, building new, or simply just updating your space from floor to ceiling, your best design budget is a balanced design budget. Here’s what that means….

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Why You Should Hire an Interior Designer

If you are reading this, you want to know more about the mysterious world of Interior Design.  Questions may pop up in your head such as “Is Interior Design a career, a hobby, art, is it really needed”?  I’ve had to explain my path on how I got to this point a million times, but the story never changes.  I absolutely LOVE making an unwanted room fully functional and gorgeous for families for years to come.  I could never have done this without my Interior Design education and experience.  My artsy fartsy side comes into play, but Interior Design can be whatever you want it to be as long the end result changes the way you look, feel, and use a room after I’m done with it! 

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Full Design vs. Designer on Demand

Full Interior Design Service is “end to end” design. It is meant to design every square inch of a room and the Interior Designer will handle every aspect to get there. When hiring a Full Interior Design Service, you can expect the following…

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