Commercial Design for Personal Services Businesses

Commercial Design for Personal Services Businesses

I want to design more commercial spaces. Not huge office buildings although I had a great custom office building to do last year, and it was fun. But space where people go to be healed or pampered. Timeliness:  A commercial design project, so different in terms of clients and client needs, needs...

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The design of any home tells a story

The design of any home tells a story

Take a look at the image above. Can you sense the story? The story in this room is that of a retired couple, who once lived in Asia for many years, love the art and culture of Japan, and lead active casual social lives. The kitchen, so often the heart of the home, supports quiet meals as well as...

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Color is prime…Paint Quality counts just as much

Color is prime…Paint Quality counts just as much

VIVID:  It’s always been there for me. Always in interiors. I never had a little girl room or a teenage one or a wall in a dorm (that caused trouble) or in a first apartment, or a series of houses, that did not have at least one vivid bedroom wall. And ultimately that brought me to my first...

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The Magic of Libraries

Creative Process: From Inspiration to Realization Residential Libraries Inspiration- One of my creative processes when I start a new design assignment--for example, to design a contemporary residential library--is to go out and find visuals that inspire creative approaches in line with my client’s...

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6 Ways Edy Keeler finishes a room.. repost

6 Ways Edy Keeler finishes a room.. repost

Over the last few months, we at Edy Keeler Interiors, of Core Value Inc. have received quite a few emails asking Edy where to find her interview with Kristine Hansen for  Yahoo Homes entitled, “6 ways Edy Keeler finishes a room with style”. Seems that Google and Yahoo are having issues agreeing on...

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4 Local New Mexico Builders You Should Know

4 Local New Mexico Builders You Should Know

Being a local interior designer in a small state like New Mexico, I’ve found that it is truly important to not only know the people you work with, but to respect and love them for what they do and how they do it. It is also important to let them know how you feel. With that being said and fully...

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Palette Studies Based on 10th Century Art Form

Recently I was introduced to an art treasure trove: a friend’s brother’s work, created in the 60s and 70s, now kept in a huge reddish brown cardboard portfolio. The medium was good quality roughly 22 x30 inch art paper, which had been manipulated while floating face down in oil infused water. This...

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