FINDING MY INTERIOR DESIGN VOICE, THE GREEN TORTOISE, SURFERS, ONE DOLLAR BILLS AND OTHER ADVENTURES
Finding my voice in interior design has been a process of understanding what works for me, my approach to design and how I help my customer’s find their own creative voice. It takes courage to speak up and speak out. Not just for the sake of speaking out but with authority, facts and bias. I […]
BREAKING OUT, VESPERS, CIGARETTES AND THE IMPACT OF LOCKDOWN ON MY INTERIOR DESIGN PROCESS
It may not feel like you know where you are going but actually deep down inside you do. There comes a time in your life when you just want to do your own thing. You are tired of listening to everyone’s advice, what is perceived as good interior design or bad interior design. You want […]
DISCOVERING YOUR PERSONAL DESIGN STYLE, SUNNY SPOTS, EASTER EGGS AND SYLVESTER STALLONE
Figuring out your personal interior design style is about learning and understanding who you are. Just you. Not being influenced by what other people think you should like or what they like. This is not as easy as it sounds for everyone. Some of us instinctively know what we like, others identify with what other […]
THE POWER OF ENERGY IN INTERIORS and HOW TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW THINGS
It made me feel in control of my environment and gave me a sense of purpose in a time when the world didn’t make sense to me. Taking time during lockdown to clear out what is not needed immediately in your interiors improves your interaction with a space and combined with good interior design improves […]
ORCHESTRATING FLOW AS A INTERIOR CREATIVE
Discovering how a well-designed space needs to flow naturally like a piece of music where every note is carefully placed and orchestrated. It is easy to see what you don’t like and what doesn’t work in interior design. The real question to answer is: what do you want from your environment? Somewhere on my self- […]
OF WALLS, INTERIORS AND OTHER THINGS
It all starts with seeing it for what it is. Really seeing it. Understanding it. Knowing it’s every curve. And then, only then, asking yourself what do you want it to do? How do you want it to function? How should the space serve you?Staying in one place for an extended period forces you to […]
