Design Advice Worth Reading

Good design starts with good information, and the more informed you are going into the design process, the better you and your home will be coming out of it. Here we share honest, process-driven advice on interior design, renovation planning, and furnishing your home well. All written from the perspective of a designer with years of first hand experience.

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Lighting: Jewelry of a Well-Designed Home
Made Well, By Design Margaret Nubuor Made Well, By Design Margaret Nubuor

Lighting: Jewelry of a Well-Designed Home

Ask any of our clients what our favorite part of the design process is and they will say lighting. They are right. Most designers treat lighting as one of the last decisions in a project. We place it near the front, and sometimes design entire rooms around a single fixture. That tells you something about how seriously we take it.

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A Guide to Buying and Renovating Property in the Boston area
Renovation Tips, The Informed Renovation Margaret Nubuor Renovation Tips, The Informed Renovation Margaret Nubuor

A Guide to Buying and Renovating Property in the Boston area

Buying a home to renovate in Boston is a different undertaking than it is almost anywhere else in the country. Construction costs are among the highest in the nation, permitting is rigorous, and historic districts govern many of the neighborhoods people most want to live in. The buyers who come out of this process with the home they wanted are almost always the ones who went in prepared.

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