Good design starts with good information. 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 who has seen every phase of the process firsthand. Principal, Margaret Nubuor, over a decade of full-service residential design experience to every project and every post, having worked on historic brownstones, gut renovations, and full furnishing projects across Boston and beyond.
Our goal is simple: the more informed you are going into the process, the better you and your home will be coming out of it. Explore our series on navigating the contractor bidding process, dive into our The Considered Home series for deep dives on the features and decisions that set exceptional homes apart, or browse the full blog below.
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.
Features That Make a Primary Bathroom Worth the Investment
A primary bathroom renovation done well does more than improve your daily routine. It adds lasting value to your home, elevates the way you live in it, and signals the kind of considered design that discerning buyers notice. Here's what's worth prioritizing from the start.