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Five Simple Tips on how to Choose a Home Design Style for your Upcoming Renovation Project

Five simple tips on how to choose a home design style for your upcoming renovation

Project Highlight: An Architect’s Custom Home Office

As an architect and designer, there is a high demand for technology (tons of screens!) but also a space to lay out large drawings to review, sketch, hand render etc. Additionally I needed a space I could comfortably meet with clients and other professionals. I also needed TONS of storage! Take a look at the highlights of the process and how we, in partnership with Susquehanna Craftsmen, achieved the finished look!

3 Ways To Increase the Success of Your Small Business … and keep you from pulling your hair out!

We’ve all got struggles, mine is wearing multiple hats as a small business. I am the owner, designer, secretary, front desk person, accounts department, marketing, contract specialist, and IT. Many hats! While I am actively working to build a team and distribute some of those hats over the next year, here are steps that I have taken to help me combat this challenge and feeling overwhelmed, ensuring I spend let time “pushing paper” and more time spend where I should!

What No One Will Tell You: 3 Ways Architects SAVE YOU MONEY

“Hiring an architect is a waste of money.” Yikes. *Opens tub of ice cream and cries a little…* Well… while I will never tell you what to do with your own money, let me just tackle a quick myth: architects should not be seen as a luxury. Architects are a piece of the foundational workings of every construction project and are invaluable! We can also save you money. Here’s how.

Local Landmark: An Inside Peek at the Reading Pagoda

Picture this…you’re driving along a mountainous road in Pennsylvania, on the edge of what is known as “The Pretzel City,” when you come across…a seven-story tall Pagoda???

7 Must Read Books To Kick-Off 2021

Nothing to lose, everything to gain! Listen to them in the car or while you’re doing the dishes or laundry. Find a quiet spot in your home and dedicate 30 minutes each day. Different authors from different backgrounds, professions, cultures and genders, all sharing a piece of their life’s work… and all extremely successful for it. This is the perfect way to kick-off the year!

Client’s Dream Turned Reality & Millions Saved: Everything you need to know.

What if you didn’t have to leave your home as you grew old? Remove the burden of relying on family to care for you? What if there was another way? For one of my clients, we found a way!

2 Weeks into 2021…I’m Exhausted

Maybe you’re feeling overwhelmed, uncertain and a little out of whack with all that’s going on right now. Should you keep calm and carry on? Or should you join the crowds and buy ALL the pasta? In the last couple weeks I’ve been speaking with many and here are my top takeaways that I hope will help you navigate this time.

Most Designers Specialize in One Style: Here’s Why I DON’T.

Most interior and architectural designers choose one design style and specialize in it, guiding their clients to the products and aesthetic they are used to… modern farmhouse… craftsmen… contemporary… here is why I DON’T!

Local Landmark: An In-Depth Guide to a Pennsylvania Federal Style Mansion

Did you know that it was the British who named this mansion and its land Fort Hunter? This mansion has such history and was owned by many prominent founders of Central Pennsylvania.