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Welcome to the Gable Design — your go-to resource for architecture and interior design tips in Central Pennsylvania. Browse posts on residential design, renovations, and construction planning.

Finding Your Work-Life Balance
While working from home may have allowed you to spend more time with family, it can also blur the fine line between a space to relax and a space to work.

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.

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!

Empathy & Perspective
what you need to know to be a leader I have to say, there is so much information and content packed into this 35 minute

Change is Terrifying! Why?
From doing what I’m told to creating my own path…. change is terrifying. This is my story about being absolutely terrified and doing it anyway.