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Continue reading →: Two Palaces in Potsdam (and the Case for Never Tearing Anything Down)This is the latest in Chasing Inspiration, the occasional series where I document the old houses, museums, and salvage finds that keep feeding whatever I end up doing with my own place. This one isn’t American at all — it’s two palaces outside Berlin, from a trip we took two…
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Continue reading →: My Entryway, Phase Two — Why Board and Batten Is the Next MovePart of an ongoing “Entryway Diary.” Phase one was the front door itself — this is what happens to the walls around it. When I painted my front door and hung it back on its hinges, I called everything after it “phase two” without really knowing what phase two would…
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Continue reading →: My Entryway, Phase One — Why I Started With the Front DoorPart of an ongoing “Entryway Diary” — future phases can slot in here as I tackle them: lighting, hardware, the drop-zone/landing, flooring, and more. If you live in a split-level, you know the entry is usually the smallest, darkest room in the house before it’s even a room — just…
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Continue reading →: The Someday House: Falling for Transitional StyleThis house — the 1965 split-level I write about every week — is home. It’s real, it’s mine, and it’s teaching me more than I expected about patience and paint sheens. But I’ll be honest with you: I also have another house living in my head. Not a house I…
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Continue reading →: The Tiniest Bathroom in the House — And Somehow, It’s MineThis is the first of two bathrooms on our main living floor, and it might be the smallest room in the entire house. I can stand in the middle of it and touch both walls at the same time — one hand on each side, no stretching required. It’s less…
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Continue reading →: Understanding Scale — The Mistake I Didn’t Know I Was MakingFor a long time, I was buying decor the way most people do: one piece at a time, whenever I saw something I liked. A picture frame here, a candle holder there, a vase because it was cute and reasonably priced. None of it was wrong exactly — but none…
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Continue reading →: The Psychology of a Luxurious Home — It’s Not About Square Footage
When people picture a “luxurious” home, they usually picture size: a big kitchen island, a primary suite with room to spare, a living room you could get lost in. But walk through any genuinely expensive-feeling small space — a well-designed hotel room, a boutique studio apartment — and you’ll notice…
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Continue reading →: Small-Space Storage Ideas That Don’t Sacrifice Style
Storage in a small home is usually solved with whatever’s cheapest and most visible — stackable bins, over-the-door racks, exposed shelving crammed with stuff. It solves the clutter problem and creates a new one: the room looks like storage, not like a room. Furniture that stores is worth the upgrade.…
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Continue reading →: 10 Budget-Friendly Ways to Make Any Room Feel High-End
You don’t need a big budget to make a room feel expensive — you need to know where the “expensive feeling” actually comes from. It’s rarely the price tag. It’s almost always one of these ten things. Symmetry. Matching lamps, matching nightstands, a centered piece of art over a sofa…
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Continue reading →: Decorating a 1965 Split-Level — Working With (Not Against) Your Home’s Bones
If you own a split-level, you already know its reputation: awkward, dated, hard to photograph, not exactly a design blog favorite. I live in one, and for a long time I decorated like I was apologizing for it — trying to make every room look like it belonged in a…
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Small-space interior design for real homes and real budgets. I’m working through my own 1965 split-level, room by room, and sharing what actually makes a space feel elevated — no renovation required.
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