Design and styling built around how you actually use your home — virtually anywhere, or in person across Chicagoland.
Every home starts with the same questions: where does the light land, where does everyone end up, and what already means something to you. The answers come first. The paint chips come later. What you get is a home that photographs well and, more importantly, holds up to a Tuesday.
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One room, completely designed, delivered as a plan you execute. Layout, palette, and a shoppable source list. Works over video from anywhere — and locally, I'll come style and photograph it when it lands.
DetailsOne hour on whatever you've been stuck on — scale, paint, layout, what to keep. Virtual or in your home, with notes to follow.
DetailsThe whole house, handed over. Quoted individually and begins with a paid consultation — I take a small number each year.
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The console stays put and everything on it changes with the season. It's the cheapest way I know to make a house feel tended to — and it's the first thing anyone sees when the door opens.
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I design homes for people in the thick of it — young kids, real furniture, actual weeknights. My work leans warm and collected: natural materials, layered texture, and rooms that look like they came together over years instead of a weekend.
I'm a licensed Illinois real estate agent as well, which means I think about your home the way a buyer eventually will. Good design and good resale are rarely in conflict.
Read moreI'm opening the studio with six complimentary design consults. One hour, any rooms you like, and a written plan afterward — the same consult I'll be charging for shortly. In person if you're in Chicagoland, over video if you're not. In return I'd ask for honest feedback and, if you're happy, permission to photograph the room.
No catch and no obligation to hire me for anything after. I'd rather start with six real homes than a page of stock photos.
Claim a founding spotIn person: Yorkville · Oswego · Naperville · Chicagoland — Virtual: anywhere
Everything I've sourced, styled, or actually live with — lighting, textiles, the affordable dupes worth buying and the few things worth the splurge.
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Ten questions and you'll have it — along with your palette in real paint codes, the materials to build from, and the specific mistakes that undo your style. No email needed to see the result.
Take the style quizTell me about your home and what isn't working. I read every inquiry myself and reply within two business days.
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