With everyone spending more and more time at home with the recent events, people are finding themselves starting to rethink their spaces and how they use it and how it makes them feel. We are in a constant world of change in the design world which can make it challenging...


Judgement and What We Do With It!
Maybe COVID has us philosophizing more than normal, inspecting our lives with a newly honed internal eye. The importance of relationships glimmer within my looking glass. What nurtures them and what breaks them apart? In my analysis, judgement is an enemy to relationship building. Judgement is a barrier to the full...

Hand-Me-Down to the Heart
Megan made even a Hefty Cinch Sac look amazing! She was tall, thin, thoughtful, and my older idol cousin from NY. Who knew some thirty years later that her hand-me-down dress would still hold space in my closet; and NOT because it fits! I can remember the orange shag carpet...

It's The Nitty Gritty
As I tour new construction homes both in Spearfish and in other States, it is the nitty gritty details that make the biggest impression. Yes, curb appeal matters, from exterior color choices to yard maintenance, but the small details and craftsmanship are what I seek. Have you ever thought, “If...

The Circle of Life
As a teenager, I watched my mom diligently make weekend trips to Candia, NH to pay bills, offer a hand in the garden and share a meal with Grammy who now lived alone after caring for my Grampy, who passed from Alzheimer’s. In the snapshot of our day to day...