Totally agree about the “best guess” vibe with those online maps. I’ve had projects where clients swore by what they found online, only for us to disc...

DIGGING UP THE BACKYARD: FOUND MORE THAN JUST DIRT I get where you’re coming from—sometimes a shovel and a little sweat is all it takes. But I’ve see...

FINALLY VISUALIZED MY APARTMENT LAYOUT AND IT CHANGED EVERYTHING Painter’s tape is such a game changer, right? I once mapped out an entire bookshelf ...

Funny, I used to think all that talk about “natural light” was just designer jargon. But after a project where we swapped out those old yellow bulbs f...

Lighting Tweaks Made My Workspace Way Better Funny you mention clamp lights—I’ve got one clipped to a bookshelf, and it’s probably the most useful th...

DEALING WITH ITCHY PINK NIGHTMARE IN MY ATTIC That pink stuff is like glitter—once it’s on you, it’s everywhere. I once spent a whole Saturday crawli...

COLOR COMBOS THAT ODDLY PLEASE THE BRAIN That’s the thing—lighting can make you question your sanity. I once specified a “neutral” gray for a client’...