What happens when you introduce large furniture in to the biggest room of your house? Could it visually shrink the size of the space, or, visually scale it more proportionally? 

Form is made up of points, lines, planes, volumes, and shapes; these then become the starting point to your design. When looking for a new home, or remodeling your current one, the form is one of the most important aspects to consider, but, can be manipulated through design and decoration.

I am a learner. No, really. According to the Strengths Finder test, my top strength is being a Learner which means I enjoy the journey of understanding new things. With that in mind, and in the spirit of school-time starting back up, I thought: what better way to start the new school year, than to bring home a topic that every designer should know: Design Theory!

I recently had a project where I noticed the client had documentation indicating they wanted to follow LEED. Proud to see, yet disappointed to…

It’s no surprise that Revit is a completely different program from something like SketchUp. Unfortunately, there tend to be some habits learned in SketchUp…

As with every year at the GreenBuilt Home Tour (organized by the IL Green Alliance), I try to make it a point to visit…

It seems every year the GreenBuilt Home Tour occurs, organized by the IL Green Alliance, there are a few places opened up by developers.…