I love cheap thrills! Backhouses and backyard bungalows offer instant gratification and an opportunity to keep my lotta-look-for-the-money skills sharpened! An insanely tiny budget, a bucket of pure white pant and treasure hunts through thrift stores never fail to get my creative juices flowing, full-tilt.  

For the female partners at a thriving financial strategies company, three times was a charm. Needing space for expansion, they set out to find and create a setting that was as comfortable as it was professional.  They first bought a piece of land to build on, but the architect’s initial rounds of design caused frustration and an opportunity to bust …

The renovation of The Depot at Sand Creek was a lot like a love story. Its current owners took one look at it and knew it was yearning for them to give it a new life.  But it was while sitting on the Depot’s expansive deck, looking out over a breathtaking canyon, that the now-owners realized their heart rates had …

One of the most coveted spots on Texas’ Lake PK is called Colonel’s Row, which was named for the six WWII vets who built fishing cabins there after coming back from the war. Most of the cabins there have been replaced with “statements on the lake” but one remains in all of its original, quaint charm. The interiors had been …

El Nido means “the nest” and like its name, the home has both a bird’s eye view of the Sangre de Cristo mountains, and is a place to ensconce. Layers upon layers of texture, three kiva fireplaces and a carefully curated collection of Taos’ celebrated local artistry all come together to create an artisanal vacation home that is all about …

The design challenge for a clubhouse for three hundred young women was a balancing act. For functionality, furnishings were carefully selected to withstand the on-going wear and tear of a house full of twenty-somethings. For beauty, the club’s signature colors of gold and black were mellowed to become a sophisticated palette of “champagne and moonlight”, with accents of sunny yellow, …