Color is often the first thing people think about when updating their home or refreshing a space. It’s immediately visible and can instantly change the look and feel of a room. While color sets the tone, texture is what truly brings a space to life.  Texture and color work best when they support each other rather than compete. Material harmony—the way finishes, fabrics, and surfaces interact together can be just as powerful, if not more so, than color alone.

Color has the power to energize, inspire, and calm us, sometimes all at once. When coming up with designs for clients, I like to start with a neutral base. I let the impressions of the walls, ceilings, and trim exist in neutral color palettes because I find that most clients feel safest with a calm, neutral color, and it creates a grounded backdrop for the whole home. From there, I layer in bold, rich, deeply saturated hues through fabrics, furniture, art, and styled accents. This approach keeps the space timeless and harmonious while still giving it personality and depth.

Stanley Ambercrombie, one of the most influential design writers of our time and the editor for Interior Design magazine said it best. "Art is worth paying for because, in these days of social discontent and random violence, in these days of homelessness, drugs, guns, and pandemic, when our urban environments are becoming gradually more brutalized, we increasingly need both physical and mental refuge from that brutalization. We need the solace of interiors that are not only intelligently functional but also intelligently artful. In these days more than ever, the art of interior design is worth paying for, because a heightened quality of life is worth paying for." I agree wholeheartedly.