Luxe Library Retreat

Lighten, brighten and uplift a dark and dated wood paneled library and adjacent powder bath was the primary request from the homeowner of this large luxury home in one of Carmel, Indiana’s most prestigious neighborhoods.  Secondary requests included a freshing of the main floor color palette, removal of the dated dining room carpeting and replacement of the master bedroom writing desk. Our in-depth survey and discussions revealed the client's love of tropical touches and a ...

New England Style Kitchen

Typical of many homeowners these days, DIY projects can be daunting. Design direction, mechanical analysis, product procurement and labor sourcing can be difficult to coordinate. Like many clients in this situation, this outdoor oriented, amateur chef couple came to the designers requesting assistance with remodeling their dark, dreary and outdated kitchen. Entertaining at the top of their priority list, the new kitchen had to serve as a multifunctional gathering space and integrate seamlessly with the main floor of the ...

Transitional Tudor Furnish

These wonderfully charming, professional clients came to our firm with a very common interior design dilemma: they had gone to a local furniture store and purchased an initial collection of furnishings, then became concerned about integrating these materials into their new custom home. They were also conflicted about harmonizing transitional furniture with the Tudor style home, which features a Mediterranean kitchen. The designers were asked to source additional materials, finalize the interior design plan and tie all spaces together in a ...

Yucatan-Inspired Facelift and Furnish

Hampered by poor lighting conditions at work, these clients compelled the design team to lighten and brighten their public and private spaces by infusing their love of travel to the Yucatan Peninsula. Working with the existing, hard-installed neutral backdrops including flooring and wall color, the design plan embraced and enhanced this neutrality by selecting textiles that both complimented and contrasted textures and patterns to break up the existing palette. A new space plan was created to take advantage of the room's proportions ...

Arts and Crafts Condo Remodel and Furnish

This young NFL employee called on the design team to perform an overhaul of his 1920’s era condominium in a lively area of the city so that he and his finance' would be more comfortable. After a poorly executed mid-1980’s remodel, combining their belongings and attempts to integrate their inherited family furnishings, a fresh start for their spaces was imperative for a successful design plan. The logistics of the project required moving both the clients and all their belongings into ...

European Spa Master Bathroom

Finish our spa bath in a Euro modern, minimal, functional way, and make it cost effective and beautiful…these were the desires that our professional, French Canadian and Romanian clients requested of the design team. The design directive was simple enough at first glance; however, complicating matters was the home owners’ inheritance of an architect’s home with an unfinished, ellipsoidal master bathroom. With absolutely no square walls and the complete absence of right angles, the designers ...

Earthy Kitchen Remodel

Modernize and harmonize an early 1980’s contemporary kitchen was the request from this earthy lawyer homeowner and his energetic family.  This project was a welcome challenge to the design team due to the requirements by the homeowners to salvage all existing Ash hardwood flooring and stained oak millwork. The designers were also asked to help organize their hectic lives while infusing their personal preferences for natural and healthy materials plus a more modern design aesthetic.  The ...

Cape Cod Couple Migrates Midwest

Recent transplants to the Midwest from Cape Code, this youthful couple and baby daughter contacted the design team to advise on a complete remodel of their heavily used office and private second story sleeping areas in their suburban two story residence. They had begun remodeling but mistakes were becoming costly and they sought professional help. The client requested removal and replacement of the second floor dated carpet and vinyl flooring, a refresh of all hard-installed ...

Cottage Sophistication

This soft-spoken neonatal nurse came to the design team with a great room and formal dining area typical in today’s open-concept floor plans.  The dining area had previously been used as a mock library for her collection of books, media and small accessories and the great room an entertaining and television space.  With decent architectural bones and existing furniture leaning towards a country-cottage feel, the design team prescribed a design plan to transform the ...

Art Lover's Loft

Looking to create a respite from her travels around the world as an International Healthcare Consultant and author, this effervescent and spirited client hired the design team to reinvent and unify her newly purchased downtown Indianapolis loft condominium.  The Designers were initially ordered to organize and stylize her existing collections of artwork and accessories from years of global purchases.  The design team was also asked to specify and procure new contemporary abstract original artwork for ...

Lake Living Via New Construction

This professional couple, with three robust teenage boys, purchased a premiere point lot on a private lake in western Indiana 10 years ago with aspirations of building their dream home.  After numerous attempts to develop architectural plans, the clients hired the design team to analyze and improve upon the existing hand-drafted blueprints for their large scale home design.  The Designers finalized the plans and created detailed AutoCAD drawings including floorplans and furniture space ...

He Said, She Said

This accomplished jazz pianist and Doctor of Education called the design team to help with a very common design problem—they had tried to work with a local major furniture retailer to design the home and nothing was working. He wanted high contemporary, she wanted true traditional.  Living in a mid-1980’s traditional suburban home in a private lake community, each had distinct ideas about how their interiors were to look.  The design plan called ...

Arts and Crafts Spa Bath Renovation

Tucked on a hillside in a historic neighborhood of Indianapolis lies a 1923 Arts and Crafts home owned by a pharmaceutical executive and his partner. The design team was retained to renovate their existing second story Master Bathroom that had gone virtually unchanged since the home was built. The design plan called for the annexing of space from the upper hall landing and an unused back hallway to space plan a luxury spa bathroom that incorporated a large ...

1937 Meets 2010

This young business couple purchased a typical, early 1990’s two-story lake home in rural Indiana, which was already in desperate need of a facelift. The client’s requirements were to change the floor coverings, update the kitchen and guest bath to bring life into their otherwise ordinary interiors. The design team conceived a new interior design plan which included stripping the existing Victorian fireplace, installing simple and fresh countertops and flooring, specifing a gorgeous ...

Tuscan Facelift of Traditional Suburban Residence

This wonderfully vivacious family recently relocated from Cincinnati to Indianapolis and purchased a mid-1980’s, traditional home in an upscale lakefront neighborhood. While the bones of the floor plan were in place, the living areas of the main floor lacked architectural details and less than desirable “builder grade” finishes. The clients requested that the design team facelift the kitchen, furnish their breakfast nook and family room, and enliven their powder and children’s bathrooms, reflecting their lifestyle ...