Interiors

I see the finished room before it exists

The problemA room can look good in photos and still be hard to live in, hard to clean, or hard to reset. I design for all three at once: how it feels, how it's used, and how it comes back to ready.
WhatInterior design since 2002, in three forms: the rooms of the shared home I live in, in-person client work, and virtual design (e-design) for clients.
How to read itEvery image is labeled. Photo is a real, finished space. Concept is the visualization I delivered to a virtual-design client, with a sourcing list; the client had the pieces delivered and put the room together to the concept.
Why it's hereInteriors are where I started. Designing how a real space feels is the same job as designing how a product feels.
OutcomeA house that had sat on the market for two months sold 10 days after I restaged it.

Front porch after redesign — deep teal floor and ceiling, striped runners, damask chairs

01 — The home I live in

Seven rooms, designed one at a time

An 1890s shared home in Cheesman Park, Denver. Every bedroom, the porch, the kitchen and the entry were designed so shared living feels calm, private, and well made. All real photos.

Front porch · before & after · photo

A long porch that finally feels like a room

BeforeAfter

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What changed: floor and ceiling painted one deep teal to tie the brick and sandstone together; striped runners to give a long porch direction; one hit of color; the original chairs kept so it still feels like the same house. Durability: exterior porch-and-floor enamel, outdoor-rated rugs that hose off.

Kitchen · before & after · photo

Less stuff, more light

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What changed: closed cabinets swapped for open shelving so everyday things are visible; plants to the sill; surfaces cleared. A shared kitchen works best when everyone can see where things go — and resets in minutes.

The rooms · photos

Each room with its own character

Room 1 — third floor, king bed — **Room 1**Third floor · king bed · sloped ceiling

Room 2 — two big closets — **Room 2**Two big closets · morning light

Room 3 — original fireplace, bay window, desk — **Room 3**Original fireplace · bay window · desk

Room 4 — garden views — **Room 4**Garden views · huge closet

Room 5 — twin bed, desk, Denver map art — **Room 5**Desk, open shelving, lit mirror

Room 5 — private screened veranda — **Room 5 · veranda**Private screened veranda

Room 6 — third floor, sloped ceilings — **Room 6**Third floor · sloped ceilings

The room standard

What every room gets — and what varies

Same in every room

Quality bed and mattress · desk and work chair · closet or open shelving · individual lock · reading lamp and natural light · full-length mirror.

Different in each

One accent color or textile, one piece of art, and a layout that follows the light and shape of the room. Enough character to choose one — never so much that one feels worse.

Built to reset

Painted floors and wipeable surfaces, textiles that go in the washer, open shelving where everyone can see where things go. A room is turned over in under an hour.

Shared spaces · photos

What everyone uses, kept like it's their own

Entry — historic staircase and gallery wall — **Entry**Historic staircase · gallery wall

**Kitchen**Open shelving · gas range · steel table

Bathroom with clawfoot tub — **Bathroom**Restored clawfoot tub

Small bedroom · concept for the house

Sloped ceiling, window at the end, a niche in the wall

Empty small bedroom before — Photo · before

Small bedroom concept visualization — Concept

The plan for the next room: desk at the light, wardrobe on the dead wall, bed under the slope. A hard room made easy to live in.

03 — Virtual design for clients

From the real room to the concept, with a sourcing list

Virtual design (e-design): the client sends photos and measurements; I deliver the concept visualized in their real room plus a sourcing list for every piece. The client has the items delivered and puts the room together to the concept.

How to read this section: the left image is the client's real photo. The right image is the concept I delivered.

Office · Hogarth Property Company · virtual design

An office that feels like a living room

Office concept visualization — Concept delivered

An empty shell with glass block and a stone base. The concept: a lounge by the windows, desks at the back, an art wall, and warm wood against the grey.

Dining room · virtual design

From painting studio to dining room

Dining room concept visualization — Concept delivered

Same pendants, same window. The concept keeps what the artist loves — the pinboard, the materials shelves — and turns it into a room you can also eat in.

Office & craft room · virtual design

A workroom that also rests

Same rug, same rattan shelf, same vanity. The concept gives each a place: work by the window, rest on the daybed, and the client's own paintings on the wall.

Laundry room · virtual design

A laundry hallway that earns its keep

Laundry room concept visualization — Concept delivered

Shelves and baskets so everything has a place, a hanging rail, and a runner that turns a pass-through into a room.

04 — Reflection

What interiors taught me about product design

Flow first, decoration second

Where people enter, where they pause, what they see first — it's information architecture with walls.

Keep what already works

In almost every one of these, something from the before stayed — the chairs, the rug, the pendants. Good design rarely starts from zero.

The result is the proof

A house that sells in 10 days after two months unsold isn't an opinion. It's the measure of whether the design did its job.