Making a House Look Like You: Designing Around How You Actually Live
“I make your house look like you,” Von told the Coeur d’Alene Press. What that means in practice, and the questions that turn a showroom-perfect room into a personal one.
Design Journal
How a home moves: focal points, sightlines, traffic flow and designing around the way you actually live.
“I make your house look like you,” Von told the Coeur d’Alene Press. What that means in practice, and the questions that turn a showroom-perfect room into a personal one.
A room without a focal point makes the eye wander and never rest. Here’s why one strong anchor calms a space, and how to pick, create and support it.
The 36-inch walkway, the 18-inch coffee-table gap, the 42-inch kitchen aisle. The measurements behind rooms that feel easy to move through, and why they matter.
The views through your home, from the entry, down the hall, across from the sofa, shape how it feels more than any single room. Here’s how designers plan them.
Every project begins with a conversation
Von still meets every client personally, by appointment, at your home, your building site or wherever your project is.