100,000 Square Feet of Style & Taste

Not every ReDo project involves cleaning out a dusty cobweb-filled basement, or finding ways to add new life to a tired room. Sometimes, we are forced to think bigger. Much bigger. Here’s the latest example:

The grand 1901 Marshall Fields on Chicago’s State Street (now Macy’s) is a Louis Sullivan masterpiece in [...]

Choosing Photographers to Capture the ReDo Redesign

Choosing someone to photograph the post project redesign and decorating work is just as important as capturing the pre work images, making beautiful from the rough and cluttered mess from which your hard work and design scheme will flow. I recently interviewed three local photographers, all good at their craft, just different in their perspective [...]

Staging Macy’s Furniture Sales

I was grateful for another opportunity with the local Macy’s to stage their furniture sale at the West County Mall and Galleria stores. Jim White, the District Visual Manager for Macy’s Midwest Big Ticket, had initially hired me in June 2009 for the summer furniture sale. I was happy to be asked to return and [...]

Re:Do In The Vital Voice

The Vital Voice, the local GLBT weekly paper, relaunched today as a monthly glossy. Calling it’s first relaunched issue the ‘ICON’ issue, it featured many of St. Louis’ GLBT denizens who have contributed and enlightened the local community. I was thrilled and honored to be a featured story, as ReDo, in the LIVE+CREATIVE (also known [...]

Shopping Tip: A Gentler IKEA

Shopping for furniture and accessories for my client’s office; an easy way to make a space look well put together is to get items with similar finishes or made from similar materials. IKEA is great for this, and really inexpensive! But the IKEA in Schaumburg is a MADHOUSE: an octagonal shaped building, 3 floors of [...]