The Journal
Notes from the studio.
Quiet, practical writing on the craft of a well-made home — choosing a designer, building a mood board, working with paint and light, and the long, slow art of getting a room exactly right.
Design Process
Building a Mood Board for Your Home (Without Falling Down the Pinterest Rabbit Hole)
How to translate a stack of saved images into a real direction you and your designer can use — and how to know when a beautiful idea isn't right for your life.
June 2026 · 7 min read
Color
Why Choosing Paint Is So Hard (and What the Light in Your Room Is Really Doing)
The same paint color reads warm in one room and gray-blue in the next. A guide to the way light works — and how to test a color so you actually live with the one you love.
June 2026 · 7 min read
Also in the Studio
Hill Country Modern vs. French Country
A side-by-side designer’s guide to two of the studio’s specialties — where they overlap, where they differ, and how to blend them in one Texas home.
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