Designing for a Client: Country to Classic

I am a designer.  I always have been!  I can remember back to when I was 12 almost 13 and my dad built a master suite onto my childhood home.  That meant I got to move into their old room!!! Woohoo!!!  Master suite for ME!  (but don't be too impressed, it was about a 10'…

Designing (for someone else!)

Designing for yourself...that's pretty easy.  But designing for someone else...it can be pretty challenging!  There's pressure: what are they going to like?  What are their tastes and wants and desires?  It may or may not be the same as yours. I have a friend who called last week with a frantic message, "Please!  I need…