What To Expect from Your Bathroom Reno

First of all, patience is the best practice when entering into a renovation project of any kind. At the end of the day you are dealing with other humans as a collaborative effort to create a beautiful space. Covid has also create a headache for all supply of plumbing, tile, etc. Best advice, is make […]

Design Hack: Bathrooms for Teens

Author: Sydney Piwowar I did it myself as a kid, every year I wanted to re-do my room. For me, that was the first sign I wanted to become a designer, but for most it is the growing character and evolving taste of impressionable teens and pre-teens. This often leaves parents feeling frustrated as they […]

Loft Living — Adams St Install

We are so excited about our recent install—we can barely contain ourselves. The space previously was a dated space stuck in 90’s, with rounded walls and random suspension cable tracks lights. We gutted the loft, including every bathroom, ripped out the old gym style railing with a fresh clean modern version and replaced a curved […]

Colorful Front Doors – Stand Out from Your Neighbors

Author: Sydney Piwowar On October 31st, many Americans were standing on each other’s doorsteps. Accompanied by our children, doorstep-to-doorstep ringing doorbells and listening to our kids’ yell “TRICK OR TREAT!” As a creative person, I was paying as much attention to the costumes as I was the doors. After half a dozen of white and […]

Plug-In Pendants and Sconces: The Go-to Problem Solvers

Author: Sydney Piwowar You hear me talk about lighting all the time and how it is key to give any space a particular mood. In reality, it has a much more practical application required for everyday life. We need good lighting for tasks such as work, getting dressed, make up, shaving, cooking, etc. Getting good […]

Chicago Design State of Mind

This lovely writer, Michael Shannon O’Keefe, reached out to me via email and said he was on the Homepolish website researching designers in the Chicago area for a piece he was working on. Every room he gravitated toward happened to be my work. Incredibly flattered, he asked to permission to use my work in his […]