Interior Design Insights
Expert tips, inspiration, and behind-the-scenes looks at our Sacramento design projects.
What Is Smart Home Interior Design? A Designers Field Guide Silk Light Shades: What Holds Up, What Yellows, and What to Spec Instead Modern Tudor Homes: Authentic, Revival, and Neo-Tudor — A Designers Reference
Smart home interior design is the coordinated specification of low-voltage infrastructure, controls, protocols, and experience in the design phase — not after drywall. With CEDIA, Matter, Thread, Lutron, and California Title 24 specifics.
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Kitchen Backsplash Ideas 2023: What Aged Well and What Did Not
A designer audit of 2023 kitchen backsplash trends three years on — zellige, slab stone, fluted ceramic, painted brick, polished marble. With specification-grade detail on substrate, grout, sealing, VOC compliance, and outlet planning.
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Interior Doors Design Ideas: A Designer’s Guide to the 2026 Look
Interior doors carry more of a remodel than clients expect: sound, sight-line, swing logic, hardware specification, and where the cheap version fails inside two years. Amy Kunst’s door-by-door playbook, room-by-room specs, 2026 NorCal cost bands, and the observed failure modes we see across Granite Bay, Mill Valley, and Sacramento.
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Farmhouse Bedding: A Designer's Guide to the 2026 Look
Explore the 2026 trends in farmhouse bedding, focusing on natural materials and layered textures that resonate with the lifestyle in Granite Bay.
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Coastal Lamps: A Designer's Guide to the 2026 Look
Discover the latest trends in coastal lamps for 2026, focusing on natural materials and soft lighting that perfectly complement Sausalito's coastal charm.
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Does Paint Expire: A Designer's Guide to the 2026 Look
Discover how paint longevity is trending in Sacramento for 2026. Explore the implications of paint expiration and eco-friendly choices.
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Plain Purple Wallpaper: A Designer's Guide to the 2026 Look
Discover the elegance of plain purple wallpaper in Sacramento interiors for 2026. This trend emphasizes simplicity and warmth, perfect for modern homes.
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Light Green Paint Colors: A Designer's Guide to the 2026 Look
In 2026, light green paint colors are transforming Sacramento interiors, offering tranquility and a connection to nature. Discover the latest trends.
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Sheer Linen Curtains: A Designer's Guide to the 2026 Look
Discover how sheer linen curtains are trending in 2026, enhancing Sacramento homes with their lightness and elegance. Perfect for modern living.
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Modern Tudor Homes: Authentic, Revival, and Neo-Tudor (A Designer Reference)
The three things people call Tudor, what each costs to build or restore, where modern Tudor fakery goes wrong, and the hidden line items in a Tudor Revival restoration budget.
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Four Forms of Interior Design: Residential, Commercial, Hospitality, and Institutional
Residential, commercial, hospitality, and institutional interior design are four different businesses under one label. Code regimes, fee models, and failure modes are unique to each form, a working designer guide to the real distinctions.
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Granite Bay Interior Design: Amy-Managed Renovation, Mid-Project Rescue & View-Oriented Kitchens
Granite Bay (95746) interior design with Amy Kunst managing contractors hourly, holding budget, sequencing live-in renovations, and rescuing stalled mid-remodel projects. Includes the Los Lagos / Camino Del Avion view-oriented kitchen redesign, and the spend-vs-skip failure modes we see most often in Granite Bay's 1980s, 2000s lake-and-foothill homes.
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