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✨ Jessica Brugger | Columbus Interior Designer
🏡 Creating uber personally designed homes for busy professionals
👩‍💼Corporate Girl + Chronic Home Remodeler turned Designer
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A collection doesn't need a theme. It needs a place to be seen.When I first saw the homeowner's bourbon collection, I sa...
10/16/2026

A collection doesn't need a theme. It needs a place to be seen.

When I first saw the homeowner's bourbon collection, I saw an opportunity to make something personal part of the architecture of the room.

I designed floor-to-ceiling built-ins for the 12-foot ceilings, incorporating seeded glass doors and integrated lighting to make the collection feel more like art than storage. A w**e refrigerator and thoughtfully planned cabinetry make the space as functional as it is beautiful.

Then came the layers. Four custom armchairs, each with three distinct upholstery details, a burl wood cocktail table, and all the little decisions that make a room feel collected rather than decorated.

The result isn't a bourbon room. It's a sophisticated sitting room that reflects the people who live there.

Personal doesn't have to mean themed.

10/13/2026

Turns out this job involves a lot more than pretty things.

There’s the wallpaper installer with a question about a seam. The stone fabricator who needs a decision today, not next week. The electrician, the contractor, the client—and somewhere in the middle of it all, me, still trying to make an actual design decision.

People see the reveal. They don’t see the hundred conversations, decisions, adjustments, and tiny details it takes to get there.

And that’s the job. Making sure all those moving parts add up to something beautiful.

Clutter isn’t a personality flaw. It’s a planning gap.It’s one of the first things we map out in a kitchen, long before ...
10/07/2026

Clutter isn’t a personality flaw. It’s a planning gap.

It’s one of the first things we map out in a kitchen, long before finishes are chosen. Where does the paper towel roll live? Where does the coffee maker sit? Where do the trash cans go so no one ever has to see them?

Here, that meant a pull-out paper towel holder built into the island, a pocket-door pantry for beverage supplies, tilt-out bins for trash and recycling, a charging station tucked behind cabinetry, and a fully organized pantry within arm’s reach of the range.

None of it required more space. It required deciding where things belonged before the cabinets were built.

That’s the difference between a kitchen that looks clean for photos and one designed to stay that way when real life moves in.

Which one of these would make the biggest difference in your kitchen?

10/05/2026

Here is my job, described like a crime.

I break into houses I do not own and rearrange everything in them. Then I send an invoice.

I have talked a grown adult out of a white kitchen using nothing but eye contact.

I go through other people’s pantries, drawers, and closets. Professionally.

I routinely convince people to hand me large sums of money for furniture they have never sat on.

Somehow, this is a legitimate business.

This is what story-led design actually means.A project like this one starts with a conversation, not a mood board.For th...
10/02/2026

This is what story-led design actually means.

A project like this one starts with a conversation, not a mood board.

For this kitchen, we’re working with Steelton Glass on a custom mosaic that will let in just the right amount of light—and hold something far more personal: a New York skyline worked into the glass.

It isn’t decoration for decoration’s sake. It’s a detail that belongs to this couple, this house, and the story they’re building here.

It’s the kind of thing I want someone to notice and then ask about.

Because a home should hold the things that matter to the people living in it. Sometimes, even in the glass.

Grateful to be creating this one with Steelton Glass, another local partner who understands that the best details mean something.

Yes, we wallpapered the outlets.Because after choosing this floral for the basement bath, the last thing we wanted was a...
10/01/2026

Yes, we wallpapered the outlets.

Because after choosing this floral for the basement bath, the last thing we wanted was a bright white plastic rectangle floating in the middle of it.

The rest of the room follows the same idea: brass wheel-handle fixtures, black granite, and a pattern with enough personality to make a very small room feel entirely intentional.

Is wallpapering an outlet cover a tiny detail? Absolutely.

Do I notice the tiny details? Absolutely.

And basement bathrooms deserve some personality, too.

09/28/2026

I was not ready for this one.

A client sat down, looked me dead in the eye, and said they wanted animals on the carpet.

Not a pattern that suggests animals. Actual animals.

I took a beat. I asked a few clarifying questions I did not expect to be asking that day.

There are requests I’ll talk a client out of. And then there are requests that sound completely wild until you understand the story behind them.

This one? In context, it made perfect sense.

And honestly, those are some of my favorite design moments—the ones I never would have arrived at on my own.

What’s the most unexpected thing a client has ever asked you for?

It looked fine. It just didn’t work.This is a busy family that cooks, gathers, moves fast and needs their home to keep u...
09/25/2026

It looked fine. It just didn’t work.

This is a busy family that cooks, gathers, moves fast and needs their home to keep up. The existing kitchen was undersized, the pantry wasn’t doing nearly enough, and the connection between the kitchen, mudroom and living spaces needed to be completely reconsidered.

So before we made anything prettier, we made it work harder.

We rethought the layout, storage and flow around the way this particular family actually lives—and planned every inch before demo began so construction could move efficiently.

The goal was never just a prettier kitchen. It was a home that finally fit.

Swipe for the before—and the decidedly less glamorous middle.

A home should feel like the people who live there—not like everything arrived on the same delivery truck.I chatted with ...
09/24/2026

A home should feel like the people who live there—not like everything arrived on the same delivery truck.

I chatted with The Spruce about what makes a home feel genuinely inviting, from layered lighting and relaxed window treatments to original art and pieces that don’t match quite so perfectly.

My favorite takeaway? The most welcoming homes have layers, personality and evidence of a life being lived.

A few of my thoughts are featured alongside other designers in The Spruce latest.

Thanks for including Dwell Well Design Co.!

A color doesn’t have to repeat the same way to tie a room together.Take a single accent and let it do something differen...
09/23/2026

A color doesn’t have to repeat the same way to tie a room together.

Take a single accent and let it do something different every time it shows up.

Here, the blue begins with the Aga—the piece that set the palette for the entire kitchen. It moves into the backsplash tile, quieter and more structural. It lines the inside of the beverage center, a color you only catch when the doors are open. And it backs the open shelving in the armoire, where it’s finally meant to be seen.

Same blue, four completely different jobs. Bold on the range. Subtle in the tile. Hidden in the beverage center. Framed on the shelves.

That’s not repetition. That’s a room that knows what it’s doing.

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