05/21/2026
The joys of our job? When we find something we like but it isn’t totally right for the space - you go custom! We found a wallpaper we really liked but the colors and scale just didn’t work with the rug we already purchased. SO many samples later that were generally right but just didn’t work.
‘We’ve got people’ is never so much more true than with interior designers. Here, my secret weapon was Katie from my team who also designed this interior alongside me. What you might not know is Katie is an artist as well and in the early seasons of Farmhouse Fixer she painted a huge amount of the artwork you saw on the show! (legal rights to use … thats a WHOLE other topic!)
On this more modern project we got to have her bring that same skill set into this more illustrative, wallpaper-focused direction. Katie got to completely disappear down the rabbit hole of process on this one.
Rather than working with paints she started with hand-sketching every single swimmer individually on her iPad before moving into digital illustration and composition in Procreate. From there it became a whole lot of experimenting with scale, spacing, color, and yes... endless rounds of renderings and samples until it felt just right.
The goal was never to make it feel overly perfect or computer-generated. We wanted it to feel playful, custom, and really connected to the home itself. The kind of detail you may not notice immediately, but once you do... you can’t imagine the space without it.
Good job .dezign!
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Architect |
GC | Scanlan Construction
Custom Cabinetry | MHS Architectural Millwork
