How I Found My Design Style

I didn't start in residential design. I started in hospitality — hotels and restaurants, spaces built to make a stranger feel something the moment they walked in.

That training never left me. I still think about atmosphere and flow before I think about anything else: how a person moves through a space, where they'll pause, what they'll feel when they first see a room.

When I moved into custom homes, all of that collided with a love of proportion and materiality I'd picked up on the architectural side. Bold mid-century form, layered texture, lived-in warmth — it took years of projects to realize those weren't separate interests. They were a point of view.

My style isn't a look I apply. It's the sum of everywhere I've worked and everything I've paid attention to. I think that's true for most designers — you don't choose a style so much as slowly become one.