When you’ve been around long enough – that is to say, you’re old, Jim – you get the opportunity to remodel the same house (the same room even!) twice. Over twenty years ago Scovell was invited by this Mission Hills couple to remodel their “his” and “hers” master bathrooms. And in 2016 we were invited…
This isn’t the first, and certainly hope it won’t be the last, time I write about a Scovell project for these longtime, loyal clients of ours. After touching nearly every corner of the interior of the home over the last decade, from a screened porch addition out the back to the kitchen all the way…
Tucked in the small round of a four-house cul-de-sac in Cedar Creek, perched over a cluster of staggeringly tall forest trees that serve as both backyard and vista, a sunlit kitchen was brought straight into modern day just in time for the home’s 30th birthday. A series of unfortunate events had plagued Jim Scovell’s attempt…
It started with a microwave. A simple little poorly-situated microwave. I still remember when this Hallbrook client called, keys barely in her hand to the home they’d closed on just days before. Their new kitchen was…fine. So often, the kitchens we get calls about are “fine.” But not great. Not stunning. Not “I love it so…
As we design kitchens for our clients, I never make the assumption that the space will be predominantly for cooking. In fact, it’s one of the first questions I ask during the design phase: why are you wanting a new kitchen? Is it truly for a better cooking experience? Or is it so you can tuck…
As my kids have gotten older (and by older I mean are no longer babbling toddlers, but now can officially walk and talk!) and begun socializing with little friends at the park and in the neighborhood, I’ve joined the parent-to-parent small talk club. The conversation usually starts with “How old’s your daughter/son?” followed by “Is this…
Maybe it’s a millennial thing, but I’m such a mover at heart. I could move into a new home every two years. And for the last ten years, we basically have. Moving doesn’t faze me. I love doing it. It energizes me. It energizes my husband, too. I hardly understand people who dread moving. A new space; a change of…
So we are FINALLY getting our act together and rounding up pictures of some of the projects we were apart of in 2016. Today I wanted to share a house we worked on for the better part of last year. These empty nesters who had just relocated back to Kansas City found us through their designer Beth…
Wow, it’s been a long, long time since I last blogged. Yikes! Apparently having a third child and adopting a black lab adds quite a bit to your plate. And when said plate was already rather full, things get a little dicey. I feel like I’ve been in survival mode since early winter! But now…
So just like last year when I watched the Oscars, I couldn’t help but think last night as people came down the Emmy’s red carpet that some of those dresses looked an awfully lot like some pillows I’ve seen on the good ole internet. Fashion and home design often cross paths. So, I (rather uselessly!) spent…