THE NEXT CHAPTER
How do you want to live?
Welcome to The Next Chapter — because every home decision is a life decision. This page was created for anyone standing at one of home's turning points: preparing to sell, settling into a new address, or looking around a familiar house and wondering what it could still become. New topics arrive here periodically — paint colors and lighting, staging and layouts, market trends and honest numbers — always with the same purpose: to help you make decisions that support the way you actually want to live. And this page isn't meant to be a one-way conversation. If you have a question about your own home, or a story worth telling, email us at [email protected] — we would love to answer it, or feature it, in an upcoming post.
SELLING YOUR HOME
Is Home Staging Worth It? The Math That Changed the Seller's Mind
An unsold home sends you a bill every 30 days. Here are the real numbers on staging — carrying costs, days on market, and sale price — and why the empty house is the expensive one.
LOVE YOUR HOME
Conscious Home Design: How to Fall Back in Love With the Home You Already Have
Somewhere in your home, there's a guitar in the back of a closet. You didn't stop playing because you lost interest — you stopped because of where the closet is. There's a better way to design a home.
LOVE YOUR HOME
Conscious Home Design: How to Fall Back in Love With the Home You Already Have
Somewhere in your home, there's a guitar in the back of a closet. You didn't stop playing because you lost interest — you stopped because of where the closet is. There's a better way to design a home.
JUST BOUGHT A HOME
Just Bought a Home? Do This Before You Move In
There's a moment every new homeowner gets exactly once — after the keys, before the truck. It's the single best design opportunity you'll ever have in that home, and it expires the day the furniture arrives.
Every home has a story.
Let's discover what yours could become.