Posted in Decluttering, Feng Shui, Home Design, Interior Design, Residential Design, Uncategorized on March 5, 2013
Before, this room had a lot of visual clutter – making the eye distracted and the feel of the room heavy and uncomfortable. With careful editing and more intentional placement of things – for beauty and balance – this...Posted in Art, Home Design, Interior Design, Lifestyle, Residential Design, Uncategorized on February 27, 2013
By Julie Ann Segal The Baumann’s, a beautiful couple we have been working with, just added the piece of art pictured here to their upper-level apartment overlooking Lake Calhoun. Shari and Tom have been so fun to work with....Posted in Feng Shui, Home Design, Interior Design, Lifestyle, Residential Design, Uncategorized on December 18, 2012
How do you make a small space look good, feel good, and support you in life? Here’s some advice from our Designer Victoria Mott: This small “efficiency” condominium is part of a luxury condo high rise in downtown Minneapolis,...Posted in Bedding, Feng Shui, Home Design, Interior Design, Lifestyle, Residential Design, Uncategorized on December 4, 2012
By Julie Ann Segal Probably the most important place to put extra-special attention into creating your own retreat at home is in the bedroom. Bedrooms are often one of the last places people put energy into decorating, but they...Posted in Bedding, Color, Feng Shui, Home Design, Interior Design, Lifestyle, Residential Design, Uncategorized on November 27, 2012
By Margie Kampf Ready for a new look in your bedroom? Remake your bed this winter to not only keep warm, but also energize your love life! When using Feng Shui in interior design, we enhance or balance energy...Posted in Feng Shui, Home Design, Interior Design, Lifestyle, Residential Design, Uncategorized on November 20, 2012
By Julie Ann Segal It’s important to pay special attention to how we design and maintain our homes, so that they serve us, and our families, well. We want to cultivate a sense of harmony at home. The outside...Posted in Accessories, Furniture, Home Design, Interior Design, Residential Design, Technology, Uncategorized on November 8, 2012
By Victoria Mott Do you use a console for your flat screen TV? Design tip: you don’t always have to put your T.V. in the center of your console. Yes it looks nice, but sometimes the unexpected can look...Posted in Color, Feng Shui, Furniture, Home Design, Interior Design, Residential Design, Uncategorized on October 25, 2012
By Victoria Mott Do you have heirloom furniture – something handed down from a relative, a sentimental piece that’s been in the family, but looking a little worse for the wear? Maybe not a good fit with your current...Posted in Furniture, Home Design, Interior Design, Lifestyle, Office Design, Residential Design, Uncategorized on October 16, 2012
By Julie Ann Segal How do you make a home office less “officey”? Beautiful, custom furniture with plenty of storage! For this home office, the last thing we wanted to do was overpower the cozy, inviting design details with...Posted in Art, Commercial Design, Feng Shui, Home Design, Interior Design, News, Residential Design, Uncategorized on October 9, 2012
Does the Metro Interiors newsletter come to your inbox? Since 2008, the Metro Interiors quarterly newsletter has been providing subscribers with information they can use and enjoy – design advice, before & afters, news about the firm, special offers...Posted in Home Design, Interior Design, Lifestyle, Residential Design, Uncategorized, Window Coverings on October 2, 2012
By Julie Ann Segal I’m in beautiful Laguna Beach getting new window treatments installed in the “Spa Home”, a vacation home I’m designing with special touches to make it a comfortable, relaxing getaway. It’s situated on a hillside, overlooking...Posted in Accessories, Home Design, Interior Design, Residential Design, Uncategorized on September 27, 2012
Check out what Metro Interiors’ Designer Victoria Mott is up to… We all have collections that we’d like to display in our home, but it can be a tricky task. This “Before” photo shows a collection that a client...Posted in Accessories, Art, Color, Decluttering, Furniture, Home Design, Interior Design, Lifestyle, Office Design, Residential Design, Uncategorized, Window Coverings on September 18, 2012
By Julie Ann Segal Have you seen the latest addition to our portfolio? We’ve shared photos/features of a home office – formerly used for storage – turned Wonderland retreat. We created it to be both functional, for office activities,...Posted in Commercial Design, Flooring, Furniture, Interior Design, Lifestyle, Lighting, Uncategorized on September 13, 2012
By Julie Ann Segal Remember this photo we shared in August, of the carpet we’d selected for an apartment party room design? Things have been moving along nicely on this project; we still have a few fabrics and finishes to choose,...