In one of Kirkwood’s designated historic districts stands a new home with an old lineage.  Constructed of stone, the home embodies the spirit of a much older structure, honoring both its...

When creative friends collaborate, their combined energy often produces something quite magical. A unique momentum evolves almost naturally—a dynamic nearly impossible to duplicate. Such was the...

    The impact of COVID-19 motivated many of us to reassess our priorities. For Julie, a young wife and mother living in Chicago diagnosed with cancer during the pandemic, family became even more...

    Perhaps best known for Ted Drewes in the summer and the holiday lights of Candy Cane Lane in the winter, the community of St. Louis Hills offers one of the city’s most charming and desirable...

Some say you can’t go home again, but for this St. Louis designer, it was written in the stars. After uprooting from St. Louis more than four years ago, designer Joni Spear relocated to Smithfield...

When an all-star cast of design professionals team up with thoughtful, engaged homeowners to imagine a home, magic happens.

The homeowners envisioned a large home on an unfinished lot they’...

 At a time in life when many people are downsizing, these homeowners did the opposite. They upsized to a grand, five-bedroom home with more than 7,000 square feet so it could be the gathering...

Amanda Hehmeyer doesn’t describe herself as a midcentury modern aficionado. At least, she didn’t used to. Amanda, her husband Rob, their two daughters and beloved Weimaraner, Greta, lived in a...

After creating six homes together, it’s safe to say that interior designer Maggie Jewell of MKS Designs and her long-time client are perfectly in sync with each other’s styles. Their most recent...

Remember the iconic phrase “if you build it, they will come” from the movie Field of Dreams? It could be said that the owners of this St. Charles home reworked the idiom into “if you remodel it,...

Gina Lodike is a natural. An interior designer at heart, her innate sense of scale, proportion, texture and color has revealed an artistic passion that beckoned to be expressed. After designing...

Anna Bukhshtaber has loved fashion and design for as long as she can remember. As a little girl, she would cut clippings from interior design and fashion magazines to make her own mood boards. She...