Project Reveal: Cali Girl Blue Renovation in Lakeview
A California modern home… in the heart of Chicago? This is a project we’ve been working hard on lately for a…
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5 Stunning Fireplace Design Ideas to Cozy Up Your Home
Sipping on a warm drink while curled up with family around the fireplace is extra cozy, especially around the holidays. If…
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Top Spots to Buy Wallpaper Online, According to Interior Designers
They say everything old is new again. That cliché holds true when it comes to a trend being revived from the…
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A Guide to the Best Vintage Home Goods Stores in Chicago and Beyond
Vintage home décor and furniture add so much depth and character to a home. Rather than filling up a space with…
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The Warwick Reno – A Classic Black & White Bathroom with Flair
This summer, I decided it was time to finally renovate the bathroom on the main floor of our Chicago bungalow — the…
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How the Architecture of Your Home Should Inform Your Design
Your styles and tastes may change throughout your life, but the architecture of and era in which your home was built…
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5 Ways to Visualize Your Design
Ready to design or re-design a space in your home, such as your kitchen, family room, or master bedroom? Let the…
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5 Common Mistakes Homeowners Make with a Bathroom Reno
Thinking of doing a bathroom reno? Great idea! Not only can a bathroom reno make this essential space more functional and…
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An Interior Designer’s Guide to Nursery Design, 2 Ways
With our leader Claire expecting baby No. 2 later this year, we’re abuzz with talk about nursery decorating ideas these days….
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Cabinet Hardware: Installation Tips & Tricks
One of the simplest, most budget-friendly ways you can update your kitchen (or any room with cabinetry) is to update your…
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Peek Inside Our New Chicago Design Studio!
We have some exciting news: Centered by Design is moving to a new Chicago design studio! Spring has a way of…
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7 Reasons to Hire an Interior Designer
If you’ve never worked with a professional to help you decorate your home, you may be wondering why to hire an…
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Our Top Home Design Trends for 2021
As we close the tumultuous chapter that was 2020, it’s exciting to look ahead to a new year, full of opportunity…
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Meet Our Design Team!
You know the old adage, “it takes a village”? Not only about raising children, this holds true at Centered by Design,…
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The Warwick Reno – Fall Home Tour 2020
Today I’m excited to share our fall home tour! But first, let’s talk about 2020. It goes without saying that this…
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Our Greatest Hits: Wallcoverings
Not sure what to do with your blank walls? Wallpaper is a great place to start. It’s majorly back in style,…
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How to Update a Kitchen Without a Total Gut Rehab
A major kitchen renovation usually means a major investment. While a brand-new kitchen designed to fit your family’s lifestyle is a…
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Your Kitchen Renovation Questions, Answered in Our New PDF Series
At Centered by Design, we’re big believers that interior design—including all those kitchen renovation questions you might have—doesn’t have to be…
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Kitchen Design Essentials with Studio Dearborn
If you’re a regular around here, then you know that our team is no stranger to interviewing our fellow talented interiors…
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FEATURED: Luxe Interiors + Design June 2020
When my best friend since high school asked if I would redesign her historic, North Shore home to suit her growing…
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How to Use Wallpaper in Your Kitchen Design
Wallpaper in the kitchen? Don’t think that tile and stone are your only options. This article outlines how to use wallpaper…
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Feature on Elle Decor Online!
DECORATING WITH VINTAGE: At Centered by Design, we love incorporating vintage and antique items into all our design projects. In some…
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North Shore Reveal – Elegant Tone-on-Tone Decorating
Tone-on-tone decorating may sound easy but it takes a keen eye to keep your home or rooms from looking basic and…
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Our Top 9 White Paint Colors
White is white, right? WRONG! There are thousands of white paint colors. You can drive yourself mad finding the right one….
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Style Your Summer: Covered Porch Makeover!
Is your exterior ready for maximum summer enjoyment? Here in Chicago, our porch sitting days are limited! I am so excited…
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DESIGN SCHOOL: French & French Interiors
Hello and welcome to our Design School series! If you are new to the blog or the series, this is where…
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Style Library Announces Partnership with Centered by Design as 2019 Brand Ambassador
Style Library Announces Partnership with Centered by Design in Chicago as 2019 Brand Ambassador MARCH 2019 (New York, NY) –…
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Marble vs Quartz: The Great Countertop Debate
Should you choose marble, quartz or granite in the kitchen? The great countertop debate begins right here! Put on your scientific…
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Modern White Kitchen Reveal featured by Monogram Appliances
We are lucky to have the Merchandise Mart here in Chicago and the ability to easily visit and partner with incredible…
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Getting Organized with NEAT METHOD
It’s a brand new year – happy 2019 friends! In honor of starting the year off on the right foot (and…
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Design Blog Hop Holiday Cookie Swap
Get ready for a serious does of delicious my friends. Today I’m sharing how to make mini tea cakes for your…
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“Metropolitan” Color of the Year 2019
Benjamin Moore, my personal go-to paint company, just announced Metropolitan AF-690 as color of the year 2019. I usually don’t pay a…
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MORRIS & CO x H+M
“Think first of the walls, for they are that which make your house a home.” – William Morris (1832 – 1896)…
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DESIGN SCHOOL: Lauren Nelson
Welcome to another edition of DESIGN SCHOOL. If you are new to the blog DS is a question and answer interview…
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How to Baby Proof Your Home with Style
How To Baby Proof Your Home with Style Hello friends, it’s been awhile since I’ve written a personal post or house…
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CS Magazine | Modern Luxury Feature October 2018
We are thrilled to announce our latest press feature in CS Magazine | Modern Luxury, Om Home, is an article chronicling…
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DESIGN SCHOOL: Kevin O’Gara of Thou Swell
DESIGN SCHOOL: INTERVIEW WITH KEVIN O’GARA Kevin O’Gara of Thou Swell blog and Kevin Francis Design hails from Atlanta but is…
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Color Therapy: We’ve Got a Crush on Powder Blue
We have seen pastels popping up in fashion and interiors in a big way over the last five years. Different shades…
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DESIGN SCHOOL: Lynn K. Leonidas
I first came across Lynn K. Leonidas through Sunset Magazine. Lynn’s firm was hired for a complete gut renovation for the Editor-in-Chief…
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Powder Room Makeover with Ferguson Showrooms
I’m so excited to be revealing our Powder Room Makeover Challenge with Ferguson Showrooms today. This little room has gone from…
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Spring Home Tours Update!
If you’ve been reading the blog for a little while you might remember my HOME TOUR last year. I partnered with…
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Insider’s Guide to High Point Market
An Insider’s Guide to High Point Market: My first visit to High Point Market was quite the trip! I attended a…
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Modern Luxury Interiors Feature
I am thrilled to announce our most recent press feature and cover line (!) in Modern Luxury Interiors Chicago. The spring…
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DESIGN SCHOOL: Katie Hackworth
I don’t know Katie Hackworth personally but I’m certain she is one badass lady. You can tell from the absolutely stellar…
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Color Therapy: Lagoon
If you look up the most popular interior colors after neutrals, blues and greens are consistently at the top of the…
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PROJECT REVEAL: Bright & Airy Open Concept
This bright airy kitchen makes me so happy! Today’s project reveal is the entire first floor — open concept living, dining,…
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DESIGN SCHOOL: William McLure
I don’t remember the exact moment I discovered William McLure‘s design work and art work, but the first image posted below,…
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Color Therapy: Vermilion
Whether you know a name for every shade or call a spade a spade, color has a huge impact on us…
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Kitchen Design Trends 2018
Before we get too far into the year, I want to share a few predictions for kitchen design trends 2018. I…
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How To Pitch & Get Press For Your Interior Design Business
Interior design inspiration and education are my main focuses here on the blog (with some personal updates sprinkled in of course)….
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DESIGN SCHOOL: Natasha Habermann Studio
Hello there! We are back with a new edition of DESIGN SCHOOL, this time with a designer who comes from a…
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The Best of High Point Market Fall 2017
I was not able to make it out to North Carolina for High Point Market this year, but luckily for all…
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Women Who MAKE: Simes Studios
If you’re new to the Women Who MAKE series, welcome! This blog series features an artist, maker or creative excelling in…
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The Warwick Reno: Baby Girl’s Nursery
I can’t believe I’m finally writing this post. Designing the nursery has honestly been tough! I think it’s a lot of…
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Design School: Brynn Olson Design Group
Welcome to DESIGN SCHOOL! A monthly series into the minds of our favorite interior designers across the country (and hopefully world…
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Chicago Design Studio Reveal!
We are SO DANG EXCITED to announce the opening of our design studio and cabinetry showroom in the Lakeview neighborhood of…
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Studio Grand Opening + Powder Room Giveaway!
What started as a small sub-lease on little storefront this spring has now become an official INTERIOR DESIGN STUDIO! I am…
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Design School: Lindsay Speace
A Cape Cod native now based in Raleigh, North Carolina Interior Designer Lindsay Speace’s work originally caught my eye due to…
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CBD on Million Dollar Decorating Podcast
The interior design podcast community is growing (see my list of favorites below) and we’re honored to be featured this month…
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Before + After: Using Neutrals with Style
If you are consistently drawn to decorating with neutrals and bright or bold colors are just not your thing, fear not,…
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Home Tour with Room for Tuesday Blogger Sarah Gibson
Last winter, while traveling to an influencer event in Minneapolis I had the good fortune of meeting Sarah Gibson of Room…
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Design School: Logan Killen Interiors
Thanks for tuning back in for our second Design School interview! I’m thrilled to have the New Orleans duo, Katie Logan…
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Design School: Studio LIFE.STYLE.
Welcome to the launch of DESIGN SCHOOL. This monthly interview series is chance to get inside the minds of our favorite…
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Color and Pattern for a Family Home
Excited to share a recent project that involved a lot of my favorite – color and pattern! I get extra excited…
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The Warwick Reno: Master Bathroom Planning
Last month I shared our plans for the new bathroom upstairs, including some before photos and the fabulous rendering Deckor helped…
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10 Best Apps for Your Interior Design Business
Everyone has a different path to walk when opening their interior design business and beginning the journey of entrepreneurship. We all…
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Lake Forest Showhouse 2017: Before and After
A big heartfelt THANK YOU to all those who came out to visit The Lake Forest Showhouse 2017. It was an…
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10K Giveaway – Join the Instagram Party
It was a milestone moment for CBD this month when we reached 10 thousand followers on Instagram !! If you follow along…
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Spring Home Tours Week Five: Meredith Rodday
Today I’m excited to introduce you to Meredith Rodday of View From My Heels. Meredith’s home is just outside Boston and…
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Spring Home Tours Week Three: Farmer’s Daughter Interiors
Alrighty! By now you know the drill, it’s Friday and that means it’s #SpringIntoHome home tour time. This week it’s my…
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Outfit to Room: April Edition
With wedding season in the Midwest quickly approaching I thought that this month’s Outfit to Room post could stand to go…
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CBD Interviewed on our first PODCAST!
Hello there friends, Excited to have made it through my very first podcast interview!! I was recently interviewed by LuAnn Nigara…
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Spring Home Tours Week Two: Bria Hammel Interiors
It’s week two of #SpringIntoHome and this week’s home tour is courtesy of Bria Hammel Interiors. Bria and I were first…
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The Warwick Reno Featured in The Chicago Tribune
It was an exciting week at the Staszak household. Our little renovation story made it into the Chicago Tribune, and on…
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Spring Home Tour Week One: Doreen Corrigan
Today is the first of the Friday home tours this spring! It’s always thought provoking and inspiring to see how someone…
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Spring Home Tours Announcement
To welcome springtime this year and share our love of interior design, I’ve collaborated with fellow blogger gal pals (many of…
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Outfit to Room: March Edition
Spring has officially sprung! At least at Chicago’s Garfield Park Conservatory it has. I took a visit there yesterday and it…
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MyDomaine Features New Work
I am very excited to share some new work with you today! A project that began last July and finished just…
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Outfit to Room: February Edition
It’s time for a monthly does of fashion with guest contributor, Alyssa Doorhy, of CoChic Styling. Alyssa and I both love…
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Save the Date: Lake Forest Show House 2017
I’m thrilled to be participating in the Lake Forest Show House 2017, along side Relativity Textiles! We are co-designing the back…
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Before & After: Family Room Remodel + White Washed Fireplace
This dated family room got a big update! I’m excited to show you the before and after. I think there are…
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2016 Review: Popular Posts, Inspiration & What’s Your Mantra?
Happy New Year friends! I’m not one for resolutions per say, but my yearly tradition seems to center around the notion…
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New Work: Portfolio Update
Holy moly, it’s almost the end of the year!! Web site updates usually take a back seat around here, as just…
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The Warwick Reno: Living Room Reveal
Sit back, relax and get ready for a long post folks! We are going back to the beginning at The Warwick…
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Women Who MAKE: Rehabitat Interiors
Have you ever had a design crush? For me, it’s a situation where I look at the work of said designer/s…
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Looking For the Perfect Settee
My middle name as been settee this week! I’ve been looking for a streamlined settee or bench for my own living…
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The Warwick Renovation: Modern Romantic Design in the Living Room
I’m most definitely a romantic. Actually, I think there is almost nothing I like better than LOVE, but when it comes…
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The Warwick Renovation: Hollywood Regency Style Dining Room
Let’s start from the beginning. If you’re new to the blog or this series, welcome (if you’re not, thanks for reading…
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CBD on Style Me Pretty Living: Gray Living Room Decor
It’s always exciting to see your designs shared online, and my favorite part is reading the article titles and headlines the…
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Our Home Tour: BEFORE PHOTOS
Hello Friends! For those of you who have been following along on Instagram or sign-up for the monthly newsletter, you might…
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Women Who MAKE: Spinning J Bakery and Soda Fountain
I’m really excited about this month’s WWM feature friends. Mostly because it involves ice cream, pie and cookies!!! Okay, while that…
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Damn Good Design Articles: Edition 2
Two articles for price the price of one today friends! For this second edition of Damn Good Design Articles, I’ve paired…
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Women Who MAKE: Recovered Interior
Happy February friends, I’m excited to welcome you to another edition of Women Who MAKE. This month’s feature combines two of…
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Before + After: Modern Condo Design Makeover
Since a picture is worth a 1,000 words, I thought it best to show you this makeover through the images and…
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Damn Good Design Articles: Edition 1
Today I’m starting a new kind of post, my first “round-up” of sorts! I’m always scouring the web for all things…
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Decorating Inspiration: A Bohemian Hideaway
Hi Friends! It’s been over a week since my last post, so sorry! I’ve been busy with a few projects, and…
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Create a Personal Sanctuary that Keeps your Travel Memories Alive
Using the written word to tell a compelling story is a definite art. Gifted writers seem to always find eloquent words…
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This post first appeared on Wandeleur.com. A lovely and inspiring lifestyle site based in Chicago, where I occasionally contribute design focused…
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Wallpaper Resources and Trends
Wallpaper is making a huge comeback, and I mean HUGE! You can’t look at any interiors focused site today without an…
Continue reading →Tips & Resources: Great Interior Design Books
I am definitely a book lover. These days with my Kindle, Iphone and Amazon it’s rare that I actually get to…
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