2019 Pantone Color of the Year: Get Ready for Living Coral!
Average Joe vs. The Tornado: How Interior Design Can Save Your Life
When designing, remodeling or updating your home, many homeowners are focused on important decisions, like, choosing paint colors or deciding between granite or quartz countertops. Most homes in the greater Kansas City area have basements, so the threat of tornadoes is usually an afterthought when…
Your Kitchen Rocks-Selecting The Perfect Countertop PART I
Over the next few weeks, Design Connection, Inc. will help you explore your options and find the perfect countertop for your home with our 3-part series, “Your Kitchen Rocks”. With so many different materials available for kitchen and bathroom countertops, were does one begin? With…
Transforming Kansas City Basements Into Luxury Lower Level Living
A Design Connection, Inc. Featured Project Basements. The dark and dank cellars of our previous generations are, thankfully, a thing of the past. The space in our homes that used to be inhabited only by creepy crawlies, jars of Aunt Mable’s homemade preserves and in…
New Lines in Spring Designs
Ahhh, Spring. The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the snow has melted and your house is a mess. It’s OK-it happens to the best of us! That’s why Spring Cleaning is an annual tradition, celebrated across America like the reopening of swimming pools…
Splish Splash in a Freestanding Bath
In recent weeks I visited the Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles, CA and had such an incredible time looking at all the wonderful products and ideas that are out there for today’s interiors. I returned home to Kansas City thinking a great deal about…
Visiting the Pacific Design Center
Last week, while I was visiting family in California, I took a day to visit the Pacific Design Center. I always feel like a kid in a candy store when I visit these design centers. Imagine, 1,200,000 square feet dedicated to showcasing, anything and everything…
Do I Keep My Bathtub Or Eliminate the Bathtub?
I was recently on Houzz, the online platform for home remodeling and design. It is a place where designers and homeowners can share projects, inspiration and ideas. I enjoy viewing what designers from all over the world are doing, and what homeowners are interested in….
Technology for the Home
Technology is finding its way into the home. Homeowners tend to upgrade into these technologies when they are remodeling, updating or moving into a new home. They often turn to me, as a professional interior designer to guide them with the lifestyle and cost benefits….
Winner – 2012 American Society of Interior Design ASID Gold In The Residential Kitchen
We are proud to announce that Design Connection, Inc. wins Gold in the Residential Kitchen category at the prestigious ASID Heartland Design Awards 2012. This kitchen and heath room in Leawood, KS. Had not been updated in twenty years and our client was ready for…