A walk-through where we started the design process in 3 separate projects – a primary bathroom, a primary bedroom and a kitchen.

What to do with all those shells from your beach vacation? Here’s an idea.

What a gift to be welcomed back into the homes of our clients for new projects.

Why concealed, flush doors with hidden hinges that blend into the wall for a seamless, high-end architectural look are continuing to find purchase in luxury residential and commercial interiors.

If you have a dining room that needs to be more than just a secondary dining space, you may want to make this one design decision.

Celebrating 49 years young in Paris as the guest of Kravet was a dream.

Before we turn the page to 2026, we wanted to take a moment to look back at the highlights of 2025.

Check out this year’s list of favorite things from our annual holiday gift exchange.

Our “Around the Table” recommendations grew organically – as many of the best things in life do.

We have lots to be thankful for at THI – rad clients, rad projects and rad teammates.

A trip to the East Coast to visit Mira on her birthday turned into a walk down memory lane.

Karen, Magan and I got to sneak away for a lovely and enlightening few days at Sub-Zero, Wolf & Cove in Madison, Wisconsin.

A stroll through some old photos brought back memories of a family trip out West and the beauty and skill on display in the craft of the first inhabitants of our country.

What AI can’t give us is inspiration – the visceral, gut experience of finding something beautiful.

The amazing Bryn shares a little bit about her summer and the way it served as a metaphor for the design process. We love you, Bryn.

Powder rooms offer an opportunity to go big with design in a space with a small footprint.

To celebrate our 100th Journal post, we're giving away a free one-hour consultation.

We’re interrupting our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a heartwarming story about one of our current clients and her very special dog.

A deep dive into textile and furnishings company, Kravet, highlighted the importance of old-world craftsmanship.

After the vision is finalized and brought to life, but before the project is officially finished, we come to “install day.” Take a peak inside this fast-paced and fun process!

Over the years we’ve designed quite a few home bars for our clients. From swanky and grownup to kid- and family-friendly bars, we’ve done it all. Read on for a few tips we’ve learned along the way.

​​Happy Spring Break to those who celebrate! We’re trading out of office time these few weeks and thought it would be fun to give you a round up of a few in progress jobs, so please forgive the iPhone photos and come along for the ride.

Two different homes with the desire to make their basements a family friendly extension of their first floors, yet two very different style preferences.  Both families were looking for a place their kids could retreat with friends, a destination for entertaining all ages and a place where play is welcome. 

In a fun full-circle moment for me - Two Hands Interiors has been engaged to help with the historic renovation of the  Athenaeum Theater in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood!

This year has us completing two brand new homes from the ground up.  While they are very different projects - a custom lake home and a semi-custom row home - both properties offer a glimpse into the pros and cons of new construction.

People often ask what kind of clients we help at Two Hands Interiors.  Residential?  Commercial? We actually help both.  The Two Hands team loves the mix of having both residential and commercial clients because each have their unique traits and design goals.

Every once in while, a piece of advice (whether solicited or not) comes across your path and it hits home. Reading the blog, Cup of Jo, the advice to “‘Don’t bite the hook,’” was such a great reminder to pause and realize that not everything warrants a reaction.

A little while ago, Bryn was explaining the details for a fabric decision to an intern and he suggested that she start a YouTube channel.  We had a good chuckle in the moment and ever since, we've tossed around YouTube channel ideas for all the passions our team has extending through and beyond design.

How do we define logical and intuitive in regards to the home?  Intuition guides us to know what feels good and right, and logic is hopefully there to remind us of the pros and cons of any intuitive approach.

Our client had a good foundation of quality furniture and hoped to finish up some rooms, introduce a few completely new pieces and showcase some fabulous new art. Learn how we mixed new and exisiting design.