Homeowners Are Remodeling Bathrooms Now for Needs That Are Years Away
Another bathroom, great, I think as I put down my sample bag and open the floor plan. After 14 years in residential interior design, bathroom projects...
Ryan Mitchell
Ryan Mitchell is a Los Angeles interior designer with 14 years of experience across residential projects, apartment makeovers, kitchens, home offices, and family homes. He studied interior design at California State University, Long Beach, and has since learned just as much through real clients, awkward floor plans, limited budgets, and rooms that refused to cooperate with the original idea. Ryan writes about design choices he has seen succeed, mistakes he has helped correct, and ideas that look far better online than they do inside an actual home. He likes beautiful rooms. He simply expects them to survive daily life too.
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Articles by Ryan Mitchell
Living Room Storage That Doesn’t Take Over the Room
A few years ago, I worked on a living room where the owners had almost twenty feet of shelving and cabinets along two walls. They still...
Where Do Floor Lamps Go When Every Corner Is Taken?
Sometimes in this line of work, it is much harder to find a place for a lamp than for a sofa. Lately, sectional sofas have been...
One Big Rug or 2 Separate Rugs in a Living-Dining Room?
Open-plan living and dining rooms are very common in the Los Angeles apartments I work on. On a floor plan, it looks like one large room,...
Why Your Living Room Still Feels Crowded After You Remove Furniture
When a living room still feels crowded after removing furniture, the problem is often more complicated than simply having too many things in the space. The...
How to Arrange Furniture in a Small Living Room to Make It Feel More Open
Do you know how much a square foot of apartment space costs in Los Angeles? If you’re not a Hollywood star, and I actually run into...
A Sectional or a Sofa and 2 Chairs for Your Living Room?
Los Angeles seems to get bigger and bigger, but the apartments in the projects I get often have smaller and smaller living rooms. When you furnish...
How to Find the Right Furniture Layout for Your Living Room
Dear readers, I first have to apologize if I take up a little more of your time with this article. It will be longer than what...
When Your Bedroom Is Also Your Office: How to Protect Your Sleep
Working from home has become a normal part of the workweek for millions of Americans. Does that sound about right? According to the American Time Use...
How High Should Your Desk Be? An Interior Designer With 10+ Years of Experience Explains
I am setting up a home office for a client who recently started a work-from-home job. One room that the family mostly used for storage now...