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17JulJuly 17, 2020

Design, Remodel or Build? Transform Your Home with Tran + Thomas!

You're looking around your home and you realize it needs some updating. Do you redesign your space and get some new furniture to make it feel right to you, or perhaps some remodeling to update the fireplace? Or maybe open up that wall to make...

28JunJune 28, 2011

We’re Showered With Design Awards

It was an amazing evening. I was shocked as my new business partner, Carmen Thomas and I, kept hearing my name over and over at the Design Excellence Awards by KC Magazine. I am flattered beyond flattered and oh, so humbled. It is such a joy...

30MarMarch 30, 2010

Our Baths Feautured In KC Home Design Magazine

The always stunning Kansas City Home Design Magazine interviewed me on bath design for this month's issue on all of the wonderful trends and exciting ideas that are so fresh and "today." Such spaces can be so luxurious and beautiful. The opportunities are limited only...

02NovNovember 2, 2009

Textures, Leopards and Stripes, Oh My!

I received some wonderful new fabrics in my studio today and had fun putting them in groups. Can't decide my favorites...

27OctOctober 27, 2009

Highlights From International Furniture Market, Artwork and Lighting

I cannot believe another High Point Furniture and Accessory Market has come and gone. This enormous, biannual international market is brimming with the latest and greatest from designers and companies around the world. It is what a runway show is for fashion, only it is for...

26OctOctober 26, 2009

More Highlights From International Furniture Market, Casegoods

Fantastic cabinet...details of birds below. So fun! Lovely craftsmen ship detail. Love the playfulness. Dynamite headboard! Wish this photo was better...amazing! Think of the color options...

25OctOctober 25, 2009

Even More Highlights From International Furniture Market, Textiles, Rugs, Upholstery

There are some fantastic pieces here from the High Point Furniture and Accessory Market in High Point, North Carolina. Can't wait to use them in a design! Lovely detail! These could be so great in other fabrics, too... Fun pillows... To die for drapery panels... Additional panels... Rugs... Contemporary rug... Chair detail... Such a...

01MayMay 1, 2009

KC Home Design Mag Follows Me Through The Explosion

Buying at the High Point Furniture and Accessory Market in North Carolina is great fun. Tiring and exhausting, but fun! I would love to know how many SKU's I see a day there...it would have to be in the gazillions. I know many "newbies" to...