Seven Rules for Lighting Your Home #2: Selecting the Right Lamp
In keeping with summer’s eternal theme, this month I’m featuring posts about lighting your home. Last week I covered the three basic types of lighting for interior design. Today we’re moving forward...
View ArticleSeven Rules for Lighting Your Home #3: Stick to a Grid Layout
The best way to set up a lighting fixture layout is based on the ceiling and an established grid, like this nice evenly-lit entry by Honolulu Interior Designers & Decorators Philpotts Interiors....
View ArticleBenefit for The Komera Project in San Francisco
Three reasons you should attend the auction to benefit The Komera Project this Thursday, August 1st: There are going to be lots of great items featured at this auction, one of which is an entry-level...
View ArticleRules for Lighting Your Home #4: Use Dimmer Switches
Note that there are many layers of light here, making use of all three types, the dimming gives the room a nice ambiance appropriate to the hour. Home by Architecture & Light. Why Does Dimmed...
View ArticlePeople want to Make Things
Craft Fair at Fort Mason Festival Pavilion I heard someone on the radio today say that “people just want to make things.” It’s true. It’s part of who we are and human nature. Even with all that exists...
View ArticleRules for Lighting Your Home #5: Don’t Put Too Many Switches in One Spot
To many switches: A first world problem identified on Quickmeme. Any more than three switches on a wall can be too much of a visual impact and confuse to the user. If you’re in a situation that calls...
View ArticleRules for Lighting Your Home #7: Good Lighting Is Worth Paying For
The lighting in a room not only affects aesthetics but health and well being. I find low levels of light irritating when I need to get things done and bad lighting affects my mood. Rooms need to be...
View ArticleStudio Webware Interview and Tech Savvy Design
A couple weeks ago, I was the featured designer on Studio Webware’s site. If you’re not familiar, it’s designer-focused project management and accounting software. They asked both personal and...
View ArticleNew by Jim Zivic: Introducing the Havana Lamp
This post is about a light fixture and it’s about so much more. After finishing my series of tips for lighting your home, I didn’t think I’d be here again writing about lighting. But, that was before...
View ArticleKitchen Schematic Planning: Exploration Phase
One of the most important concepts to keep in mind when designing the layout for the kitchen space in your home is thinking through how you utilize that space each and every day. During my Discovery...
View ArticleFive Tips For Making the Right Choices When Designing Your Bathroom
As an Interior Designer I’ve been designing homes and picking out finishes for the past fourteen years. When it came time to renovating our own main floor bathroom, I realized how heavily I rely on my...
View ArticleA Room to Grow In…
With the end of summer approaching, we took advantage to get ready for school. As we were going through dresser drawers, pulling out flooding pants and tiny t-shirts, I started thinking about how...
View ArticleThank You Pablo Designs
Pablo ‘Clamp’ floor lamp We are grateful for Pablo Designs generous donation of three lamps to our Where Hope Has a Home project. A contemporary lighting company based in San Francisco, Pablo Designs...
View ArticleWe Love Green!
In celebration of St. Patricks Day, we put together a collection of all things green. From vintage powder-coated outdoor furniture to custom “green” sofa design drawings. Here is what Alden Miller...
View ArticleWhere Hope Has a Home – The Finished Product
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View ArticleA Room to Grow In
A Room to Grow In by Alden Miller | November 17, 2016 | Alden Miller Interiors, Design Lab, Kids Rooms With the end of summer approaching, we took advantage to get ready for school. As we were going...
View ArticleFeatured: Modern Sanctuary “A Calm & Cozy Woodside Retreat”
Featured: Modern Sanctuary “A Calm & Cozy Woodside Retreat” by Alden Miller | September 29, 2017 | Alden Miller Interiors, Projects + Press Recently, Alden Miller Interiors had the honor of being...
View ArticleBest of Houzz 2018 Winner
Best of Houzz 2018 Winner by Sunni Raney | February 5, 2018 | Projects + Press We are honored to receive the Best of Houzz 2018 award for customer service. Our clients and partners are extremely...
View ArticleFeatured in California Home+Design: Sonoma House Tour
Featured in California Home+Design: Sonoma House Tour March 23, 2018 | Alden Miller Interiors, Home Page Feature 1, Projects + Press, Sonoma - A Wine Country Retreat “In the midst of Sonoma County,...
View ArticleTouring Tile @ Heath Ceramics
Touring Tile @ Heath Ceramics March 28, 2018 | Alden Miller Interiors, Home Page Feature 3, Industry People, Materials, Noteworthy If you live in the Bay Area you’ve likely heard of Heath Ceramics and...
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