How to Use the Sun to Your Home’s Advantage
Part of owning a coastal home is living a lifestyle that revolves around the sun, so why not incorporate it using design? Your home’s temperature can be modified by strategically placing curtains and blinds. Using indoor objects that reflect the sunlight in various...
Organization Hacks That Won’t Kill Your Home’s Aesthetic
While images of homes in magazines can appear attractive and idealistic, most families require more organization and storage than what meets the eye. It can be difficult to maintain a home's appearance while also living and even working there, particularly for...
2022 Design Trends in Review
The year 2022 saw a wide range of interior design trends. In addition to organic designs in furniture, we saw a passion for nature in the hues and décor. We also saw plenty of striking interior elements and original ideas. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many...
Cohabitation and Design: Developing a Shared Style with Your Live-In Partner
Moving in with a partner, spouse, or roommate is an exciting time to build community, collaborate on projects, and create new memories together. However, if your live-in partner has different design preferences than you, this can cause challenges for your home's...
How to Make Your Coastal Home Cozy for the Holidays
The cheer and excitement of the holiday season can be overwhelming, but there are simple things you can do to achieve a cozy feel for the holidays. Getting the house decorated and transformed to embrace the holiday spirit might seem like a long process. However, with...
How to Create a Vintage-Inspired Beach Home Design
Vintage pieces and designs can offer a tasteful way to add character and flair to your beach home, setting it apart from others. Just a few vintage accents bring personality to your house, standing out against a more minimalist or modern backdrop without overwhelming...
Florida-Chic – A Themed Home Design
Floridian-inspired home décor can look tacky if it is overdone or not well-designed. Gone are the days of cluttered beach-themed décor and tropical patterns left and right. These overwhelming design choices can take away from the relaxing feel of the Florida...
Designing a Luxury Bathroom
Between brushing your teeth, bathing, and other self-care, you probably spend a lot of time in the bathroom throughout the day. Given the amount of time you spend in that space, you might want to consider implementing a luxurious and welcoming design to your bathroom...
The Subtle Art of Texture in Home Design
Just as textile workers create fabric by spinning fibers and then weaving or knitting them into cloth, interior designers weave textural elements into home design to add dimension and warmth to a space. Most people understand that embracing texture is important for...
How to Handle Disagreements in the Design Process
When designing a home, your space should be a reflection of your personality. Many couples have differences in opinions on topics, and that could include your interior design styles. Both you and your partner likely have the same goal- to create a space that is both...
How to Appropriately Incorporate Color into Your Home’s Interior Design
Until recently, homeowners and real estate agents alike were filling rooms with muted neutrals. These shades of white, tan, gray, cream, served to create a soft and subtle atmosphere in which to live and work. Neutrals do match most furniture and decorations, so it’s...
How to Tie Your Culture into Your Florida Home’s Interior Design
Every human society around the world has its own distinct culture. Culture encompasses a unique mixture of tangible achievements, such as works of art or architecture, and intangible elements, including history, beliefs, values, customs, and laws. Every group’s...
How to Create Distinct Areas in Your Florida Home
Many homes in Orlando feature large, open concept living and dining areas. With fewer walls to impede natural light, these homes tend to be bright, airy, and spacious. What’s more, this seamless transition between the most-used areas of the home allows open concept...
3 Ways to Incorporate Self-Care into Your Home Design
A few short years ago, if you asked the average person to describe their favorite place, you would likely have heard about serene mountain retreats, lakeside cottages, sandy beaches, and other exotic locations. However, as the global pandemic has forced us to adjust...
5 Simple Techniques to Transform Your Space
Fall in Florida may not feature the same brilliant displays of color found in other parts of the country, but if you look closely, you’ll notice the season has already begun to subtly change the scenery. Leaves on black gum, red maple, and crape myrtle trees reveal...
How to Narrow Down Your Interior Design Style
When faced with pictures of houses in magazines or invited over to someone’s home, most people have an opinion about the style of the design. But when prompted to make decisions about the design of their own home, it can be difficult to get started. Working with a...
What Makes a Home Feel Luxurious?
8 Ways to Transform Your Home into a Luxurious Living Space For many homeowners, the word luxurious is synonymous with expensive. Unfortunately, this belief can lead people to feel intimidated by the design process and hesitant to make a change. The fact is, the value...
What is CottageCore and Why Is It So Popular Right Now?
10 Ways to Bring CottageCore to Life and Surround Yourself With the Whimsical Feel of the Countryside You’ve Been Dreaming About Are you a peace-seeker? Do you find yourself drawn to artisanal décor? Have you been dreaming about moving to the countryside for the...
Wellness-at-Home Trends Are Here to Stay
Creating an In-Home Wellness Space Takes Self-Care to a Whole New Level If this past year has taught us anything, it’s that our homes have become our sanctuaries—places of refuge and protection—places to live in, work in, and play in. Pre-pandemic, we may have...
How to Create the Best Home Office
Creating a Stylish and Functional Home Office With more people working from home now than ever before, designing a highly functional home office space is a design trend that is rising to the top. People are tired of working from makeshift spaces in their bedrooms or...
5 Ways to Incorporate Biophilic Design into Your Home
5 Refreshing Examples of How to Incorporate Biophilic Design into Your Space In 2021, biophilic design trends are at the top of everyone’s list, and rightfully so. Who wouldn’t want to create an indoor space where you can work, live, and thrive, both mentally and...
Five Eco-Friendly Design Trends to Improve the Sustainability of Your Home
Why Eco-Friendly Design is One of the Biggest Trends this Year As more and more people are re-evaluating their impact on our Earth, design trends are changing to keep up with this shift. The interior designers at CRT Studio are challenged with the opportunity to do...
7 Attributes of a Great Interior Design Client
Deciding that you want to hire an interior designer to manage your home design project calls for a celebration. The choice is truly life-changing and, in many ways, can be a life-giving situation. If you have an amazing idea for your home design and are looking for a...
A Brief Guide to Coastal Design
At CRT Studio, we use our expertise to capture our client’s aspirations for a modern, focused approach to design, including contemporary, traditional, transitional, and coastal styles for interior design. While coastal design is gaining popularity as a preferred...