Notes on designing a personal home
Considered writing on luxury renovation, interiors, materials and the craft of making a home truly yours.
Designing a home around the homeowner's story
Before the plans, before the architect, before a single wall is drawn, Martire begins with your life, and how the soul…
What makes a luxury renovation feel personal
On the quiet distinction between a house that has been renovated and a home that has been composed around a life…
The role of art, textiles and materials in a finished home
How art, drapery, textiles and considered materials complete a home, and why the final, tactile layer is what makes…
Why preconstruction design direction matters
Why engaging design direction before the architect and builder is the quiet difference between a home that arrives…
Whole home renovation vs. room by room updates
Why a single, cohesive vision for the whole home often serves a family better than improving one room at a time…
Designing lakefront homes with architecture, lifestyle and setting in mind
On orientation, light and the seasons, the threshold between indoors and out, and the durable, place rooted choices…
Every project begins with a conversation about your home, your life, and what you hope it will become