"Make beauty wherever I go"- Mamuse

That lyric found me years ago and never left. It still feels like the simplest way to explain both how I design and how I try to move through the world.

I’ve always been deeply affected by my surroundings. A beautiful, calm space changes something in me — it quiets my mind, grounds me, makes me feel more at ease. I think that’s why I’ve never seen design as simply making things beautiful. Our homes have the power to change the way we feel and the way we live.

To me, home should be your refuge. It shouldn’t feel like a showroom or someone else’s idea of what beautiful is. It should feel collected, comfortable, deeply personal — and somehow just right.

That feeling of right is something I come back to again and again. I think of it as pono — a Hawaiian idea rooted in balance, integrity, and doing what feels genuinely true. Maybe it’s also part of my roots. My mother was an interior designer in Honolulu, so design was simply in the air growing up. I learned early to notice the details, but more importantly, to notice how a space makes you feel.

Twenty-five years later — from our first renovations in California to opening my own design studio and shop here in Central Oregon. I still get excited by the possibility of a space — seeing what it could become, finding the unexpected detail, and watching it all come together in a way that just feels right.

I get to make beauty for a living. I don’t take that for granted. And I’d be honored to make something beautiful with you.