Our office took an amazing trip to Palm Springs for Modernism Week (see Part One here) and honestly, we can't wait to go back. Should we go back every year? Wise Design Palm Springs satellite office? As we happened to be there over Valentine's Day weekend, Annie took us all out for a very lovely rooftop dinner at Azucar. So much fun to get all dressed up & out on the town! The following day we visited the Architecture & Design Center and Art Museum. An special exhibit of Bob

With a growing team, our office could no longer physically fit in our previous suite! Being long time tenants at The Ford Building, we were thrilled when a larger, airier suite became available, just down the hall. We added new walls to create a storage room, phone room and a dedicated conference room, designed around our wall of materials and favorite rolling ladder (of course it moved with us!) An existing kitchenette received a new backsplash from Statements, coordinating

It’s been two months since our office took a trip to Palm Springs (or as we like to say, Palm Spraaaangs) and it’s taken us that entire time to digest, absorb and recover! We had the absolute best time! Palm Springs offers an annual Modernism Week each February, celebrating the area’s midcentury architecture and design. It’s long been on our bucket list to visit and we finally decided to take a well deserved break and book it. Fortunately we had a local guide in Bonney as sh

When the homeowners set out to renovate their charming 1917 Portland Heights home, their vision was clear: to craft a kitchen that honored the home’s rich history while elevating its function and flow. The existing space, a product of a disjointed prior renovation, lacked cohesion, offered little prep space, circulation and virtually no connection to the rest of the house. Wise Design was called in to help with the transformation- one that would bring beauty, utility, and p