Design Answers shares practical guidance for Austin and Central Texas homeowners planning custom homes, renovations, furnishings, and finishing details. Explore Susie Marion’s answers to the questions clients ask most often about creating a beautiful, functional, and thoughtfully resolved home.
The right window treatments balance privacy, light control, architecture, and softness. Here is how we decide whether a custom home needs shades, drapery, or a thoughtfully layered combination.
Decorative lighting should be selected earlier than many homeowners expect. Chandeliers, pendants, sconces, and lamps work best when their placement, scale, finishes, and electrical requirements are coordinated with the architecture and furnishings.
Furnishing a custom home should begin well before construction is complete. Starting early allows the floor plan, finishes, furniture, window treatments, art, and installation schedule to work together as one cohesive design.
