Tile Patterns and Layouts

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As interior designers, patterns pop up all over the place, especially in tile. When choosing tile, layout is just as important as the type, size, and color, and also affects the look and feel of a room. It can be tricky to keep track of the many different pattern options for laying tile, so we’ve…

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Tips from ID8 to Get Your Home Ready for Winter

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Fall is here! The days are getting shorter, cold weather is right around the corner, and it’s time to start embracing oversized sweaters and pumpkin spice lattes. You may be ready for winter, but is your home ready? Here’s a quick checklist of to-do’s from our team to get your home ready for winter! Check…

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Preparing for a Critique

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No matter what kind of design you specialize in, critiques are an essential part of the design process, and they continue to be important long after you flip your tassel at college graduation. As professional designers, we’re constantly being critiqued by team members, colleagues and clients, and although it’s scary to present work that you’ve…

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Staff Survey: Understanding your employees’ work styles

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“Employee” is a title many of us have held at least once in our life. From taking orders at a fast food restaurant, to overseeing a department, along with a vast range of other responsibilities, these are the people who contribute to the company’s progress and hopeful success. They are the eyes, ears and hands…

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Springtime Home Maintenance

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It’s that time of year when the sun begins to shine, the temperature slowly increases, and we’re all anxious to get outside and … definitely NOT tackle home repairs! Given the option, few of us would volunteer to spend a Saturday on a ladder pulling leaves out of a gutter, but standard home maintenance is…

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Meet our Blick Chick

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At ID8 we love to hire staff who are eager to learn, determined, and creative. Our design assistant Kelly Blick, fits these standards to a “t”. Kelly took a simple challenge to make macarons and started a hobby out of it! Read her full story below! “Back when I was a year away from entering…

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