Micky Klein

While it’s true that you can adapt any design to fit any personality, why fight it?  Embrace your personality with the design style that suits it best.  ____________________________________________________________________________ You are: THE LIVE-BY-MY-PLANNER This no-nonsense routine-lover has a place for everything and everything in its place. They absolutely cannot stand when things are disorganized — and …

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Ahhhh, spring. Bright sunny skies, flower stems peeking through the hard dirt, and a fresh, updated look for your commercial space. Because here’s the thing about design: it’s never really done. Even when you’ve spent months (or longer) ensuring that the design of your restaurant, hotel, or healthcare facility is just perfect…there’s always a way …

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10 million. 10K. Anywhere in between. Whether you’re remodeling your retail space or building a new healthcare facility from the ground up — you have a budget for your design. You want to spend that money wisely, on design features that will have the most impact. Here are 3 commercial interior design essentials where you …

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How Environment Impacts Design  The house on the lake.  The picture window at the office. You can’t beat looking out on breathtaking vistas as you sip your morning coffee. Natural settings are inspiring, there’s no question.  Especially beautiful natural spaces that — let’s face it — tend to run at temperature extremes. These extremes can …

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Are you looking forward to meetings again? I know I am.  There’s something real about talking face-to-face with a client, a colleague, a contractor, even your own team. There’s passion in the heated discussions that surface when people literally put their heads together. Not to mention the innovation and out-of-the-box thinking that you can’t match …

Build Your Best Meeting Space Read More »

When it comes to common design styles, you’ve got ‘em in the bag. ⇒ Rustic. ⇒ Minimalist.  ⇒ Shabby chic. You know it when you see it. And so does everybody else. But what do you know about the ones that are not quite so common? Probably not quite so much. That’s why I put …

Five Design Styles No One Talks About (But They Should!) Read More »



Even before corona (remember then?), brick-and-mortar stores were already feeling the pinch from online competition. In 2019 Amazon sales were $280 billion — because you can’t beat the convenience of finding the perfect size, color, and price, without getting off a chair. Around the world, people are spending trillions in online purchases — and that …

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