Laura Hine

2 weeks ago | tinnitus.org.uk | Laura Hine

Welcome to the April edition of Focus! It’s now been 6 months since I joined Tinnitus UK and a good time to update you on the progress we’ve made so far, and our plans to come. It’s been intense!Financial security for Tinnitus UKI want to start with a huge thank you to everyone who has donated to our Autumn, Christmas and Tinnitus Week appeals. You’ve been incredibly generous at a time of widespread hardship, and we are so grateful. Financial security remains a top priority for us.

2 weeks ago | cambriausa.com | Laura Hine

Located off the south shore of Long Island, Fire Island is a summer dream, especially for New York City residents looking for a nearby ocean getaway. “Fire Island is one of those magical places that’s always managed to maintain its authenticity,” says interior designer Drew McGukin, who has been going to the island for over 15 years. “You get on a ferry to a place where there are no cars, no dress code, no pretense, and no need to be fancy.

2 weeks ago | cambriausa.com | Laura Hine

Interior designer Jennifer Kizzee got a text from a client late one night. She had just finished renovating a Galveston, Texas, beach home for the young couple. But the text wasn’t about the weekend getaway house. The husband wanted to talk about a new project with Kizzee. “He said they had just bought their forever home but needed my help,” Kizzee relays and notes that they had a very different look in mind for this space. “We had to pivot from a coastal aesthetic to a more modern look.

2 months ago | wsj.com | Laura Hine

When Molly Duncan bought a fixer-upper in her native Houston, she knew just who to call for help: interior designer Alexandra Killion, her friend from middle school. Molly and her husband, William Duncan, paid just under $850,000 in 2021 for the circa-1970s house in the Tanglewood neighborhood. “It didn’t show well, it didn’t photograph well, it didn’t have any furniture inside and it had been on the market for over 100 days,” says Molly, now 32.

2 months ago | wsj.com | Laura Hine

By Your browser does not support the audio tag. 00:00 / 01:33This article is in your queue. Pity the parlor. Often near a front entrance and envisioned as a place to greet guests, it is now an oft-ignored space in a modern family’s home. In 2023, Katie Davis, an interior designer in Houston, tackled a long, rectangular room off the entrance of a 4,000 square-foot, one-story 1960s ranch in the Tanglewood neighborhood of Houston.