Every day starts anew, and sometimes our routines work, and other times we just have to throw our hands up and be okay with an alternate day. Because who has time to get it right every single time?!

With the Austin housing market booming and showing no signs of slowing down, we’ve been receiving so many questions about the home buying process. We invited our friend Leah Petri, real estate agent of the very well-established Gottesman Residential to weigh in with her expertise as a long standing real estate professional in our Austin community.

Think natural colors, expressiveness, a larger link to global cultures as well as bringing the outdoors in.

As our children grow, we as parents look for any and every excuse to spend more time with them. Realizing that our days with them become fleeting, and feeling the need to ready them for the world, particular at a time in when lots of poignant and informative experiences are occurring in the world, this becomes all the more present.

t’s strange how we went from having all the structure in the world to now having to set our own timelines. This takes focus, motivation and effort and is important, because productivity is a key driver to our everyday. Productivity is so helpful because it gives us direction, purpose, and cause to get to our goals.

In my art as in my design, my broad understanding of cultural transcendence stems from a childhood of existing between two continents. Born in the U.S. but raised between Europe and the States with my single mother, I was quick to adapt to new surroundings and experiences out of necessity.

We all have things in our homes which we’ve collected along the way. As a matter of fact —I can guess you almost feel overwhelmed by all of the little pieces that have come with years of great experiences, lots of mishaps and mis-chosen items, and various compilations of things from friends and family members.

If there’s one thing that has been important to me throughout my career as an interior designer, it’s incorporating art into every project. Art has the power to evoke such strong emotion and curating an art collection of your own is a process that can be both enjoyable and rewarding—but also somewhat daunting.

When you walk into your home, can you distill what represents you best there? That essence is key behind any of my projects – getting to the crux of what makes you…you. Gone should be the home design that simply looks good. There is no need for the façade.

You are finally ready, and at that point in life, where you can turn your attention to getting your home the way you’ve always wanted it to be. But you’re stuck. STUCK, frustrated and overwhelmed by all the many things to tackle, issues to solve, how to do it, and where to start. You feel you might have some ideas, but false starts keep you guessing.

If you’ve been following us for a while (thank you very kindly!), you’ll know that as a design studio we spend a lot of time customizing metals, burnishing and shaping them into signature elements in each of our projects. This is because I absolutely love the richness and the feel of the right material.

As a homeowner, it can feel daunting when choosing a designer to work with for the first time. Because you are likely filled with an abundance of questions, we at Turnstyle Design wanted to offer a bit of helpful design info to you, as you begin the selection process.

Summer is just around the corner, which means it’s almost time for endless days and nights spent outdoors with friends and family. When it comes to outdoor living, we often overlook the possibility of expanding our living spaces outside of the home and creating a space outdoors that equally reflects the same style and personality that we showcase indoors.

Yep, I’m a creative person. Almost everything I do in my life actually, somehow involves my creative streak. Not sure which came first of course, but for as long as I can remember, I have used my hands, my brains, my capacity for making things.

The giddiness of making plans is such a great part of life. As a dear friend of mine would always say: “Vorfreude ist die schöenste freude” – translation: Anticipation is the best part of happiness.

You may have noticed that almost every time I to tackle a kitchen remodel, there’s nothing I love more than tiling it floor to ceiling. Yep, give me the chance to get into tile, and more is always better! I have definitely mastered what to do and how to do it when it comes to tiling and I never get bored!

We recently sat down with Sara Fritsch of Moxie Space Organizers to discuss all things organization (you can read the interview here). After a thorough dive into the benefits of living and working in an organized space, we decided to put our discussion into practice.

Turnstyle Design recently had the chance to sit down with its principal designer Lieve Saether and her good friend, Chris Sanders of Sanders Architecture, to discuss one of “the biggest questions of all”: What’s the difference between an architect, builder, and an interior designer?

I had the pleasure of writing an article and having a project featured in this spring’s Texas Lifestyle Magazine issue. Read on or click here to see the article in full on how to create a book-worthy rental for Airbnb and sites a-like.

At Turnstyle, we believe design and organization go hand in hand. We sat down with Turnstyle Design principal designer, Lieve Saether, and our friend, declutter and organization guru Sara Fritsch, owner of Moxie Space Organizing LLC, to ask them a few question about getting and staying organized in your home or office while maintaining good design aesthetics.