I help Seattle and Eastside homeowners make thoughtfully bold design decisions and create homes that feel comfortable, interesting and personal, not predictable. But I bring more than a creative eye to that work.

Before launching Blue Streak, I spent years in IT business analysis and project management roles across education, media, financial services, child welfare and the judicial system. That experience taught me how to ask good questions, clarify priorities, organize complicated information and help people move forward when there are a lot of interconnected decisions to make.

These skills allow me to look beyond a beautiful tile or paint color, understand how the pieces affect one another, and help clients make choices that work for their homes, budgets and lives.

THE HOME THAT SHAPED HOW I SEE DESIGN

Long before I knew the language of interior design, I understood that a memorable home is not created by copying a look. It is created through choices that have a reason for being there.

I grew up in a 1960s ranch house in small-town Texas, but the home my Dutch parents created inside it was anything but typical. My father loved Scandinavian modern design. He built furniture, transformed our carport into a living room and built my bedroom when I was born. My mother brought antiques, artwork and objects connected to the places and people in her past. The things in our home were not chosen because they matched perfectly or happened to be readily available. They were useful, meaningful and worth seeking out.

It was distinctive without being precious; it was purposeful and comfortable. Our house was the place where our friends gathered.