MODERN LINES, WARM SOUL - A European designer's home audit
A private guide to looking at your own home the way a Parisian eye would. Sixteen pages, written by Dominique Fowler. For the family who wants clean lines without coldness.
The home audit
There is a particular feeling you get walking into a home that has been thought through. Every surface considered, every piece earned, every corner alive. Modern, but never cold. Layered, but never busy. The opposite of a magazine museum.
Most of the homes I am asked to reimagine are at different starting points. Some have beautiful foundations; others are still finding theirs. What changes everything is how the home comes together: the right textile, a considered lighting choice, a piece of art, a moment of restraint. This is what turns ‘expensive’ into ‘lived-in.’
I wrote this audit so you can find them yourself. It will take you about thirty minutes to walk through with your home in mind. By the end, you will know exactly which two or three rooms are asking for attention, and what to ask for.
If you would like a second pair of eyes after, every reader is welcome to reserve a Home Discovery Session with me: 60 minutes, $450, with the full fee credited toward any project we begin together within 90 days. The same conversation I have at the start of every project, where we walk through your priority rooms and what would change them most.
Our studio
DFI Interiors is a Newton-based residential studio for families building or reimagining a modern home in Greater Boston. European Soul. Modern Sensibility.
Cared for like a friend. Many of our projects end in lasting relationships. I look forward to getting to know you and shaping a home that feels unmistakably yours.
- Dominique