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Hey friend,

Really glad you're here 🀎.

I'm Amy, the founder and dreamer behind the beans robust café au lait crema sweet steamed, body sugar cream qui aged french press grounds.

I'm Ruxana, the founder, dreamer, and interior designer behind A Well-Designed Home. Welcome! 

Your home should be a space that uplifts you, fills your cup, and supports you and your goals. Your home is the gateway to the life you want to live. ​​​​​​​​

​​I’m passionate about helping people create spaces that serve them because I see the transformation with each and every client. If your house is causing frustration, disorganization, and embarrassment…you’re in the right place. When you transform your home….you can transform your LIFE!

Your home should be a space that uplifts you, fills your cup, and supports you AND your goals. Your home is the gateway to the life you want to live. ​​​​​

If your home isn’t rising up to meet you….maybe it’s time that it should?  We don’t just ask how you live, we ask how you WANT to live and we ask why it matters.β €

We offer a variety of resources and services that will help you turn the dream of a supportive and nurturing home into a reality.  We believe every home should be a Well-Designed Home!

How a book changed my life.

When I began college, I was an English major. In the middle of my junior year, a professor assigned 'The Canterbury Tales' by Geoffrey Chaucer. It was written in Middle English but it may as well have been written in hieroglyphics. My classmates raved about the book… calling it a “masterpiece” and “pivotal.”


I hated the book.

I hated my classes.

I was miserable.


I called my mother in tears and she gave me the best advice: “Do what makes your heart go pitter-patter.” ​​​​​​​​​​​


I quit the following week.  My father was horrified...and I'm certain he wasn't happy with my mother. ​​​​​​​​I felt a profound sense of relief and I finally felt free to pursue my true passion: Interior Design.

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I graduated Magne Cum Laude with a BA in Interior Design and I can honestly say changing majors was one of the best decisions I ever made.  I owe it all to A BOOK…and, of course, my mother.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​​​


CHEERS, dear friends, to following your bliss!

In this design firm we work as a team.
We are friendly, trustworthy, and enthusiastic. We are professional and kind. We believe in friendship, integrity, and honesty. And donuts. We believe in donuts. We communicate, we listen and we care. In this firm, we do GREAT THINGS.

 

 

USED TO BE:

a wedding coordinator


FUN FACT:

i've crossed the equator 8 times

 

FAVE QUOTE:

onward & upward 


COFFEE or TEA:

coffee


Dogs or Cats:

dogs!!

Let's design something BEAUTIFUL!

 

 

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