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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Ashley Montgomery

Designing for Real Life Doesn’t Mean Sacrificing Beauty. It Means Being Intentional About How a Home Will Actually Be Used – These Are the 6 Rules I Use for Every Project

Cozy dining room with dark wooden rectangular dining table, upholstered dining chairs, vase of flowers on the table. Brick fireplace, and sideboard with lamp and vase in background.

There’s a moment that happens in almost every project.

The furniture is installed, the styling is layered in, and everything looks exactly as it should. It’s polished, balanced, and ready for the photographs... and then real life walks in the door. Shoes get kicked off, kids sprawl across the sofa, a dog claims its favorite corner, groceries are spilled across the kitchen counter, and suddenly the space begins to shift.

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