You built a brand new, beautiful house and now you have to keep it that way.  What does it mean to design a home that is easy to clean and/or maintain?  It means you can spend time living in your home, not scrubbing grout or wondering how you are going to get those spiderwebs...

‘How long is this going to take?’ seems like an easy and justifiable question to ask about a home construction project but in this time of material and labor shortages, housing booms and busts and general uncertainty of the world - politics, wars, pandemics, recessions, climate...

There are a lot of design blogs out there giving out great information about interior design and home renovations, so what else can I add to the pool?  Realness.  I bring a whole lot of real to the party.  I don’t feel like anyone is explaining what it’s really like to...

Today I want to talk about getting your next home project started.  I see a lot of people stuck in the inspiration and dreaming stage but afraid to take the next step into making it a reality.  Why?  Mainly because the next step requires action outside of sitting on the couch...

I feel deep in my soul what I want to do.  But what do you do if it’s unlike anything anyone understands?  Even though it seems so obvious to you?  So obvious, in fact, that you doubt its credibility.  It seems so simple, but no one seems to understand, I must be...

Sometimes you need to think about something a little differently to find a better, more authentic solution. That’s where I live, my sweet spot, solutions that seem so simple and obvious.  But let me tell you, getting there is not always so simple and obvious.  You might...

Hello and welcome to the Design Your Dream Home blog with me, Britney Johnson, your host and interior design expert, the founder of B Design and creator of the Design YOUR Dream Home online course.  

I have been talking a lot about our journey as homeowners and people striving to live...