Design Love Studio

Design Love Studio’s 1st EVER project to be considered as a finalist for an award, and we are so very excited about it! Congratulations to Felicia & Clay, definite forces of nature to push the design team to create this amazing space within this historic building. Collect+Curate were a dream to collaborate with as the Interior Designer of the project. Our GC, Traditional Construction, brought the ideas to life. And we cannot forget our awesome engineers, CSA Engineers & HNA Engineering . Also, thank you Andrew Welch for taking the best pictures ever and showing this jewel of a restaurant in such a magnificent way. Our construction site photos could never compete. May this be the beginning of several future awards to come! (Happy squeal!)

We cannot WAIT to see this little home return to the land of the living. We love to see it!

Kudos to Alcy Ball Development Corporation for the focus and effort to revitalize the neighborhood authentically. AND thank you for inviting us to be part of your fabulous team! We are stronger together.




Joyce Selina Love

🥳 Congratulations, Safari Love, on comfortably passing your exam and becoming a LEED Green Associate! 🥳 High Five for Sustainability! Our projects are going to LOVE you. 😉💚

Safari Love Joyce Selina Love CSI Memphis National Organization of Minority Architects AIA Memphis University of Memphis Department of Architecture

🚨 INTERIOR DESIGN TIME 🚨
We LOVE creating concepts for interior spaces. The client for this consultation wanted to change up her kitchen a bit. To open it up to the rest of the home. She wasn’t concerned about color schemes at this time, she just wanted an idea of where to go from here. She wanted a change and that is what she got! Another happy client was the result, and that makes us happy as well. 🥰


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🥳 Congratulations, Safari Love, on obtaining your CSI-CDT Certification! 🥳 Our construction documents are definitely in good hands! 🥳

Another simple Virtual Consultation completed & another happy client. 🤗 This client only wanted a black & white concept sketch. What the client wants, the client gets (however, I reserve the right to add color should I choose later on my own time, cuz 1. I love color and 2. I love reimagining my past work 😉). Check out the pics, read the details below, and see if you spotted the changes.

Consultation Deets:

The client stated that his wife absolutely hates their front entrance with its low wall and were looking for small changes to update the look of their home. We showed them 6 possible changes.
1. Removed the “moon” look to the entrance by removing the low wall and the matching arch above the entranceway. That opened up an otherwise dark entry.
2. Removed the shutters because they’re just all kind of wrong. (PSA moment - If you’re going to put fake shutters on your home, make sure they at least look like they can be used to cover your whole window!)
3. Changed out the garage door to one with a modern streamlined look.
4. Added trim board to the base of the siding, widened the trim cornerboards and the window trim, and created a sill for the windows in the siding.
5. Changed the finish material inside the porch area to a square edged T&G siding so that it no longer looked like an afterthought.
6. Recreated the walkway. The garage grabs most of the focus when looking at the entrance. A new walkway specifically highlighting the path to the door is a good technique to redirect that focus.

Ready for the next consultation fun!


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Sometimes making simple moves can refresh your home. Check out this California Curb Appeal Consultation.

There are 3 Concepts. My fav is Option 3, but I am partial to visual contrasts. Which one do you like best? Check out the pics to see them all.

Consultation deets below.

The owner was not happy with the color of his brick & his porch. He was determined to paint the brick and selected the color (Benjamin Moore’s Bracken Slate), but wanted to see what it might look like before he committed. He also wanted to install a gray travertine on his porch and replace the walkway’s brick pavers. We gave him what he requested, and then we have him more option (because we can’t help ourselves, right?). Here we go:

Concept 1 is what the owner requested. BM’s Bracken Slate on the brick and brick pavers replaced with gray travertine. One suggestion that we made to the client was to replace the brick at the porch area with shiplap siding, and in this instance paint it white to brighten up the porch.

Concept 2 goes to a lighter concept. Paint the brick white (actually I prefer a white lime wash to keep maintenance down). The shiplap siding under the porch is to be painted the same color as the stucco (a lighter shade of gray than the Bracken Slate). Gray travertine locations are the same as Option 1.

Concept 3 is for more contrast. White brick the same as Option 2, but the paint for the porch and the stucco is BM’s Bracken Slate. AND the lighter gray travertine is now going to a richer toned slate tile.


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🚨 INTERIOR DESIGN ALERT 🚨
That’s right! We work with designing interior spaces too and we LOVE it! So if you don’t know, now you know. 😎
This client wanted a redesign with an idea of furnishings and finishes presented through a mood board and plan & interior elevation renderings. Such a fun project to work on for the client was delighted with using this package as a guide. This is the epitome of design consultation! 🤍🤎🖤


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