Bunk rooms are big news right now! There’s nothing better than the weeks or weekends that extended family and far-flung friends make time to get together at the beach house. Lazy days full of kids, grandkids, dogs, friends, and friends’ dogs make some of life’s best memories.
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Meet Designing Dog, Benji
At MDI, our dogs are part of the family. We have a dog-friendly design studio and on any given day there will be at least a couple of our furry friends hanging out with us. Today we’d like to introduce you to Benji, a six-year-old Morkie Poo who belongs to Abigail, our office and design assistant.
MDI Wins Best of Houzz
For the fifth year in a row, MDI has won a Best of Houzz award for Design. 2020 is our fourth year in a row of winning a Best of Houzz award for Service. Best of Houzz awards recognize the top-rated designers on Houzz across the country and around the world.
Meet Abigail Carr Botero
We’d like to introduce you to Abigail Carr Botero, MDI’s Design Assistant, Design Librarian, and Office Assistant. Abigail was born in Locust, North Carolina, a small town east of Charlotte. When Abigail says “small town” she means it. There were “a whopping 4 stop lights in the whole city,” she says.
Kiawah Island Home Tour
This Kiawah Island home was designed to be durable for the large extended family to enjoy with ease and comfort. From distressed woods, stain treatments and the use of indoor/outdoor fabrics, to the focus on function throughout the design, each room captures the essence of practical island living.
Fripp Island Oceanfront
Today we have a wonderful home tour of one of our recent projects on Fripp Island. This oceanfront property has a sophisticated, island elegance. With four adult children, a posse of grandchildren, and an open-door policy for their large extended family, this Fripp Island home had to be user-friendly, low maintenance, durable, welcoming and beautiful.
MDIs Favorite Movies
Last year we shared our team’s favorite interiors for Netflix shows. Today we’re sharing the team’s favorite movies, shows, and documentaries to help you get through our safe-at-home time:
Chaddock College 2020
Earlier this month Arden, Lily, and Ryan attended Chaddock College, a two-day immersive experience at the factory campus in Morgantown, North Carolina. This experience allows designers to see how Chaddock furniture is made and upholstered, and we love it when our MDI designers get to attend.
Home Tour: Island Lifestyle
This fun, colorful Kiawah Island vacation home quickly transitioned to a full-time residence as the owners loved the laid-back lifestyle the island provided. Having space for their kids (and fur kids) and plenty of visitors was very important for this sociable family.
Kiawah Island Sip & See
Today we’re taking you along on our recent Kiawah Island home Sip & See tour. When we finish a design project, we host a small gathering at the client’s home. We bring in wine and cheese and invite the rest of the MDI team so they can see the results of their colleague’s innovation and hard work. This gives everyone a chance to celebrate the completion of the project and allows us to relax with the clients, who by now are friends.