The Ultimate Wood Floors Guide: Design Your Dream Floors

Let’s face it: hardwood floors will never go out of style. In terms of material, they’re an absolute classic, but the reality is that there are trends and updates for what’s in style when it comes to the finish and how it’s installed. At Henck Design, we know that all of the different elements can make the process of figuring …

Keeping Up with Henck Design, Designers Today, & More!

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected us all in one way or another, but Henck Design has been fortunate enough to grow during the past few months using the tools available to keep communication flowing remotely. Jane Dagmi, Editor is Designers Today Magazine, joins Christina Henck in conversation discussing remote interviews (much like this interview!), new clients  (one being an NFL …

How Interior Designers Can Put Their Talents to Use Outdoors

Outdoors is becoming an extension of the inside of a home, so here are some tips to help designers capitalize on this often untapped space. Are you connecting your design clients with the top quality in outdoor living? It’s easy to focus inside of our client’s homes, and it’s relatively frequent that designers forget to upsell clients on outfitting their …

Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder: How To Be Great Storytellers And Represent Interior Design Clients Through Visual Arts

They say, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” That means for interior designers, meaningfully outfitting a client’s space with art that tells an accurate story while managing the budget is of the utmost importance. Whether the wall art we choose for our design clients is a landscape, portrait or abstract in style, originality is key. As designers, how …

Modern Farmhouse Style

  Henck Design breaks down the must-haves to perfect this aesthetic! Henck Design created this quintessential farmhouse kitchen with open, natural wood shelves. Photo credit: Henck Design-Moyer Street   Modern Farmhouse style can be seen in every corner of the US, be it in on an actual farm, or in the city, it is everywhere, take a look at this …

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Finding the Right House Plant for Your Lifestyle.

Think you’re a plant person? We’ve got some tips & tricks to help you find out. Let’s start with just a little history. House plants can be traced back to early human history, where they were used as status symbols and a sign of luxury. There was even the fabled tale of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. – which is …

See you Down the Shore!

Henck Design shares some history, things to do & shore house styles. The Classic-Cedar Shingled Beach House with a clean white trim.Going “Down the Shore” is a right of passage, sort of like the phrase itself, for Philadelphians and subsequent Philly suburbanites for as long as anyone can remember. Why do only we say “ down the shore” as opposed …

Old World Options in a Modern Age

How to Update Your Home with its Architecture and History in Mind. A Tudor style home with the traditional stonework and dark brown trim. Whew – It’s spring, and boy, are we happy winter has come and gone! Now that spring is upon us, our friends and neighbors are ready to get their construction and interior design projects underway. In …