What’s a nice Tai snapper like this doing in a place like the desert?
Who are your clients? Mainly people from Seattle and Chicago who come here for the weather.
The son of an opera-singing veterinarian, architect A. Joakim Baeckstroem of Kathryn Quinn Architects in Chicago thought a career in architecture to be a good blend of art and science.
Space-challenged master suites can stump many homeowners, especially since the queen-sized mattress is the average dimension-of-choice for most couples today. By the time you add a head- and footboard to it—it grows even larger. Then add side tables, a dresser or two, and somewhere to sit down, and suddenly small bedrooms become even more unmanageable.
“I don’t want a single friend to walk into a client’s home and say, ‘Omigosh, I’ve got that same fabric.‘ That’s my nightmare,“ says designer James Swan. Herewith…