Journal for Design and Lighting
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Holiday Design Tips for the DIY Enthusiast: Creating Coastal Magic Without the Overwhelm
Professional designer shares 10 DIY-friendly holiday decorating tips for Central Florida homes. Create coastal holiday magic without the overwhelm or big budget.
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Meet Jennifer: The Heart Behind Mangrove Bay Design & Lighting
This post emphasizes the importance of personal design preferences over a designer’s aesthetic. The author, a coastal design specialist, believes in transforming clients’ dreams into reality through careful listening and collaboration, creating spaces that enhance lifestyle and functionality. The goal is to craft each client’s unique dream home.
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How I use Notion to Manage our Projects and Content
Here’s exactly how I use Notion to run projects and content for Mangrove Bay Design—without drowning in tabs, emails, and sticky notes. As many have heard me say “Communication is key” . At the heart is a simple “Operator” dashboard with five master databases: Projects, Social Content, Purchasing, Operating Systems, and CRM. Every page you…
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How I use AI to Fast Track Building a Website: for my AI for Mainstreet Consulting Project- Brightwork AI & Update Mangrove Bay
Just to start off, it has been my practice over the last two years to become an AI-first business. What that means is every single task that I take up or every question I have, I ask how AI can help me. We’ve also created or worked over the last two years to build an…
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Check Out this AI Tool for Talk to Text with an AI Twist. Great for Productivity- I am all about it!! Wispr ai
Wispr AI is an impressive speech-to-text tool that allows users to dictate blog posts without typing, significantly increasing word production from 45-60 WPM to 220 WPM. It automatically eliminates filler words and formats speech neatly. The author is thrilled with its efficiency and also used Leonardo AI for an accompanying image.
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Some of my favorite resources for inspiration and mentorship: Interior Design
Here are the Central Florida resources we lean on for inspiration, sourcing, and mentorship—aka our “design fuel” list. For day-to-day specifying, we start with trade showrooms that let our clients see/feel materials. In Daytona, the Ferguson network is our go-to when plumbing intersects with lighting decisions: Ferguson (840 Jimmy Ann Dr., Daytona Beach, FL 32117)…
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Legrand smart home system: how to set it up, ease of setup for a gen x sort of techie but not user.
As a designer I get stupidly excited about products that are beautifully designed to elevate details of spaces. The Legrand brand of switches and outlets as well as wireless dimmers and switches make smart homes easy. First of all I love the square shape, clean line and no screw heads showing on the design aspect.…
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Artist Spotlight: Mike Brooks on display at the showroom Thursday March 14, 2024 5-9pm
Florida-based artist, Mike Brooks, works in the re-work of mixed media. With a strong focus on color theory and an emphasis on process over product, Brooks’ work elicits a theme he entitles “deconstructionism” Continuously working atop his own paintings, underlying tones of a past life gently nudge the viewer toward the possibility of a more…
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Lighting for Wellness: Understanding Circadian Rhythms and the Future of Home Lighting
what is lighting and circadian rhythm? let technology and lighting add to your wellness.
Got any book recommendations?