by Lora Frost | Jan 31, 2023 | Historic Renovation, Meaningful Design Show
What is the Difference between Historic Preservation and Historic Renovation? Read More Interior Designer Lora Frost of Dahlias & Granite Interior Design shares several stories about why design is meaningful to her and her trajectory from being hit by a car as a...
by Lora Frost | Jan 25, 2023 | Meaningful Design Show
What Makes Design Meaningful? Episode 1: Meaningful Design " Read More Interior Designer Lora Frost of Dahlias & Granite Interior Design shares several stories about why design is meaningful to her and her trajectory from being hit by a car as a pedestrian to...
by Lora Frost | Jan 24, 2023 | Vacation Rental Design
I’m currently sitting here in an 1897 historic apartment building in what must be my 53rd Airbnb stay!! As a designer who loves historic properties, it’s so lovely to see the beautiful and original heart pine floors, original millwork, and the care put...
by Lora Frost | Jan 11, 2023 | Meaningful Design Show
Welcome the the Meaningful Design Podcast! Design is far more nuanced than picking the perfect pillows for your living room. Great design is curated for your lifestyle, eliminating stress, creating more ease, and allowing you to live your best life. Lora Frost, a...
by Lora Frost | Jan 4, 2023 | Healthy Living, Interior Design
Recently I asked my Facebook Audience how healthy they rated their homes. Today I’ll talk about four ways you can increase the health of your home. ** I’m a little more technical in this post, if the science is not your thing, skip on over the sections...
by Lora Frost | Nov 9, 2022 | Bathroom Remodel, Historic Renovation, Victorian Remodel
This is by far my favourite bathroom, I always design for my clients, but I personally would love this bathroom in my own home! While we decided not to move the placement of the tub, toilet and sink, this tiny bathroom was a full gut, due to the mold and plaster...
by Lora Frost | Nov 17, 2019 | Historic Renovation, Landscape Design, Outdoor Living
This is part 2, of this Historic Church Hill, Richmond, Va project build, check out part 1 here. Now that the fence, and two custom structures are in place, the grading of the site can continue and the hardscaping can start! As the property is on a small slope I...
by Lora Frost | Nov 10, 2019 | Historic Renovation, Landscape Design, Outdoor Living
Here is the Before! This is a typical Church Hill, Richmond,VA, Back Yard. Twenty Eight feet wide by 150 feet long, which includes the footprint of the home!! Right after you walk out the back door, you couldn’t walk directly out the back door, you had to walk...
by Lora Frost | Sep 19, 2019 | Interior Design, Landscape Design, Outdoor Living
When we purchased our property I was deeply curious about the history behind the three cinderblock walls and concrete pad that had fallen into disrepair. Here is the story as I know it. Many years ago, a woman named Jessie and her sister decided to start a chinchilla...
by Lora Frost | Jun 20, 2019 | Bathroom Remodel, Interior Design, Landscape Design, Outdoor Living
We are done. The job is complete. It’s exactly what the contract stated we would do. Who’s heard this before from a contractor? Over the past 16 years, I’ve worked with hundreds of contractors, male and female on residential and commercial design/build outdoor...
