SERVICES

At SYH, we believe in the power of good design to change the way you feel and function in your home. Life is too short not to love your home. Our favorite homes have the same qualities as our favorite humans: depth, texture, intrigue, light and lightness, color, whimsy and warmth.

With architecture and decorating under the same roof, we specialize in conceptualizing a home’s exterior and interior design and also filling it with things that are useful, beautiful and meaningful. We design custom homes and additions from the ground up, and we also delight in bringing new life to old homes. We curate furniture, art and accessories that are in conversation with the architecture, tell a story and invite you to linger. We guide, organize, communicate and prioritize. We sweat the details and hold all the pieces.

As much as our experience and knowledge of design permeates our work, we always create spaces unique to the particular people (and animals) who live in them. Getting to know you–your joys and quirks and backstory–is what enables us to cultivate a home you love. We honor history and acknowledge our responsibility as global citizens by sourcing vintage and repurposing and upcycling when it makes sense, and leaning in to local, artisan and small. An SYH home is personal, functional and timeless, and an SYH-led project is marked by practicality, conscientiousness and levity.

SYH serves clients near and far. We have designed homes from coast to coast, though the Midwest is perhaps nearest to our hearts, and definitely nearest to our Bloomington, Indiana, based studio. We have worked on homes in Minnesota, Michigan and Ohio. Whether you are in Indianapolis or Chicago, Michiana, Louisville or Cincinnati; whether your project is your forever home or your second or third vacation home; whether you need architecture or furniture or both: if you are looking for someone to create with you an artful home that tells your personal story, we’ll be a good fit. A few hours of travel is always worth it for the right team: you’ll feel the difference during the design process and for years to come, living in your SYH-designed home.