We created this sultry alchemical hand painted wallpaper-style mural for a cozy, elegant cocktail bar Psychic in Portland, Oregon. We tapped into imagery from tarot, palmistry, and masonic sources to create this beautiful repeat, entirely hand-painted in gold, with teal accents we color-matched to the face of the bar. Photos by Leah Verwey. Vases by Niko Ceramics.

When Bernstein’s Bagels opened a new, expanded location in late 2018, we approached the project with an elegant, playful expansion on the “everything bagel bouquet” concept from their original shotgun location in St. John’s. The new shop is housed in an historic 1894 building—one of the few surviving examples of Chicago-style commercial architecture in Portland—so we did a deep-dive into late 1800’s commercial design, ulitmately combining a hand-painted wallpaper-style pattern with a freehand frieze and large-scale mural depiction of the original everything bagel bouquet. All the elements of an everything bagel recur throughout the mural—poppy, sesame, caraway, wheat, barley, onion, garlic, and sea salt. Photos by Leah Verwey.

Bernstein's Bagels cares about what they do—their bagels are hand-rolled and made with care in their tiny, owner-operated St. Johns location. The atmosphere is happy, bright, and fun, and we created this step and repeat pattern of beautiful bouquets to showcase all the ingredients in their signature everything bagels: wheat, barley, poppy, sesame, caraway, onion, garlic, and sea salt. The "Bagels" feature beneath the display case was drawn freehand on site to compliment the Everything wall (and the bagels themselves, of course!)

For their beautiful new salon The Nest, the clients wanted something unique to tie together and anchor the wall above the wash sinks—the heart of the salon. We proposed a dark background to anchor the room, and leaves that wrap onto the neighboring walls for a dynamic, three-dimensional feeling. The salon is light, bright, and plant-filled, so the leaves we chose added drama and depth to the space, as well as referencing the plants within it.

For this sweet nursery project in collaboration with LZ Interiors, we looked to the flowers, birds, and butterflies of Tennessee, where the clients will eventually build a home. The nursery is located in a high-rise across from Lake Michigan in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, and we wanted to create the sense of an enchanted secret garden high atop a building in the middle of the city.

This sweet, sunny nook was part of a dream kitchen remodel, and was designed to be the center of a home inhabited by people who love to cook and entertain. We started with hand-cut stencils, followed by over 100 hours of hand painting to create this delicate damask design with echoes of 1920s wallpaper.