For designers, working with household can go certainly one of two methods: It will possibly both convey you nearer collectively, or exacerbate current tensions. Fortunately, for Portland, Oregon–based mostly Jason Stamp and Lara White, companions at Workaday Design, a renovation challenge for Jason’s brother Taylor and his spouse, Averi, had the previous impact. “There have been undoubtedly challenges,” says Stamp of the method, which concerned renovating a house for the couple and their two youngsters in Colorado Springs. “However we aren’t solely household, we’re additionally nice pals. It made it simpler to be frank and have these tougher conversations.”
