Trends in Interior Design, Part One: The Color Gray.

Oct 31, 2015 | Design Styles

Gray in the desert… Suddenly (in the past few years, actually) we all seem to find we love gray.  Here in Arizona, beige/brown used to be our go-to neutrals. (We don’t even use natural gray concrete here for our community sidewalks, which have always been...

Fall at Janet Brooks Design

Oct 11, 2015 | Current Projects under Construction

Entering competitions is a tedious process, but worth it for the recognition it gives us as winners in the design community.  Last month we attended the annual Arizona ASID (American Society of Interior Designers) design competition, held at the Phoenician Hotel, and...

Word to the Wise: Valley VIPS 2015

Sep 7, 2015 | Press

View PDF From the worlds of wine and design, real estate and retail, learn the daily driving force of nine Valley VIPs and how they landed at the top of their respective fields. Featured: Janet Brooks, President, Janet Brooks Design “I love my life, and I am truly...

Contemporary as a Design Style… Why Is It So Popular?

Aug 25, 2015 | Design Styles

Happening Now in New York City Looking at the magnificent designs of One and Two World Trade Center buildings, we are reminded that architecture has always been a public expression of current social and cultural trends and values.  Sometimes that trend looks back to a...

Phoenix Home & Garden Design Arizona

Aug 8, 2015 | Press

View PDF Phoenix Home & Garden Design Arizona “I love to see my clients’ reaction when a project is complete, and they know for sure that their “leap of faith” was, in fact, a smart choice in every way.”