White Orchid Interiors: Design That Moves

We're thrilled to welcome White Orchid Interiors to the STRUKTR Studios family. White Orchid Interiors was originally founded in Denver, Colorado in 2006 by husband and wife team, Lauren and John Matthews, with the goal of blurring the line between interior design and home staging. The duo built White Orchid from the ground up, literally working in every capacity of their business: home staging, accounting, truck driving, marketing, and more. The one-time mom and pop home staging company has rapidly grown, successfully staging over $1 Billion in real estate. Today, White Orchid Interiors has a network of Certified Stagers serving customers around the nation staging and preparing homes of all budgets for sale. 

We love the way White Orchid is pushing the real estate market forward, not only with their designs that sell at the first open house, but with their innovative technology, as well. White Orchid has a free, instant quote feature that makes finding and connecting with the top home stagers in any neighborhood simple. Have zip code, will price quote. 

Meet The Design Co. Founders

Lauren Matthews had a singular vision to blur the line between interior design and home staging. White Orchid was the culmination of Lauren's entrepreneurial spirit and her experience in the real estate industry. 

John Matthews has, for over a decade, been an innovator in real estate technology and business development. With White Orchid Interiors John has been able to bring consumers efficiencies both within design and real estate industries.

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Scope Their Staged Designs

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Exclusive Historic Open House at Former “Grey Gardens of Palm Springs”

Contact ReInhabit at reinhabitoffice@gmail.com for open house reservations.

STRUKTR is excited to announce boutique real estate development firm, ReInhabit's, exclusive Historic Open House of the 1933 "Arthur K. Bourne Residence" in Palm Springs, designed by Wallace Neff.

The first-look, listed by KCRW's DnA as one of their 5 Design Things To Do This Week, takes place on Saturday June 11, 2016, from 5pm-9pm. Visitors will get an exclusive pre-renovation, tour of the property, designed by renowned Southern California architect Wallace Neff and currently undergoing careful restoration. 

The 9,500 square foot home, originally built for Bourne who was heir to a Singer sewing machine fortune, is designed in Neff’s classic “California Style” and features ten bedrooms and eleven bathrooms surrounding a swimming pool. Architectural historian and author Steve Vaught observes that the Bourne Residence “represents the start of Palm Springs becoming a famous international resort. It was because of houses like this." The home features a prelude to the Modern Architecture that would shortly become synonymous with Palm Springs: a wall of sliding glass doors out to the picturesque courtyard transforms the living room into an indoor-outdoor living space. “That was a very modern and very innovative feature at the time. You just don't see that in 1933," says Vaught. Neff previously designed a home for Bourne in the Los Angeles suburb of San Marino in 1925.

ReInhabit purchased the Bourne Residence in March 2016. The home had fallen into disrepair, and had come to be known as the “Grey Gardens” of Palm Springs. Restoration work has removed over 90,000 pounds of debris, including 7,500 sq. ft. of green carpet. Brett Waterman, a local Palm Springs  preservationist, has been amazed to witness the uncovering of the home’s original details. “There’s so much completely intact -- all the original tile is there, original fixtures, the hardware.” Other original features highlighted in the restoration include the home’s hardwood floors, fireplaces, spindle-turned Spanish doors, and a river rock wall surrounding the property. “ReInhabit is revealing the architectural qualities that still exist within the property that reflect what Neff originally envisioned,” says Waterman.

ReInhabit Founder, Rudy Dvorak, is regularly approached by investors, historians, and others desiring to collaborate with ReInhabit on its distinct projects. “We’ve had several offers to buy the Bourne Residence already. We never imagined how so many people would come out of the woodwork to look, talk, and inquire all things Neff and historical - we are considering a collaboration.”

STRUKTR Studios Featured on Dwell

We were tickled this week when Dwell Magazine featured STRUKTR and our photography. Dwell selected our photo of WeWork's new Pasadena location as their "Photo of the Week." The interior design of the communal workspace's lobby and coffee bar caught our eye -- we just had to snap.

We love when great content inspires. 

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Win a 16x24 Print of Palm Spring's Iconic Edris House

Just in time for Father's Day, we've got an amazing new giveaway! We've teamed up with architectural photographer Jake Holt to give away a print of Holt's photo of the iconic Mid-Century Edris House in Palm Springs. The print measures 16x24 and is a statement piece on any wall.

The iconic Edris House was built in 1954 for Marjorie and William Edris and designed by renowned Palm Springs modernist architect, E. Stewart Williams. With its stone walls, the Edris House rises organically from the desert's rocky terrain and is a classic example of desert modernism.  

To enter the giveaway, all you need to do is visit Instagram and follow @struktrstudios and @jakeholt.

Hurry, the winner will be selected 6/9/16!