The choices a designer makes for their own facility speak volumes. In the case of House Sprucing, a firm located in North Dallas, Texas, that does both residential and commercial design, their taste is on full display in their office and retail showroom. Visitors enter spaces that are finished and furnished with relaxed elegance, making you forget you’re in a 40-year-old commercial building. To complete the effect, they upgraded the suspended ceiling to a richer decorative look using thermoformed tiles from Ceilume.
The presentation room, where Heather and Tyson Fujikawa present designs to their clients, is a conference room with a decidedly welcoming, residential feel. It’s the look they specialize in, Modern Traditional. The style of the conference table is somewhere between contemporary office desk and dining table. The chairs around it are comfortable and modern, supplemented by easy chairs in the corners. Grass-cloth wall covering and a knobby area rug (rather than carpeting) on the floor make a visitor feel at home. The dropped ceiling is made of decorative, three-dimensional tiles in an elegant pattern reminiscent of a classic coffered ceiling.