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Shawna’s Story: A Decade in Design & How It All Started

Although I have worked in design with Styleberry for over a decade, the truth is, it’s always been my passion. From creating cozy closet corners (complete with Care Bears wallpaper made from a bed sheet!) to spending my free time in college getting my hands on any design book I could, the seed was always […]

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How Long Does It Take to Design & Renovate?

In the world of Amazon Prime and next-day deliveries, we’ve started to forget that often, we can’t have what we want tomorrow. I am as guilty as anyone in this thought process!! In our current world, we’ve really had to grasp long lead times, and our patience has been tested. We’ve learned that supply chains […]

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Why You Should Hire an Interior Designer Before Your Renovation Starts

A renovation can be a confusing process. If you are a first-time renovator, then everything is new. Sometimes, we are the first call and can help guide you through the process. Sometimes, we’re called in by our partner GCs to assist with the design. Other times… we are called to come in to get things […]

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Case Study: A Candid Interview with One of Our Design Clients

Today, I’m sitting down (virtually) with Cheri, an incredible mother of three, wife to a husband with serious measuring skills, and a San Antonio local. We first worked together in-person with Luxe Full Service Design to renovate and design their family’s kitchen… and she kept coming back for more! (Here’s a sneak peek of their […]

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How to use Pinterest like an Interior Designer

How to use Pinterest as an Interior Designer

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Styleberry Creative Interiors in San Antonio Magazine

We are honored, and delighted to be featured in San Antonio Magazine’s September Edition, on newsstands now! As a San Antonio, Texas based Interior Design Firm, we are thrilled to now be serving clients nationwide! San Antonio Magazine article featuring San Antonio Interior Designer Shawna Percival, and The Waterford Project and The Peacock Farm Project. […]

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Why We don’t Label our Design Style

As I sit down to write this, I have a running set of images in my head–images of the faces we’ve served this year, and images of the diverse and special spaces we’ve created that make our clients feel at home. Some spaces you have seen, but many you have not. My heart is heavy […]

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Three no-fail design decisions

Mother’s Day is around the corner, and I am starting to get excited. On this day I have one request: I want to make no decisions. (Well, except where to have dinner–I like to choose that, but take no part in when and how!) The rest of the day I ask my family to handle […]

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Styleberry Design + Lemonade

Last week while I was at the store (for the last time in forever), I bought an entire bag of lemons. I have forced myself to look at them every single day as a simple reminder. I can: (a) leave them untouched and watch them rot, or (b) I can turn them into something new, […]

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Scale + Gallery Walls : Do This Not That

Scale can be scary because in truth, it usually takes practice to be able to see scale correctly. For a designer, it’s second nature to know what size everything should be so it looks just right, but to the untrained eye it can be hard to determine why that one thing in your space looks […]

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Styleberry E-Design Services for Social Distancing

This week we are challenged: can we do everything we used to do, from HOME? Teachers are scrambling to keep educating kids. Parents are working to calm them. Employees are trying to do the best job they can, remotely. Small business owners are doing everything possible to pay employees and keep the lights on, in […]

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A Beautiful New HOME!

Twelve years ago I wrote my first post on the blog that started it all. It all? Indeed!! A journey of twists and turns, diapers and doodles, thoughts and creations. And every last bit of it led me here. As I sat down to figure out the next steps for Styleberry, I had to make […]

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5 Steps to Selecting the Perfect Sofa

From style to comfort, quality to size, finding the right sofa takes a trained eye and some strategy! Get our step-by-step guide to discovering your perfect match.