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Author - Jill Tran

The Ultimate Guide to Built-In Shelf Lighting

What is the difference between a good design and an amazing design?  The answer may surprise you.  Lighting is often the unsung hero of a well designed space.  Thoughtfully layered lighting can enhance, set the mood, draw the eye and balance a room.  This can usually be accomplished with lamps...

Our Designers’ Best Holiday Memories, Traditions and Recipes!

Photo Credit: Jenny Wheat It’s that time of year, and we are here for it!  Whether baking cookies, decorating our homes, or cutting down the Christmas tree, traditions create the magic that make the holidays so special.  Tran + Thomas Design Studio shares some of their favorites: Family Fun! Brandi - Accountant...

Announcing 6 Multifamily Projects With Interiors By Tran + Thomas

Tran + Thomas is a very unique interior design firm, in that we offer both commercial and residential interior design services and products! We are so honored to be working with Kansas City's most prestigious developers, architects and contractors on six amazing multifamily projects scattered around the city.  Stay tuned for...

Tran + Thomas’ Fabulous BEFORE AND AFTER Projects!

Nothing is more exciting than making any house your own!  These are some of our stunning changes we have made not only in our client's homes... but in their lives. Each "BEFORE" is shown above each "AFTER."  Enjoy! -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- AND....JUST SOME FABULOUS "AFTERS!"                                 Photography by Aaron Leimkuehler                       Why is our work so unique? ...

The Stains of Summer

With summer festivities firing up, nothing ruins a look or mood more than the stains of summer. As a mom with a family and lots of experience in the interior design business I have learned some super solutions to common hard-to-get out stains. Stain 101 The #1 key to stain removal is...

SPRING REFRESH

Spring usually has most of us wanting to refresh and update our living spaces. After a year of being stuck at home due to Covid-19 many are ready to see their space with a new set of eyes.   Some common questions we get at Tran + Thomas about this are;...

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Fabulous, Amazing New Fabrics For 2021

If you love fabrics.... you will melt over these!  The detail, the stitching, the color... truly gorgeous!  Whether for drapery panels, pillows, furniture, bedding, etc., there is surely one here to melt your heart!  Wonderful fabrics are an art form and can be appreciated by the trained eye and those...

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How Tran +Thomas is Helping Our Clients Through COVID-19

Tran + Thomas is continuing to deliver top interior design services and product, to both our residential and commercial clients, during this time of Covid-19.  We would like to share our continued commitment to safety and how we are able to provide our services in homes and businesses. One of our...

Designing for pets, interior design tips for living with kids and pets

Ultimate Pet Design Guide – Pet Proof Your Home!

  Pets are so fun... but can be messy.  This is Sammy in a doll wig!   Hello!  This is Jill Tran from Tran + Thomas.  I have had zoos of animals since I was a kiddo and have learned a lot over the years…both by living with pets and designing spaces for...

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MEET OUR FABULOUS NEW INTERN, KAELA BUTTS

Kaela has been a wonderful and very talented addition to the Tran + Thomas family. KAELA BUTTS AT TRAN + THOMAS DESIGN STUDIO Fun facts: - I work part-time at Aubrey Vineyards as a Vineyard Technician. At Aubrey I tend to the plants, activities include: netting, leaf removal, moving wires, pulling weeds, etc. -...