The Art of Community Design with Patty Mowry, Owner, Patty Mowry Interior Designs

If you’ve watched HGTV’s home renovation shows or any of YouTube’s million+ room makeover videos, you probably have an opinion about what makes a beautiful space. But you might be surprised to learn that aesthetics are only part of the challenge when tackling a community association property improvement project.

Donna and Patty take the gloves off in their candid conversation about the importance of design and how even small updates can drastically increase a building's appeal to new residents.

Other topics include:  

the top questions boards should ask when evaluating designers for new projectshow community associations can stretch their decorating dollars to create the biggest impactareas of the community that deserve priority focushow designers can collaborate with architects and engineers and why boards should insist upon this partnershipbest practices when addressing the inevitable inconvenience of an alteration projecthow health and safety regulations are affecting the design of multifamily buildings

BONUS: Patty reveals her keys to successfully navigating conflicting design tastes so a project can move forward with full support from both board members and owners.