Family living room designed by A Design Lifestyle

Expert Interior Design, Family-Proof Home

Less to decide. More family time.

As Seen In ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST & FORBES

Nice things, kids included. A designer's step-by-step toolkits for homes with actual kids in them.

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As Seen In

ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST · HOMES & GARDENS · FORBES · REAL SIMPLE · BETTER HOMES & GARDENS · BUSINESS OF HOME

The Tools

Step-by-step interior design fillable workbooks and interactive project manager spreadsheets — from an Architectural Digest–featured designer and parent.

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“This is the Big Little Feelings of Interior Design”

“A real interior design manual built for parents — not an organizing guide, not a cleaning method.”

— Gabrielle, verified buyer

Which one is you?

The Family-Proof Method, behind every toolkit

Not theory. It's the exact Family-Proof Method run in 100+ family homes over 15+ years, built into a fillable workbook that decides what to buy and an interactive project manager that remembers everything after.

A designer's decisions, in order, built for families: with me in the room, on screen, or on your own with the toolkit.

  • Family home designed by A Design Lifestyle

    100+

    Happy Homes

  • Design project in progress by A Design Lifestyle

    15+

    Years of Projects

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    Proven Method

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OUR TRANSPARENCY STANDARD

The Family-Proof Method

Every recommendation in every toolkit answers four questions: Is it safe for kids? Is it washable? How many years will it last? What does it cost per year? Most design advice skips straight to "buy this." Your design friend doesn't.

“This is the only resource I've found that actually balances a beautiful aesthetic with the reality of family life, and it completely cured my decision fatigue by doing all the research for us.”

— Verified buyer, The Renovation Standard Toolkit

Jacqueline Norrise, interior designer

From your Design Friend

Hi — it's me.

I'm Jackie — an Architectural Digest–featured interior designer with a BFA in Interior Architecture & Design from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, a parent, and your design friend. After 15+ years of projects and 100+ family homes, I kept hearing the same thing: "I have kids — I can't have a nice home." As if family design has to mean cheap and disposable. It doesn't.

Somebody should design homes for actual families. So I did. No judgment — I get it, I'm a parent too.

Meet Jackie

From families using the toolkits

Gabrielle

"The budget tool is worth the price alone. Typed in one number and it told me what to spend in every single room. Showed my husband and for the first time we were looking at the same plan. No more midnight tabs spiral."

Bri

"This workbook removes the barrier to entry for me, someone who doesn't know design lingo or come from that world. The price ranges gave me shopping context I've never had. … This guide simplified for me what I needed to actually make positive changes in my home, one room at a time."

THE PROMISE

30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

Designer-tested in 100+ family homes. Kid-friendly answers tonight — or your money back.

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The School Morning Reset

The entryway that gets everyone out the door, plus the Evening Reset that makes tomorrow easier tonight. At your own pace. I got you.

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START WHEREVER YOU ARE

Turn a hectic lifestyle into a design lifestyle.

Built by a designer who lives it. Start tonight.

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