After creating six homes together, it’s safe to say that interior designer Maggie Jewell of MKS Designs and her long-time client are perfectly in sync with each other’s styles. Their most recent endeavor, a jewel box of a home nestled in the charming St. Louis neighborhood of Glendale, looks like a colorful dream come to life. The homeowner, a St. Louis resident of 27 years, had recently relocated to Florida to enjoy life on the coast. But when her daughter married, settled down in Glendale and was awaiting her first child, this grandmother-to-be had a change of heart.

When her client wanted a space distinct from the other rooms inside the home, Emily Hall decided to do something a little more unexpected. Emily, principal designer and owner at Emily Hall Interiors, chose vivid colors for this cocktail room, a grand departure from the house’s other mostly white and black interiors.

Anna Bukhshtaber has loved fashion and design for as long as she can remember. As a little girl, she would cut clippings from interior design and fashion magazines to make her own mood boards. She filled her journals with current style trends, and her search for inspiration was insatiable. Fast forward to winter 2021, when Anna’s childhood mood boards finally came to life via a stunning new home she created from her well-studied design vision.

“I might have put a band-aid on it if it had just been me,” the owner of this Town and Country home says of recent renovations. Emerging from a divorce, the owner had already been thinking that her beloved 1990s traditionally styled home could use some updating. When she entered into a new relationship that seemed destined for the long haul, the couple contemplated where they’d join households: his or hers? “He had a beautiful home he’d just renovated, but I was much more attached to my home,” says the owner, who’s lived in the house for over 20 years.

When designer Julie Reinecke and her husband, Pete, found their dream home, it had been on the market for well over a year. But, where most prospective buyers saw problems, Julie saw potential. An interior designer for more than 20 years, she discovered at an early age her inherent flair for completely changing the look of a room. Today, she is widely recognized for a distinctive signature style that blends the old with the new, the refined with the eclectic and unexpected materials with objects that are deeply meaningful to her clients.

Half of the dynamic duo who own this Chesterfield villa had previously owned a Eureka home so well-appointed, it graced the pages of this magazine in 2009. Working with interior designer Ellen Wortham of JE Design Group, the businessman and guitarist had created a home with character and personality, one that combined his appreciation for vintage furnishings and décor with his long standing passion for music and guitars in perfect harmony. The gentleman and lifelong bachelor was very happy in Eureka, until a high school classmate glided back into his life.