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Before & After

Our Before and After Home Renovation We are diving into a first-floor design refresh project of our forever home. As I went back to share the “before-before” pictures with you, I realized I had never blogged about the initial renovation we completed 8 years ago. At the time, I was working for a commercial interiors […]

Before and After Home Renovation: How Our Style Evolved

Design Tips

After undergoing a massive renovation seven years ago, we haven’t purchased new furnishings for any space. This led to me deciding to dive into The MMDH Furnishing Method for my own home.

An Interior Designer’s True Feelings About Her Home

Design Tips

There are a few key design tips that will organically ramp up your home in ways you may not even feel possible… let’s review.

6 Quick Ways To Ramp Up Your Home Design

Design Tips

Creating a home that feels cohesive and personal doesn’t have to be overwhelming. In this blog, we walk you through the process of designing a cozy and functional space that reflects your personality, with tips on how to layer your favorite elements room by room.

How to Create a Cohesive and Personalized Home

Design Tips

We’re offering up designer insights for your home design journey… one FREE guide at a time. Yep, we have now dedicated a page of our website to FREE Interior Design Guides for Your Home!

Free Interior Design Guides For Your Home

Design Tips

Welcome to the final stretch and quite possibly the most enlightening of our Top 20 List series.

The Key to Maintaining Your Thoughtfully Designed Home

this is a collage of images from Amazon. There are is a white lamp, stripped entryway rug, a door mat that says hello, a jewelry box, a box, a geometric patterned fireplace cover, a colorful floral pillow, black candle sticks, and blue candles
Must Haves

We’re super excited to round up this month’s must-haves from our Amazon storefront We love pulling together items to make furnishing your home simpler. Take a peek!

MMDH Monthly Must Haves – May

colorful living room
Design Tips

Does your home design feel complete? I promise, if you set out to purge through the excess and follow steps #1 through #6 on my list, you will feel an immediate sense of peace. 

3 Tips for Designing A Home That You Can Be Proud Of

Design Tips

How To Make Every Room In Your Home Serve A Purpose And Function To It’s Fullest

3 Quick Tips To Make Your Home More Functional

Design Tips

Tips to Help You Take Control of Your Home and Create A Space You Love.

6 Simple Steps to Make Your Home Your Happy Place

Like cozy fuzzy slippers on your feet after a long day.


After over a decade in the commercial interiors industry, I started MMDH to help homeowners curate a well-designed space you can’t wait to get home to and spend time in. 




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Melissa Mahoney Design House


(around here, we go by MMDH for short)


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