Zulu Shack, Author at Wolfe-Rizor Interiors

The Latest from Wolfe-Rizor… A Winter Park Spec Home Success

October 15, 2017
Zulu Shack
The WRI Life
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We always enjoy partnering with local builders to create spec homes. If you’re wondering what that is, it’s when a builder buys a piece of land and designs and builds a home without a buyer, then markets the home for sale. Our longtime partner Builder Darryl Hall with Michael Charles Homes retained our services to […]

Save your Summer Memories: Elegant Ways to Display Family Photos

We hope you had a summer full of travel, adventure, sunshine and happy times spent with family. Now that the kids are back in school, you might have a bit more free time to focus on design projects at home. It’s a great time to think about preserving and displaying memories to carry the summertime […]

Conversation Pieces, Volume Two

The dialogue continues between Abigail Rizor and her longtime client Betsy Pokorny, at the Winter Park home that they recently collaborated in creating. After fifteen years together, they tend to finish one another’s sentences, and their conversation reveals a lot about how the Wolfe-Rizor aesthetic and design process has evolved over time. Q: Well, I […]

Conversation Pieces, Volume One

We sat down with Betsy Pokorny, a longtime client of Wolfe-Rizor, and Abby Rizor to talk about their ongoing partnership. Betsy and Abby have created three homes together over the last fifteen years. Betsy’s needs have changed- from working around small children to now a house full of teenagers, and styles have changed, but the […]

Should I Stay or Should I Go? All About Bringing Furniture Along When Building New

We all have those treasured pieces, whether they were inherited, purchased on a special trip, or just imbued with meaning from many years of memories. You know, those things that just make you happy when you see them, that you hope will always be a part of your life. For our long-term clients Betsy and […]

Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing, Maybe?

“In an age when everyone is striving for authenticity, is being real always the best way to go? Not necessarily when it comes to renovation.” -Abigail Rizor, Principal, Wolfe-Rizor Interiors We often have the pleasure of working with clients to renovate historic homes in Florida communities like Winter Park and downtown Orlando. The architectural details […]

The Great Outdoors

One of the great privileges of living in Florida is our ability to enjoy outdoor spaces all year round. When our clients commission us to design their homes, we always integrate the indoors and outdoors to make the environment flow. Inside, it begins with maximizing views, keeping the window treatments minimal and not blocking windows […]

The Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival is Almost Here… Our Favorite Time of Year!

Only two weeks until the Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival! The Winter Park Art Festival has always been a huge deal to the Wolfe Family. Growing up here, we always looked so forward to the event. Back in the day they used to have things like custom made leather sandals and funnel cakes, but today it has turned into a nationally acclaimed art event.

How to Infuse Inspiration from Travel into your Home…Without Turning it into an Olive Garden!

February 22, 2017
Zulu Shack
The WRI Life
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Overseas travel informs our design aesthetic here at Wolfe-Rizor, and we love incorporating one-of-a-kind treasures that our clients bring back from their journeys. A bold painting purchased from a street artist in Montmartre, a steel sculpture from an Athens flea market, an embroidered tapestry from Marrakesh… bringing these into the home is a perfect way to remember an amazing trip and to add unique flavor to your environment.

Romance is in the Air: 4 Ways To Create Space for Romance in your Home

February 1, 2017
Zulu Shack
The WRI Life
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With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we’ve been giving some thought to making a special place in our home as a couple’s getaway. There are the classic Valentine’s Day décor ideas like covering the ceiling with balloons or scattering red rose petals on the floor, and a quick Pinterest search yields lots of cheesy, […]