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Wall Décor Tips & Ideas

September 22, 2020
Zulu Shack
The WRI Life
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Wall decor is usually not a priority when decorating a house. Most people focus on the ground up: furniture, counters, shelves and then wall décor. This is an ‘okay approach’ to home decorating but a good interior designer doesn’t neglect the walls and keeps the walls in mind from the very start! One of the […]

Interior Design Concept Development

September 8, 2018
Zulu Shack
The WRI Life
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What is an Interior Design Concept? An interior design concept is the central theme that all the design elements are focused upon. It exists as an idea first and is brought to reality through careful planning. At its best, an interior design concept is a visual theme that evokes a specific mood by strategically using […]

Interior Design in Winter Park

Our homes are an extension of ourselves – where we create memories, where we host parties, where we celebrate our most important holidays. The way we decorate our home says a lot about who we are. In fact, it’s been proven that home décor and interior design affects our mood and our relationships with family […]

An Interview with Hattie Wolfe. Part 1: How it all Began

December 12, 2017
Zulu Shack
The WRI Life
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This month, we have a very special treat for you! We sat down with a Winter Park legend, Wolfe-Rizor principal Hattie Wolfe. Back in the 1960’s she owned the Hattie’s clothing stores in Orlando and Winter Park before joining her daughter Abby Rizor to found Wolfe-Rizor Interiors. Q: So, how did you end up as […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

Stop and Smell the Roses

Take a look at interior design photos in magazines, Pinterest, Houzz, and anywhere else you draw inspiration and you’ll notice one thing that pretty much every image has in common: fresh florals. As far as Wolfe-Rizor is concerned, nothing finishes off a space like fresh flowers…whether it’s cut flowers from a local grocery store tossed in […]