Jessica helgerson

We kept the footprint of this house in Brooklyn’s Manhattan Beach neighborhood but otherwise reimagined it from the ground up. Our clients loved French design, but a step closer to home felt better to us, and in the end we settled on drawing our inspiration from the French Quarter (of New Orleans) instead. ...

A full remodel of a beautiful old house in our clients’ home town of Iowa City. This small city is home to the famed Iowa Writers Workshop as well as Prairie Lights - one of the best independently owned bookstores in the country. In addition to its deep literary roots it is also home to iconic American pain...

There's plenty you can do when renovating a brownstone in a New York City historic district, but you need to navigate layers of approval by the city's Landmark Preservation Commission. Leading architects weigh in on what's possible and what's probably off-limits, and even what might not be worth the effort.

We kept the footprint of this house in Brooklyn’s Manhattan Beach neighborhood but otherwise reimagined it from the ground up. Our clients loved French design, but a step closer to home felt better to us, and in the end we settled on drawing our inspiration from the French Quarter (of New Orleans) instead. ...

Jessica Helgerson and her husband, architect Yianni Doulis, have designed a beautful simple American farmhouse on Sauvie Island

This collection of beautifully calm cottage interiors will inspire ideas for lovely color stories, texture, and character.

French Quarter inspired Brooklyn House

We kept the footprint of this house in Brooklyn’s Manhattan Beach neighborhood but otherwise reimagined it from the ground up. Our clients loved French design, but a step closer to home felt better to us, and in the end we settled on drawing our inspiration from the French Quarter (of New Orleans) instead. ...