Before & After: A Designer Turns Her Tiny Guest Cottage Into a Lab for Big Ideas

Ginger Curtis shows that good things do come in small packages—even in Texas.

Ginger Curtis will never forget where she started. The interior designer launched her studio, Urbanology Designs, in 2015 after surviving cancer. In the ensuing years, she’s grown the firm, now based in North Richland Hills, Texas; fielded projects nationwide; been a finalist on HGTV’s Faces of Design and Design Star; and wrote a book. But it all began with a backyard shed.

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Melissa Dalton
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Melissa Dalton is a freelance writer in Portland, Oregon, who has been writing for Dwell since 2017. Read more of her work about design and architecture at melissadalton.net.