Our designs take us many places, but the team at Thoma-Holec Design has to admit that Tockwotton on the Waterfront in Providence, Rhode Island was one of our favorites. Every common area within Tockwotton has an incredible view of something wonderful! The Seekonk River, a heavily wooded area, a city view of Providence, or the ...
Read moreThoma-Holec Design receives the prestigious 2012 ASID AWARDS “Best of Show” honor for their entry in the Senior Living Community category! Saturday evening, August 11th marked the Annual American Society of Interior Designers 2012 DESIGN EXCELLENCE AWARDS GALA hosted at the historic Arizona Biltmore. Fifty-six citations were awarded from nineteen different categories. The event was ...
Read moreFacelifts, Makeovers, and Hitting the Demographic …or how thoughtful design can help reposition your community! Designed in 2006 as an independent living community, McDowell Village was entirely purpose-built against a list of objectives requested by the management company charged with its operation. When the building changed ownership in 2009, a portion of the community was ...
Read moreFour Crucial Reasons Your Community Needs Boomer-Appeal, NOW! You’re undoubtedly aware that earlier this year Boomers began turning age 65 at a rate of about 10,000 per day, a pace that will continue for about 20 years. Many of them will eventually become residents of senior living communities. That equates to a long-term growth opportunity ...
Read moreWe were very honored Saturday, August 13, 2011, at the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Arizona North Chapter Annual Awards Dinner. First place in the Senior Living category was awarded to Principal LuAnn Thoma-Holec, ASID, for senior living interior design of the independent living bistro at MorningStar Senior Living’s Dayton Place community located in ...
Read moreEAST PROVIDENCE, RI - More than 100 people gathered on Waterfront Drive Friday morning, June 24, for a ground breaking ceremony at Tockwotton on the Waterfront. The 137,754 square foot, five story structure is the first to be located south of Interstate 195 within the East Providence Waterfront District. The $52.3 million project will be ...
Read moreWe are pleased to announce several strategic changes that we’ve implemented over the past several months to better serve clients and meet the growing demand for our unique, highly specialized senior living interior design service. Moved to New, Larger Design Studio Thoma-Holec Design has moved into a new, larger 4,200 SF space in Mesa, Arizona. ...
Read moreDayton Place in Denver, is featured in the December/January 2011 issue. Before opening Thoma-Holec Design, LLC in Gold Canyon, Arizona in 2006, interior designer LuAnn Thoma-Holec spent many years doing model home merchandising. “I helped sell a lot of homes, and made a lot of builders wealthy,” she reflects. In 1996, working as vice-president of a large interior firm’s model ...
Read morePictures are worth more than a thousand words! And… as you know, it can take more than a thousand words to accurately describe the furnishings, colors, textures, style, and mood of an interior space. Photo realistic images take away the uncertainties that clients or residents may have about a project. A 3-D photo realistic rendering ...
Read morewith immense gratitude! As we near the end of another year, we at Thoma-Holec Design want to express our sincere gratitude to our loyal clients. This year has been difficult for many, but we have been blessed to be working in an industry that is growing and expanding, an industry that continues to research ...
Read moreRemodeling or repositioning a community is always a challenge. Just the process is difficult, time consuming and often surprising. You may assume that the wall that you want removed is nonbearing, but then as the demolition begins, a support column is discovered. That electrical or plumbing should not be located there, but yet, it ...
Read moreLuAnn Thoma-Holec was featured in a McKnights Long Term Care News article about TV lounges and how they have become the focal point of long-term care facilities. Reporter John Andrews explains how the furniture, color schemes, and amenities are important to creating a homelike feeling. LuAnn provides advice for creating different theater-like atmospheres for memory ...
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