Meet Steve & Amanda
Meet Steve & Amanda Steve Kemp, Principal Architect at J. Steven Kemp Architect About Steve “This is the year I get to pull back the curtain on what I do. It’s an exciting time for us.” With twenty-five years of experience at the drawing board behind him, Steve is experiencing the most enthralling […]
The Birth of “Inhabit Your Story”
This is a lightning whelk: humble mollusk, and expert at inhabiting its story. This creature spends its entire life fused to its shell. It is born with it. It grows with it. Its lines and layers store the dynamic memories of a simple life. And when its life here is finished, it leaves behind […]
What does it mean to inhabit your story?
What does it mean to inhabit your story? At its root, “Inhabit your story” simply means to curate the experience of your home to reflect your story. It sounds so ordinary, to write it here. But, we can’t overstate what a pivotal shift those words have meant for us – and what a […]
Challenge the status quo
Inhabit Your Story “From the very beginning, I knew something was missing,” architect J. Steven Kemp begins, as he recounts his early years at the drawing board. “It was like chasing the shadow of something. I knew it was there, dimly, and I kept trying to capture it. To bring it into the light.” This […]
2021: Reconnect to a “sense” of home
2021: Reconnect to “sense” of home It has been nearly 12 months since many Americans all over the country found themselves sequestered in their homes. In 2020 our perception of “home” was reset. As startling as that was initially, we were astounded by how we were unexpectedly – and maybe increasingly – reminded of […]