Ginger Curtis had just given birth to her fifth child when she found a lump.
“I was diagnosed with a very aggressive cancer. I went through 18 months of chemo, and as I was finishing and could start to think clearly again, I gut-remodeled my house and created a sanctuary,” she says. “You shouldn’t have to fight for your life in order for your home to be healing and nurturing. And I thought, ‘I’m going to do this for other people.’ I felt like I’d been given a gift.”
That was 13 years ago. Now, Curtis is the award-winning owner and principal designer of Urbanology Designs in North Richland Hills, Texas, in the Dallas–Forth Worth area. She’s also the innovator behind the Urbanology Cottage, a design-forward boutique getaway in Weatherford, Texas, about half an hour from Fort Worth.