This Giant Life
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Founder · This Giant Life Design Co.

Susie Kuc, design coach

I help homeowners with too many ideas figure out what to do first,
so their home supports the life they actually want to live.

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Susie Kuc, design coach, standing at the open blue front door of her farmhouse in Sunderland, Massachusetts.

Quick facts

Name
Susie Kuc (older posts say Susan Kuc)
What I do
Virtual design coaching for homeowners, anywhere
Company
This Giant Life Design Co., based in Sunderland, Massachusetts
Known for
The Two-Design Remix™ Method: a budget version, a dream version, and the remix of the two that fits your real house and real budget
Training
Bachelor's degree in Construction Science
Experience
150+ kitchens and 50+ bathrooms designed professionally. On remodel job sites since age fourteen, beside my father, a master carpenter. I draft my own 3D renderings in Chief Architect.
Before this
Susie Home Designs (Houzz reviews back to 2013), and the This Giant Life blog (since 2019)

What I'm known for

The Two-Design Remix™ Method

Most people come to me with a list.

A long one.
The kitchen, the mudroom, the bathroom nobody likes,
the room that's been "the junk room" for six years.

They don't need more ideas.
They need to know what to do first.

So I use the same process every time.

Version one

The budget version

The practical plan. Mostly what you already have. Move it, paint it, use it differently.

Version two

The dream version

No limits. This is where we find out what you actually want, not what you think you're allowed to want.

The answer

The remix

The two, blended into one plan that fits your house, your family, and your budget. Sometimes it leans budget. Sometimes it leans dream. There's always a third option in there.

Once you've seen all three,
you stop guessing.
And you stop second-guessing.

The method lives inside Remix Clarity™, my done-for-you plan, and it's the backbone of everything I teach.

Susie Kuc at her kitchen table with a coffee mug and a sketchbook of floor plans.

How I got here

Three houses. Same lesson.

I'm 6 feet tall. My husband Mitch is 6'5".
Our first house was 800 square feet and built in 1920.

The king bed fit on one wall.
The bathroom gave you eighteen inches between the shower and the toilet.

I knew there was a way to live in it well.
I just couldn't figure out the steps.
And I thought something was wrong with me.

There wasn't anything wrong with me.
That house was built in 1920.

The next house was bigger, the "dream" house.
It overwhelmed me even more.
More space didn't fix it. A plan did.

Then came our third house, a historic farmhouse in Sunderland that's now The Giant Life House, an Airbnb for big groups. I designed it room by room on a really, really thin budget. The constraints made the decisions easier, not harder.

It was never about size or money.

I didn't grow up in homes that felt safe.
Everything I know about home I learned on purpose,
first as the "demo girl" on my dad's remodels,
then through a degree in Construction Science,
then through hundreds of real rooms.

That's why I can walk you through it step by step.
I've had to learn every step myself.

Today I homeschool our two kids,
we live half the year in a fifth wheel,
and there's a Great Dane involved.
It's a giant life. On purpose.

What homeowners say

"Solutions we never would have thought of."

"Our living room is an odd shape, with no real walls to mount a TV, so we struggled to design a fully functional space for years before working with Susie. She quickly found a solution we would have never been able to come up with on our own. We love our living room!"

Cassie Parks
Founder, Buckets of Money Budget · Denver, CO

"Susie helped us sort through all our ideas and figure out what to do first versus later without blowing the budget. She came up with solutions we never would have thought of, and it made everything feel much more doable."

Lexie M.
Sunderland, MA

"Susie helped us get unstuck and create a plan that actually fit our budget. The changes she suggested helped us move forward with confidence because we finally knew what to do next."

Jamie M.
Sunderland, MA

"We had lots of ideas but weren't sure what would actually work best for our home and budget. Susie helped us look at different options, understand the tradeoffs, and create a plan that felt both practical and achievable. We left feeling confident about our decisions instead of second-guessing them."

Jen M.
Amherst, MA

"Susie helped us narrow down a direction quickly by showing us multiple options and explaining the tradeoffs. It saved time, reduced second-guessing, and helped us move forward with a plan we felt really good about."

Megan Healey
Greenfield, MA

Two rooms, two wrong questions

The Impossible Layout

Cassie asked where the TV should go in a living room with no real walls. The real question was how to get a TV and keep the view through to the kitchen. Once the question changed, the room solved itself. I never saw it in person. Everything happened from photos.

Too Many Projects, One Budget

Lexie asked what a basement build-out would cost. The real question was why the laundry lived in the hallway. The remix turned a nook into a real laundry room, turned the hallway into a family snack bar, and covered most of the list without building the basement. She started with the laundry.

Ways to work with me

Start where you are.

Get Unstuck

Free

A five-day email series. List everything, find the low-hanging fruit, then pick the one room to start with.

Get the free series

Remix Clarity™

$444

Send photos of your real rooms. About a week later you get one plan: what to do first, what can wait, and what it'll cost. Budget, dream, and remix versions, a priority roadmap, and a video walkthrough.

See Remix Clarity™

One-on-one design

For bigger projects

Measured plans and custom 3D renderings, with me alongside you.

Say hello

Questions

Questions people ask about me

Is Susie Kuc an interior designer?

I'm a design coach. I trained in Construction Science and have designed kitchens and baths professionally, but I don't decorate at you. I help you find your answer and make the plan.

Where is Susie Kuc based?

Sunderland, Massachusetts. My design work is virtual, so I work with homeowners anywhere.

Do you come to my house?

No. Everything happens from your photos, measurements, and a questionnaire.

What is the Two-Design Remix™ Method?

My process for every room: a budget version, a dream version, and a remix of the two that fits your real house and budget.

What's the difference between Remix Clarity™ and the Two-Design Remix™ Method?

The method is the process. Remix Clarity™ is the plan I make for you using it.

Are Susie Home Designs and the This Giant Life blog you too?

Yes. Susie Home Designs was my earlier design business (its Houzz reviews go back to 2013), and I've written This Giant Life since 2019, including our One Room Challenge bathroom. Older posts are bylined Susan Kuc.

Do you do the construction?

No, I'm the design side. My husband, Mitch Kuc, runs a handyman service in Western Massachusetts only.

Find me elsewhere

Instagram · Facebook · Houzz · The Giant Life House

Your home should support the life you actually want to live.

With heart,
Susie

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