Welcome to the Aeroview Journal, where interior design takes flight. This is your go-to destination for expert insights, project spotlights, luxury lifestyle tips, and all things aviation-inspired. Whether you're building a custom hangar home, designing a post-flight retreat, or just love exploring beautifully curated spaces, you’ll find fresh ideas and inspiration here.
We believe great design should be functional, personal, and completely unforgettable—just like your time in the sky.
What Happens After Your Hangar Home Floorplan Is Finalized?
Your hangar home floorplan is finalized, but the design process is far from over. From custom cabinetry and lighting to material selections, detailed elevations, and 3D visualizations, the next phase is where your home begins to take shape. Go behind the scenes of Aeroview's design process and discover how thoughtful interior design transforms architectural plans into spaces that look beautiful, function effortlessly, and reflect the way you live and fly.
What Makes a Great Pilot Lounge? Design Considerations for FBO Operators
What makes a great pilot lounge? It's more than comfortable seating and updated finishes. For FBO operators, thoughtful lounge design means understanding how pilots actually use the space, from relaxing after a flight to working between departures. Explore seven important design considerations, including privacy, lighting, acoustics, amenities, durability, budgeting, and early collaboration with the architectural team.
The Future of Aviation Spaces: What I Saw at NBAA-BACE 2026
What does the future of aviation design look like beyond the airplane? After attending NBAA-BACE 2026, I'm sharing my biggest takeaways on hangar home design, FBO interiors, pilot lounges, and why bringing more warmth, character, and thoughtful collaboration to aviation spaces matters.
Beyond the Airplane: Designing the Spaces That Shape the Aviation Lifestyle
The aviation lifestyle extends far beyond the airplane. From hangar homes and personal hangars to pilot lounges and FBO interiors, the spaces surrounding aviation influence how pilots, passengers, and families experience life on the ground. As Aeroview Design Co. attends NBAA-BACE 2026, we're exploring why thoughtful planning and interior design matter just as much after the airplane lands.
7 Hangar Home Floorplan Mistakes to Avoid Before You Build
A hangar home floorplan can look beautiful on paper and still create everyday frustrations once you're living in it. From designing around the wrong property assumptions to overlooking airplane access, storage, entertaining, and the connection between the garage and kitchen, these seven mistakes can affect how your entire aviation residence functions. Here's what to consider before finalizing your plans and beginning construction.
7 Features That Make a Hangar Home Feel Truly Luxurious
What makes a hangar home feel truly luxurious? It isn't simply expensive finishes or more amenities. From the transition between the residence and hangar to airplane views, entertaining, outdoor living, storage, lighting, acoustics, and the floorplan itself, these seven features can make aviation living feel more effortless every day.
You Bought an Airpark Lot. Now What?
You bought the airpark lot. Now what? Before jumping into a floorplan, there are important decisions to make about the property, airplane, hangar, lifestyle, outdoor spaces, and project team. Here's how to move from an empty airpark lot to a clear plan for a hangar home designed around the way you actually live and fly.
7 Things to Decide Before You Start Your Hangar Home Floorplan
A great hangar home floorplan shouldn't begin with a list of rooms. It should begin with understanding the airplane, property, lifestyle, views, outdoor living, entertaining needs, and the future you're designing for. Before you start moving walls around on paper, here are seven decisions that can help shape a hangar home around the way you actually live and fly.
Interior Designer vs. Architect: Who Do You Need for a Hangar Home?
If you're planning a hangar home, should you call an architect or an interior designer first? The answer isn't necessarily one or the other. Each brings a different kind of expertise to the project, and involving the right team before the floor plan is finalized can make a significant difference. Here's how the roles work together and when to bring each professional into your hangar home project.
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