Our Story
A Husband-and-Wife Art & Design Studio in Kansas City
JDID is Jamie and Dougie Martinson: a husband and wife team creating homes, art, and one-of-a-kind spaces together in Kansas City. She is the artist and the designer. He is the strategy, the technology, and the follow-through. Every project gets both of us.
How It Started
It started with our own home.
JDID began in our own living room. Before we ever had a studio name, we had a house that needed love and a family of five living inside it. So we rolled up our sleeves and started transforming it ourselves: one room, one mural, one weekend at a time.
Along the way we learned a hard lesson: not everyone who works on your home treats it like a home. We hired help that let us down, and we felt what it is like to live inside work that was not done right. That experience became our standard. If it is not good enough for the house our three kids grow up in, it is not good enough for yours.
Somewhere along the way, neighbors started asking who painted our rooms and where the ideas came from. Friends of friends started calling. And we realized our community deserves this too.
And here is the honest part: our own home is still a work in progress, and we would not have it any other way. We share the journey room by room on TikTok at @jdid_studio, so you can watch the process, not just the reveal, and come along with us.
We live in the work we design. Now we bring it to the homes around us.
Jamie & Dougie
Meet the Artist
Jamie Martinson
Founder & Principal Designer • Painter
Hi, I’m Jamie, the artist, interior designer, and creative mind behind JDID. With a background in fine art and a lifelong love for interiors, I’m happiest when I’m painting, collecting one-of-a-kind thrifted finds, or transforming a space into something completely personal.
My style is collected, colorful, a little unexpected, and never too perfect. I believe the best homes are filled with personality, meaningful pieces, and things that tell your story, not whatever happens to be trending.
Right now you will usually find me with a brush in hand somewhere in our own house, because it is still very much a work in progress. I share it all as it happens on TikTok, the messy middles included.
Whether I’m creating a custom painting or helping bring an entire room together, my goal is always the same: to make something that feels uniquely and unapologetically you.
Jamie
The Strategist
Dougie Martinson
Founder & Owner • Data, Brand & Operations
Hi, I’m Dougie, Jamie’s husband and the other half of JDID. My background is in data and analytics, and at JDID I put that same brain to work behind the scenes: the brand, the website, the numbers, and the AI tools that help our studio run like one twice its size.
I handle the business and operations side of the studio so Jamie can stay where the magic happens: at the easel and in your home. I’m the one reading the data, answering the emails, and making sure every project runs on time and on budget.
Jamie brings the vision. I make sure it gets delivered.
Dougie
