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    01.19.18 Architecture & Details / Cabinetry & Millwork / Thoughts on Design

    The Three Elements of a Successful Room Makeover

    Architecture & Details / Cabinetry & Millwork / Thoughts on Design
    Today I’d like to share with you three elements of a successful room makeover.  The room needing a makeover began as a sort of bonus room at the top of a flight of stairs, near second floor bedrooms, but with a wonderful view of horse pastures through a large set of windows. What our client...
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    01.05.18 Architecture & Details / Cabinetry & Millwork / Lifestyle / Thoughts on Design

    How to hide a flat screen TV above a fireplace.

    Architecture & Details / Cabinetry & Millwork / Lifestyle / Thoughts on Design
    One of our clients asked me recently, “How do I hide a flat screen TV above a fireplace?” Given the layout of their room, there were no other good options. TV’s are so thin, ubiquitous and beautifully designed these days, that now we can locate them over the fireplace without design guilt. Years ago, TV’s...
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    11.26.17 Architecture & Details / Bathroom Design / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Thoughts on Design

    The Story of #DXVDesignPanel 2018 and our Collaboration with DXV

    Architecture & Details / Bathroom Design / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Thoughts on Design
    Sally and I have been selected as one of four interior design firms from the US and Canada to be members of #DXVDesignPanel 2018 and will be posting periodic updates of our collaboration with DXV. Please follow us on our journey, starting here. Seriously, we are on Cloud Nine and are still wrapping our heads around...
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    08.15.17 Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design

    Our 7 Best Kitchen Planning Tips – Illustrated and Explained

    Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design
    I know what you’re thinking. “Argh!” Not another *Best Kitchen Planning Tips*  post!” But perhaps you’ve never seen an actual case study that shows you how an interior designer actually applies those tips to one of their own projects?  If that’s the case, read on, while I illustrate each of the 7 best kitchen planning...
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    06.20.17 Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Kitchen Design

    Room to Grow: Our Classic White Kitchen in Northshore Home Magazine

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    Sally and I are celebrating the arrival of summer (finally!) and the delightful story in Northshore Home magazine’s Summer 2017 issue about the classic white kitchen we designed for a young couple and their family in their newly purchased Colonial Revival style home in Newbury, MA. Previously, this couple lived on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, but chose to move to the country to...
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    05.06.17 Architecture & Details / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design

    The Collaborative Spirit: Our Family Friendly Kitchen In Design New England Magazine

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    This past Thursday, Sally and I went to Design New England Magazine’s May/June issue launch party, which featured the  family friendly kitchen we designed recently for a client in Milton. The well attended event was held at Lucia Lighting, one of our favorite lighting vendors on Boston’s North Shore. The video below is one I took at the event, showing Lucia...
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    04.18.17 Architecture & Details / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Historic Preservation / Interiors & Antiques / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design

    On Tour: An Historic 1804 Federal Home in Manchester By The Sea

    Architecture & Details / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Historic Preservation / Interiors & Antiques / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design
    This coming Saturday, April 22, the Manchester Historical Museum will be featuring a restored 1804 Federal home, the Forster Leach House, on a historic home tour. This beautiful home is one Sally and I helped the current owners lovingly restore and we were delighted when they asked us to assist them in the guided tour of...
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    04.03.17 Architecture & Details / Bathroom Design / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Historic Preservation / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design

    How to Hire a Qualified Contractor and Avoid a Renovation Disaster!

    Architecture & Details / Bathroom Design / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Historic Preservation / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design
    You can always find someone willing to tell you about their renovation disaster. How bad the contractor was. The sub-contractor leaving the job to grab a cup of coffee, only to return two or three weeks later. Worse yet, the story about the house being completely torn apart and the contractor disappearing with all the money! OY!!!! If you’re reading this, you may...
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    03.02.17 Architecture & Details / Bathroom Design / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Events & Happenings / Thoughts on Design

    How Hand Renderings Reveal the Story of Your Home

    Architecture & Details / Bathroom Design / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Events & Happenings / Thoughts on Design
    As an interior designer, seeing the face of a client light up when I show them hand renderings of the room or space Sally and I are working on with them is one of my greatest pleasures. At some point, they will look up and ask, “How do you do that?”  Better yet, “Can I keep this?” These are precious...
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    02.11.17 Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design

    Wellborn Cabinetry Inspires at #KBIS2017!

    Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design
      I am always happily surprised, delighted and inspired when something happens that triggers a connection between seemingly disparate thoughts and moments in time. Such was the case when I visited the display of #BlogTourKBIS sponsor Wellborn Cabinets during #KBIS2107.  The trigger was twofold. First was seeing a fabulous wine bar vignette,  (see the actual picture of...
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