We’ve been included in Ocean Home magazine’s 2017 Top 50 Coastal Interior Designers list! Originally, this post was to celebrate the 8 page spread about our Prides Crossing project in the February/March 2017 issue of Ocean Home magazine. (The digital link can be found here.) We are so appreciative of editor Andrew Conway coming to our house and spending two hours...
A few weeks ago I fulfilled a long held ambition – I went to New York and made an appointment to see the gorgeous showroom of the luxury hardware giant, P.E. Guerin. I’ve wanted to do this for years! Finally, I made it to the luxury hardware mecca. I wasn’t disappointed. You may know, from...
Sally and I frequently receive calls from home owners who tell us they have purchased a newer home based on location, school system and or look of the home’s exterior, etc., but they don’t like the interior architectural detailing and decor. As one client related, “The interior has no gravitas.” And they ask us, “Can you help us...
Inspired by Ocean Home magazine’s recent inclusion of Wilson Kelsey Design in their 2016 Top 50 Interior Designers list, we decided to enter Traditional Home magazine’s New Talent Search. Preparing the entry was much harder than I expected, particularly selecting 10 images that visually tell the story of our firm. It was much like answering the question we ask of ourselves when designing a project...
The holiday break is over, the new year has begun and we’re back at it at the WKD Ranch. I have projects going into construction and new ones on the boards. Sally has completed designing several little and one large decorative gems and has new ones in the works. The year is starting off well....
Last spring, Sally and I prepared and video taped a 90 minute presentation about French Style based on our trips to Paris that we presented as part of Boston Design Week. The premise was to share our knowledge and what we have learned about how to create French Style in Your Home. The presentation was broken down...
Header photo by Eric Roth I’ve found another favorite – A Sense of Place Houses of Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod. In the WKD library, it’s tucked right next to Axel Vervoordt’s Timeless Interiors. Both books speak the same language. Mark Hutker, founder of Hutker Architects, has been practicing architecture on the Cape, Martha’s Vineyard...
Toady was a day I’d been looking forward to for some time, and I admit, with a mix of anxiety, anticipation and excitement. Back in September, a client asked if WKD could design a hidden door for them. (You can see the preliminary design proposals in a previous blog post here.) I knew I had...
The answer to that childhood riddle was, “When it’s ajar.” Now it’s so much more. It seems that more and more, Sally and I are being asked by our clients to design little gems or architectural jewel boxes. The scale can vary from multiple rooms to highly customized projects within a room – such as the concealed/hidden...
This weekend Sally and I (with the good help of our son Drew) performed one of our Fall rituals – dismantling and saying goodbye to our screened porch until next spring. If I’d had my druthers, I’d have spent the weekend at the Kemble Inn in Lenox. Leisurely exploring the grounds. Appreciating the fall flowers. And savoring the fall foliage...