Design a French style master bedroom suite in a Colonial style home? Convention would dictate a New England style interior if you’re renovating a New England Style home, or perhaps today’s mid-century modern look with it’s rooms stripped of detail. On the other hand, “Why not French?” So many clients tell us, “We love to...
You’d think creating a small kitchen design would be easy. What do you need, really? A small fridge, range, dishwasher, microwave and some upper and lower cabinets. Declare victory and move on. Not so fast my friend. In reality, it couldn’t be farther from the truth. You see, you can cheat when you have a...
I was reminded of the effort it takes to create timeless design as a big stack of great design ideas fell on the floor while I was emptying the DXV Design Panel plan file drawer in preparation for our move from Salem to Northborough. Sketch after sketch, doodle after doodle, lay there staring up at...
Between 2007 and 2012, designing and executing a Designer Show House was a Wilson Kelsey Design staple as Sally and I shifted our practice from commercial/corporate interior design to residential interior design. Having transitioned out of commercial interior design around 2005, at the time we saw participation in show houses a great vehicle to showcase our...
Sally and I always enjoy our summer snackies and sippers on the side porch or on our circular brick patio in the back yard. In the summer, it is one of our favorite evening time rituals as we relax before dinner. Sally and I took this past July 4th week off, thoroughly enjoying several days...
Kitchen storage – it’s always a hot button when Sally and I work on a kitchen design with a client. They all seem to be storage obsessed. Terrified that there might not be enough storage for all their stuff… KITCHEN STORAGE : CASE STUDY 1 We first encountered this behavior when we worked on a...
Sally and I covered some of the hidden costs of construction in our most recent post about our bathroom renovation. In that post we discussed why you need a contingency budget, which is intended to protect you from two major sources of hidden renovation or construction costs. Unforeseen conditions Scope creep There are other hidden...
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...
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...
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...