This past weekend I spent time revisiting and remembering one of our favorite projects, the renovation of the Forster – Leach House an 1804 Federal Period home in Manchester, MA, whose design is attributed to well known Salem architect, Samuel McIntire. Sally and I have been decluttering and cleaning the office because in the next...
Renovation projects. They’re never ending. It’s home ownership’s dirty secret. The one no one ever tells you about – until after you’ve purchased your first home. Sally and I are in the process of selling our home and doing the downsizing thing this summer. Going thru photograph albums of the work we’ve done on the...
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...
Today, besides saying thank you, Sally and I want to share with all of you the beautiful music we heard played on Steinway’s new SPIRIO digital concert grand piano at last Thursday’s luxury VIP event. The evening was a smashing success, and we were honored to have been invited to co-host this wonderful evening with...
Sally and I had a wonderful time late Saturday afternoon helping our client with the Manchester Historical Museum’s sponsored tour of their beautifully renovated 1804 Federal Period home, known at the Forster Leach House, shown below. Now, we are looking forward to next Saturday night and the 2017 Bulfinch Awards Presentation Ceremony and Dinner at...
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...
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...
As many of our friends know, our grandson’s name is Max. He is almost 2 , the light of our lives, and we know he will love watching our #BlogTourKBIS sponsor, Mohawk Flooring,’s MAX – the rhino, in action! Who is MAX the rhino? Max is the rhino Mohawk used in its promotional videos to demonstrate...
Share the Exceptional – and today, I will, as I share my two favorite new product intros from #BlogTourKBIS sponsor, Thermador! As many of you know, Sally and I recently returned from the 2017 National Kitchen and Bath Association’s wholesale tradeshow known as #KBIS2017, where I participated in #BlogTourKBIS, along with 24 of my fellow...
Happy New Year to each of you! Looking ahead to 2017, we are excited and thankful to have new design projects in house, from both repeat clients and new clients, while at the same time starting the year doing a bit of traveling so we can bring you, #DesignCognoscenti readers, inspiring, fresh new ideas for...