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    09.17.20 Architecture & Details / Bathroom Design / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Historic Preservation / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design

    50 Years of Interior Design – I Celebrate and Reflect on Turning 70

    Architecture & Details / Bathroom Design / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Historic Preservation / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design
    50 years of interior design, it hardly seems possible. Yet here I am, my wife and business partner Sally by my side. I invite you to join me as I look back and celebrate our years together. We each took different paths along the way to our careers in the business. Sally was living in...
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    08.15.20 Architecture & Details / Bathroom Design / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design

    How to Design Modern Traditional Trim    

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    Is it possible to design great looking modern traditional trim using classical proportions and guidelines?  The short answer is yes. As it turns out, the long answer will take several posts.(As I prepared this post it became clear I could create so much content in response to my question I needed to write several posts on...
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    07.22.20 Architecture & Details / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design

    Kitchen Trim Design Tips – A Collaboration Story

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    Kitchen trim was on the mind of kitchen designer, Scott Koehler,  when he contacted me several weeks ago. He was designing a kitchen with 10’ high ceilings and wanted to make sure the crown moulding’s proportions were right. Drawing on my understanding of the Classical Orders and Proportion, could I help him make sure this...
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    06.19.20 Architecture & Details / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design

    When is a Kitchen Not a Kitchen?

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    When is a kitchen not a kitchen? That is the question I’ve been asking myself recently. It’s been prompted by several things. First, as consequence of the pandemic, we all have been forced to use our homes in ways we had never previously considered. For example, in my son’s family both dad and mom are...
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    06.08.20 Architecture & Details / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design

    Kitchen Lighting: Putting the Light Where You Need It

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    Kitchen lighting is a challenge in the best of conditions. Lighting levels, fixture spacing, ambient lighting, task lighting and decorative lighting are all in play. In my last post, I alluded to a particular challenging lighting challenge relating to the placement of a soffit crown moulding above a row of kitchen cabinets. The underside of...
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    05.14.20 Architecture & Details / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design

    How an Online Kitchen Design Consultation Helped a Client Living 1500 Miles Away

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    At the end of my last post, I promised I would talk about the online kitchen design portion of our consultation with our Houston client. ONLINE KITCHEN DESIGN CONSULTATION: THE AGENDA Our clients’ questions seemed to be straight forward. Comment on the current layout. How might the upper cabinets engage the ceiling and crown moulding?...
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    05.01.20 Architecture & Details / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design

    How an Online Interior Design Consultation Helped a Client Living 1,500 Miles Away

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    Last week, I concluded an online interior design consultation with a client living in Houston. They are designing a new home and the online consultation addressed their concerns about the 24′ wide x 50′ long room running across the back of the house. The room consisted of a kitchen, dining area and family room area. They...
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    04.10.20 Architecture & Details / Bathroom Design / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design

    E-DESIGN – The New Normal?

    Architecture & Details / Bathroom Design / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design
    The thought of doing an E-Design interior trim package was not in our wheel house in January. Today, it seems we’re doing all our design work remotely. (Along with everyone else.) It’s seeds were sewn rather innocently last Fall – because of traffic. With projects on Cape Cod and Cape Anne, the thought of spending...
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    03.14.20 Architecture & Details / Bathroom Design / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design

    What’s in an Interior Trim Package – An Arts and Crafts Case Study

    Architecture & Details / Bathroom Design / Built In Cabinetry / Cabinetry & Millwork / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design
    Periodically, we are asked to help a client upgrade the interior trim in their home. For instance, they might be a family with a newly purchased home. The clients love the location, but the interior of the home lacks character. It has no Gravitas. No Bones. What can be done?  Another example is the family...
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    01.29.20 Bathroom Design / Kitchen Design / Thoughts on Design

    Home Staging – How to Survive It’s Three Phases

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    Home staging was foremost on Sally’s and my agenda at this time last year. We were prepping our house for sale. The list of Do’s and Don’ts is well established, so I won’t bore you with them. What’s less understood is what a homeowner goes through when prepping a home for staging – what the...
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