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 are so excited to finally be able to share the dream bathroom we designed for this year’s DXV Design Panel! Drum roll, please… THE ASSIGNMENT A year ago, Wilson Kelsey Design was selected by DXV as one of four design firms from across the US and Canada to participate in this year’s...
Knowing how to coordinate interior trim in your home is key to making your home beautiful. Just as we hear questions about proportion of interior trim, we hear questions about its proper application such as: How can I successfully vary my interior trim from room to room? Won’t my house look funny if every room...
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...
If Sally and I had tickets to fly to Paris for the Holidays this year, we would go in a minute. Sadly we do not… If we were, we would plan another visit to the Louvre. It’s collections are so vast, it is impossible to see them all in a day. My guess it would take...
08.07.15
Architecture & Details / Cabinetry & Millwork / Historic Preservation / Interiors & Antiques / Thoughts on Design
Our work pace has slowed sufficiently that I’ve taken a few hours each of the past two days to sort and organize images for an update to the Work in Progress section of our website. At one point the realization came to me, “So, this is why there’s been no time to blog these past 5 months!” The sorting and organizing should make...