Recent Design Work: A French Inspired China Cabinet
Since our Paris trip, Sally and I have had opportunities to use what we learned and and absorbed in a number of our projects. (Posts can be seen here and here.) We have designed a paneled living room,...
View ArticleSunday Drive – The Kemble Inn in Lenox, MA
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...
View ArticleWhen is a door not a door?
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...
View ArticleConcealed Door – Before and After
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....
View ArticleBook Review; A Sense of Place – Houses on Martha’s Vineyard and Cape Cod, by...
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...
View ArticleElements of French Style – Part 1 of 4.
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...
View ArticleElements of French Style: Part 2 of 4, The Interior Architecture
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...
View ArticleCreating French Cove and Crown Molding
Recently, Sally and I have had the opportunity to work on a project that took several years to complete which gave us great experience developing pricing/estimates for multiple French architectural...
View ArticleFinding Restaurant Love in Brussels. Design by Alex Van De Walle.
Recently, I had quite a response when I posted this image of a restaurant designed by Alex Van de Walle on the Wilson Kelsey Design Facebook page. It first caught my eye because of the millwork design...
View ArticleBefore/After Pictures of our Traditional Home Magazine New Talent Search...
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...
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