Finished Project: New Hallway

By painting all the trim, doors and walls the same color (Benjamin Moore Manchester Tan) the seven doors in this 17 foot long hallway fade i...

A “slow home” gets a new room

2004: First winter in our New England “farmhouse ” We live in an old house. Built in 1904, it was at one time a dairy farm with a large barn...

Connecting with creatives ...

About once a month, the Boston Design Center hosts lecture series featuring celebrity designers. And yes they are celebrities to us! This p...

10 weeks, 10 projects

I figure I have about 10 productive weeks left of 2010. My goal is to finish at least 10 projects that have been on my to-do list. 1. Finish...

Can’t focus today ...

Not sure if it is the middle of summer heat, the sound of finish carpentry outside my office door, or the fact that I stayed up way too late...

This Old House on the North Shore

Kevin O’Connor, host of PBS’s This Old House , graces the cover of North Shore Magazine this month and will speak tonight as Honorary Chai...

North Shore Design Show Preview ...

My husband John and I at the Preview Party share a celebratory drink in my “room.” What a fabulous weekend we had at the Wenham Museum’s Nor...