Caribbean Beachfront Home Design

One of my current projects is the refurbishment of a 4,100 sf six-bedroom beachfront home in the Caribbean.  The house is the main building of an estate in Providenciales, Caicos. My clients purchased the estate six years ago, and as is typical when purchasing an island home, it came furnished.  But the furnishings and interior colors don’t reflect my clients’ tastes. So...
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Health Care Interior Design Project Meets the Press

Our  recently-completed health care interior design project, the Marino Center for Integrative Health’s facility in Cambridge, has been receiving some great press and visibility.  While we’ve featured this healthcare project on our blog and in our portfolio, it’s great to see it being recognized in a variety of trade publications. These articles contain some photos of this...
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Frustration-Free Renovation Tips

My bathroom renovation is moving along.  Not only will I have a new bathroom when it’s complete, but I’ll have many valuable insights to offer my clients about the renovation process! It took seven days (!) to demolish the bathroom down to the studs.  The shower walls were filled with close to 3″ of concrete and plaster in addition to two layers of tile.  And the floor had...
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Finally, My Own Renovation!

Well, it’s finally happening!  As I write this, my master bathroom is being demolished.  After helping numerous clients create the bathrooms of their dreams, I decided to bite the bullet and renovate my own bathroom. You could say I’m like the proverbial cobbler’s children who go shoeless because their father is so busy making shoes for other people he doesn’t have time...
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Condo Common Area Color

One of my condo common area projects was recently finished: the refurbishment of Reservoir Place in Brighton.  New carpet was installed and the walls, trim, and doors were repainted. When I started this project, the walls and trim were painted a dusty rose color.  So 80s!  And so not sympathetic to the building’s origins.  While I don’t have an exact construction date, based on...
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