The Edit

Written by Megan Paterson, Principal Designer and Founder Brass shows up everywhere in a well-designed home. Cabinet pulls, faucet fixtures, lighting, stair rails, even the legs on a favorite side table. It has a warmth that other metals don’t quite replicate, and it only gets better with time. If you’ve ever wondered what brass actually […]

Written by Megan Paterson, Principal Designer and Founder There is a room in almost every home that gets treated as an afterthought. The powder room. The hallway between the primary suite and the closet. The dining room that only gets used on holidays. These are the rooms that most renovations address last, if at all, […]

Written by Megan Paterson, Principal Designer and Founder There is a detail in well-designed rooms that most people feel before they name it. The ceiling sits where it should. The walls resolve cleanly. The room has a finish to it that paint alone never quite achieves. If you’ve ever walked into a space and thought, […]

Written by Megan Paterson, Principal Designer and Founder The millwork is done. The marble is installed. The cabinetry is exactly what you drew on paper. And yet you walk in, look around, and something still isn’t resolved. We hear this more than almost anything else. And nine times out of ten, the answer is above […]

Written by Megan Paterson, Principal Designer and Founder If you’ve ever set a lemon wedge on a marble countertop or left a wine glass on a marble table, you’ve seen etching firsthand. That subtle dull spot where the stone has reacted to acid is the subject of countless anxious Google searches. Honestly, we think it’s […]

Written by Megan Paterson, Principal Designer and Founder When you think of European design, you may drift in two directions. The first are the gilded, ornate halls of Versailles, the ones you’d admire as you flipped through your Freshman year history book. The second is the hyper-minimalist, glass-and-steel lofts of Berlin, the ones that quietly […]

Written by Megan Paterson, Principal Designer and Founder How many times have you been in a space and felt teleported to another decade? A couple classic examples that always come up are avocado green kitchens and Tuscan-red dining rooms. But those are just the start. Interior design trends come and go, often leaving us with […]