We’re growing again and pleased to announce our latest addition to team taste – Ainsley Lawson, Interior Designer. On board just five weeks, Ainsley is already making a significant contribution to our practice, lending a smart and experienced design eye to our work – wrapped in warmth and genuine care for our clients and […]
A day in the life at taste.
If you’ve ever wondered what it feels like to be mid-project with team taste, take a look at the following. It captures the excitement and anticipation mid-construction as we get closer to the finish line on this whole-house renovation of Newport home we completed with Patrick Ahearn and Parker Construction. Looking to buy or […]
Why support the arts?
Observations and facts about
it’s power to heal.
Now more than ever, America needs to heal. The past six months have tested our resiliency and our resolve in unprecedented ways. And while it will take a combination of measures to overcome and learn from our losses, we are – not surprisingly – seeing art emerge yet again as a healing force […]
Ready to make coastal New England your home?
We can help.
We’ve heard it time and time again the past four weeks…. “We’re ready to leave New York / Boston / Chicago and make coastal New England our home.” Of course you are! We’re so fortunate to live, work and raise our families here in Rhode Island. Good schools and universities, a thriving cultural and […]
Creative Atelier in Watch Hill
We are thrilled to announce taste’s partnership with Isoude in Watch Hill, Rhode Island for Summer 2020. The Isoude + taste Creative Atelier brings together our shared commitment to artfully conceive and masterfully craft pieces – for the home, and for her. Katie Brierley, the creative director and founder of Isoude, and I share […]
Custom Home Know-How:
The Impact of Your Project
Do you know the positive economic ripple that occurs when you build or renovate a home? It’s tremendous and often invisible. And now more than ever, vital to the financial well-being of our communities. So how are top builders maintaining productive job sites for our shared clients? More importantly, how are they ensuring a […]
Your Favorite Before & After:
Revisited
I had a lovely call with longstanding clients last week while they were quarantining from Florida. We’re working on the renovation of their new/old Rhode Island home now, preparing for their hopeful return next month. (A big shout out to the Chuck Millard team for keeping the renovation moving along at such a great […]
Project Peek:
Mackerel Cove Custom
Spring is in sight, and we’re in full swing on summer home design and construction. Today, we’re sharing a sneak peek at our Jamestown Mackerel Cove custom home we’re designing and building with WKP Construction and Herk Works Architecture. Our work with this top notch client/design/build team started last August – well before […]
Sneak Peeks:
Summer Projects in the Works this Winter
It’s February and that means our studio is a buzz with activity. This is our peak time preparing homes for this coming summer, summer 2021, and beyond. Walk in our front door and you’ll see plans, materials, mock-ups and samples on just about every flat surface available. Designers are huddled together working through design details […]
Project Slow Downs:
What Happens Behind the Curtain
Quick story… I had lunch with a top notch designer in a field that isn’t interiors tell me about her experience working with her interior designer while building-out her new construction luxury penthouse in Boston. (This is a new friend, so she didn’t know me/taste when she started her project. Too bad.) She’s a […]
Tips from the Tastemakers
Design Ideas and Philosophies for 2020 We’re celebrating the start of 2020 with a gift – a collection of inspirational ideas and images to guide your interior projects this year. (Plus, the more you read, the more you’ll find references to some of our favorite makers, designers and architects.) Here’s the view into what’s on […]
Top 12 Moments of 2019
As we wrap-up the year, we’re sharing a collection of our favorite moments from 2019 – expressed in images. Enjoy and best wishes in 2020! We found abundant architectural inspiration in and around our client projects in Palm Beach. Our collaborations with artists like Tracy Glover, expanded to new heights. […]
Finishing with Art:
How to Develop your Taste
Not every client we work with has a collection of art waiting in the wings to light a spark of inspiration for a room, or provide the finishing touch at the end of a project. In fact, it’s pretty rare. (That said, I’m working with two family generations right now with an outstanding collection […]
Custom Home Know-How:
Why Shop Drawings are Critical
This week, we’re starting a series of posts that answer frequent questions we receive from clients before or during their project. Just like any industry, design has its own parlance. We try hard not to overuse design lingo, but sometimes it happens so I’m taking the opportunity to clarify. In posts like this […]
Nakupenda:
before & after
Sailing Summer Home Translated, Nakupenda means “I Love You”. And that spirit of love was ever present in the refit of this 109’ custom sailing yacht. Designed by Ted Fontaine and built by Danish Yachts in Denmark at their Aarhas shipyard, she was completed in 2005 and previously named Aventura when refitted in […]