Maine Kitchen Reveal
Maine Kitchen Reveal

The strokes of the subtly undulating lime-wash plaster dance across the angled walls. An original wood beam powdered by historic touches of dehydrated lime stands reminiscent of the old sea captain who built this place. Sanded back wide-planked floors strengthen the home’s rustic nature. And the plethora of windows, custom cabinetry details, massive center island, and vintage wood stove, this kitchen is a broody bold coast dream come true. We brought this kitchen back to the 21st century without losing one bit of its historic charm.

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Before & After: Colonial Modernist
Before & After: Colonial Modernist

If you know us, then you know how much we love a good before and after — We get to explain why design is imperative in a well-thought-out home as well as give you all a bit of behind-the-scenes insight into our design process. We revealed our Colonial Modernist Project — a multi-floor, full-gut “floverhaul” back in April, but in case you missed it allow us to introduce you to this charmingly updated historic beauty!

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Our Favorite Bold Coast Activities
Our Favorite Bold Coast Activities

Since we were up in Maine this week photographing the swoon-worthy kitchen at our Coaster's Chance Cottage, we've compiled a list of summer activities for those of you heading north for the season, and for those of you who maybe need a push to make the trek up. The Lupines are going crazy right now and hiking along the bold coast trails makes us feel like we're in another world — this place feels like a cross between the Pacific Northwest and a Scandinavian fairytale. Now that we've hyped it up, here's our list of recommendations as far as what to do while you're in Maine other than kicking your feet up and watching the Lobster boats troll by. We hope you enjoy!

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New Project(s) Alert — Two Cottages & a Cabin
New Project(s) Alert — Two Cottages & a Cabin

It’s been a minute since we updated you on everything our all-star design team has been up to around here! For this week’s dose of design goodness, we’re treating you all to a little behind-the-scenes insight into a few of the yummy new projects we’re concepting. We’ve always got several projects going on at once, but the following three we’ve selected to showcase this week have a lot of aesthetic parallels. We hope you enjoy these sneak peeks and a selection of inspo.

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Our Take on Outdoor Living + Entertaining
Our Take on Outdoor Living + Entertaining

Some of you may recall our Jamestown project from a few sneak peeks we shared on IG after completing our first partial install, but we’ve yet to show you our plans for the outdoor space. With Summertime just around the corner, now’s the perfect time to share ‘a bit Moore’ about this project and our take on creating a successful outdoor space.

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A Moore House Spring Closet Refresh
A Moore House Spring Closet Refresh

There comes a time every year where we find ourselves wanting to get rid of just about everything in our closets to give ourselves a fresh start. It’s been officially Spring for a while now and the weather is finally beginning to match the season up here in New England… so, that time of year would be right about now! We’ve gathered our thoughts on all things closets to create a guide to cleansing your closet and wardrobe for the season featuring tons of shoppable links to what we’re loving, and bit on how our design team goes about designing dream-worthy closets.

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The Moore House Monthly 04-22-22
The Moore House Monthly 04-22-22

It’s (basically) the end of the month, you know the drill. It’s time for our recurring blog column in which we compile all of the articles, designs, reveals, and more that inspired us in the past thirty days. We love to share the love, so here’s a round-up of what we saw and saved this month as well as a few updates of our own!!

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The Colonial Modernist Reveal
The Colonial Modernist Reveal

Brimming with charming details like smoky black cabinetry, textural brick walls, and modernized colonial details, we completely transformed this space for our clients. Here on the east coast, our interiors are usually not the largest in square footage so it’s imperative that we meticulously consider the flow, and functionality of each space within a complete design. After reading that, it won’t come as a surprise that many of our clients find themselves needing more space!! With their growing family, our young clients came to us in search of a harder working, more open-concept floor plan filled with smart storage and charm-filled, modern accents. Our signature style here at Moore House Design is what we like to call “broody'“ which if you’re unfamiliar is the yummy combination of moodiness and brightness in a space. The perfect balance of these elements creates a space that feels relaxed, modern, and rich in character.

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Round Top Round Up: Spring 2022
Round Top Round Up: Spring 2022

As you’ve probably noticed by now, we do things a little differently around here! Antiques and designer pieces are the love language of our interiors. Antiques are the backbone of our practice here at Moore House Design. Naturally, we focus on sourcing only the best of the best which is a painstaking process. Roundtop is our first stop other than sourcing directly from the European market. We've rounded up some tricks of the trade as well as some of our favorite spots and finds from our time in Texas.

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Before & After: Vintage Brutalist
Before & After: Vintage Brutalist

We revealed our Vintage Brutalist Project in October, but we never really showed you how we got from point A to B. Before and afters are one of our favorite things because they allow us to remove some of the mystery behind our magic. Our wonderful clients came to us in search of a more cohesive interior brimming with super cozy, extra functional elements. This space had unusually great bones, so other than an epic built-in feature which we’ll get to in a second, the project scope was heavier on the furnishing and painting side of things.

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The Moore House Monthly 02-25-22
The Moore House Monthly 02-25-22

Another month closer to Summer! Whew. We’re back with our recurring blog column in which we compile all of the articles, designs, reveals, and more that inspired us in the past thirty days. We’ve got a lot going on ourselves at the moment, but we love to share the love so here’s what caught our attention this month.

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The Lowdown on Reupholstery and Upcycling
The Lowdown on Reupholstery and Upcycling

You’ve probably heard us on Instagram tout reupholstering pieces as more sustainable than shopping new. Sustainability is at the core of what we do here at Moore House Design so with each project we take on, we make an effort to incorporate environmentally friendly and sustainably sourced pieces — often coming in the form of refurbished antiques. If the opportunity to restore a piece by reupholstering it presents itself, nine times out of ten we’ll do it… and here’s the lowdown on the practice.

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The Moore House Monthly 01-28-22
The Moore House Monthly 01-28-22

We’re back with our recurring blog column! If you’re new here, at the end of each month(ish) we’ll be rounding up all of the articles, designs, reveals, and more that have inspired us in the past thirty days. As we’ve mentioned this mid-winter term is going to be a busy one for our team with lots of new projects to come this spring!! Here’s what caught our attention in the midst of the organized chaos that always is the first month of the new year. Happy reading and stay tuned…

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Moore House Approved Material Breakdown
Moore House Approved Material Breakdown

Materials completely make or break a space so naturally they’re hardwired into what we do as interior designers. There is such a thing as a well designed space with harsh material selections, and a poorly designed design with nice material selections. Obviously the goal is to create a great design with great material selections. Everything in design is all about balance…and knowing when to break that balance to create something beautiful and meaningful. We’re giving you the low-down some of our favorite materials to give you a little insight to how we create our layered, broody interiors. So here’s the breakdown of our favorites…

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The Afternoon and Dining Room Reveal
The Afternoon and Dining Room Reveal

We’ve shown you a few spaces original to the cottage in our Captain’s Suite and Wheelhouse Loft Reveal, but there’s more! Brimming with New England charm, these spaces feature 200-year-old horsehair and plaster walls, warm wood tones, and wide-planked floors — quite the setting for some of our favorite custom-designed pieces. We don’t like holding these kind of secrets, so it’s a relief to finally be revealing the last spaces in our Coaster’s Chance cottage — the Morning Room and Dining Room!*

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Picking Paint Colors for Coaster's Chance
Picking Paint Colors for Coaster's Chance

Selecting paints is not a linear process and though we touched on it earlier this year in a prior blog, we're giving you the final rundown on our Coaster's Chance color palette. There is more that goes into choosing a color than whether or not it makes our eyes happy! Paint is a piece of the complicated puzzle that is creating a balanced material palette. We like sharing what we know whenever we can, so keep reading for some tips and final results.

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The Captain's Suite and Wheelhouse Loft Reveal
The Captain's Suite and Wheelhouse Loft Reveal

As you know by now, we’ve been revealing this project in sections. We started with the larger, newer additions, but it’s time we showed you the older sections of the home! Our goal here was to preserve the original beauty of this 1820s cottage while still adding a little coastal, modern flair. So without further ado — say hello to the Captain’s Suite and Wheelhouse Loft.

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Vendor Spotlight on…Master of Plaster
Vendor Spotlight on…Master of Plaster

We love all our vendors and we’re so lucky to work with such talented and passionate people—so we thought we’d introduce you to some of the companies that we find ourselves sourcing from again and again. Frankly, we couldn’t have completed our Maine project without them! This week, meet Lauren of Master of Plaster, our go-to source for the most artistic plaster applications…

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A Very Merry Moore House Gift Guide
A Very Merry Moore House Gift Guide

We’re thinking holidays over here! We’ve made a list (and checked it twice) of some of our favorite things that make unique gifts for the people you love. We’ll be donating one hundred percent of the proceeds from these affiliate sales to a charity of our choosing. Keep an eye on Instagram to see how much we’re able to raise and where it’s headed. Oh and don’t forget to get a jump on holiday shopping to avoid delays!

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