DESIGN ROUND TABLE: NY Site Visit, Pics From Our Latest Install, Links + Inspo

catching you up on what we have been up to over here

This late spring was a busy season for W Design. We received our strike offs for our newest wallpaper collection, had a site visit to our Bedford, NY project, installed a home we have been working on for 5 years, launched a new light, and are busy working daily with our wonderful clients and architects, builders, and vendors.

NY site visit—Clover Leaf Farm

Let’s start with an update on our Clover Leaf Farm project. Three of us—myself, the lead designer on the project (Georgia), and the project manager (Stacey)—recently took a site visit to Bedford, NY. As usual, when in NY we try to enjoy the city as much as we can in the short time we are there. We were able to fit in a Broadway show (Ragtime) and enjoy some great restaurants (when in Bedford we love going to the Bedford Post Inn).

We made the most of our design time as well visiting showrooms where we finally learned how to properly pronounce one of our favorite fabric lines Elitis (eh-lee-tees) and discovered a new-to-us fabric line we are really loving - Sean Leffers.

This was our first time seeing the home fully constructed in person and it exceeded our expectations. Abelow Sherman Architects and R.C. Torre have really done an amazing job with this home.

The details on the home are so thoughtful and well executed. The copper flashing to protect the millwork, the beautiful windows, cedar roof, even the way they did the stone edging on the driveway. Every detail is thoughtful and intentional.

The site visit served as an opportunity to also double check furniture measurements, paint colors, and finalize the furnishings of the home. I particularly wanted to check our selections against the interior stone walls to make sure the colors of the furnishings and finishes compliment each other and to avoid things feeling muddy and drab. We feel really confident in our selections now and are moving into the ordering phase and onto accessories.

Cedar Heights photoshoot

While I was away for the site visit in Bedford, the team was doing a photoshoot at a project we finished up a couple months ago in Utah.

We split this shoot into two parts. We did the first half in March but a few things weren’t finished, so we came back to capture those details and get photos with the pretty views of their orchard in the summer when everything is green.

the weather & lighting were perfect

You may have seen some sneak peaks on Instagram and I will share some here as well, but we are excited to release this project and all the sources from it soon - probably late summer or early fall.

the shot vs. how we got it

we got to use our WDC Home wallpaper in several rooms

some details

Ok, that’s all I am going to share for now but I am looking forward to seeing the final photos as much as anyone. We took over 2,000 iPhone photos, so we don’t have a shortage of photos to share!

New Wallpaper Collection

You’ve probably seen us sharing snippets of the new wallpapers and now our second round of samples have arrived. There is something special about grasscloth, about the texture and vibe that it adds, that has my heart. I’m really excited about this collection. It feels good to be getting these finished so I can finally use them in our projects and hopefully see them in your homes.

every home needs just a touch of red somewhere

New Lighting

Have you seen our newest light fixture - The Bedford II Sconce? It is the most handsome light and I love the historic/modern vibe that it has.

And coming soon is a new sconce offered in 4 different colors. Below is a rough mockup of the sconces. We worked hard to perfect the paint colors and finish and should be shooting them in a week or two - hoping to have them available to purchase in a month!

Some designs & products that have been inspiring me recently…

This striped wallpaper and shelving moment in House & Garden’s latest feature is very cool. The whole has some great moments.

I am always on the lookout for a mountain home project that feels new and inspiring and not your classic ‘mountain modern.’ I thought this one from @jesseparrislamb was a great example.

A new brand of light switches that are very fun: @dimwitworld

A unique and more artistic way to think of doing window treatments. So creative and beautiful work (@jaquiseerman)

These sconces are so cool and everything this brand does is on point. @dannydsmudshop

I love when designers travel and go to house museums - seeing the details through their eyes and Nina Farmer is a favorite.

Thanks to Levity Interiors I now need a matchstick side table in my life. These are SO COOL.

I told you I love a house museum - my designer/friend Kara of Rye Interiors was in France and no matter how many times I’ve seen this home it inspires me every time.

Very cool dining room by Hadley Wiggins. (all source credits in the linked IG post)

the coolest toilet paper holder ever by the incredibly talented Tyler Hays of BDDW

some other things…

• Brent Hull is now on Substack and this article about the lie of “maintenance free” is a great reminder about the reality of building and maintaining homes and buildings worth building in the first place.

• I am thinking about purchasing a home or land to build a vacation rental on and the KD Country House is serving as major inspiration. I also need to vacation there - it looks amazing.

• Speaking of great vacation rentals, did you see that Anastasia Casey of the Interior Collective has an amazing home for rent in Lake Tahoe? I also need to go there asap!

• Dennis Scully of Business of Home has been posting snippets from his NYSID event that are worth viewing on his Instagram - this one in particular. My favorite quote from his post…What he (Andre Mellone) discovered was that the real difference between architecture and decoration isn’t style. It’s intimacy. Interior design demands a deep understanding of how clients actually live, day after day.

• Interior Design ASMR - I spent way more time than one should watching this upholstery account on Instagram. Watching him reupholster chairs is strangely comforting and fascinating. A great follow.

• If you haven’t seen Jake Arnold’s tour of the tennis pavilion he did for a client, watch it now. It’s unreal.

If you have been seeing any great designs or products lately, please share in the comments and let us know if there are any other features you would like to see in our Round Table Series. Thanks for being here!