If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen me post renderings of The Farm, an event space across twenty-two acres that I’ve been hired to design in Brandywine Maryland.

Have you ever wondered how the shotgun house got its name? If you think it’s because a blast fired into the house from the front doorway will fly cleanly to the other end and out at the back, you may be wrong! In my latest project, I’ve been asked to reimagine one in Wilmington, North Carolina. 

Earlier on in my career, I commissioned a sectional from a very reputable and excellent custom furniture maker—someone I had worked with for a while and whom I knew would do a beautiful job. My client was trying to get the living room ready for holiday entertaining. About three or four weeks before the party, my client sat on the sofa and noticed that it felt like the cushion inside had started to shrink. The foam inside the seat cushion seemed to begin to crumble.