L. Knife & Son, Inc.

Kingston, MA

2000

3,500 sf

Goals

• Create a private gallery to exhibit antique furniture, art, and memorabilia.

Challenges

• Work within existing space that included a 1970’s circular stair.
• Use the client’s existing inventory of columns, trim, and windows left over from his custom-built home.
• Use the client’s inventory of King George II pine paneled rooms, doors, moldings and frames imported from London.

Design Response

• Converted the 1970’s stair into a pavilion, a “tempietto”, using the client’s existing inventory of columns and trim.
• Created a private office and a private dining room, adapting the antique historic rooms and filling in with limited matching custom trim components.
• Used the historic doors and mouldings to frame views and link several components of the space.

Contractor

Consigli Construction, Inc.

Consultants

Energy Economics, Inc., Richard McGeehan Interiors