Make Your Postcards and Stay in Touch.
What happens to your old physical photos--the 4 x 6 images we used to have printed from film cameras? Are they in an album – or filed away in a box or drawer, never to be seen again until your estate gets settled? How about this: use them to create postcard art projects and send [...]
Nextdoor: New Generation Transforms E. Caligari & Son Designer Showroom
Alongside our Berkshire interior design firm-- in fact, just next door -- we've watched a new Caligari generation transform our sister business, the E. Caligari & Son retail design showroom. Kaitlyn Caligari, in a circular journey from a small-town childhood in the Berkshires to high-end design showrooms in Boston and New Zealand, has brought her [...]
Interior Design Process: Drawing on Inspiration
This sketchbook is where many design projects begin. A principal in a design firm has three primary functions in the interior design process: Bring in work, maintain client contact and drive the creative concept. That is a full-time job and virtually everything else should be delegated. I’m adequate at bringing in work, my [...]
Studio Teamwork: Diana Holmes, Interior Designer
Diana Holmes The team behind William Caligari Interior Design is rich with talent and that special ability to discover, and express, what clients want. Interior designer Diana Holmes is central to our work: she engages with clients to curate furnishings, lighting and window treatments; she develops all of our auto-cad drawings and acts [...]
Lake House: Dramatic Design for a Tiny Spot
On a tiny sliver of land between a country road and a pretty Berkshire lake, a tired little fishing cottage was filled with childhood memories for our client. His father had bought the place in the 1970s, as a place to bring his suburban N.Y. family for swimming, fishing and catching fireflies. Built before zoning [...]
In the Studio: Custom Embroidery for Table and Home
In our Linen design studio in Great Barrington, our custom embroidery work brings an attractive, tactile and personal experience to our interior design clients--and to us. We take great satisfaction in creating finely embroidered details for table and home. https://vimeo.com/371685346 Our interest in this artful craft began with stitched images of horses, embroidered on hand [...]