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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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Vendor Spotlight on…Passerine
Vendor Spotlight on…Passerine

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 Georgia of Passerine, our go-to source for the most beautiful antique rugs.…

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Coasters’ Chance Great Room Reveal
Coasters’ Chance Great Room Reveal

If you’ve been following us for a bit you know that we’re a little obsessed with converting spaces that were previously used for something completely different (and often straight up uninhabitable) into homes. Converting them into living spaces adds so much drama! As designers, we love bringing together the balance of the original structure with its accessory structure…

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We’re on TV—Filming with Magnolia Network
We’re on TV—Filming with Magnolia Network

Today is the day! Thanks for hanging in there with us while we hinted at this amazing news (we wanted to tell you, but were sworn to secrecy!) for a while because we honestly weren’t sure exactly when it was going to air. But now we can scream it from the rooftops that over the summer we filmed an episode of Point of View: A Designer Profile for Magnolia Network on Discovery+ (our episode is in season two).

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A Moore House Curtain Q & A
A Moore House Curtain Q & A

This all started with a simple Instagram post question asking about curtains—and boy did you deliver! It turns out that curtains can be a really confusing but necessary part of decorating. So we put our problem-solving abilities to the test and tackled some of your toughest curtain questions. Plus, we’re spilling some of our favorite retail sources for you to shop!

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The Moore House Monthly 9-24-21
The Moore House Monthly 9-24-21

We’re back with our new recurring blog column! If you’re new here, at the end of each month we’ll be rounding up all of the images, articles, designs, room reveals, and more that have inspired us in the past thirty days. Exciting—yes! Shoppable—also yes! Here’s what we couldn’t stop thinking about in September…

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How We Feel About Window Trim
How We Feel About Window Trim

You know we’re not shy about sharing our opinions on things around here. For the design obsessed, those controversial thoughts look a little different than the average. So, we’ve got something to get off our chests—we have a love/hate relationship with window trim. Ok, so we know it’s not stop-the-presses newsworthy but it’s something that comes up with all of our projects…

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The Moore House Monthly 8-27-21
The Moore House Monthly 8-27-21

We’re back with our new recurring blog column! If you’re new here, at the end of each month we’ll be rounding up all of the images, articles, designs, room reveals, and more that have inspired us in the past thirty days. Exciting—yes! Shoppable—also yes! Here’s what we couldn’t stop thinking about in August…

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Styling the Perfect Shelfie
Styling the Perfect Shelfie

Forget selfies, for those of us who are interiors obsessed it’s all about the shelfie. Figuring out the perfect balance of styling in a beautiful vintage cabinet or on our custom floating shelves is one of the final pieces of what we do. When done correctly, it makes our clients’ most prized possessions stand out and gives the entire room so much more personality…

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The Moore House Monthly 7-30-21
The Moore House Monthly 7-30-21

We’re back with our new recurring blog column! If you’re new here, at the end of each month we’ll be rounding up all of the images, articles, designs, room reveals, and more that have inspired us in the past thirty days. Exciting—yes! Shoppable—also yes! Here’s what we couldn’t stop thinking about in July…

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Meet the Team!
Meet the Team!

All the clients, the products, the big design reveals, our own Moore House branded products—none of it would be possible without the spectacular team here at Moore House Design. They all work so hard to make beautiful things and they’re all fantastic at their jobs. So we thought it was time to introduce you to the whole squad. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at our talented designers…

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The Moore House Monthly 6-25-21
The Moore House Monthly 6-25-21

We’re back with our new recurring blog column! If you’re new here, at the end of each month we’ll be rounding up all of the images, articles, designs, room reveals, and more that have inspired us in the past thirty days. Exciting—yes! Shoppable—also yes! Here’s what we couldn’t stop thinking about in June…

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Moore Thoughts on Art…
Moore Thoughts on Art…

So we know we talked about our approach gallery walls recently, but we wanted to answer some more commonly asked general art questions too. It’s such an important part of the design work we do—providing endless inspiration to our interiors—but it really seems to stump people. But great news! It’s so much easier than you think…

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