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Sally Wilson, ASID

School: University of Florida
Company: Wilson Kelsey Design
37 Dearborn St
Boston & Salem, MA 01970-2414 map
Phone: (617) 292-3380
Email: sally@wilsonkelseydesign.com
Website: www.wilsonkelseydesign.com

Designer Profile

For me, design is thinking – thinking about you and your family – how you live - thinking about solutions to challenges - using my creativity to come up with the Big Picture - a design that expresses exactly who you are. The design solution includes the plan of the space, possibly architectural elements, and the selections of furniture, fabric, lighting and art or accessories. The spaces I create are as varied as my clients.

"Sally was an absolute joy to work with. Her creative talents along with a superb sense of style allowed us to create a stunning environment that constantly received accolades. I cannot say enough about her level of
commitment and professionalism." - John Duffy


I work in a wide range of styles. Style is simply the right design solution for YOU. I believe that beauty can be expressed elegantly in contemporary, traditional or a personal eclectic mix. When you achieve the right balance point then the design is successful.

One of my specialties is my project management capabilities, honed over many years of working with corporate clients. Careful management of your project and budget is just as important as a beautiful
finished job – it’s the quality of the experience along the way.

Another of my specialties has come to light the more I work with poeple - and that is I am very intuitive. I can often sense where a client wants to go when they don't know how to express it themselves.

Please feel free to call me for a complimentary consultation about your special space.

Services Offered

space planning
home renovation design
interior architectural detailing
construction drawings
3-D computer modeling
interior decoration
custom furniture and millwork
selection of artwork, antiques and accessories

Awards & Publications

New England Home Magazine, cover, May 2010
North Shore Magazine, March 2012
Distinguished Juror for NE Home's 5 Under 40 Awards, 2012
Work featured on Willow Decor Blog, April 2012
Celebrity Featured Designer on designing luxury blog, March 2012
Boston Globe Magazine, December 11, 2011, "Comfortably Elegant"
2011 PRISM Silver Award: Best Interior Design - Living Room
Bulfinsh Award for Best Interior Design in a Renovation: Given by the Institute of Classical Architecture
3 Design Excellence Awards from ASID New England for: Best Living Space, Best Bathroom, Honorable Mention - Kitchen Design
National Dream Home Awards 2010: Gold Award for Best Kitchen Remodel, Silver Award for Best Bath Remodel, and Silver Award for Best Interior Design for a Condo
Two Silver Awards in the 2009 PRISM Competition, in categories of Best Kitchen Remodel and Best Interior Design - Living Room
Silver Award for Best Residential Kitchen, from the Eastern Mass. Chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry.
Annual Award from Historic Salem, Inc. – for compatibility of design of an addition
Selected to design the Main Entry Foyer for the JCC Showhouse of 2007
Several projects exhibited in the juried shows of the Boston Society of Architects, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011

Fee Structure

Projects are billed hourly at varying staff rates, and the designer discount on purchases is shared with the client.

Manchester by the Sea sunroom with casual furniture and elegant details. You can't upstage a view of the Atlantic Ocean - your design has to augment - not compete.
Seaside terrace seating and planting make the space work well for large parties, with a fantastic ocean view.
Seaside home in Manchester, MA with aqua soft colors echoing the ocean outside.
Back Bay Boston Condo has one large room that has to contain all living for this downsizing couple. Conversation, TV, Dining, Entertaining with style.
Boston Condo dining area. Clean lines, simple colors and host and hostess chairs that can double as living room seating.
Back Bay Boston Condo, clean and elegant for a downsizing couple - recent empty-nesters.
Our entry for a Design Show benefiting the Wenham, MA Museum. A contempory dining space.
A design show entry for the Wenham, MA Museum. A contemporary dining space contributed to their North Shore Design Show, which raises money for their children's programs.
The North Shore Design Show 2011 - a contemporary dining space. It was fun to use a gigantic glass bowl, with a goldfish, instead of the traditional flower arrangement. We called our fish Nemo. We still have him.
Elegantly simple foyer welcomes you into this large home, which we renovated while the owners were away.
A casual kitchen dining area with a french flair to the colors and details.
Seaside family room with existing millwork made into wonderful extra seating via window seats and luscious fabric pillows. Antiques add warmth to the new purchases here.
Tiny beach houses can be fun and economical, with thought and whimsy. This one overlooks the Atlantic Ocean in Ipswich, MA.
Value for the dollar was exponential in this project. With its colorful, fun and inexpensive solutions.
Beach cottage fun - whimsical tin fish anchor this Crate and Barrel sitting area. Fun on the cheap, in Ipswich, MA.
A clean, colorful and contemporary living room corner. We created this space with a Boston condo location in mind.
Coffee tables are often the hardest items to find. We custom designed this coffee table in marble and stainless steel. It makes the urban-like condo feel chic and contemporary.
Artwork was central to the successful design of this living room. This oil painting draws you in, is dramatic, but doesn't overwhelm the small condo space.
What was years ago an old barn is now a family friendly room. The addition was created during a renovation of the entire back of the house in Lincoln, MA.
We created a simple entertainment area, at one end of the family room, with period style cabinets to hide all the technology, in this Lincoln, MA 1780's home.
Delft tiles make a distinctive fireplace warm and friendly in this Family Room in Lincoln, MA.
What was an old estate stable on Boston's North Shore is now a French Style Living Room, thanks to a complete gutting and recreation of the interior by my firm. This project has won 10 national and regional awards.
You wouldn't recognize this space if you saw the before pictures. (We give many before and after presentations.) Now a Formal Dining Room with custom china cabinets exists where there was nothing before.
Formal Foyer in Prides Crossing, MA. Almost nothing you see here existed when we started this project.
Where there is now a Custom Paneled Library, once there was just sponge painted drywall and no mouldings. This custom cabinetry we designed conceals the large screen TV, which rises up at the push of a button. Location: Boston's North Shore.
A completely paneled library was created with a great conversation sitting area.
A grand foyer with antique tapestry and custom rugs.
A crisp white kitchen for an avid cook. Ipswich, MA
A transitional all black powder room with black embossed leather wall tiles. Ipswich, MA
A clean and modern master shower in Manchester by the Sea, MA
A country estate kitchen for a young, modern couple. Newburyport, MA
A little country, a little modern. Newburyport, MA
This kitchen included a custom banquette and seating area - just suggested in this corner.
A country style, but updated kitchen for this antique home in Manchester by the Sea, MA. Staircase design by Wilson Kelsey Design, also.
A simple tile backsplash allowed us to keep the client on budget. Manchester by the Sea, MA
The kitchen is given warmth at the island with the splurge purchase for the kitchen - the island chandelier. Manchester by the Sea, MA
This special French Country Kitchen was a complete gut job. We recreated everything you see here and sourced art and antiques to give it that special charm. I decided to have functioning, Italian villa style shutters made for the windows, rather than having a fabric window treatment. The chandelier you see here we found in Charleston, SC, and the other chandelier in the dining area, we bought in Newport, RI.
This French Country Style Kitchen began as a complete gut. We removed an 80's style plain kitchen and created a room that not only functions beautifully, but invites you to linger. This kitchen has won numerous awards, and been published in Kitchen Trends magazine, and New England Home magazine.
The Kitchen Dining Area, with its custom sofa, is where the homeowners now like to linger after dinner and watch the flames of their new fireplace across from the table. Location: North Shore of Boston, referred to in books as the Gold Coast.
A complete Kitchen remodel for an Antique Colonial Home in Lincoln, MA. The old beams show the extent of the old part of the house. We helped with an addition, and planned the kitchen, along with a new seating nook and adjacent family room.
The cabinets that separate the kitchen from the family room were configured to look like a hutch. The new addition, with many windows across the back of the house, yields much more light and visual access to the great garden outside.
Kitchen for an Antique Colonial Home in Lincoln, MA. A design exercise is making the kitchen feel like an old home.
Custom Toile Tile Backsplash, on Boston's North Shore.
Pantry with Custom Wrought Iron Gate. I thought an iron gate would give more personality to this French style kitchen, than a real door. Location: Prides Crossing, MA.
Guest Half Bath uses book wallpaper to give personality and style. I did the chair rail at exactly the height that would allow full book shelves from rail to crown molding. Under the chair rail I did a faux ostrich wall covering in the same tones.
A small Boston powder room was updated with lighting and wallpaper without any moving of cabinet or fixtures. A big make-over without the big cost.
Dramatic Powder Room for a formal style house. The glass pedestal sink was back painted in gold, and I used a wall bracket to hold guest towels, instead of a towel bar. Prides Crossing, MA.
Powder Room, Manchester by the Sea. With simple changes of lighting, wall paper and a new granite top, this powder room now looks completely new -echoing the English Country House Style that this homeowner loves.
Master Bath - a complete gutting of two small rooms made space for an elegant and formal master bath. We designed all the custom cabinetry. Beverly Farms, MA.
Custom Make-up Area includes mirrored doors that make use of every square inch, yet hide the cosmetics inside.
Custom Shower and Steam Room uses several different stone sizes and colors, and a stone mosaic design, to create a focal point for the shower, through its elegant glass door.
A new take on the English Landscape notion (in wallpaper) for an Essex, MA powder room
Stylish black and white powder room - a little something old, and a hint of something new. Manchester by the Sea, MA