Update on Kelly McGuill Home

        The month of October welcomed an exciting new chapter for Kelly McGuill Home. After nearly ten years in a small, yet beloved space the KMH design team has a new home. We moved into our new office space in the first week of October, located in the town center of Walpole. We are now settled and back into the swing of things! 

Our gorgeous workspace is on the corner of one of the busiest intersections in town, where a ceramics studio existed before us. In a previous post we showed photos of the space in much need of the love and care of Kelly McGuill. The transformation is truly amazing. We had all of the windows painted black and all of the walls painted crisp white. We had every intention to paint the floors black as well because they were in such rough shape; however, when we went to paint we found that we would need to sand the floors down before applying paint. Once we had the floors sanded, we were pleasantly surprised to find gorgeous maple floors and knew we had to refinish them! With new lighting in and the move of our office furniture and sample libraries, we found ourselves settling into Kelly McGuill Home’s new home. 

After our first month here, we have our own work areas established, all of the samples have their own new homes and everything has its own place. There is no question that every day we walk into the office something will be rearranged, but that is expected with the nature of our work! The amount of natural light brings the space to life and the buzzing traffic is now a comforting background noise. The cherry on top - our signs are officially up! We are 'o so' excited to be working on some great commercial projects! The Kelly McGuill Home design team could not be more thrilled for the company and the exciting road ahead!

Here is a little teaser photo of the new office space before we reveal the space as a whole! 

Note: Stella, the KMH mascot's bed has lovely views of all of the passersby under the grand table. 

        Stay tuned for the grand reveal of the space in the next couple of weeks! Check in with us on our website or our Instagram for the day-to-day here at KMH!

Kelly McGuill Home gets a new home!

       We are oh so excited to share our exciting news that Kelly McGuill Home is moving! As much as we love working in our current office, we have outgrown it and could not be more thrilled to be moving onto the next chapter for KMH. We have been searching for a while and finally found the perfect space for Kelly McGuill Home where we will have meetings with clients, as well as house our amazing library of fabrics, rugs and wall coverings samples. We believe the space has so much potential, but needs a lot of TLC. Here are some inspiration photos we have been oo-ing and ah-ing over for ideas in the new office space!

As you know, we love white walls, so no surprise that every wall will be Benjamin Moore Superwhite - as shown in this inspiration space...

Although the floors are wood, they are in tough shape, so we are painting those black. Here's a look at some of our black floors inspiration...

Those two changes alone will make a  w o r l d  of a difference; however, there is more! Along with installing new light fixtures, the office will be getting a barn track door (swoon) and we're painting the floor-to-ceiling windows black! (double swoon)

Voilà! Here is the great new space Kelly McGuill Home is moving into... Can you believe those amazing windows and all of the natural light we will get?!

We'll be sure to share progress updates as the spaces transforms into our new home! You may visit our website at kellymcguillhome.com, or stay up to date with us on Instagram @kellymcguillhome and on our Facebook page!

Going to have to start cooking again...

The McGuill household has been without a kitchen for about a month and a half now. While we have enjoyed exploring the endless local restaurants and not having to cook dinner after a long day of work, we are beyond excited and very ready to have the heart of our home back!

 Here is a look into the before, the demo, and the (almost) after of our kitchen renovation…

This kitchen's birthday would be coming up on twenty-two years old. As much as we loved the simple and functional space, we were ready for our kitchen renovations to get underway!

Here are the bones of the kitchen exposed and ready for a facelift…

We said good-bye to this lovely window as we welcomed three larger windows over the sink.

The wall to the butler's pantry was taken down and already letting more light into the space!

Voila! The (almost) after: the cabinets, appliances and counters are in, as well as the floors refinished.
The space looks amazing with more light than ever

All remaining on the to-do list is install the sink faucet, lighting, open shelving, and finish of the hood. Once that is completed, in will come the furniture, artwork and all the pretties!

 These new, wider french doors replaced the old doors onto the back porch allowing even more light.

 Here shows off the new space with the removal of the wall into the butler's pantry!

We are so pleased with the progress and results thus far as we are full speed ahead to the finish line. We promise to share our kitchen renovation as soon as the finishing touches are completed!

Timeless Style and Endless Change

While trying to organize some of the millions of pictures we have in the database here in the office, I came across some absolutely stunning pictures of the McGuill home a few years back. The pictures themselves go to show you that timeless style exists. Not only do these pictures prove that, but they take you through a journey of a loving family and the change over time as the kids grow up, people come and go, and the furniture seems to weasel its way into new spaces. The simplistic nature of Kelly's designs truly withstand the test of time as you can see below. Any of these images would be as beautiful today as they were years ago.

You can see some of the updated images on her website, but here are some from years ago that are just as wonderful.

… and an old kitchen picture in lieu of the new renovations that we promise to share as soon as they are done!

Just looking at the pictures of the office made us laugh. The business itself has grown so much and we have been honored to have so many lovely clients.. which also meant adding several new desks and computers, and a lot more storage space to the area!

xoxo Kelly McGuill Home Design Team