Keeler & Co
photo by sean litchfield
If you could have a second home anywhere, where would you live? Mount Desert Island already has my heart, but if I could choose a second spot, it would be a thatched roof cottage in the Cotswolds.
What are three words to describe your style? Collected, Timeless, Layered
Tell us about your childhood bedroom? Which one? The pink one with wallpaper borders? The attic room that I painted a combination of blue, turquoise, orange, and lime green? Or the one where my mom and I found THE metal bed frame with a headboard and footboard filled with forged flowers?
What’s the first investment piece you ever bought for your house? After my parents took back a pair of previously gifted lounge chairs, we finally had an excuse to purchase their replacements in my favorite Pierre Frey stripe
In the history of design, if you could hire any designer other than yourself, who would it be? Ben Pentreath
No room is complete without a decorative lampshade
People think of me as young, but I am really a grey-haired old lady who likes to go to bed at 8:30pm
Things you omit from
A flower arrangement: Roses
An hors d’oeuvre platter: Meat
A bar cabinet: Gin
A song for
Dinner at home: The Set Yourself on Fire Album by Stars
Working at your desk: We have Third Eye Blind on repeat in the office
Going for a run: 90s Hip Hop
Biggest Vice? Haribo Frogs, especially the mini ones
If you were on an Ambien high and internet shopping, what would you buy? A Hinckley picnic boat
Do your clothes reflect your design sensibility, if so, how? Absolutely. The more pattern, the better! And I always love a layer.
Who is your star crush? Eddie Redmayne
What is the thing you would never do on a project, but don’t detest when you see others do it? Wicker outside
What design book do you find yourself going back to again and again? Shingle Styles by Leland Roth
For posterity, what would you like your work to be known for? That we capture the essence of the place in which each project resides.
photo by sean litchfield
A Few Favorites:
Movie: Love Actually
Book: I just finished The House at Lobster Cove, and it was wonderful
Scent: Jo Malone Wild Bluebell
The fabric you always come back to: How do you choose a favorite child?
Dream project: An inn on Harbour Island
Meal: Oysters and French fries
Drink: Rum Old Fashioned
Hotel: Castello di Vicarello, Tuscany
Travel Destination: Cappadocia, Turkey
Artist: Alex Katz
A cause near and dear to me: Friends of Acadia
Thing to collect obsessively: Mushrooms and table linens
Era in the history of design: I’m currently taken with English Regency
Museum: Colby College Museum of Art
Paint Color: Farrow & Ball Oxford Stone
Favorite person to follow on Instagram: @marthastewart48
Dogs, Cats, or No Pets? Golden Retrievers
