Architectural Digest: Green Tiles and Saturated Cabinetry Take a Berkshires Lake House From Dated to Divine
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Designer Jess Cooney channels light and airy vibes in this Massachusetts renovation
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Boston Globe: Redesigning a kitchen that’ll stand up to an English mastiff puppy
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Neutral materials in the kitchen and bath bring enduring style to this 19th-century Berkshires home.
When Jacque Ivory and her husband, whose job dictated over a dozen moves in the past 25 years, decided to put down roots, Sheffield was an easy pick. "Our kids went to pick. "Our kids went to summer camp in the Berkshires and my in-laws live up the road," Ivory says. "We love this community."
Read MoreTour a Modern New York Farm With Cozy Scandi Details
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In this upstate New York farmhouse that's been passed down for generations, a modern redesign started in the kitchen and elevated the sense of home and legacy throughout.
Read MoreDwell Online : A Geodesic Dome Shines With a Light and Bright Makeover
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Located on a picturesque lakefront setting in the Berkshire town of Becket, Massachusetts, this 2,567 square-foot building has been revamped into an ideal holiday home for a Boston couple and their friends and family.
Martha Stewart Living: A Traditional New Jersey Home Gets A Whimsical Makeover
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A Traditional New Jersey Home Gets a Whimsical Makeover
From the patterned textiles to the collection of colorful abstract art—not to mention the craft room and kitchen baking corner designed with a tween daughter in mind—interior designer Jess Cooney's latest project is a playful oasis with thoughtful consideration put into every detail.
Remodelista: Kitchen of the Week: A New Kitchen Designed to Harmonize with a Vintage Pantry
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The house came with sun-washed rooms, original windows and wainscotting—and a recent history of being nearly condemned. What made Jacque Ivory and her husband, Chris, want to move in was a backroom relic: a preserved walk-in pantry with floor-to-ceiling fir shelves and cabinets. “It felt like a miracle that nobody had every painted all that woodwork,” she say. Located in the Southern Berkshires town of Sheffield, Massachusetts, near where Chris grew up, the 1890 structure was an inn for several decades before being converted into a doctor’s office with upstairs apartments, which devolved into a single-family house in dire need of help.
Read MoreArchitectural Digest: A Rare Buckminster Fuller Geodesic Dome House Gets a Bright and Modern Makeover
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The design possibilities for a geodesic dome are almost endless. The open floor plan means you can insert or remove walls almost anywhere—a dome home needs no interior framing. On the flip side, this means a major challenge in figuring out the spatial layout. Where do you even begin in a rounded vault?
HGTV: Designers Share 15 Cozy Colors You Should Embrace This Winter
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Get advice from the pros on incorporating these snuggly shades into your own home.
New England Home Magazine : Here & There
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In more than fifteen years as an interior designer in the Berkshires, Jess Cooney has outgrown her share of office spaces. When she decided it was time to expand for a fourth time, she told herself she would only do so if she found a building she could purchase. In April 2018, she found it in an unlikely location.
Real Simple: The 21 Best White Paint Colors, According to Top Designers→
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From bedroom walls to kitchen cabinets and trim, designers share their go-to white paint colors for every room.
Refinery29: What To Splurge On & What To Save On At Home, According To Interior Designers
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Whether you're furnishing a room, an apartment, or an entire home, chances are you're operating under some sort of budget. Even if you have some cash to play with, you don't want to spend so much on home goods that you can no longer afford to leave said home.
Domino: A Massachusetts Farmhouse So Quaint You’ll Want to Move to the Countryside→
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When Jess Cooney’s clients first discovered their dream farmhouse in Monterey, Massachusetts, they were instantly awed by the home’s 1700s charm and beautiful wide-plank floors. Little did they know that all that old-world character would soon be lost to an unforeseen electrical fire.
NY Times: Double the Children, Double the Challenge→
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Designing a room that two children will happily share isn’t easy. Still, it can be fun — provided you follow a few rules.
Good Housekeeping: 15 Desk Organization Ideas That Will Definitely Boost Your Productivity→
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Your cluttered desk is about to be a thing of the past. These easy organization tips and tricksfor your home office will help your tidy up your desk drawers, file cabinets, and workspace surfaces so that you'll have a stress-free spot to get things done.
New York Magazine: The Best Sisal, Jute, and Abaca Rugs, According to Interior Designers→
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Rugs made of natural fibers like sisal and jute can be a great way to give any space a “tropical, or beachy” feel, according to Porter Hovey of Hovey Design. But they’re not just attractive because of their ability to make any room Hamptons-esque — Hovey also notes that rugs like this are also more environmentally friendly, too. “With growing numbers of people fully embracing plant-based lifestyles, they’re really the best option year-round.”
Elle Decor: 10 Designers' Favorite Cream Paint Colors for a Timeless Look→
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Proof that neutrals can have a major impact.
The Boston Globe: A Berkshires kitchen makeover melds modern and rustic→
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The designer creates a fresh, lodge-like feel to satisfy the home owners’ divergent tastes.
The Washington Post: Fixes for your Tragic Rental Bathroom that Don't Involve Construction→
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The cramped, poorly lit caves that pass for bathrooms in many rental apartments seem to exist in a different universe from the minimalistic, spalike oases that populate Instagram. But there are ways to make your bathroom less tragic that don’t involve making it larger or installing a window.
New England Home Magazine : Perspectives
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“Do you remember that scene in Sex and the City when Mr. Big builds the dressing room for Carrie?” asks Jess Cooney. “For a lot of women, a dressing room is the epitome of luxury.” A trip to Port- land, Maine’s Angela Adams showroom inspired this dressing room; that’s where Cooney first saw the desk that she repurposes as a vanity. The majority of the room’s components are made locally. “I do what I can to keep my clients’ money in their community,”
WSJ: 9 Decorating Mistakes That Date Your Home→
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If you took the advice of 1990s interior-design TV shows and painted yourself an “accent wall,” you might want to get out the rollers and brushes—at least according to roughly 10% of the 50-odd designers we surveyed about passe decorating trends, the sort of thing that makes an interior look sadly long in the tooth.