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While living in Boston, Emily worked at the Museum of Fine Arts as an art educator and program manager. She has taught studio art classes to people of all ages and backgrounds and holds a core belief that art is for everyone.  At KSD she loves reminding clients that art of any medium is essential in one's home, and that one can always find an approachable piece that can work within a space.

Emily has a unique perspective on how art can actually affect a person’s wellbeing from her experience teaching art workshops at world-renowned hospitals such as Dana Farber, Boston Children’s Hospital, and MGH. She has seen first-hand how art has the power to calm, inspire, ignite conversation, and tell meaningful stories.

Her aesthetic leans modern, abstract, often colorful and geometric. She loves when art is conceptual and tells a story. Blending styles to compliment and elevate home interiors is an ongoing obsession. Emily can be found frequenting galleries, museums, and finding new and up and coming artists throughout New England for our gallery next door. 

Her education started at an early age as the daughter of an artist and designer. she has always been immersed in galleries and studios and GRADUATED with a degree in Art Therapy.

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Kate Daskalakis is a resident of Plum Island, Newburyport’s hidden gem. Kate has a quiet confidence that is desirable when handing over trust for home renovation or redesign. Her style boasts natural elements of design, and is inspired by art, travel, and a respect for historic and classical structures. 

She loves blending old with new and has a knack for antique sourcing. Kate’s hope is that each client feels confident in their own personal design style. Kate’s approach is collaborative, meeting clients where they feel best in their design process.

Kate’s design experience is vast, having worked with clients all over New England as well with other design professionals to bring an ease to home renovations. Her process is wholistic from the beginning stages of collaborating with architectures and builders to the very last detail of textile selection and artwork placement. 

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With an approachable style, Kate has the unique ability to read her clients, understand their vision, and see the finished product even before beginning a project.  

Merinda brings managerial strength to KSD with over 18 years of experience across the publishing, media and communications world. She has a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Communications and was the Production Director at the Improper Bostonian Magazine for 15 years coordinating editorial, design and advertising for the bi-weekly publication.  

With a passion for design and a keen attention to detail, she thrives behind the scenes making sure every project runs as smooth and seamless as possible. Born and raised in Andover, Massachusetts, she’s lived in Boston, San Francisco and Los Angeles. She now calls Newburyport home, where she lives with her husband and two (very) energetic boys. A lover of all things epicurean and a talented sourdough baker, Merinda helps to keep a rhythm in the studio that is impervious to the inevitable ups and down of a project. 

Merinda happily obsesses on the minutiae and loves to go to battle for the client. 

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Tiffany received her design education from Parsons School of Design and for the last 15 years has been working with clients across the country designing spaces full of character and functionality. She loves to design a floor plan that is seamlessly functional to the personal needs of each client and then filling it with the character and details that make it truly feel like home.

Historic interior architecture is her passion and it is fueled by her extensive travels throughout the world; whether it’s the cottages of the Cotswolds, the Medici gardens and palaces of Florence, or the brownstones of Boston’s Back Bay. The details she sees in her travels very often inspire the character that she weaves into clients spaces.

After spending most of her life on the West Coast, Tiffany relocated to coastal New England several years ago, drawn here in large part by the historic architecture of Boston and its surrounding areas.

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