COHESIVE SPACES THAT NURTURE AND INSPIRE
I’ve always been interested in issues of physicality—of embodiment and the reciprocal impacts of our surroundings on us and us on our surroundings. Subsequently, the intimacy of home has been particularly important to me.
Growing up I made paper cut-outs of my room and furnishings, playing with two-dimensional layouts before angling myself behind heavy furniture and shoving it across the floor to its new position. Everything had its place, as much for energetics as practicality. Honoring what makes sense and what feels good remains true for me today. In many ways, interior design is the full manifestation of this ethos.
While my childhood was rooted in midcoast Maine, my worldview was deeply informed by global travel and the broad enlivening of the senses that comes with exposure to different cultural realities. My appreciation of how physical, environmental, and cultural elements influence design all expanded by spending time in different places and spaces.
I returned to Maine after years of working in the arts in New York City, longing for a more tangible and personal connection to community. My focus shifted to home design, and I opened a furniture and housewares shop in Rockland called Periscope. As the only modern design shop north of Boston, Periscope quickly grew a dedicated following. Since closing the shop in 2019 customers have become clients, and consultations around improving interior spaces became the foundation of Ariel Hall Design—a full-fledged studio where, delightedly, those deepest childhood inclinations to organize a space according to what makes sense and what feels good are flourishing.
