Kelly Walters

New York

Web Editor at ASPIRE Design and Home

Artist, Designer and Assistant Professor @parsons_cd

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Articles

Designer Friday: An aspire Exclusive Interview With Hillary Cohen

2 days ago | aspiremetro.com | Kelly Walters

Hillary Cohen is the principal and founder of HCO Interiors, a full-service interior design firm serving the tri-state area. Since 2015, HCO Interiors has been known for its custom designs and renovations, creating layered, thoughtful interiors that calm, inspire and allow clients to live the most beautiful versions of their lives. By combining a sophisticated palette of colors, streamlined designs and practical solutions, Hillary believes a properly designed interior can elevate the way you live.
Kyle House: A Scottish Highland Ode To Minimalism

3 days ago | aspiremetro.com | Kelly Walters

At the remote edge of the Scottish Highlands, where dramatic skies meet ancient hills and the sea slips into shadowy lochs, Kyle House stands as a masterstroke of design-led restoration.
Design Download: 8 Outdoor Furniture Brands To Beautify Your Backyard

3 days ago | aspiremetro.com | Kelly Walters

What does it take to transform a backyard from a basic grassy patch to an admirable oasis? Furniture, for starters. Not only can the right pieces deliver a comfortable convenience — simply put, nobody wants to spend the entire season sitting criss-cross on the ground — but it can also help bring your penchant for interior design to the exterior. For years, our choices were limited to frumpy fold-up chairs, always-there Adirondack loungers, or plastic tables with minimal design integrity.
Inside eggersmann’s Stylish-Yet-Sensible Wardrobe Partnership With Schmalenbach Design

3 days ago | aspiremetro.com | Kelly Walters

Since its founding in 1908, eggersmann has honed in on crafting high-quality, bespoke cabinetry that can easily adapt to modern times, trends and technologies. Though the family-owned German brand might be best known for its kitchen storage, it brings the same thoughtful innovation to wardrobe design through its exclusive U.S. partnership with Schmalenbach Design.
Bolé Road Textiles Unveils Colorful Collaboration With The Met

4 days ago | aspiremetro.com | Kelly Walters

After spending over a decade at a major New York City architecture firm, Hana Getachew decided to embark on a more personal creative journey; merging her love of Ethiopian handwoven fabrics with her career in interior design. She founded Bolé Road Textiles as an homage to her upbringing in a home filled with amazing traditional Ethiopian textiles, creating designs with vibrant colors and graphic patterns that reflect her own personal global modern aesthetic.
A Brooklyn Townhouse Gets A Much-Needed Makeover From Barker Architecture

4 days ago | aspiremetro.com | Kelly Walters

A total overhaul has ushered this beautiful Brooklyn townhouse into the 21st century. The project, overseen by Barker Architecture Office, was guided by a palette that featured a neutral backdrop of white tones and white oak elements in shapes and textures punctuated by washes of yellow and touches of blue. Instead of moldings and traditional paneling, detail comes from tambour oak millwork, reeded glass, textured plaster and terrazzo surfacing.
Book Nook: 11 New Titles To Check Out This Pride Month

5 days ago | aspiremetro.com | Kelly Walters

Stack your reading list for Pride Month and beyond with these 11 new titles chronicling the struggles and celebrations of the Queer community. The First Homosexuals: The Birth of a New Identity 1869-1939 by Jonathan D.
Designer Travels: Emma Hayes In Malta

6 days ago | aspiremetro.com | Kelly Walters

The founder and creative director of her eponymous textile brand, Emma Hayes lives and works in New Zealand, a place from where she draws much of her inspiration. All of her designs start by hand — from paintings, drawings and mark-marking generated in response to the patterns and textures of the surrounding landscape. Expanding her creative inspiration this year, Emma and her family have set out on a year-long European adventure.
Maker Monday: An aspire Exclusive Interview With Steve And Emily Bradley

6 days ago | aspiremetro.com | Kelly Walters

Steve and Emily Bradley are the husband-and-wife team behind Bankston Architectural and Southern Design Group, where they serve as Co-CEOs, driving innovation and sustainability within the architectural hardware industry. With a background spanning environmental science, urban planning and design, Steve leads product innovation and creative direction, drawing inspiration from architecture, nature and global travel.
See The Winners Of The 2025 ICFF Editor's Awards

1 week ago | aspiremetro.com | Kelly Walters

The 2025 International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) Editor’s Awards were chosen on Sunday, May 18, by a jury of 15 top interior design and architecture editors. The awards, in 12 categories plus two special awards for sustainable design and Best in Show, were presented in a ceremony on the opening day of the show, hosted by comedian, writer and actor Dan Mahboubian Rosen.