Linda Merrill

Linda Merrill

Linda Merrill is an award-winning interior designer and decorator based on the South Shore of Massachusetts in the gorgeous coastal town of Duxbury. She is an expert in the fields of interior design, media communications & marketing. A lifelong passion for creating beautiful - and livable - spaces combined with a savvy business mind has brought her design work and writing to a national and even international audience. Her passion for creating beautiful spaces began early on when she was allowed to select the finish color of her first “big girl” bedroom set at the age of six. Linda received a Certificate in Decorative Arts from the prestigious Boston Architectural College in 2002 and opened her own firm shortly thereafter. In 2012, Linda was awarded the IFDA New England/Design New England Magazine Showcase award for Best Living Space for her Back Bay Penthouse project.
Linda offers both in-person traditional full-service design as well as custom virtual designs for those outside the area or who are looking for a great design that they can implement themselves.
A serene modern coastal bedroom in Truro Cape Cod Massachusetts design by Linda Merrill.
Linda’s blog, Surroundings (https://lindamerrill.com/blog/), has an international readership and is often listed on Best Blog and Design Influencer lists. It was most recently named one of the Top 19 Interior Designers in Boston by Expertize (https://www.expertise.com/ma/boston/interior-design). It offers her unique views on wide ranging aspects of the built environment from architecture, photographic tours, product reviews, design inspirations, special events and even movie set decor!
She was moderator of a popular podcast series called The Skirted Roundtable from 2009-2013 (http://skirtedroundtable.blogspot.com/2013/09/chatting-with-mario-buatta.html). Her first book HOW TO START A HOME BASED INTERIOR DESIGN BUSINESS, published by Taylor Trade Publishing (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XTTIPHE/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1), was released in May, 2015.
Linda has appeared on Martha Stewart’s Sirius Radio Channel; NECN’s “New England Dream House”; WHDH Television’s “Room for Improvement” and WBZ-TV’s “Sundays With Liz”. She has been featured in CAPE COD MAGAZINE, CAPE COD HOME, HOME REMODELERS magazine, THE BOSTON GLOBE Sunday Magazine, BostonVoyager (http://bostonvoyager.com/interview/conversations-inspiring-linda-merrill/) THE WASHINGTON POST, NEW ENGLAND HOME MAGAZINE, SOUTH SHORE LIVING MAGAZINE and THE PATRIOT LEDGER.

Cheeky Boxes from Process

Designer's Picks: Modern Modular Wall Storage Systems

Posted by Linda Merrill | Mar 21, 2012

As a self-confessed packrat, I'm very impressed with how modern, minimalist homes always seem so organized. Where do the residents put their stuff? When I look around me, every surface...

Etoile Round Waste Can from Waterworks costs $3154. Huzzah.

Eight Luxe Wastebaskets

Posted by Linda Merrill | Mar 20, 2012

When designing a home, we must take every detail into consideration from large the furnishings down to the small things like wastebaskets. Think of it: you spend $50K, $60K or $100K...

The Sommer by Pappilonaire

Designer Picks: Vintage-Style Bicycles

Posted by Linda Merrill | Mar 14, 2012

Ever since the now defunct “House and Garden” magazine featured actress Chloe Sevigny’s Manhattan apartment in 2007, the idea of a bicycle as fashionable décor...

The Martha Stewart Living™ Chrysanthemum Area Rug

Designer Picks: Graphic Rugs for Modern Spaces

Posted by Linda Merrill | Mar 13, 2012

A graphic rug can be a work of art in a space and will add a definite visual punch to the décor. Whether abstract, or an abstracted classic detail, these rugs are statement pieces....

The Great Debate: Animal Head Decor

Posted by Linda Merrill | Mar 13, 2012

Likely, there is nothing more contentious in interior design than a discussion about the use of mounted animal heads as decoration. Recently, there has been a resurgence in the use...

The Jonathan Adler Queen Anne Mirror via Layla Grace

Designer Picks: Funky Curved Mirrors

Posted by Linda Merrill | Mar 06, 2012

When decorating or remodeling a space, it’s important to mix shapes and textures for a well-balanced look. Modern spaces in particular can become too hard-edged when everything is...

Marilyn Acosta/flickr

Get the Look: Danish Mid-Century Modern

Posted by Linda Merrill | Mar 04, 2012

If you want a clean interior design look that's very "now," travel back in time to the 1950s. What's old is new again as Danish Mid-Century Modern furnishings take center stage in...

Painting by Jane O'Hara

Commissioning a Pet Portrait

Posted by Linda Merrill | Feb 14, 2012

Several years ago, I had a design client who owned eight rescue cats and two large Labrador retrievers. One of the rooms I decorated included a large formal portrait of the two dogs...

Get the Look on a Budget: Downton Abbey

Posted by Linda Merrill | Feb 07, 2012

If you’ve been swept in the Masterpiece/PBS soap opera that is Downton Abbey, you are likely to appreciate the exceptional attention to every detail of the houses (make that castles)...

The Tiuku Standing Clock

Modern Grandfather Clocks and Cuckoo Clocks

Posted by Linda Merrill | Feb 02, 2012

Keeping time -- and the instruments that keep our time -- have long held fascination for both scientists and design enthusiasts. Since the early 17th century when Galileo Galilei discovered...