Joanne Palmisano Design

10/25/2026

Ultimate fall reads for those who love to curl up with a good design book. Learn how to source, style and design with beautiful vintage, bespoke and salvaged materials. Want to learn how to transform your space and add soul, history and character— grab one of my salvage design books.

Have a vacation rental property or a small boutique space that you want to upgrade and market— the Rock Your Rental— is a must have— according to Publishers Weekly!

So grab a coffee ☕️ and a cozy blanket and curl up with a good book. You can order from my website or online or from your favorite bookstore!

These also make great gifts. 🎁 🤗

Happy Fall 🍁!

10/10/2026

Most difficult “as is” measuring to date! So excited for my sister and her “new” project. More to come… Follow Rosanne & Joanne Palmisano for the whole story soon!

09/24/2026

Fall is in the air! And Camp DeForest is a perfect place to head with a friend. This design project was a favorite — not only because it allowed me to be super creative — but I worked alongside the owners — who poured their heart and soul into the project, collecting all the goodies that make this place so special. It was a true collaboration — one I will cherish for a lifetime. So head to Maine for your own fall adventure and stay with friends or family — twin bed rooms, king bed room and cottages that can handle a whole group! Not to mention all the outdoor fun — fire pits, and more — there is something for everyone.

08/08/2026

Still pinch myself on having a furniture collection with Fireside Lodge Furniture — Re.Curated. What a whirlwind—I love seeing it in delivered and in place. Made with both reclaimed (old Kentucky to***co barns) and locally sourced wood from an amazing company— crafted in the USA. 🙌❤️😊

Shout out thank you to Jessica Jessica Helgerson and Sara Pridgen for all your support and kindness and helping me with great advice. Women helping women. Love it! 😊

08/04/2026

10 years later… hard to believe Lawson's Finest Liquids taproom and retail store opened up in 2018 (two years earlier Karen and Sean reached out to me to be their interior designer for it). Who knew that we would work on three additional design projects over the years and our working relationship would turn into a lovely friendship. It was a joy to be with them to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with family and friends. The Lawson's Finest Liquids taproom and retail store project will always remain a special design project — filled with local artisan woodwork and Vermont materials and an incredible team — but even better is the lifelong friendship that came out of it. Cheers to 25 more Karen and Sean! 🎉❤️🎉

07/25/2026

07/24/2026

When you have an idea and really hope it works— and lo and behold— it does! Thanks Maggie Powers Tepas for trusting me with your vision for The Breakers Inn. Grateful and honored!

07/20/2026

To my thrifting and salvage 🐥 peeps out there—beyond a blast to follow you on Insta! Your sharing your thrifting designs is inspiring! ⭐️💫🤩

Some moreideas… mix and match leftover materials— left over building supplies —rebuild stores or online on your local Facebook marketplace or similar. Think- wainscoting made from old trim— vintage dresser turned vanity!

Don’t want to mix and match— no worries! There are thousands of recycled glass and porcelain tiles out there that give you any look and feel you want. I just used some that look exactly like marble for a luxury home. (Recycling glass is so important— because only a small percentage of what we recycle actually gets reused— so using it as tile is an easy way to help increase that.)

There are many other “new” products made from recycled material— put your list together and you’ll never go back. From recycled metal drawer hardware to insulation— it is there.

In my design projects a lot of times— I work around things that are already there— instead of changing something out (hardwood floors, or cabinets, etc). Can you change them in another way without removing them? The “food groups” style pyramid is to help you understand the best ways to reuse.

Meet your peeps- go to your architectural salvage shop, thrift store, fairs with salvage design speakers, follow your favorite Instagram accounts that inspire you with reuse. Lone Fox by Drew Michael Scott does a lovely job with this! Shannon Quimby is another salvage guru. I love how Jessica Helgerson reuses in their designs. 😍. And of course, follow your favorite salvage shops— I saw old doors posted on instagram by one of my favorite shops—I called them and within 10 minutes I owned those doors. They were white and shabby but we saw beyond that and painted them a high gloss black-they were transformed- and featured in a lux mag.

I’m heading to Oregon right now and this coming Saturday— I’ll be signing books and chatting with folks about design at Vintage in the Valley Market in McMinnville.

If I don’t see you there — I hope we bump into each other at our favorite thrift shops. 😘