Kathryn Murphy Interiors

Kathryn Murphy Interiors Personalized design for the vintage modern home. https://bio.site/kmurphyinteriors

Kathryn Murphy Interiors is a residential interior design company committed to creating thoughtfully crafted spaces and developing homes that reflect the clients who live in them. We specialize in personal design for the vintage modern home and help you work with your unique space, finding innovative ways to make narrow rooms, tricky floor plans, and quirky details into beautiful, livable spaces.

05/05/2026

In Sawyer for a site visit on a new project—and of course we turned it into a full day of vintage sourcing.

Because the best way to understand a place (and design for it) is to spend time in it—wandering, collecting, noticing what feels right.

Our stops:
— Sojourn
— Alchemy Antiques
— Mazet
— Poppy Hill Vintage
— Alapesh New Home
— Trilogy Antiques and Designs
— Second Wind Vintage

Closed it out with cocktails and a proper meal at Journeyman Distillery and Sideyard.

Work trip, technically. But also the kind of day that shapes a project before a single piece is placed.

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Designing with vintage isn’t just a style choice - it’s a quiet rebellion. Every time you choose a piece with a past you...
04/07/2026

Designing with vintage isn’t just a style choice - it’s a quiet rebellion. Every time you choose a piece with a past you’re opting out of the cycle of fast furniture, mass production, and disposable design. And opting out of the narrative is sounding pretty good right now.

04/05/2026

Came to Mexico City for a change of scenery, left with 2,000 photos of tiles, a mild obsession with courtyards, and a deep respect for the layers, history, and craft behind every space. 🇲🇽✨

Color palettes? Rethought.
Furniture wishlist? Carefully edited.
Luggage space? Absolutely nonexistent.

Interior design is just travel with commitment issues, right?

This weather has me so ready for spring. If it snows next week it’s because I had the audacity to put away the snow shov...
03/20/2026

This weather has me so ready for spring. If it snows next week it’s because I had the audacity to put away the snow shovels.

We stan a Hallmark holiday. The point of the resistance is joy. Watch out for those unmarked chocolates though.
02/14/2026

We stan a Hallmark holiday. The point of the resistance is joy. Watch out for those unmarked chocolates though.

02/11/2026
We love a mix of vintage and new pieces when crafting a space. Scroll through and let us know how many vintage pieces yo...
09/26/2025

We love a mix of vintage and new pieces when crafting a space. Scroll through and let us know how many vintage pieces you notice.

Congratulations to our partners  for their work on the Sawyer project, a Michigan lake house, which is a finalist for th...
09/18/2025

Congratulations to our partners for their work on the Sawyer project, a Michigan lake house, which is a finalist for the 2025 Chicago AIA awards this evening. You can see more photos of the space from on architectural and interiors perspective on their website and ours. Photography by and Styling .crost.creative

Sometimes you want your space to feel classy… with just a hint of cheek. Photography .crost.creative Styling
09/14/2025

Sometimes you want your space to feel classy… with just a hint of cheek. Photography .crost.creative Styling

I’m told I need to put my face on here. Photos of me aren’t really my thing, so this is as good as it gets. Hi! How are ...
09/04/2025

I’m told I need to put my face on here. Photos of me aren’t really my thing, so this is as good as it gets. Hi! How are you? Don’t answer that, it’s rhetorical, everything is terrible and I don’t like this timeline either. But I think you’re nifty.

I move furniture around incessantly, am fluent in sarcasm, and often leave conversations wondering why I seem to have no filter and rehashing what should have been said. I’m great at buying supplies for hobbies I’m never going to try more than once. I am a complete enabler for anyone considering wallpaper, and am always on board with showing up for cocktails and then moving all the furniture around. I have an irrational love of making crazy old houses work for modern life. From room design to renovations, I love the creative challenge that these homes provide. I’m here for bold choices and comfortable sofas, kitchens that actually function, and cabinets that go all the way to the ceiling. If you’re considering a redesign or renovation, trust me you want to invest in a thought partner to help whittle down the 529,600 decisions that go into everything and provide ideas you’d never think of on your own. Because it’s stressful AF to do this by yourself. If you’re still reading, consider this your reminder to book a design consult and get your 2026 (yikes!) project on the books.

Want more? My particular expertise blends a background that includes education, artistry, project management, facilitation, and consensus building. Those consensus-building and project management pieces are key my friends. In addition to my years of interior design expertise, I hold an MA in dance education and have experience with special needs populations that I bring to every design. Those years as an artist mean I can’t help but enter a room and consider light, color, and how people will move through and be still in a space. This knowledge means that not only will your space be beautifully coordinated, but I also spend time understanding how you move through the space and choreograph the furnishings accordingly.
Photo by .crost.creative

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