Maggie Morton Design

Maggie Morton Design Creating beautiful spaces for the classic modern lifestyle. Welcome to Maggie Morton Design where we blend the old with the new in interior design.

Our philosophy? Your home should reflect a lifestyle that's both classic and modern, perfect for entertaining yet cozy for those quiet moments alone. Join us in exploring designs that make your house a true home, where every space tells your story. Discover the beauty of interior design with us. Services Include:
NEW BUILD & RENOVATION DESIGN
Working with you, your contractor, & other trades to help with selections of countertops, cabinets, flooring, millwork. FULL SERVICE INTERIOR DESIGN
Planning your space and selection of furniture, textiles, wall coverings, and decor. VIRTUAL DESIGN
A more affordable alternative to Full Service Interior Design

CONSULTING ADVICE
Help in getting started or adding the finishing touch.

A home I have been dreaming up, I am calling it classic interiors with a modern twist. Lived in, a little imperfect, bui...
10/19/2026

A home I have been dreaming up, I am calling it classic interiors with a modern twist. Lived in, a little imperfect, built to last. Traditional bones like gridded windows, a curved all-wood staircase, octagon mosaic tile, marble, and wainscoting, brought back to life for how we actually live now. Seattle is FULL of these homes! Tudors, colonials, and craftsmans all over Laurelhurst, Madison Park, Magnolia, and View Ridge, sitting on decades of charm and just needing someone to breathe some new life into them. If you have one of these homes and want to honor its history without living in the past, we are your team!!

All images via Pinterest

Seattle Interior Designer, Classic Interior Design, Modern Classic Interiors, Seattle Homes, Historic Home Design, Tudor Homes, Craftsman Homes, Timeless Interior Design, Traditional Interior Design

My friends asked if I wanted to come to New York for the Kips Bay Show House, and my answer was: if I don't have to plan...
10/19/2026

My friends asked if I wanted to come to New York for the Kips Bay Show House, and my answer was: if I don't have to plan anything, yes, so they planned everything, they even bought my ticket. That's the best kind of trip! Peter Dunham's room was my favorite, hands down, I have his book and I've used his patterns for years. We also stopped at KRB on the Upper East Side, split Spaghetti alla Nerano at lunch and made our usual stop at Hermès, because I always try to come home with something (a triangle scarf this time). And yes, I'm still in my headband era. I will always be in my headband era.

P.S. I'm a Palm Beach show house girl at heart, and a lot of this was very New York for me, but it's always good perspective to see how design reads up and down the East Coast. Thank you to my girls for bringing me along.

Interior Design, Show House, Kids Bay Show New York, Seattle Interior Designer

Just because technology is moving our lives at 10x doesn't mean the way we live in our homes should change at that same ...
10/16/2026

Just because technology is moving our lives at 10x doesn't mean the way we live in our homes should change at that same speed. The rapid evolution of technology often leads to fleeting trends, but real living spaces should stand the test of time. For us, that means designing rooms that invite you to slow down with heirloom pieces with a story, materials that soften and patina with age, and layouts built around how a family lives.

📸: Lauren Daue

Home Transformation, Renovation Design, Classic Colonial, Maryland Interior Designer, Baltimore Home Design

I have always been drawn to a four-poster, technically, it isn't a headboard at all; it's the whole frame. The style goe...
10/14/2026

I have always been drawn to a four-poster, technically, it isn't a headboard at all; it's the whole frame. The style goes back centuries, when the posts held curtains for warmth and a little privacy, and even though we don't need that anymore, the height and the presence never went out of style. I almost always find mine secondhand, and ours is a good example. I found it at a consignment shop here in Baltimore and fell for the clean lines, it turned out to be signed by Steven Swift, a furniture maker who ran a family workshop on Nantucket for decades. That's why I almost always go antique. I'd rather find an old frame with real patina at a consignment shop or antique store than buy something new trying to imitate it. Swipe through for the shapes I look for, how I style them, and the one thing I always check before I commit.

Headboard Styles, Bedroom Details, Four Poster Beds, Classic Bedroom Design, Baltimore Interior Design

Before this room was pretty, it was a stack of elevations. Every little detail, worked out on paper long before anyone p...
10/09/2026

Before this room was pretty, it was a stack of elevations. Every little detail, worked out on paper long before anyone picked fabric.

That's the part people don't usually see. This one started as a pretty classic Ralph Lauren idea in my head, and somewhere in the drawings it turned into something a little more unexpected. The ceiling ended up carrying more of the room than I planned for, and I'm glad it did, that's usually how the good rooms go. You plan for one thing and the room tells you what it actually wants to be. More on this one soon!!

designprocess maggiemortondesign Ralph Lauren Style, Home Office Design, Classic Modern Style, Interior Design Cads, Maryland Interior Design

Last fall I dug up our hostas because I hadn't had peonies bloom in three years, I genuinely wasn't sure anything would ...
10/07/2026

Last fall I dug up our hostas because I hadn't had peonies bloom in three years, I genuinely wasn't sure anything would come back. Then this spring the blooms showed up, and I just stood there in the yard for a minute.

Fall in Maryland always feels like that same kind of shift. Summer winds down, the house finds its rhythm again, the studio's busy season picks back up, and there's a version of fall I lo
ok forward to every single year. A little throwback to one of my favorite homes as we settle into it.

📸: Lauren Daue

Favorite Home Project, End Of Summer, Maryland Living, Residential Interiors, Baltimore Interior Designer

There are so many beautiful ways to gather inspiration for a project. Travel, design books, an afternoon in a museum, a ...
09/28/2026

There are so many beautiful ways to gather inspiration for a project. Travel, design books, an afternoon in a museum, a Sunday farmers market, the list goes on! But one of my biggest inspirations comes from my very own backyard, right here in Baltimore.

Billy Baldwin, widely considered one of the fathers of American interior design was born and raised in Baltimore, the city I’m lucky to call home, before he ever made his name in New York. He is one of my all-time favorites, and he had a famous room done in Arbre de Matisse, the Quadrille print.

So when I designed my own home, I wanted to pay a little homage to him. That same pattern now lives in my laundry room, and honestly, it might be my favorite corner in the whole house. A daily reminder of where great design comes from, and of the city that shaped one of its greats. And don’t be surprised if you see Arbre de Matisse somewhere in my next house, too.

I have a book called The Design Directory of Bedding, hundreds of pages of headboard shapes going back decades. I do not...
09/21/2026

I have a book called The Design Directory of Bedding, hundreds of pages of headboard shapes going back decades. I do not follow it exactly, but I go back to it often, the same way I go back to Billy Baldwin's Arbor de Matisse room from a 1965 Vogue feature, which I loved enough to bring into my own laundry room.

That is really the point. Even when a headboard is fully custom, it still comes from somewhere. Scalloped, square, curved, cannonball, four-poster, these are the shapes I return to most, and each one sets a different tone before you get to anything else in the room. Swipe through for when I reach for each.

Headboard Styles, Bedroom Details, Four Poster Beds, Classic Bedroom Design, Baltimore Interior Design

A before-and-after doesn't always tell you the part that matters most: the time and dedication. The sourcing and the sam...
09/16/2026

A before-and-after doesn't always tell you the part that matters most: the time and dedication. The sourcing and the sampling, the plans drawn and redrawn, the dozens of small decisions behind a single room, each one made with care. A finished space can look effortless, but every inch of it was considered, measured, and carefully designed into place. Our attention to detail is what the reveal may not show, but it is exactly what makes a home feel like yours.

Home Transformation, Renovation Design, Classic Colonial, Maryland Interior Designer, Baltimore Home Design

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