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To dream, to see, to make. Interior & Architectural designer. Partner McAlpine House. Collections with Hickory Chair + Visual Comfort & Co.

11/03/2026

Fall in Alys Beach doesn’t announce itself with color. It arrives in the light, a little softer across the white walls, and in a breeze that finally loses its weight. The architecture was already open to the coast, so we let the interiors follow its lead, from the entry courtyard to the loggia where the fans keep turning long after summer. When the seasons barely change, you learn to read them in the light on a white wall.

Interiors: Ray Booth Design of McALPINE
Architecture: Savoie Architects
Photographer: Lisa Romerein
As featured in: Florida Design Magazine, Coastal Luxury Magazine

10/31/2026

A renovation asks you to see an edited version of what's already there. On this Palm Beach house, that meant taking a two-story entry down to one, so arriving feels personal instead of imposing. We flanked the vestibule with columns, set a dark stain on the door and windows against paler shutters, and added wrought iron balconies at two upper windows. Paring it down is what finally let the house belong to its place.

Renovation Architecture: Ray Booth Design of McALPINE and Michael Perry
Landscape Architecture: Keith Leland Williams
Photographer: Eric Piasecki
As featured in: Interiors Magazine

10/29/2026

Grandeur breathes a little easier when the living world is let in. Seasons shift and the light changes with them, but in these rooms, sunshine always finds its way to the greenery. Maybe that's the point of a home... a place you can always feels alive.

Interiors: Ray Booth Design of McALPINE
Architecture: Brian O'Keefe Architects
Photographer: Pieter Estersohn Photography
As featured in: MILIEU Magazine

10/27/2026

A well-edited room knows when to hold back. Inside a timber-framed shell, calm neutrals and soft blues give the architecture room to breathe. The fireplace, the stacked wood, and the simple fabrics each have a clear place. The house frames the room, and the room softens the house: a delicate balance that feels just like home.

Interiors: Ray Booth Design of McALPINE
Architecture: McALPINE
Photographer: Eric Piasecki

10/24/2026

In The Secret Garden, everything changes once you find the door hidden in the ivy. This porch is our own version. Step through the arch and the house falls away: a lantern overhead, a table set for two or four, and draperies drawn back just enough to let the garden in. It's the kind of place you keep to yourself, at least for a while.

Interiors: Ray Booth Design of McALPINE
Architecture: McALPINE
Photographer: Peter Vitale Photography
As featured in: Veranda Magazine

10/22/2026

A family in Los Angeles came to us dreaming of the English countryside, so we let the garden set the terms. The green of the velvet sofa, the warmth of the wood, all of it points toward the arched window and the stone sculpture standing just beyond it. A house owes them a reflection of themselves, and theirs lives outside... this is our invitation into their secret garden.

Interiors: Ray Booth Design of McALPINE
Architecture: McALPINE
Photographer: Lisa Romerein
As featured in: Galerie, LUXE Interiors + Design

10/20/2026

This main floor is her own private domain.

Guests are upstairs and the pool house takes the overflow. But when it is just her, she lives entirely on this one floor. The lounging rooms, kitchen, screened porch, and primary suite all sit within a few steps of each other, almost a little house within the house. A home should feel emotionally understandable to the person living in it, and this floor was where she was going to feel most like herself.

Interiors: Ray Booth Design of McAlpine
Architecture: Ray Booth Design, McAlpine House
DOP: Dane Deaner
Video Production: Meena Consulting
Landscape Architect: Kaiser Trabue
As featured in: Milieu Magazine

10/15/2026

This is the collection I designed with Hickory Chair, and what I wanted most was furniture that could hold its own next to real books, real art, and real collections. The idea was to take classical forms and bring them into the present, while keeping the level of refinement you notice when you get close.
That mattered especially with the chairs. I wanted a shape that feels classical from across the room, but clearly of right now once you’re sitting in it. The upholstery needed to do the same thing, to hold color quietly rather than demand attention. A chair is one of the pieces of furniture people interact with most, so it has to feel as good as it looks and earn its place in the room.

Check out my collection at the link in bio.

Furniture: Hickory Chair, Ray Booth Collection
Interiors: Ray Booth Design of McALPINE
Photographer: David Meredith

Address

225 Polk Avenue, Suite 220
Nashville, TN
37203

Website

http://www.mcalpinehouse.com/, https://rayboothdesign.com/

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