Ashley Whittaker Design

05/02/2026

Never gets old with these Polo Girls.

04/12/2026

Looking at a property on Google Earth and found myself unexpectedly arrested by the landscape itself.

From above, Dutchess County reveals its quiet order; fields shaped by hand over generations, edges softened where pasture meets woodland, and those gentle, deliberate curves that speak to both utility and care.

What appears at first as a simple patchwork is, in fact, the record of stewardship. The land has been worked, respected, and understood. There is a kind of civility to it; the way one field yields to another, the way the roads follow the contours instead of imposing upon them.

It is a reminder, I think, that the true setting of a house is not confined to its walls or even its immediate grounds, but extends outward; into the larger landscape that gives it meaning.

In Dutchess County, architecture and land are not separate ideas. They belong to one another.

And sometimes, it takes stepping back, far back, to see just how beautifully that relationship holds.

04/01/2026

30 years ago today…who remembers? 🌮🌮🌮

03/01/2026

Bunny always makes it feel like spring!

02/12/2026

Then anything is possible. Sometimes the dream house is hiding in plain sight.

That’s where I come in…
I see volume where others see low ceilings.
Light where others see walls.
Potential where others see “no.”

Vault the ceilings, add French doors, epoxy the floors, board and batten the walls and suddenly everyone else’s no becomes your yes!

Let’s find your dream house hidden in plain sight!

02/12/2026

Then anything is possible. Sometimes your dream house is hiding in plain sight.

That’s where I come in…
I see volume where others see low ceilings.
Light where others see walls.
Potential where others see “no.”

Vault the ceilings, add French doors, epoxy the floors, board and batten the walls and suddenly everyone else’s “no” has become your “yes!”

Let’s find your dream house hidden in plain sight!

02/08/2026

I loved every inch of this house. Reworking the details, layering in texture, and refining the finishes made this magical space feel even more inviting. So grateful to have been part of its next chapter. Happy sellers, happy buyers. Nothing better!

01/31/2026

01/27/2026

Favorite mail day of the year . Delighted to open this and see a new photo of the iconic Middlefield. It was an absolute high point of 2025 to have represented in the sale of his timeless country house.

01/23/2026

When you need a January pick me up…you just show up “almost” unannounced for coffee with and .bellomo. The beauty is real people!

01/17/2026

I heard it’s 2016…