Our Little Wicomico Project Breaks Ground

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There’s a particular weight to the moment when a project truly begins — not on paper, but in the ground.

This week, construction officially started at our Little Wicomico project. Demo is now underway, with the existing house coming down to make way for a new river house that has been over a year and a half in the making. What began as early conversations, rough sketches, and a series of site walks is now on the verge of becoming something tangible — something we’ll soon be able to stand in, measure, and watch take shape as framing begins and the rebuild moves forward.

The site feels different already — more open and more defined by what’s ahead. With the structure coming down, the relationship to the river is starting to come back into focus.

FIRST LOOK

While we’re working within the footprint of the existing foundation, the design rethinks how the house meets the water — opening up views, improving flow, and creating a clearer connection between inside and out.

We’ve spent a lot of time thinking about proportion, sightlines, and the in-between moments—how a stair turns, how a ceiling shifts, how light moves across a room at different times of day. Those decisions are already carrying through into the next phase. The project has been approached as a whole from the beginning, with architecture, interiors, and furnishings developed in tandem so each layer informs the next. It’s a slower, more iterative way of working, but it tends to result in something that feels more cohesive and resolved over time.

We’re incredibly grateful to be working with clients who have approached this process with a high level of trust and openness. Being entrusted with the full scope—from architecture through furnishings—is not something we take lightly. It allows us to stay consistent in the thinking from the big moves down to the smaller details, and to shape the project in a way that feels aligned from start to finish. Their willingness to stay engaged and curious throughout has made this a genuinely collaborative process.

WHAT'S NEXT

As demo continues and construction begins to ramp up, we’re looking forward to getting back on site regularly and sharing progress as it happens — along with a few early glimpses of where we’re headed.

More soon.