"My home draws me in- sort of Zen- a Here and Now thing that is calming. It's so beautiful.... Sometimes, I take my tea and sit at the window seat. I stop and watch the seasons passing. It's the best money I ever spent."
- Petersburgh, NY
"I enjoyed more. Enlarged. It fulfills my images of home and cooking. It's a wonderful place to be. Everyone loves cooking in my kitchen, especially my son-in-law. The biggest change is how happy I am. What a wonderful Saturday it was. I made a potato and leek soup, a stew and bread. You two aren't like anybody else. You have such complimentary talents...."
-Williamstown, MA
"I had my feet operated on just as the strawberries came in. I called a 'May-Day' to my kids. They brought friends from college. There were seventeen people in my kitchen putting up preserves! And no one fell over anyone! I sat with my feet propped-up on a pillow. It was fantastic to see my kitchen turn into a jam factory. In the winter, we live in here. Unless there is company we close the rest of the house off. This (the kitchen/family room) is everything we need."
-Stephentown, NY
"It feels incredibly luxurious. I'm doing the same cooking, but I have a wonderful time! It's such a happy place. You'd have to be in it to know. It's individualistic ....personal...I'm so proud of my knobs and I know how hard you worked to find them. The working together situation was great. In the end you made it fly. Being in my kitchen makes me happy. It's been twelve years and I still look at all the magazines. But you know, I've never wanted any other kitchen!"
-Williamstown, MA
"I love it. Everyone loves it. It is so cozy and comfortable, it has made me more at-ease in the house. Maybe because it is my house finally."
-Williamstown, MA
"It just has that classy look to it... there's a certain 'pride of ownership' when we entertain..."
-North Adams, MA
"The amount of time we spend in the kitchen; it has become the center of our life. It has become the family and entertainment center of our life. We have trouble getting people out of the kitchen into the rest of the house."
-Williamstown, MA
"On the function side it made it easier to cook, but, Oh God!, so much easier to clean-up! More comfortable, less tiring. In a sense, it was talking with you about the kitchen, the process was so interesting- it clarified who I am. At each point, the design, the construction, the decoration, I felt clearer about what I wanted out of my life.... what I enjoyed.. and what was important to me."
-Jamesboro, MA
"The visual thing is wonderful, because I work hard and my house is a real refuge now. To come home and find comfort is wonderful. The difference between work and home is drastic. Oh, it's so beautiful! Everyone comments on how unusual, beautiful my house is. It compliments me, because it is me!"
-Cambridge, MA
We also offer design services at long distances and will work with your contractor so that you may also have a home by Longfellow Builders & Co..
"I have worked with Lynn for more than twenty years, on two houses. She has done architectural designs for kitchens and bathrooms and interior design for every detail of both houses. Lynn's sense of color is superb, and she uses it with gusto and finesse. Her willingness and ability to work with what I have - a combination of antique furnishings, reupholstered finds, and family possessions - have been particularly gratifying. A Lynn Latson house is comfortable, inviting and never shows the hand of a "decorator"."
-Linda Conway
Williamstown, MA
