If you’ve been following along, you’ll see we have two great little helpers and a really sweet golden retriever named Ford.

Tom grew up on Aquidneck Island. He is the Owner of a Landscape Design Build company called @oconnordesignbuild. If you check out his page, you will see that he’s pretty amazing at completely redesigning an outdoor space.

I am (Katy) a New Jersey transplant. I met Tom in college, we got married young, started a family young and never looked back. I’ve had the pleasure of being able to stay home with our kids but I’ve also worked part-time with an amazing group of girls at @alagriasalon, I manage @oconnordesignbuild & @gatherfarmhouseri social media pages, and am now your host.

We had this crazy idea to remodel this home over a year ago and what we thought was going to be just a simple paint job, turned into a full gut.

We both had our first hand in this sort of job. Tom and I previously had some experience in our personal home but nothing of the stature this home holds. It was a big learning curve for both of us but everything that you will find in this home was thoughtfully placed and created to give our guests a feeling of a home away from home.

Our love for design and homes shines through. This was the biggest labor of love and we hope you can feel that walking through the door. I picked out fabric for pillows, painted furniture to match the home, brought in art by local artists (and still looking for more 😉), went antiquing all over the state. It was important to me that little special touches were everywhere that make the guest have unexpected little joys every turn they make.

So I hope this gives you peace that if you are planning a trip to stay in our home to visit the Newport area, rest assured we will give you, your family and friends the utmost care ❤️ We can’t wait to have you!

The O’Connors 🤍