Boston Magazine
The Life Laconia
By Rachel Levitt
UNIT 320
Artist power couple Gary Knell and Michele Mercaldo wanted flexible, open, and bright space for themselves and their son, now five. Knell, a designer and fabricator, used his South Boston shop, Studio FKIA, to construct a clever plywood and translucent plexiglass system that would serve as a walk-in closet while providing a fold-away office and bookshelves on the living room side; another thoughtful touch was building vertical pockets for storing the enormous window curtains. He and Mercaldo, a jewelry designer, collaborate several times each year to dress the windows of her South End studio/shop with fanciful installations, such as a full-size birch forest and a wall of continuously running water.
Knell accesses the laundry nook next to the kitchen..4(607).jpg)
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