Richard Watson

Richard Watson is a small furniture and hardware design studio working out of Brookline, Massachusetts — not a general remodeling contractor, despite surfacing here under kitchen-remodel searches. The company says it was founded in 2008 as an interior design studio by Brooke and Laura Watson, who met while earning their Master of Arts in Interior Architecture, and released its first furniture collection in 2012. Its work centers on hand-crafted pieces — cabinets, beds, dining and side tables, writing desks, stools, and bookshelves — built from hand-selected hardwoods, with hardware cast in solid bronze and brass in its own studio. The public record here is thin. Richard Watson holds a single Google rating of 5 stars and is listed as a member of the Brookline Chamber of Commerce, but there's no deeper trail of customer reviews to build a track record from — the one rating on file dates back to 2022, with nothing more recent to confirm how the studio is doing today. Most of what's known about the craftsmanship comes from the studio's own description of its work, so treat those details as self-reported rather than independently confirmed. Worth asking directly: whether they take on built-in cabinetry or kitchen-specific projects at all, since their public materials describe freestanding furniture and hardware pieces, not room renovations. This looks like the right call for someone after a bespoke, hand-built piece of furniture or custom hardware — not a full kitchen or bathroom remodel. Confirm scope, timeline, and pricing directly, since none of that is documented publicly yet.