We are delighted for the recognition.

  • Magazine cover for Maine Home+Design, July 2024 featuring a Simply Home / Banks Design cover story, 'Harborside Rewind,' picturing a large window seat with pillows, small side table, waterfront view, and topics about coastal family homes.

    Harborside Rewind

    Cover Story: Maine Home+Design, July 2024

    Respectful renovation of a grand seaside home makes it fit for today—and ready for generations to come.

  • Magazine cover for Connecticut Cottage & Gardens, February 2024 featuring a Simply Home / Banks Design Cover Story, 'The New Traditionalists'

    The New Traditionalists

    Cover Story: Connecticut Cottage & Gardens, February 2024

    Chic colors and playful patterns fill a classic Georgian with youthful exuberance.

  • Magazine cover of Maine Home+Design, September 2023 representing article story featuring Simply Home / Banks Design, 'Living With Art'

    Living With Art

    Maine Home+Design, September 2023

    “Art as the Driver. We call it the ‘driver’—a textile pattern, a beloved rug, or a fantastic piece of art selected to be the ‘informant’ on every project—the piece that will drive the project’s color palette and the mood. We were faced with a large blank wall when we were asked to turn this waterfront living room into a ladies’ sitting room. We were so delighted when our client agreed to relocate the Alex Katz piece from her stair hall so it could be appreciated front and center in her updated sitting room. We love the abstract, seductive nature of this mysterious woman donning her sun bonnet.”

    —Linda Banks, Banks Design Associates/Simply Home

  • Cover of Decor Maine magazine, Issue No. 8, representing Simply Home / Banks Design in  'The Year in Design'

    Simply Home

    Decor Maine, Issue No. 8

    The working waterfront in Portland is marked by vibrant colors, seafaring action, schooners, tourists, locals, and enticing smells from incredible restaurants. It appeals to all ages. So, when Linda Banks and Edith Smith were hired as the design consultants for the developer and new owners of a building on Portland’s iconic waterfront, she wanted to match the energy of the scenery and consider any age that might want to live there.

  • Cover of Maine Home + Design magazine's January/February 2023 Interior Design issue, featuring Simply Home / Banks Design project, 'New House in the Round Meadow'

    New House in the Round Meadow

    Maine Home+Design, January/February 2023
    2023 Interior Design Listing—Residential

    The inspiration and mission for this new house was “unpretentious classical coastal” without being clichéd nautical. The ocean view inspired the layout to orient work areas toward the windows overlooking the five-acre round meadow on Casco Bay.

  • Magazine cover of Decor Maine, Issue No. 6 featuring Simply Home / Banks Design article story, 'I'd Like to Thank the Association...'

    I'd Like to Thank the Association...

    Decor Maine, Issue No. 6

    Lisa Plourde and Linda Banks received awards from the Maine chapter of the NKBA for their design-forward projects.

  • Cover of Decor Maine magazine, Issue No. 4, featuring Simply Home / Banks Design article story, 'Taking Her Own Advice'

    Taking Her Own Advice

    Decor Maine, Issue No. 4
    By Brian Shuff, Photography: François Gagné

    Long admired for her work on New England’s coast, Linda Banks turns inward, designing for herself at this Falmouth escape,

  • Logo for NKBA Kitchen & Bath Design + Industry Awards representing Banks Design Associates 2021 awards: Grand Prize: Overall Bathroom Category, 1st Place: Large Bathroom, 1st Place: “Before & After” Bath, 3rd Place: Large Kitchen

    NKBA 2021 Design Contest

    Banks Design Associates awards:

    Grand Prize: Overall Bathroom Category
    1st Place: Large Bathroom Category
    1st Place: “Before & After” Bath Category
    3rd Place: Large Kitchen Category

  • Cover of Maine Home + Design magazine's May 2021 issue featuring a small house on a rocky shoreline with an American flag, trees, and water in the background.

    Little House, Big Project

    Maine Home+Design, May 2021
    By Laura Fenton, Photography: François Gagné

    The constraints of a tiny island location informed every choice in the 850-square-foot home.

  • Better Homes & Gardens logo, representing article story featuring Simply Home / Banks Design, 'Life in Color,' October 23, 2020

    The 9 Best Ceiling Paint Colors (Beyond White), According to Designers

    Better Homes & Gardens, Life in Color, October 23, 2020
    By Elizabeth Sweet

    Interior designers turn to these tried-and-true shades of blue, green, and gray for cozy rooms.

  • BOH Business of Home logo representing the 50 States Project, article story featuring Simply Home / Banks Design, 'This Maine designer’s client kept a picture of her work in his wallet for 10 years'

    This Maine designer’s client kept a picture of her work in his wallet for 10 years

    Business of Home, 50 States Project, May 18, 2020
    By Kaitlin Petersen

    We’re chatting with Linda Banks, who moved her bustling Connecticut design business to Maine in 1998.

  • Logo of the American Society of Interior Designers, 2018, Linda Banks, ASID

    ASID 2018 Design Challenge Competition Winner

    Whole House, American Society of Interior Designers, New England Chapter
    September 2018

  • Maine Homes Design Awards logo with black and teal colors.

    Two Awards Won, One Runner Up

    Maine Homes Design Awards - 2018 Readers Choice Winners

    Banks Design Associates won two categories: Professional Curb Appeal for Peter’s Cove, Harpswell and Professional Living and/or Dining Room for Ship Channel, Cape Elizabeth. In addition, Banks Design Associates tied for runner up in the Professional Living/Dining category for Luxe Barn, Falmouth.

  • Cover of New England Home magazine, Summer 2018 featuring Simply Home / Banks Design article story, 'Stylish Stash'

    Stylish Stash

    New England Home, Summer 2018

    New England Home loves Simply Home's Denim blue baskets in blue white, for a stylish way to stash everything from toys to laundry.

  • Image representing Elle Decor Online, July/August 2018, featuring Simply Home / Banks Design article story, 'Cheery & Colorful'

    Cheery & Colorful

    Elle Decor Online, July/August 2018

    Elle Decor features a colorful, Falmouth entry by Banks Design Associates in an online feature on "Ways to Take Your Foyer to the Next Level with Artwork."

  • Cover of Maine Home + Design magazine, February 2018 issue, representing cover story featuring Simply Home / Banks Design, 'Little House, Big Impact'

    Little House, Big Impact

    Cover Story: Maine Home+Design, February 2018

    This vacation getaway right around the corner from Falmouth Town Landing Market makes a statement. 

  • Cover of Maine Home + Design magazine, February 2017 representing article story featuring Simply Home / Banks Design, 'Interior Motives'

    Interior Motives

    Maine Home+Design, February 2017

    According to Linda Banks, the airy weekend house in Ships Channel “really is perched at the edge of the sea, as if you were on the bow of a ship.”

  • Cover of New England Home magazine, Summer 2017, representing article story featuring Simply Home / Banks Design, 'Treasure Island'

    Treasure Island

    New England Home, Summer 2017

    A renovation reveals the gem hidden within a careworn shingled cottage on Chappaquiddick.

  • Cover of Maine Home+Design magazine, September 2016,  representing cover story featuring Simply Home / Banks Design, 'Red, White & Views'

    Red, White & Views

    Cover Story: Maine Home+Design, September 2016

    On Falmouth Foreside, a 1960s colonial is taken down to the studs and opened up to the ocean.

  • Logo of the American Society of Interior Designers, (ASID) for 2015 representing Banks Design Associates awards for Residential Designer Choice, Residential Public Space

    ASID Excellence in Design Awards

    Residential Designer Choice

    Residential Public Space

    American Society of Interior Designers, New England Chapter
    November 2015

  • Cover of Maine Home + Design magazine, September 2015, representing article story featuring Simply Home / Banks Design, 'Simply Home Refresh'

    Simply Home Refresh

    Maine Home+Design, September 2015

    Begin (or complete) your design project with furniture and all manner of home goods from the Simply Home, where various vignettes provide loads of inspiration.

  • Cover of Maine Home + Design magazine, April 2015 issue, representing cover story featuring Simply Home / Banks Design, 'Art as an Anchor'

    Art as an Anchor

    Cover Story: Maine Home+Design, April 2015

    A gentle face-lift to a John Calvin Stevens house in the West End takes its cue from the canvas.

  • Cover of Maine Home+Design, July 2014, representing cover story featuring Simply Home / Banks Design, 'American Vernacular, American Contemporary/

    American Vernacular, American Contemporary

    Cover Story: Maine Home+Design, July 2014

    Maine cottages and traditional Capes inspire the design of a Harpswell home.

  • Cover of Maine Home + Design magazine February 2014 issue, representing article story featuring Simply Home / Banks Design, 'The Big Reveal'

    The Big Reveal

    Maine Home+Design, February 2014

    On Orr’s Island, clean, classic design with a thrilling twist.

  • Logo of the American Society of Interior Designers for the year 2013, with a red background and white text.

    ASID Excellence in Design Awards

    First Place - Residential Multiple Space

    First Place - Residential Public Space

    First Place - Residential Kitchen

    American Society of Interior Designers, New England Chapter, November 2013

  • Cover of New England Home magazine, March-April 2013, representing article story featuring Simply Home / Banks Design, 'Treasure Hunt'

    Treasure Hunt

    New England Home, March-April 2013

    A home that once belonged to a shipwreck diver becomes a real catch for a California family who looks forward all year to summer on the Maine coast.

  • Cover of Maine Home + Design magazine, August 2012 issue, representing article story featuring Simply Home / Banks Design, 'Farmhouse Redux'

    Farmhouse Redux

    Maine Home+Design, Aug 2012

    The classic farmhouse gets a modern-day take in Cape Elizabeth.