Faced with unimaginable obstacles, interior designer Holly Hudson transforms a new home for long-time clients in four short months.

For Holly Hudson, it can be said that her life has been full of intersections. The owner of Falmouth-based Holly Hudson Designs, she is used to moments where a green light indicates, “Move ahead with confidence,” and a yellow light might communicate, “Caution” to most, yet for this seasoned professional, it just means, “Things will be progressing soon.” And a red light, which dictates a halt in forward progression, prompts this intrepid designer to examine how a right turn might get her closer to her destination.

In March of 2020, Hudson’s long-time clients, for whom she has worked with for several homes over the years, purchased a beachfront property in New Seabury barely a week after a worldwide pandemic had been announced to the public. “Not only did we suddenly find ourselves having to navigate the world in different ways,” Hudson recalls, “but we had a deadline that would have been extremely challenging in normal times—less than four months—the clients wanted to be in by the Fourth of July weekend.”