About the studio
House of Seven is a full-service residential design studio and lifestyle boutique in Historic Downtown Covington. Founded by Lindsay Wipperling and Mikel Burns, we build every project on the seven classical elements of design — a quiet framework that keeps our work rooted, considered, and distinctly our own.
Our story
Lindsay and Mikel began House of Seven with a simple conviction: that a home is more than the sum of its finishes. After years spent designing for clients across the North Shore, they opened a storefront on North Vermont Street — a place where the work becomes tactile, where fabric can be held, and where each piece in the showroom has been considered twice before it lands on the floor.
The studio stays small on purpose. A short list of projects each year. A calm, layered aesthetic that reads as collected rather than decorated. And a quiet devotion to the seven elements — Space, Line, Form, Light, Color, Texture, and Pattern — that guide every decision, from the first floor plan sketch to the last book placed on the shelf.
With love, Lindsay & Mikel
Founders
Cotton & magnolia · Gathered on a drive up Highway 25.
Why “seven”
Every project we take on is walked through all seven — from the first floor plan sketch to the last book placed on the shelf.
Before anything else, we shape the room itself — proportion, flow, and the feeling of breathing room.
The quiet geometry of architecture, millwork, and silhouette that gives a home its posture.
The shapes that fill a room — furniture, objects, and sculpture in careful conversation.
Natural light first. Then fixtures, lamps, and the warmth of evenings spent in well-lit rooms.
Palettes drawn from the landscape — warm whites, quiet greens, stone, and soft browns.
Lime-washed plaster, rift-sawn oak, hand-loomed linen, aged brass — the details you notice slowly.
Scenic wallpapers, hand-blocked textiles, and restrained repetition that rewards a second look.
The team
A small, thoughtful studio — two founders and the person who keeps the showroom alive.
Co-Founder & Principal Designer
Lindsay brings over a decade of residential design experience to every House of Seven project, with an eye shaped by classical architecture, European antiques, and a deep reverence for the way a well-composed room holds a life.
Co-Founder & Principal Designer
Mikel’s work lives at the intersection of craft and restraint. She leads the studio’s material sensibility — from limewashed plaster and rift oak to hand-loomed textiles — and curates the showroom with the same editor’s eye.
Retail Manager
Grace runs the showroom floor — from the cotton-and-magnolia still lifes in the window to the small objects tucked on every shelf. Stop in and she’ll walk you through what’s just arrived.
Visit us
Our storefront at 334 N Vermont Street in Historic Downtown Covington is where our design work becomes tactile — a place to see textiles, meet furniture, and imagine how pieces might live in your own home.
