Kate Sandmeyer Ward grew up in the picturesque town of Cornwall, Connecticut and has lived in Litchfield County for most of her life. She has always had a deep love of her town's history and bucolic beauty and, after a few years out west, decided that there was no better place to raise her family.

After graduating from The Taft School and later from Brandeis University, Kate spent several years as a Kitchen and Bath Designer locally and also as ...