Kris & Michele After graduating with degree's in Architecture, both Kris & Michele entered the world of project management working for commercial construction firms in Boston, MA. A few years in, both of them realized they were missing something. Both jobs lacked any design or hands on building which both had yearned for. They took a risk and quit their Boston jobs and Chestnut Street Design Co. was born! They relocated to the Hudson Valley in New York, Michele's hometown, and the rest is history. Nowadays you'll find both, along with their daughter and Shiba Inu's, renovating historic charmers throughout Ulster County.