The home’s black, white, and gray palette is reflected in the basement bathroom, which features flooring from Cement Tile Shop and walls painted Benjamin Moore Wrought Iron.
“To me, this feels like a really fabulous European retreat,” says Seed, who layered the primary suite with neutral patterns and textures for visual interest and incorporated antiques the couple had collected over the years.
In the primary bath, marble cascades down the sides of the vanity top; pillowed Carrara marble floors lead to a balcony.
In a nod to the owners’ informal lifestyle, the kitchen is open to the living room, with just an unobtrusive arch dividing them.
A paneled archway across from the front door welcomes visitors into the living room of this house west of Boston; French doors from Lepage Millwork line the rear, affording views of a marble garden pool installed by the Olmsted Brothers nearly 120 years ago.
The living room, like the rest of the house, was furnished using the owners’ existing pieces. right: The dining room is painted Benjamin Moore Elephant Gray and is illuminated by cove lighting in the recessed ceiling and a Visual Comfort & Co. chandelier.
The recessed oak shelving in the library repeats a paneling motif used throughout the house. Green paint wraps the walls and ceiling, which interior designer Nina Seed describes as a very British approach.
The sultry laundry room is bathed in Benjamin Moore Hale Navy. “It makes even me want to do laundry,” says Seed with a laugh.
The window-lined breakfast bay brings the outdoors in, while floating shelves and a Visual Comfort & Co. chandelier preserve the view; a duplicate bay off the library serves as the wife’s office.
White rhino marble tops the kitchen cabinets, which alternate between white paint and oak and are paired with a sinuous plaster vent hood.
Thick paneled archways separate the main rooms (and, in some cases, hide closets). “I think it’s a gracious way to make a transition to a new space,” says architectural designer Todd Paratore.
Ivy frames a round porthole window.
The dining room is painted Benjamin Moore Elephant Gray and is illuminated by cove lighting in the recessed ceiling and a Visual Comfort & Co. chandelier.
A similar window reappears in the butler’s pantry, which features a quartzite counter and backsplash.
A curvaceous MTI tub beckons from the other side of the primary bath.
The symmetry in the architecture and Italian-style garden in front echoes the 1906 mansion that once occupied the site..
The entry radiates Hollywood glamour, its masonry door surround crowned by a discreet wall dormer—a hallmark of French country design.
An antique English desk and chair are set against a window in a corner of the primary bedroom.
A guest room has a custom painted headboard with a hinged extension that envelopes the nightstand.
The primary bedroom is cozy and calm; whitewashed wood planks add visual interest to the vaulted ceiling, and the corner windows are treated with soft off-white curtains and taupe-gray shades.
Though the rear porch was enclosed with floor-to-ceiling windows, it retains an outdoor sensibility with exterior shingles and outdoor sconces on the wall and bluestone flooring.
Nothing says summer by the sea like an open porch with an ocean view. Shaded by shrub pines and furnished with a porch swing and vintage oak rope chairs, it is a favorite spot for quiet contemplation.
Vintage Eskild Pontoppidan dining chairs surround the Stillmade walnut dining table. Bone Simple Design’s custom jute-and-cord barrel pendants bring in another modern element.
To lighten the palette in the kitchen, Martha’s Vineyard Construction Company bleached dark walnut cabinets to a soft wood tone and replaced heavy granite countertops with white marble.
An antique bench is set against white shiplap walls in the kitchen where an open door leads to the ocean-facing porch.
In the changing room, a twig-and-driftwood mirror lends a dramatic finish to the teak walls and vanity.
An arflex sofa and vintage Hans J. Wegner chairs harmonize with traditional architectural elements such as the multipaned windows and brick fireplace in the living room.
The entry hall sets a quiet stage with shiplap walls painted white, a backdrop for a modern live-edge desk and wood-and-metal chair.
Nestled into the lush natural vegetation of its coastal location, “the home evokes time and tradition within its setting,” says interior designer Terri Ricci. Cedar shingles weathered silver-gray by sun and salt air reinforce the low-key vibe of a beach house, which sits at the end of a stepping-stone path.
In the first-floor television room, the client, a vegan, only agreed to the leather chairs because they are vintage.
One of the client requests was to transform the existing single-story entry into a more dramatic double-height space; a striking new staircase extends into the attic, where the wife’s new “treetop office” is located.
The kitchen is in the former primary bedroom, while the bedroom has been relocated to the new second-floor addition directly above.
Nightstands from Cappellini and pendants from A-N-D flank the bed in the primary suite; the artwork is by Richard Serra.
A wallpaper from Eskayel envelops the powder room.
Sliding glass pocket doors separate the television room from the living area, which features a fireplace, a pendant from SkLO Studio, and a sofa from B&B Italia.
Northe Woodworking is responsible for all the millwork in the home, including the kitchen cabinetry; the countertops are quartz, and the pendants are from Foscarini. “The triple slider opens all the way and provides optimal access to the yard,” explains Flynn.
“The builder did a masterful job creating these curved plaster walls,” says Flynn. “To keep the home from feeling like an Italian hospital, we added white-oak flooring.”
The modern additions sit atop existing wings and feature curved cedar walls and cantilevered roofs that shade new balconies.
The owners took advantage of the renovation to make the house as sustainable as possible, opting for solar panels, Tesla backup batteries, and electric heat pumps, among other things. “We were able to achieve a much more airtight building than a 1920s brick colonial would normally allow for,” says Laura Burnes of Adams + Beasley Associates.
For the main floor plan, architect Katie Flynn moved the more practical spaces to the core of the home and left the perimeter open to maximize light and views throughout.
A Giffin Design light fixture illuminates a Poliform table, B&B Italia chairs, and a rug from Steven King Decorative Carpets in the dining area; artwork by Lalla Essaydi hangs in a walnut niche.
The primary bath features flooring from Stone Source and a tub from MTI.
A wet bar and game table sit at one end of the family room.
Rusty tones join neutrals and blues to add character to the study. The coppery velvet sofa and a swivel chair face off across a natural banana-bark coffee table from Made Goods.
The family room leads to the covered porch in the backyard, where the landscape plan includes a sizable swath of lawn for the homeowners’ three children to play. Low dwarf ginkgo shrubs provide year-round interest without blocking light from the house.
A to-die-for dressing room organizes clothes, shoes, and accessories along the walls and in the voluminous center island.
A V-groove ceiling, upholstered bed, and a bench of sumptuous blue velvet lend a cozy warmth to the primary bedroom.
Cerused-oak cabinetry sits against the primary bath’s wall of Statuario marble.
Schumacher’s Acanthus Stripe grasscloth makes a bold statement in the powder room.
The pool house, a new addition to the property, was designed to mimic the style of the main house. “The program is more enclosed, more private, more nested in the backyard,” landscape architect Craig Halvorson notes.
The mudroom holds covered and open cabinetry to keep everything a family of five needs in its place.
Sherwin-Williams’s moody Still Water paint in semigloss gives the living room a warm, enveloping feel. Designer Erin Gates mixed traditional pieces like the homeowners’ own antique chest with more modern details such as the Visual Comfort & Co. chandelier with its milky handblown glass disks. She added shots of chartreuse, in the Kelly Wearstler drapery fabric and a toss pillow, to play off the artwork.
Gates used the same Calacatta Borghini marble for the kitchen’s backsplash and counters. The stainless-steel hood’s brass strapping is echoed in the Lawson-Fenning stools. “They’re the perfect touch of modern,” says Gates about the brass-framed stools with vinyl seats.
The foyer’s existing fireplace was rebuilt with a surround of Calacatta Viola marble. A new staircase in a style that bridges traditional and contemporary connects the home’s three stories.
The light-filled family room is painted in Benjamin Moore’s Dove Wing, a luminous white with silvery undertones. Accents of blue and brass add warmth. RIGHT: A wet bar and game table sit at one end of the family room.
Everything to the left of the front entrance is new, constructed to blend seamlessly with the old part of the 1904 Shingle-style house. Tree hydrangeas are among the landscape plan’s unusual species.
Drama reigns in the dining room, where the walls wear Schumacher’s Brindille gold-accented wallpaper in a peacock-blue hue and the ceiling glows with Schumacher’s Brushed Plaid in Aged Silver. Chairs covered in sage-colored velvet encourage lingering around the Keith Fritz dining table.
“The wife fell madly in love with this tub,” says Gates about the primary bath’s polished nickel tub, which was shipped over from England.
The designers review patterns by artist Kelly Ventura.
Designs in the works by textile company Virginia Kraft, another one of twenty2’s collaborators.
The twenty2 team holds textile standards to the highest caliber.
Compared to traditional screen printing, where different colors of a pattern are applied—often by hand—to a surface via a series of screens, digital printing allows for multiple colors to be applied at once. Seen here: a suzani-inspired pattern by St. Frank.
Artist Rebecca Atwood’s designs are printed by twenty2.
A quality-control check for textile company Radish Moon, one of twenty2’s manufacturing partners.
twenty2 founders and owners Kyra and Robertson Hartnett.
The shop’s fabulous finds include a sofa upholstered in fabric by Alan Campbell for Quadrille, a vintage pencil-reed cocktail table featuring a palm leaf design, and vintage carpet beaters that flank contemporary photography. Harper customized the barstool with the location of her South Carolina wedding, a palm tree, and a burgee flag.
The mirror in this vignette can be custom made in a variety of finishes, and the shell boxes are crafted by Susan Lloyd.
Coral’s welcoming facade at 77 Main Street often has its glossy double doors swung open during balmy weather.
A photograph by Troy House is the focal point of an eclectic wall display featuring art by Mary Maguire and antique ship paintings that Harper bought at auction on Nantucket. The chairs, reupholstered in a cinnabar mohair fabric, exemplify stylish upcycling.
A vintage rattan quatrefoil table is topped with handcrafted cutting boards and a garnet-colored- glass match striker based on an antique design.
Interior designer and shop owner Lindsey Coral Harper operates her firm from her Stonington shop, Coral.
In the wife’s bath, the cast-iron Penhaglion tub showcases a polished stainless-steel finish. The vintage pendant hanging above was purchased in New Orleans. “That’s an actual crown on top of the beadwork,” says Pippo, who covered the ceiling in a Holly Hunt paper that sports a gold and silver sheen.
Gucci wallpaper makes a statement in a first-floor powder room.
The home’s third floor serves as the youngest daughter’s bedroom.
A nubby boucle chair and ottoman offer a place to read next to built-in bookshelves; the top shelf corrals the homeowners’ collection of vintage tomes.
Furniture-like cabinetry painted Farrow & Ball Railings contains the freezer, wine refrigerator, and refrigerator, while the door on the right leads to the butler’s pantry.
The couple’s portrait collection watches over many rooms in the house, including the Christopher Peacock-designed kitchen. The wife, says interior designer Antonio Pippo, was adamant the kitchen island not include seating. “She didn’t want people gathering around the island,” says Pippo. “She wanted them to be elsewhere, having fun.”
The homeowners elected to forgo grass and trees in favor of a meandering stone pathway that leads to the entrance of the three-story home, which went from pale gray to black.
The front door, which was repositioned during the remodel, opens into the living area and the staircase with its cable railing and wood handrail. A 100-plus-year-old bench from a church in Portugal sits under the front window.
The Judge oil painting sparks dinner conversation in this Greenwich dining room where two Visual Comfort & Co. chandeliers hang above a custom, polished, live-edge table.
“She just speaks to me,” says the wife, who works in fashion, of the portrait of a tarot card reader hanging in the primary bedroom. “There’s something about her I just can’t shake. Art should be something you can’t move on from.”
The husband’s bath features travertine-like stone on the walls and floor.
Kravet fabric covers the cushion of a wicker Justin Van Breda London dog bed.
Paul Ferrante designed the headboard’s shell sconce.
The elegant fabric on the desk chair is by Cowtan & Tout.
The room’s designers, Cindy Rinfret and Taylor Stebbins.
Florida artist Robin Grubman created the underside of the shell-encrusted bed canopy.
Rinfret, Ltd., collaborated with de Gournay on the hand-painted and appliqued wall panels and embroidery for the bed and settee.
Rinfret, Ltd.’s bedroom at the 2024 Kips Bay Decorator Show House Palm Beach was an oasis of calm. The coral chairs are by Dennis & Leen through The Bright Group, while the rug is from J.D. Staron.
The tour de force in the front entry hall is the chandelier of cascading white plaster from Visual Comfort & Co. “It is earthy but glamorous and dramatic,” says interior designer Andrea Sinkin. The continuity of color that runs throughout the house begins with the staircase’s gray handrails.
The monochromatic gray tones of the primary bedroom make this a restful retreat for the parents. The upholstered bed is by Bernhardt. The Fiona mirror from Made Goods, one of the homeowner’s favorite pieces, is crafted from silver and mother-of-pearl in a floral motif.
A closet was eliminated in the primary bathroom making room for a pair of new vanities and a built-in makeup station. The space opens to a private outdoor balcony.
Grasscloth wallcovering and silk curtains bring texture to the living room. The chandelier of mirrored discs from Arteriors adds a playful note.
A spot for family dining was designed around a banquette on one side of the new island; the table base is from Dunes and Duchess, and the top was custom made by builder Palette Pro Painting & Renovation.
The banquette is upholstered in performance vinyl from Kravet, and floral arrangements are by Abilis Gardens & Gifts in Greenwich.
The color scheme continues in the dining room’s willow-pattern wallpaper from the Pluma line at Romo. Sinkin paired a Worlds Away table with side chairs in light-toned wood with caned backs and seats upholstered in blue-gray fabric. The sideboard is finished in woven grasscloth. The modern chandelier from Visual Comfort & Co. resembles a mobile.
A nook in the family room, command central for children’s activities, has a corkboard for notes and cupboards for storage.
An island from the original kitchen, fitted with a beverage refrigerator, is repurposed as a bar in a corner of the room.
Light floods the primary bath.
A wine-colored sectional sofa, glass coffee table, and Mark Alexander’s subtly graphic embroidered wallpaper give the study its boho-chic feel.
Jill Malek created the landing’s wallpaper, a graphic 3D design with hand-applied black felt.
A powder room gets its wow factor from Mokum’s La Palma wallpaper.
A quartet of peacock-blue club chairs surround a cocktail table of wood and stone in the living room. The bay window was converted to a cozy window seat with upholstered walls.
One of the living room’s three seating arrangements keeps from being matchy-matchy with a low-backed sofa, a cane-backed barrel chair, and a modern lounger surrounding a dramatic cocktail table.
Hirsch complemented the homeowners’ own midcentury-style table and chairs in the breakfast nook with birds-eye maple pendant lighting from Allied Maker.
The designer swapped out the pantry’s white cabinetry for new cabinets painted a rich teal shade.
Lacquer weave wallpaper in cobalt adds character to the kitchen.
A Kelly Wearstler mirror adds interest at the end of a second-floor hallway. Throughout the house, designer Amy Aidinis Hirsch painted the trim black for extra warmth and a more modern feel.
The guest room’s ceiling and a wall behind the bed are covered in a marbled wallpaper that evokes the nostalgia of the endpapers in an old book.
A barn door can close off the dining room from the family room.
Hirsch pulled the lilac from the J.D. Staron rug for the glamorous high-gloss walls of the dining room. The dark wood of the chair frames and dining table keeps the room feeling grounded. Contemporary elements, like Ochre’s Gaia pendant chandelier, can be found throughout the house.
A swivel chair upholstered in deep-blue wool and a sculptural drink table occupy a corner of the family room.
The primary bedroom’s nurturing feel comes from a plethora of plants and the Fancy Nancy wallpaper by Studio Moses.
The mudroom powder room sports Elworthy Studio’s Botanica wallpaper.
A series of spherical blown-glass pendant lights from ROOM hang down through the floating white-oak-and-glass staircase.
In the adjoining bedroom, a Holly Hunt fabric covers the custom upholstered bed. The art is by Robert Deyber.
Chunky modern elements—including three-inch-thick Calacatta Breccia Viola marble countertops and a CB2 color-blocked rug—in the primary bath make the space feel substantial.
Builder Walter Mattera designed retractable screens for the covered porch, which Davies outfitted with a large RH sectional and a Rove Concepts coffee table.
A Nika Zupanc cherry pendant lamp from 1stDibs hangs over a Steinway grand piano. Interior designer Denise Davies had the piano’s interior painted Benjamin Moore New Lime.
The family room is “the hub of the home,” says Davies, who outfitted it almost exclusively with custom pieces; the Kaws artwork was part of the clients’ collection.
In the laundry room, Davies chose cement Clé tiles whose undulating black-and-white pattern recalls the walkways designed by Brazilian modernist Roberto Burle Marx for Copacabana Beach in Rio.
Because the kitchen is so large, “a single straight island would have looked like a landing strip,” says Davies, explaining the logic behind the island’s L-shape and lower, cantilevered seating area, which she set with chairs from Blu Dot.
Cement also figures prominently in the guest bath, where the material is used for nearly every surface.
The exterior, designed by Tanner White Architects, telegraphs a modern-farmhouse vibe.
In the dining room, a Drop It Modern wallpaper makes a gestural statement, and custom chairs sit at a bespoke cerused-oak table. The chandelier is by Estiluz.
The daughter’s bedroom impresses with a Flavor Paper ceiling wallpaper, a Tom Dixon bedside lamp, and roman shades in a Pierre Frey fabric.
For the clients’ purple-loving daughter, Davies designed a suite awash in lavender and neon green.
Davies sought to keep the large primary bedroom from looking empty without overfilling it. “That’s where the custom Mongolian lamb rug comes in,” she explains. “It is a lot of bang for the buck—so much visual interest.”
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