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A convex mirror supplies a crisp modernist touch in the reading room that prevents it from crossing over into stuffy or stuck in time.

Shapely chairbacks around the dining table add some eye candy to the foyer.

The existing pantry off the kitchen, which provides out-of-the-way storage, is refreshed with Benjamin Moore Windy Sky.

As with the Shingle-style country houses he designed, William Ralph Emerson gave this Cambridge home a large living room that invites a crowd. With the original fireplace as the focal point of the room, interior designer Kate Maloney created an airy, modern vibe fortified with a custom O’Lampia chandelier. The chenille sofa is balanced with custom chairs by Partners in Design.

Wallpaper from Thibaut lends interest to the powder room; the vanity is custom.

It’s all about layers in the dining room with its Phillip Jeffries grasscloth, custom Dunes and Duchess table, chairs from Villa & House, light fixture from Coleen & Company, and artwork by Amy Vischio.

A son’s love of outer space is reflected in wallpaper from Spoonflower; the bunk bed is from Pottery Barn Kids, and the chair is from Modholic.

With its circular shape and golden tone, the showstopping light fixture from Visual Comfort & Co. plays off the Kravet dining table’s brass feet and circular cutout. The Zuber wallpaper came with the house, and Lyon and his clients wisely agreed it should stay.

It’s common to have several people in this Berkshires kitchen at once, and a secondary sink provides an opportunity to spread out.

An S. Harris binding from Fabricut complements a Twigs fabric from John Rosselli & Associates on the window treatment. The floors in the kitchen and wet bar are a mix of walnut and travertine.

The front door, painted Farrow & Ball Hague Blue, effectively sets the tone for the interior palette of this Amherst, New Hampshire, home. “Blue and white were a given,” says interior designer Jason Ruff of the wife’s favorite color combination.

Martha’s Vineyard meets Amherst in the great room: the painting above the mantel is by one of the homeowner’s favorite island artists, Jan Pawlowski, while the fireplace surround is fabricated from New Hampshire granite.

Graphic green Peter Fasano wallpaper lends structure to another guest room. “It has this, ‘I’m sitting in Maine looking at the trees’ quality to it,” says Pierce.

Against a lilac background, the living room’s de Gournay silk wallcovering depicts a willow tree in hues of deep purple, aubergine, and white.

The Paul Fournier painting above the living room fireplace was a gift to architect and homeowner David Sharff’s wife from her father when she graduated from college.

This is probably the most ‘coastal’ room in the entire house,” Photopoulos says of the bedroom shared by the twins, which features Benjamin Moore Lakeside Cabin on the ceiling, baseboard, and closet doors.

A coffered ceiling reflects the traditional architecture of the house and unifies the new space.

The cabinetry in the butler’s pantry, which links the more formal parts of the house to the new kitchen, is painted Benjamin Moore Old Navy. It is counterbalanced by a jaunty blue-and-white-striped wallpaper from Thibaut.

Adding to the allure of the butler’s pantry is the ceiling’s patterned wallpaper. The small room is as functional as it is beautiful with a wine column for beverages, a coffee station tucked behind countertop cabinet doors, and a second dishwasher. The striped wallpaper on the opposite wall is reflected in the mirrored cabinet doors.

The built-in banquette’s table and chandelier are both from Dunes and Duchess, while Wayland High-Back chairs from O&G Studio provide more seating.

Folding glass doors in the great room help promote indoor-outdoor living. Designer Marie-Christine McNally kept the palette quiet so as not to detract from the water view or the reclaimed oak beams and flooring.

The closet is painted Benjamin Moore Hale Navy.

The third-floor primary bedroom features Phillip Jeffries grasscloth on the walls and lighting by Visual Comfort & Co.

Relocating the kitchen freed up space for a tiny powder room clad in custom wallpaper from Abnormals Anonymous located off the mudroom.

The kitchen cabinetry, painted the same color as the walls, reads as paneling, says Caan, while plaster and gold-leaf pendants add texture and glam.

The built-ins in the second-floor family/guest room boast refrigerated drawers so no one needs to go downstairs for snacks.

A woven seagrass coffee table sounds a beachy note in the living room, while the Steven King rug introduces pattern.

Adjacent to the kitchen is the dining area; the table by Dunes and Duchess expands to seat ten.

A scallop edge adds a flourish to the custom vanity in the primary bathroom.

Interior designer Gary McBournie created throw pillows from fabric remnants for the love seat, which is upholstered in Claremont fabric.

A guest room has a custom painted headboard with a hinged extension that envelopes the nightstand.

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.

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.

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.

The designer swapped out the pantry’s white cabinetry for new cabinets painted a rich teal shade.

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.

The primary bedroom’s nurturing feel comes from a plethora of plants and the Fancy Nancy wallpaper by Studio Moses.

A dark-paneled billiard room became a cozy family room with high-gloss blue walls and a fun mix of patterns, including striped chairs, a floral sofa, and an abstract Landry & Arcari rug.

A daughter’s room blends a modern vibe in the rug and draperies with a touch of old-world elegance in the white bed and bench.

The high-gloss indigo wall color in the study was a holdover from the previous owners; “We loved the dark, cozy feel,” remembers the homeowner. Lindsay leaned into the vibe, going a bit more midcentury modern and moody with the furnishings.

The primary bedroom’s wool-sateen drapery wall is the same shade of blue as the Schumacher wallcovering and conceals shelving used for storage.

Counter stools (with brass details on the footrests) surrounding the pewter-topped kitchen island were what prompted the wife to contact Gannon.

The family room’s fireplace wall extends into the kitchen; Gannon topped the built-in cabinets with stone so the homeowners could use the surface to serve apps and drinks during family get-togethers.

The sofa at the end of the bed faces what appears to be a mirror but is actually a TV. Like almost every seat in the condo, the comfy reading chair pairs with its own drink-drop table.

Texture, in the grasscloth ceiling and wall papers, and pattern, in the rug, window treatments, and sofa, put the cozy in the room the family calls the “cozy den.”

Pocket doors join the husband’s office and the guest room, which features a custom bed nook sheathed in a Phillip Jeffries wallcovering.

Original bird-motif stained-glass found throughout the residence inspired the decor; antique pieces include the table, artwork, and rug, while the chairs are from Bernhardt and the light fixture is from Arhaus.

The dining room is located off a central gallery space, which features a center-hall table. The flooring and beams are original to the historic home, which was built as an artist’s studio.

Using a rich palette of dark blues, grays, and tans, interior designer Christina Roughan renovated this New Canaan home office into a multipurpose room that includes cozy sitting areas for overflow party guests, a wall covered with photos of rock and roll icons who have inspired the guitar-playing owner, and a desk for getting work done.

As Roughan explains, “Strong imagery mixed with textures and a wood-veneer coffered ceiling help create a calm yet powerful presence, while numerous decorative small pieces, such as the KleinReid ceramic vase on the coffee table, resonate with the interior.”

In the den, muralist David Faust painted each panel with a scene from nature, overlaying some with favorite quotes.

In the husband’s third-floor office, the design team preserved the defunct fireplace’s herringbone tile.

The original dining room morphed into a dazzling library with its drawn-plaster ceiling—an in-kind replacement of the original—and navy grasscloth-covered walls.

The designers were tasked with taking the edge off a starkly modern primary bath, so they added pale lavender wallpaper and a plush, slightly freeform vanity bench.

In one of Austin’s favorite rooms in the house, the robin’s-egg-blue cabinetry has a 1950s vibe. The custom island recalls a provincial kitchen’s workstation.

A third-floor guest room is enveloped in a pattern by Robert Kime. The house has two primary bedrooms, and the one on the first floor contains a grasscloth accent wall in a hand-painted check pattern by Patina Designs; the pendant is from The Urban Electric Co., and the artwork is by Mary Maguire.

The bunk room, which contains four full beds and four twin beds, features a lobster-print ceiling paper

Milk glass pendants from O’Lampia illuminate the all-white kitchen’s oversized island crafted by Martha’s Vineyard cabinetmaker Ryan Dillon.

The triptych by Christine Flynn, which the homeowners commissioned from Claire Carino Contemporary in Boston, informed the living room’s palette.

Interior designer Wendy LeStage Hodgson chose two-toned and striped fabrics as well as a variety of furniture styles to add dashes of color and interest to the living room’s neutral design envelope.

C&M gutted an over-the-garage bedroom and renovated it with an award-winning series of bunk beds. The bunks, ladders, wall paneling, drawers, and closets were built in C&M’s mainland mill shop, shipped to Nantucket, and installed by the firm’s carpentry team over a three-week period.

The bar area features a new teak ceiling, a Baikal quartzite countertop, and a porthole light from M-Geough in Boston.

A blue dhurrie rug from Guinevere antiques anchors the living room. The artwork is by Karen Bezuidenhout. Fabrics from Peter Fasano and Pindler cover many of the furnishings, including the Bielecky wicker pieces and the draperies.

The kitchen island is painted Benjamin Moore Blue Jean. A mosque lantern from Guinevere antiques hangs above it.

Nantucket is all about entertaining,” says Bill Richards, a partner at Gary McBournie, Inc. The client’s own dining chairs were recovered in a Galbraith & Paul fabric, and decorative artist Deidre Mannix recolored a shell console (one of a pair). The nineteenth-century sailor-made woolie was sourced from Freeman’s auction house.

The shade pops up again in the powder room, which is sheathed in a Thibaut wallpaper.

Indoor-outdoor living is important to the clients, so architect Patrick Ahearn designed several spaces for the family to take in the natural surroundings. The screened porch features teak furniture from Summer Classics.

The golf-course-inspired office is painted a custom shade of green lacquer from Fine Paints of Europe.

In the office, Aronson Woodworks custom made the ash-wood desk, finished in the company’s signature Claize in a bright shade of blue.

Designer Allison Mattison carried the clients’ love of blue, white, and green into the family room. “Blue runs through every room downstairs, so there’s a nice flow in terms of the palette,” she says.

The fireplace wall in the dining room is painted a custom shade from Fine Paints of Europe; “That hydrangea blue is a color they love, and it feels so them,” says Mattison.

At one end of the house, a deep blue ceiling in a bunk room with two queen beds adds some drama

Views and light flood the family room, which is flanked by cutout Greek Revival columns and an inglenook designed for conversation or contemplation. “The owners really wanted it to feel bright, open, and coastal,” says Polhemus Savery DaSilva owner and CEO Aaron Polhemus.

An America’s Cup yacht, the whaler Charles W. Morgan, and the owners’ yacht are among the vessels plying the waters of Nantucket Harbor in the dining room mural hand-painted by Segreto Finishes

Designer Kaitlin Smith arranges a bouquet that complements the Anna French for Thibaut Roscoe wallcovering and the dining room ceiling lacquered in Benjamin Moore Newburyport Blue.

“I wanted to create young bedrooms for my young children—I wasn’t worried about them growing into them,” notes Smith, pointing to the Sister Parish Serendipity wallcovering on the ceiling, the vintage Babar the Elephant prints, and the vintage rocker from her own store, Highpoint Home.

Antique French cane beds with Matouk linens and Amanda Lindroth shams anchor a cheery guest room.

In the kitchen, an earthy patinated-steel hood and Waterworks tile complement cabinets painted Benjamin Moore Brewster Gray; the exuberant chandelier and tufted red-leather benches are from Sedgwick & Brattle, Filicia’s to-the-trade showroom.

The primary bedroom’s bed and lounge chair are outfitted in Quadrille’s China Seas fabric in pretty shades of turquoise and navy.

Oomph’s Westport Classic Mirror in Tucson Coral as well as coral stool cushions and toss pillows add a lively touch to the living room’s palette of blue and white.

White trim pops against the turquoise and royal blue of the family room’s walls and furniture. Hot pink, lime green, and color-block prints from the late Wendy Concannon add zip.

Classic and contemporary meet in the foyer, where vivid turquoise grasscloth makes an unexpected companion to the traditional architectural details

An embossed Élitis Mindoro wallcovering that helps showcase one of homeowner Patricia Pomerleau’s own photographs covers the room’s accent wall. Pomerleau purchased the wallcovering before even building the house.

The light-filled breakfast/dining nook takes full advantage of the home’s views and features two of Philippe Starck’s iconic Masters chairs. Orange frosted glass tops the Sovet pedestal table.

Two large-scale photographs by Marilyn Minter dominate the living room. “I love them because they reflect female empowerment and choice, a message the artist always conveys in her work,” says homeowner and designer Charlotte Zawel.

In the living room, the color palette of the Slinky print by artist Tara Donovan inspired Pauline Curtiss’s hand-painted ombré treatment of the fireplace. “I wanted to take that blackness of the hearth and stone surround and fade it up to the bright white of the molding and ceiling,” says Curtiss.

The new kitchen sports custom cabinets painted Farrow & Ball Parma Gray and a La Cornue range that had to be hoisted through a window on a crane. The Urban Electric Co. lantern is surrounded by soffits concealing ductwork.

The neighboring breakfast area showcases a Pierre Frey toile the owner treasured from a previous home.

A herringbone-patterned runner in a soft French blue covers the stairs that lead to the back half of the house. “It was once servants’ quarters; now my husband and I are the servants,” jokes Smith.

The brass range hood is from CopperSmith. “I wanted something as elevated as the range but that didn’t compete,” says Smith.

The custom-made pendants are wrapped in Schumacher’s Elton Cotton Check fabric. “They add a nice softness to the space,” says designer Kate Smith.

The compact size of the sitting room compelled designer Prudence Bailey to place a quartet of armchairs around an airy coffee table from Mr. Brown London.

A high-gloss ceiling enhances the family room’s sense of space, as do the iron-and-glass panels framing the entry to the adjoining eat-in kitchen.

Lucite chairs add flair and friction to the mix of modern and traditional elements in the dining room. A subtle animal theme is carried through from the chair upholstery to the horse-head sculpture sourced from Eleish Van Breems Home to the hair-on-hide rug.

Blue notes in the living room include a Precedent sofa and a painting by artist Fernando Varela. The nesting tables are from Pottery Barn.

Radman designed and installed the built-in desk and open shelving in the kids’ study.

The family room, which features a sofa from Eleish Van Breems Home and deep chairs by Thom Filicia, is furnished with comfort top of mind.

In the office, the Phillip Jeffries Dojo Weave wallcovering in navy plait complements artwork from Arhaus. A striped Annie Selke rug pulls it all together.

In the dining room, the Nimbus resin bubble chandelier from Oly is the star.

Cobalt-blue glossy lamp shades by Currey & Company flank a large abstract in the dining room.

To prevent fading, the Lee Industries chairs in the sunroom—enclosed by Tischler und Sohn steel-framed windows—were upholstered in indoor-outdoor Cowtan & Tout fabric.

Duffy enveloped the powder room in a Harlequin wallpaper and outfitted it with a WS Bath Collections sink, Brizo faucet, and Arteriors mirror.

Her office centers around a Made Goods faux horn desk. Duffy matched the millwork color to the niche’s Phillip Jeffries wallpaper. The gold ceiling paper is also Phillip Jeffries.

Some cabinetry and the kitchen’s central island showcase blue, the wife’s favored color, which designer Lisa Duffy also picked up in the Perennials fabric on the RH stools. Massive wood beams and white-oak floors add rustic charm to industrial touches like iron-and-glass cabinetry, steel-framed windows, and House of Rohl fixtures.

The lower level’s new powder room packs a dramatic punch with its azure tiles in a herringbone pattern and a vintage-style sink with exposed plumbing. “We were going for a Downton Abbey look here,” Karen Calo says.

An upholstered headboard, silky bedding, a bench outfitted in lustrous silk velvet, and grasscloth wallcovering give the primary bedroom its cocoon-like ambience.

Avid readers, the boys love their bedside sconces and acrylic book racks.

Filled with blue notes, the boys’ room was furnished with Newport Cottages bunks fitted with Crate & Barrel bedding in a solar-system motif. Designer Georgia Zikas added the orange acrylic Philippe Starck side table because it felt very “futuristic” to the boys. The planet mobile and artwork are from Etsy.

An array of clever details, including a Cooper Classics mirror, a statement light fixture from Currey & Company, and felt animal heads from Fiona Walker England elevate the room.

For the dining room, Boothby brought in the clients’ Stark rug from their previous home, along with their antique dining table and chairs, which she had recovered in two different Perennials fabrics. A previous set of owners had installed the blue grasscloth.

“I wanted the house to feel restful,” says designer and homeowner Mariel Goodson, who left the living room windows bare to enhance views of the lake. Farrow & Ball’s glossy Light Blue complements the Phillip Jeffries grasscloth.

Goodson went for an English cottage look in her oldest son’s bedroom, which features wallpaper from Soane and beds topped with antique suzanis.

A patterned backsplash is a focal point of the kitchen.

Clerestory windows flood the new kitchen with natural light.

Another feature of the custom cabinetry is a retractable step stool, which measures a mere one-inch thick when folded and stored.

Platt Builders installed custom cabinetry that includes a movable shelf for the stand mixer, allowing the client to pull out the heavy appliance with minimal effort.

Another feature of the custom cabinetry is a retractable step stool, which measures a mere one-inch thick when folded and stored.

“The brass hardware from Waterworks serves as the jewelry in this pantry,” says Conti.

The remodeled basement is daughter Kidder’s domain, starting with a mudroom outfitted with reindeer wallpaper from Élitis.

Brady maximized space in a guest room by inserting the bed in a nook outfitted with bookshelves and a TV.

The dining room’s window bay was transformed into a game area that doubles as overflow dinner seating. (Twelve-year-old daughter Kidder made it her “home office” during the pandemic.)

In a guest room, hand-painted Alpha Workshops wallpaper purchased through Dennis Miller New York, a Rosemary Hallgarten alpaca rug, and crystal pendant sconces lend a luxe yet tranquil vibe.

The interior dining area features a built-in banquette and custom chairs around a BoConcept table, all underneath a modern Ochre chandelier.

The new blue mudroom—the handiwork of kitchen and cabinet designer David Devendorf—is a handsome spot to hang your (sun) hat.

Rabun opted for a large-scale tile backsplash so it’s visible from across the open kitchen, dining room, and living room; the indoor/outdoor woven basket-weave-and-teak stools are from Made Goods.

In the blue guest room, “the mix of colors and patterns lends a ‘collected over time’ feel to the space,” says Rabun.

The homeowner’s office makes a statement with high-gloss Benjamin Moore Hudson Bay navy walls and an antique campaign desk in mahogany.

Crisp Architects recreated the crown molding found in the rest of the house in the cozy library/TV room. A Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams ottoman serves as a coffee table surrounded by blue velvet sofas from Hickory Chair.

The kitchen flows into the family room, where a linen-wrapped game table pairs with a window seat.

In the kitchen, Morgan Harrison customized The Urban Electric Co. light fixtures with Benjamin Moore Blue Heron to match the island.

From the front door, guests look through the house into the great room and then the courtyard beyond.

The architects designed the floor plan to be more open than a traditional colonial, with a great room that contains the living and dining areas, which are separated by a library table.

No rooms are off-limits to the couple’s kids, so all fabrics, rugs, and surfaces were selected for their durability.

In the foyer, a blue Phillip Jeffries wallcovering, console table from The CEH, blue-and-white benches from Highland House, and a navy lantern from Mitzi all work in harmony with the door, which is painted Benjamin Moore Evening Dove.

Artwork by Kim Romero presides over the dining area, which features a custom table, Jessica Charles chairs upholstered in a Fabricut velvet, and a chandelier from Generation Lighting.

To designer Michelle Morgan Harrison’s delight, the clients wanted to experiment with high-gloss color, so she paired a Schumacher wallpaper with Benjamin Moore Oxford Gray in the butler’s pantry.

In the garden room, builder Martin Conneely raised the ceiling to bring more volume to a tiny space. The homeowners’ dogs, Chase and Callie, quickly claimed the daybed as their own.

Osborne & Little wallpaper gives the built-in shelves and Kravet-upholstered daybed depth and echoes the garden outside. Circa Lighting task lamps encourage reading.

In the great room, which was sooty from the woodburning fireplace, the design team scrubbed the stone, refreshed the beams and waincotting, and replaced the drywall on the walls and ceiling. A new gas fireplace insert ensures the family can use the feature without the mess.

The homeowners opted to keep the 1920s-built home’s original leaded-glass windows, which Conneely lovingly restored. “Taking those away would have been a sin,” he says

The gray grout between Cle Tile’s Moroccan zellige backsplash, says designer Heide Hendricks, mimics shadow lines.

The living room’s architectural details stand out thanks to a coat of pale blue paint on the walls and windows framed in agate-patterned curtains. The sofas are covered in a plush blue velvet from Kravet.

A selection of the clients’ prized artwork hangs over a study desk with a wood top that matches the floors.

Mirrors cleverly expand the sense of space in this skinny Jack-and-Jill bathroom and reflect—literally—the bold choices in color and pattern.

The room’s palette was inspired by an overlooked painting that Gates found relegated to an obscure corner; she rehung it above the mantel, between two vintage sconces from Chairish.

Her clients’ willingness to take risks is what made their game room successful, says Gates. “Not everyone will commit to wall-to-wall blue-plaid carpet. But they really went for it, and it’s so perfect for what that room is.” The carpet is from STARK, while the pool table and shuffleboard are custom through Pharaoh USA. A ceiling fixture from Visual Comfort tops it all off.

Traditional at a glance, the living room’s Lucite-and-leather bench reveals its contemporary side.

Son Frankie’s room is painted a light blue with an Erin Gates by Momeni rug. Wooly textural art hangs above the Pottery Barn crib.

One of a pair of heirloom wing chairs refreshed with a broad blue stripe is joined at the fireplace by other vintage pieces collected at antiques markets around the region.

The wife’s closet, painted in Benjamin Moore Yorktowne Green, is her special enclave. “It makes me so happy!” she says.

In the kitchen, pendant lights from Selamat Designs hang above a custom table, rug, and chairs, the latter of which are covered in a colorful Knoll fabric.

The entry features a Cassoni light fixture and a vintage Milo Baughman bench.

In the jewel-box-like butler’s pantry, a Phillip Jeffries wallcovering complements millwork painted in Farrow & Ball Hague Blue.

A Cole & Son wallcovering on the foyer’s ceiling coordinates with the aqua-blue wall color. Stained oak, natural maple, and walnut comprise the inlay floor.

To create this “anti-kitchen,” designer Duncan Hughes skipped whites altogether and opted for Benjamin Moore Van Deusen Blue walls, made even more mesmerizing with original artwork by Eric Zener. Leather banquettes and gold Jonathan Adler chairs add to the clubby feel.

“This is my favorite room in the house,” says the wife of the upstairs guest bedroom. “Every child wants to sleep here.”

Paisley pillows and framed maps honor the Provincetown location of the home. Textured blue grasscloth wallpaper by Thibaut provides a subtle wrap to a room where bold stripes and geometric patterns otherwise dominate.

Broad vertical stripes in the Kravet wallcovering give this upstairs bedroom a sense of height, while the grasscloth’s earth tones pleasantly contrast the room’s nautical shades of blue.

A turquoise Red Egg bedside table is an eye-catching offset to the twin white wicker beds, but closer examination reveals matching aqua tones mixing with light blue hues in the Mally Skok wallpaper.

Tasseled drawer pulls tease a color palette that—like the hydrangeas that served as inspiration—can thrive through many seasons, not just summer.

A sitting room on the second floor serves as a media and game room; a Phillip Jeffries grasscloth covers the walls, and a pair of custom daybeds are upholstered in a Romo fabric.

The dark hue (Benjamin Moore Old Navy) of the TV room creates a cozy sanctuary off the bright and lively living room. The custom chair is upholstered in Langham by Jim Thompson Fabrics.

It reappears in the living room in Morning Still Life, a painting by Lillia Frantin, which inspired the addition of bright greens and blues to the palette. Designer Heather Wells kept the vibe casual by incorporating vintage furnishings, such as this wicker-block sofa designed by John Hutton for Donghia.

A once-characterless condo got a bold refresh that is both comfortable and conducive to frequent entertaining; the counter stools are from Bungalow 5, and the punchy striped fabric is from Robert Allen.

Designer Laura Keeler Pierce wanted to open up the kitchen without sacrificing storage; the custom hanging brass-and-glass shelving unit, fabricated by Fishbone Metal Works, does the trick.

A sunshine-filled nook by the bay window has the ideal spot for tucking into a good book: a comfy Eero Saarinen womb chair from Knoll.

“The room gets a lot of light,” notes architect and designer Michele Kolb. “That’s why I was able to use a dark color.”

Taking inspiration from boutique hotels, designer Justine Sterling gave each bedroom suite its own signature color.

The first room to receive a makeover belongs to seventeen-year-old Jack Lambros, who helped choose the Ralph Lauren wallpaper.