dining areas

The dining room captivates the family’s three-year-old daughter with its fantastical de Gournay custom mural depicting ancient India. Alex added the balustrade wallpaper element to create the illusion of a balcony view. The English mahogany starburst dining table from Mill House Antiques in Woodbury sits atop a patterned sisal rug.

A cantilevered wall-mounted bench and custom table and chairs are true to the modern theme in the dining area, which looks across the patio to a renovated Victorian carriage house on the property. The flat copper roof defines the addition, while the dining room’s walls of glass blur the lines between indoors and out.

The dining room’s Murano-glass flowers create a gorgeous glow hanging from a ceiling covered in Phillip Jeffries metallic paper. Incorporating all the colors used throughout the living spaces, Nina Campbell’s Paradiso drapery fabric ties all the rooms together and references the pretty landscaping on the home’s outdoor terraces.

Spindle-back Windsor chairs with a black crackle finish surround a simple dining table, contrasting the busy wallpaper and draperies in this semiformal room.

A custom wood dining table seats ten guests with additional space at the adjacent kitchen island. Atelier de Troupe’s Tempo chandelier, purposely selected for its slender profile, draws attention without obstructing the view to the dramatic sculptural fireplace in the double-height living room beyond.

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 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.

The dining table expands to seat twelve and is paired with cane-back chairs and walls covered in a paper-backed fabric from Raoul Textiles. Architect Rob Bramhall kept the base and crown molding consistent throughout the house, then layered on other elements like the wainscoting and coffered ceiling to distinguish each room.

French-style chairs and an arts and crafts-style chest impart historical touches that give the room greater visual depth, Arnold believes, than if you’d simply “popped in all modern forms.” Floral fabric connects the fauteuils to the landscape. A cowhide rug keeps things contemporary, as does the mirror, which evokes a porthole while complementing the curves of the table and Hinkley pendant.

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.

Architectural details, such as the dining room’s coffered ceiling and wainscoting, were either restored or recreated. William Morris wallpaper with bold cobalt and lime is paired with luxurious green wool drapes. Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams chairs in green leather join host chairs outfitted in Pierre Fray fabric.

A pendant from Barn Light Electric Company hangs above a vintage table and chairs in the dining area, which is painted Benjamin Moore Stone Harbor and features a mix of tall wainscoting, built-in cabinetry, and drawers. The lamp post style lights are from Hi-Lite Manufacturing Co., and the sconces are from Circa Lighting.

Black metal-framed glass doors open from the living room to the dining room, where high-back chairs from Lillian August are covered in a Victoria Hagan fabric. Interior designer Nancy Galasso designed the white lacquer and black metal étagère. A chandelier from Luxe Light & Home illuminates a Bausman table.
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