When we were hired, the scale of the living room fireplace in our clients’ Berkshire retreat felt overlarge, unfriendly and weirdly cold. The mantel stone floated more than 6 feet off of the floor and the multiple types of stone used didn’t make aesthetic sense. A fireplace is the focal point of any living room - especially in New England - and this one was off center from the rest of the space to boot.
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The architecture of our client’s home was designed to embrace a perfectly bucolic view of a Berkshire pond, meadows, and extensive gardens along a curve. At our first meeting, our client specifically asked us to bring femininity and softness into her living space; it was time to have her environment updated to reflect her present moment, and take her into the future. At her request, we focused on the living room, family room, and owner’s suite using a palette of her favorite things: colors from her garden, the sky, and water.
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During this renovation we wanted to keep everything that felt authentic about this Rhode Island 1880s farmer’s cottage.
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