Custom cabinets in the great room were designed by architect Reese Owens with fronts that incorporate Gustavian motifs and sport Bouvet pewter hardware. A Scofield Lighting pendant is suspended above a custom octagonal table. Antique pewter candlesticks from Dienst + Dotter flank a painted linen canvas through Eleish van Breems. The antique limestone fireplace mantel is French.
A walled garden focuses on an antique trough through Nancy McCabe Garden Design.
The house was designed as a traditional, vernacular-style residence.
The interiors of the home were done by Susan Z. Kessler Designs, along with Rhonda Eleish of Eleish Van Breems. A corner of the great room is filled with a custom loveseat; white-washed teak coffee tables are through Andrianna Shamaris.
The kitchen has a working island and a separate dining area. A custom table from Cupboards & Roses Swedish Antiques is set with four custom chairs from La Forge Française. The painted linen canvas by artist Eva Badenhorst is through Eleish van Breems.
Barlow Tyrie teak tables and chairs beside the pool are through Litchfield Nursery.
Barlow Tyrie teak tables and chairs in the screened porch are through Litchfield Nursery.
Sconces on the pool house are through Classic Lighting Devices; planters are through Nancy McCabe Garden Design.
An R.T. Facts bench in the pool house entry is made of white-washed barn wood.
The pool house’s kitchen/dining area features a table from R.T. Facts set with chairs from RH that are upholstered in Chelsea Editions fabric.
A pair of vintage Ralph Lauren armchairs through Privet House fills a sunny nook of the pool house; glass dome pendant is through South of Market.
The master bedroom has a custom bed with a coverlet and curtains in a Chelsea Editions fabric through Peter Germain Interiors. A French crystal chandelier, circa 1940s, adds panache to the space.
Sconces from Nicholas Antiques flank a Waterworks medicine cabinet in the master bathroom.
French doors in the main hallway are left unadorned to allow plenty of natural light; lanterns are from Scofield Lighting. The tall 18th-century chest at the end of the hall is through Privet House.
Furniture on the expansive patio area is Hervé Baume Avignon through Côté Jardin Antiques.
The homeowner cultivates a variety of roses.
This article appears in the March 2017 issue of CTC&G (Connecticut Cottages & Gardens).