Cynthia Davis leans on her studio worktable, which was custom designed, hand-painted and aged to replicate the look of distressed metal.
A first-floor mudroom’s walls were stenciled by Davis using a design from her Wallovers line.
In the living room, a 12-by-14-foot area rug was custom designed in Morocco by the Davises, and a chair covered in antique needlepoint was found in Vermont.
The dining room table was made by AB CustomWoodwork and hand-painted by Cynthia Davis. The chairs are from an antique table set. The light fixture is from United House Wrecking.
Stone fireplaces anchor the ends of the Davis’s Vermont-style home designed by architect George Dumitru.
A few of Cynthia Davis’s designs in progress.
Kitchen countertops are brushed travertine fashioned with a chiseled edge to obtain the look of natural stone. A zinc hood covering was customized through the use of hammers, backs of screwdrivers, plus jewelry embellishments and antiquing solutions.
A powder-room vanity was a flea-market find given a mellow golden antique finish with an onyx sink.
Cynthia Davis finds peace and focus within her yoga studio.
The floors in the art studio were hand-painted. An antique artwork holder in the background belonged to Cynthia Davis’s grandmother and artistic muse, Fae Woolf.
The knocker on the custom front door was purchased on a trip by Davis to Marrakech.
The circular space in the staircase well is a perfect home for a curved bench built by carpenters on-site using the designer’s Morrocan fabric. The details on the bench are fabricated from legs of an antique dresser.
The pillows on the bed of the master bedroom were made from tapestries collected in France.
The master bathroom vanities were built by carpenters on-site and have hand-patinaed mirrors.
A door leads to a small private balcony offering a view of the backyard. A needlepoint chair in the corner belonged to Davis’s paternal grandparents.