Nautical colors coat the third-floor “bunk room,” which has two built-in beds.
A custom red-white-and-blue pillow fabric provides a pop of color.
Martha’s Vineyard was the inspiration for their Gambrel-style house.
The homeowners’ wedding, immortalized in watercolor, took place on Martha’s Vineyard.
The foyer is anchored by a blue Stark carpet that runs up the three flights of stairs. The front hall table is from Apropos.
Koi carp swish around a blue Osborne & Little wallpaper in the dining room. Palecek’s Pavillion lattice chairs are upholstered in a Schumacher faux snakeskin. The table was found at Parc Monceau, and the chandelier is through Klaff’s.
In lieu of a formal living room, the kitchen opens onto a large family room, where the family spends most of its time. Swivel armchairs are upholstered in a GP&J Baker denim and punctuated with pillows bearing pictures of ships from Lee Jofa. The coffee table, custom through Knock on Wood Again, sits on a Stark rug.
Red Palecek “sweater weave” benches rest by bookcases that display the family’s guitar collection.
Hooks and shelves in the mudroom help keep hats, jackets and gear organized.
The husband decorated the playroom as a surprise for his wife while she was away on a girls’ weekend. He laid the tiles, then taped off the ceiling with a friend who painted while the husband and his daughter went to Target for bins, buckets, ottomans and toys.
In the family room, blue poufs offer comfortable seating at an art table from Pottery Barn Kids.
In the nursery, Masland’s Trafalgar rug complements the colors of curtains and pillows in a Weathervane Hill star fabric.
This article appears in the April 2013 issue of CTC&G (Connecticut Cottages & Gardens).