Designing the Perfect Vibe for a Boston 首页。owner

Robin Gannon poises a 1920s home for its next century by using daring elements, 创造性的木工, 和强烈的质感音符.

Gannon’s approach was to create a vibe that was youthful and sophisticated, 就像房主自己一样, with layers of texture and pattern: a delightful mélange that includes art, 高光漆, 并在重点场所布置灯具.

The tone of the house is apparent as soon as one enters the front foyer. “You can tell right away that this is going to be a really fun, playful sort of home and that these are cool people,她说。. A black and white striped wallcovering by Schumacher covers the walls of the double-height space, while a green animal hide is layered over a vintage patterned rug. Two benches upholstered in a zebra motif trimmed with leather flank a pedestal table. “We needed seats for people to sit when they take off their shoes,甘农说。. “But we definitely didn’t want to go with a typical wood bench.”

从门厅开始, one catches a glimpse of the Audrey Hepburn pop art on the wall of the adjacent dining room. But it’s no longer a dining room, explains Gannon, “it’s now considered a lounge. They homeowners didn’t want a formal dining room in favor of a swanky lounge place where they could have friends over for cocktails and play poker.” Antique mirrored glass is inset into the wood paneled walls and a vintage game table paired with a curved green velvet banquette and swanky armless upholstered chairs festooned with fringe create a mood evocative of the 1920s flapper era, 房子也是哪一年建的.

“配对对我来说是一个简单的词, saying things don’t match is the biggest compliment you can give me,甘农说。. “I feel it’s all about how you layer elements so they feel connected, but distinguished.”

Gannon opts to mix finishes, woods, and metals in most of the spaces she designs. In the living room, she notes the Arteriors chandelier comprised of mirrored silver discs. 黄铜在房间的其他地方, including in the library lights above the built-in bookshelves.  “Could we have found a brass chandelier for the room? 是的, but the silver one is more visually appealing, and the juxtaposition of the different metals gives your eye reason to travel around the room,她说。.

At the back of the house, the family room was long and large, with two walls of windows. “Because it’s so big and open, we needed to give the space a lot of texture and warmth. The ceiling was a vast stretch of plaster that stuck out like a sore thumb,甘农说。 whose solution was to add reclaimed wood beams to it to bring down the scale.

Three different seating areas were also created along with a continuous window seat that runs the length of the room. The trim and millwork are painted black to recede into the walls, which are sheathed in a darker toned Phillip Jeffries grasscloth. “If we painted the woodwork white it would have just stuck out too much,甘农说。. 窗帘在一个奥斯本 & Little hydrangea motif infuse a vivid splash of green, which connects to the other variations of the hue throughout the house, 包括主卧室, where the bed is upholstered in forest green leather.

“I strive to make rooms cohesive and connected in an interesting way,甘农说。. “The similarities can be very subtle, just a shade or tint of a color, but it’s there if you look.”