Girl sits at breakfast nook with light wood bench with light grey cushions, light wood table, whicker pendant light, round windows, and jungle floral wallpaper in kitchen in Heather Thompson and Sam Grady’s home in Portland, OR, renovated by Sill Design.

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An adjacent family room, previously blocked from the kitchen by a row of hanging cabinets, was reclaimed for a breakfast nook. The custom table and wraparound banquette seating has turned the kitchen into the heart of the home. The round window brings a bit of daylight into the breakfast nook—all the better to illuminate the rich tones of the wallpaper from Little Greene.