Checkerboard

Over the last decade, architect Francine Monaco and her husband, David Bauer, have filled their bungalow on Long Island with rare furniture, art, and antiques. In the living room, midcentury Danish chairs join a camel saddle covered with an alpaca hide, used as an ottoman. Francine had round “lily pads” cut from gingham-patterned carpeting.

Orange paint and blue-and-white checkerboard tiles are a gleeful match in the bathroom.

A bright and airy kitchen, lined with cheerful, red-and-white checkered flooring, opens up to the home's courtyard garden.

Dressed in black-and-white checkered tiles, the airy kitchen offers direct outdoor access.