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The two major architectural interventions happened in the living room, where the architect vaulted the ceiling, replaced the preexisting clunky skylight with three slim ones, and relocated the staircase to the basement. The wall tile outside the powder room is by Fireclay—the homeowner specifically requested all rectangular tile be laid horizontally.

Another design feature that was important to Carly—because she likes antiquing and thrifting—was to have ample built-in spaces to showcase her finds. “So, we really worked at interspersing those throughout the house and finding ways to make them proportional,” says DeBaker. “It is more fun if we have this collaborative team around and everyone is sort of willing to try new things, try new materials and play around with the different shapes, different built-ins, different design ideas.”

Ogawa and Fisher designed a new walk-in closet for the primary bedroom.

Lekien designed integrated storage for the primary bedroom.

The kitchen cabinets are painted Narragansett Green by Benjamin Moore, with a backsplash of Mineral Tiles. The stools are from Norm Architects by Audo, and the island lights by Original BTC.

the office has a desk that can be folded down and a couch that can extend into a bed, for occasional guests.

A U-shaped kitchen sits behind the living area, closest to the deck.

La Base also designed the bathroom’s modular hangers.

The couple added the wainscot, installed by Seamus, and painted in Farrow & Ball Red Earth to continue the “color story” from the breakfast room. The white oak built-in has much needed storage behind the cane cabinet fronts and display. The Caitlin couch by Everygirl for Interior Define sits atop a vintage checkered rug with an Anthropologie coffee table and Hay Paper Shade overhead.

“Color is something I knew going into the home that I really wanted to play with and explore,” says Kara. “I wanted to be a little bolder in this house.” The kitchen’s greys transition to a an earthy red in the breakfast room. Clement Wall Lights from Visual Comfort are mounted on the stove wall.

An arched opening was added to connect the kitchen and breakfast nook, and gain sightlines to the yard. Seamus refinished the fireplace mantle and added square zellige Zia tile in ‘Nana’s Lipstick’ to the surround. Gubi Semi Pendants hang over the island, and the sink has a Devol Ionian Bridge Tap.

The design team restored the cork floors. The island lights are Sven Middleboe for Nordisk and are original to the house. The counters are Ceppo Di Gre Marble and the door to the restored pantry is painted Tarrytown Green by Benjamin Moore, and given a porthole window with reeded glass.

The original plans showed cabinetry placement along the pony wall, and Cover Architecture and EEK Studio gave it unique detailing.

Cherry cabinets connect with the rest of the house and the built-in desk height was raised to be more comfortable.

The madcap stripes in Mikei's workspace were all inspired by the black-and-white Ettore Sotsass coffee table book seen in the upper left-hand shelf.

The peaceful white walls of the bedroom juxtapose vibrant colors up top on the wall shelves. The poster is from Gustav Westman and the headboard is from Urban Outfitters.