“On the first floor, our front door has an awesome window arch and I wanted to continue those lines, so I ended up arching both the dining room and living room openings. They feel like they’ve always been there and make the flow between the spaces feel natural.”

“The kitchen, which was an addition in the 90s, may have been the biggest transformation. It was a tiny space with 7-foot ceilings—we opened it up to the dining room, recessed the fridge so that it wouldn’t seem as narrow, and brought the ceilings up to meet the rest of the first floor.”

Kitchen appliances are by Monogram.

Door hardware is Emtek.

Plumbing fixtures throughout are by Brizo.

“We added wall moulding and crown throughout the first floor. This added some much-needed character in the living room and dining room. The old owners came by for a visit recently, and they told us that these rooms originally had similar mouldings!”

“The sunroom is another favorite. With three walls of windows, it quickly became my maximalist room; a space where I could put all of my collected artwork, my vintage marble coffee table and a curved sofa. It’s also where we keep our chess set and where my oldest and I have played some good chess!”

“We also added some hidden jib closets in the living room to make the long and narrow space feel more natural (and give us some nice guest coat closet space). I think down the road we’ll turn one of the closets into a bar – but for now they frame the room and make it feel more proportionate. Adding in the closets also allowed us to create a little bench nook that looked much more intentional and makes the room feel less narrow and long.”

“We turned the old sunroom off the primary bedroom into a closet and a bonus space where we put a little daybed, it’s truly the most perfect nap space in the house. Our bedroom now feels spacious and delicious.”

“Our primary bedroom/bathroom is another one of my favorite spaces. What was once a really small one vanity bath/shower combo became a spacious primary bath with a wet room. We reconfigured the old bedroom/sunroom, got rid of some funky closets and created our dream primary bathroom. Two of the walls are zellige tile, and the third is porcelain; the combination really made the wet room feel serene and calm.”

“The second floor has three bedrooms, laundry, and the boys’ bath in the hall. The boys’ bathroom is one of my favorite spaces in the house. The original bathroom was cream (but a bit scary). We ended up keeping the original floorplan and the original tub and decided to use two different Fireclay tile colors to create a pattern that gave a nod to the original bathroom color while bringing it into the current century. I tiled all the walls in the bathroom (because boys) but also because I feel that it creates a space that feels vintage but with a modern twist.”