Remember our Mid-Century Modern Glow Up? We’re rounding out our series on this special home with some new images.
Let’s start with the exterior — quite the amazing transformation! We went with Benjamin Moore’s “Dakota Shadow” for the siding — along with warm cedar accents and black trim and some killer landscaping. It is modern, welcoming and dramatic.
In regards to drama — how about that front door? Custom Ipe wood on a pivot hinge: It’s a stunning welcome into a cozy palette of warm white oak, neutrals and accents with art and collectibles from the family’s history and travel. The entry fixture is a one-of-a-kind cluster of vintage 1960’s Danish pendants. Originally four separate glass pendants, there was breakage of one and the reboot of them hanging over the kitchen island resulted in this combination in the foyer. (You can see where we eventually landed for the kitchen here). While initially such a bummer, the pivot ended up with something really special that greets you as you first enter the house.
And because interior design is really about making the necessary as beautiful as possible — we’ll finish up with a round-up of the home’s bathrooms. Powder rooms are the place at the moment for experimenting with pattern and color. This dramatic geometric from Hygge and West is a perfect foil to the mid-mod light fixture and the homeowner’s existing vintage mirror.
Maybe one of my favorite spaces in the house is the primary bath (is that weird?!). The perfect earthy, mossy green tile paired with gorgeous grain-matched walnut cabinetry and brass accents is a dreamy combo. A vintage oil painting brings a bit of patina to the modern finishes.
There are three kids’ bathrooms in this home — it’s always a creative challenge to create a finish package that is durable (hello, kids!), playful enough to reflect kids’ personalities, but classic and adaptable to the constantly changing decorative whim of our darlings. Enter two neutral tile packages (blue and pink bathrooms) — we played with tile shape and scale for interest, but the light fixtures and wall colors/wallpapers really steal the show, and are easily changed out down the road when tastes change.
I particularly love the extra storage niche in the girls’ bath — perfect for product overflow and some cute display. And finally, we went for it in the en suite kids bath — teal and punchy orange are such a great match for this sweet kiddo.
As always, we feel so, so lucky and honored to be invited into your bathrooms — ha — no, really.