Traditional Home – September 2019

Equally pitch-perfect, the conservatory echoes the kitchen’s

sharply contrasted palette—beginning with a black-and-white

mosaic tile floor. Structured and playful, a lacquered ceiling with

an alternating diagonal pattern reflects the greenery outdoors,

surreptitiously bringing the outdoors in. Dark lacquered mullions

and muntins visually fall away, letting the rolling landscape draw the

eye in a room intended to highlight outdoors rather than in.

“We like to paint windows dark,” Booth says. “Our eyes are attract-

ed to light, so using light colors can cage you in. We naturally look past

a dark color to the light colors beyond.”

Yin to the conservatory’s yang, the luminous master bedroom is

enfolded in a pale palette of creamy white and lavender. A bookcase

with fluted detail adds gravity and texture to a low-slung upholstered

headboard. Two chaises pulled toe-to-toe become a graceful make-

shift window seat punctuated with gingham pillows. A shapely glass-

drop chandelier injects a contemporary yet still feminine note.

“We couldn’t play by all the rules,” Booth says. “This is a period

home, but a modern family lives here. It needs life and exuberance.”

Interior designer: Ray Booth

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Master bedroom Serenity reigns in a space highlighted by a pair of shapely
daybeds and a sparkling chandelier, both from Ochre. Master bath Known
for using drapery as an emotional device, Booth wraps the master bath in
luxurious texture. The custom multitier chandelier by Jaeger features
silver-leaf agate panels by Ironies. Exterior Poised and postured, the
architecture of the early 1900s home was honored. Family Angie and her
son enjoy time on the home’s well-manicured grounds.

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