The exterior’s metal roof and monochromatic paint job enhance the
contemporary feel. For inside, Sloane had a hunch that a black-and-white
palette—anchored by twice-bleached, twice-stained white oak floors—
would be an ideal stage for her large collection of framed photography and
midcentury furnishings. “I’ve been collecting that stuff for so long, I had
run out of room to put it,” she says. “A lot of it was hidden away in storage.”
Larson’s design sketches included reference to potential furniture
placement. Often Sloane would text him dimensions of items she found in
the field, and he’d respond yay or nay. “He’d even note where sconces could
go,” she says. But it wasn’t until Sloane moved in that Larson realized his
design was custom-made for her stockpile of midcentury gems. “For most of
the project we were referring to or riffing off my personal style,” he says. “I
had no idea her own furniture was so perfect. This house is made for it.”
RESOURCES, SEE PAGE 110.ABOVE The airy dining room
is part of the home’s original
footprint. Sloane requested the
built-in banquette to match
the one in Larson’s Dutchess
County house; its cushions were
made to fit by designer Selina
Van Der Geest. The dining table,
an ebonized cherry piece from
local furniture artisans Sawkille,
was crafted to fit the space.
OPPOSITE, BOTTOM RIGHT
Sloane found the general store
counter on 1stdibs.com and
inducted the antique into service
as an island.