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designer’s eye elements of décor

CUSTOM
FLAIR

Kelly Holland orchestrates furniture
and finishes with panache for a
new family home in Arlington

Text by SHARON JAFFE DAN
Photography by STACY ZARIN GOLDBERG
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A colorful painting by Alexandria artist Nicole Seifert welcomes guests into the foyer (opposite). In the great
room (above), performance fabric on the gray sofa and armchair from Peyton Home and the low-backed
Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams sofa withstand the wear and tear of kids and dogs. Wool rugs throughout the
home were sourced at C.G. Coe & Son in Bethesda.

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designer’s eye

A Visual Comfort chandelier hung above the RH dining table (above) makes a bold statement while keeping sight lines between the great room and
kitchen open. The host chairs are by Adriana Hoyos. A handy bar area to the left (below) houses an ice maker and storage for glassware.

Soon after updating a small home When did your clients realize they needed
for clients with two young kids, help from an interior designer?
designer Kelly Holland discovered BCN has a great team and they spent a lot
the owners had shifted gears and put of time getting to know the couple. But
in a contract for a new five-bedroom, the owners were overwhelmed with their
five-and-a-half bath home in Arlington. choices and that’s when they brought us
Though they’d worked with builder BCN in. We worked with BCN to complete
Homes to specify tile and built-ins, the sourcing and design furniture plans.
couple tapped Holland to spearhead the
interiors of the 5,855-square foot abode. How did you resolve the couple’s love/
hate relationship with color?
Her furniture plan reflects its modern We kept the larger furniture pieces quiet
farmhouse style yet embraces the owners’ and let them speak through texture.
penchant for mid-century furnishings. Then we brought in color through pillows
One challenge: The wife wanted every- in the great room and on the porch and
thing neutral while her husband was through elements like paintings and area
hungry for color. Ultimately, “both ended rugs. A tiny bit of color goes a long way.
up being very happy,” says the designer.
“The house is not one single look, but it’s What drove the dining chair selection?
so them.” By nature, there are a lot of rectangular
shapes and straight lines in the kitchen;
Interior Design: Kelly Holland, KPH Studio, Arlington, the ceiling beams are also strong and geo-
Virginia. Kitchen Design: Amanda Smith, BCN Homes, metric. We needed something to loosen
Arlington, Virginia. Builder: BCN Homes.

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A vintage sideboard from Hearthside Home (top) separates the dining area and great room, which things up a little so we chose the sculp-
opens to the porch (above). Equipped with heaters, this year-round space features a West Elm side tural host chairs and dining chairs with
chair and RH sectional grouped on Missoni Home rugs. the circular backs for contrast.

Explain the benefits of the quartzite island
countertop.
Quartzite is a natural stone that has the
beautiful veining of marble and is as hard
and durable as granite.
.
What are smart ways to ensure durability?
We’re using as much indoor/outdoor per-
formance fabric inside as we are outside.
Fabrics in the Great Outdoors collection
through Holly Hunt, for example, have
the most gorgeous hand to them. In this
project, the great room sofa is covered
in a Pindler performance fabric that feels
like suede. If something gets on it, a damp
washcloth takes it off. We also selected
wool carpets because they’re easy to clean.
And the dining chairs are leather-wrapped
and easy to wipe down after use.

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designer’s eye

ASK KELLY Kelly Holland conjured a sophisticated vibe on the lower level, where artist Tracey West created
a decorative finish on the wall facing the stairs (top). In the play area (above), the sectional,
DO YOU HAVE A DESIGNER C tables and ottoman from Room & Board are ready for a sleepover or movie night.
GOOD LUCK CHARM?

In my wallet, I keep a plastic
cockroach that Mario Buatta gifted
to me at a dinner in DC. It makes
me smile and is a solid reminder

to keep things light and fun.

WHAT TREND HAS RUN
ITS COURSE?

I want to break out in hives if I see
another Chair and a Half.

WHAT’S A NEW STYLE
YOU EMBRACE?

I love that tight-backed upholstered
pieces are more common now so we
don’t have to fluff the back cushions

on sofas and chairs any more.

NAME A PIECE OF FURNITURE
YOU TREASURE MOST?

My late mother-in-law showed up one
Easter holding a primitive farm bench
painted my favorite color, Kelly green.

She picked it up at a consignment
shop in Reston—and she nailed it.
“This is your Easter basket,” she said.
It was a coffee table in our prior home

and now serves as a console.
That super-simple piece means so

much to me.

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Share the most serendipitous furniture Rodolph fabric panels made by Flowers How did you repurpose the clients’
find you made during the planning stage. Upholstery anchor the owners’ bedstead existing furniture?
My colleague and I were antiquing in (top), dressed in organic cotton Coyuchi We help clients re-use what they have if
Culpeper and each spotted a Mid-Century linens; a cozy reading chair (above) nestles it’s right and if it’s smart. In this proj-
Modern end table at Country Shoppes. in one corner. ect, we had our furniture finisher put a
When we saw there were two, we had coat of marine-grade varnish on their
to buy them. They were unfinished but original walnut dining table for use on
great structurally. We hired artist Martha the screened porch. And their previ-
Leone to give them a new life. She painted ous dining room chandelier and Room
the frames black and left the drawers & Board buffet ground the area at the
natural wood. For a family-friendly vibe, bottom of the stairs on the lower level.
we topped them with marble remnants;
the stone finish is indestructible. What makes the owners’ bedroom feel
so tranquil?
Explain how you created flexibility in the Our local upholsterer created wall
lower-level living area. panels in a gorgeous smoky-gray fabric
We placed little C tables so that the owners with a little bit of lavender in it. The
have a place for a drink or a laptop. We Roman shade is motorized and there’s a
didn’t want a giant cocktail table that sun shade behind it. We like to do a rug
would lock them in. The leather ottoman in a bedroom that’s room-size to soften
and wood coffee table are also easy to up the space. And we selected crisp,
move around so if they have a movie night, white bedding in organic cotton. At the
they can scoot the tables out of the way and end of the day, it’s quiet and clean—and
put pillows on the floor for the kids. not fussy. ■

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PROJECTS OF THE YEAR • JAMES MCDONALD ASSOCIATE ARCHITECTS PC SPECIAL PROMOTION

View From The Top

James McDonald Associate Architects
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ture picturesque views from every direction. “Siting
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McDonald of the process. “We decided to let
morning light flood the family room and kitchen
while the dining room captures the sunset.This
layout ensures that light reaches the main living
spaces no matter the time of day.”

The farmhouse-style residence boasts livable in-
teriors with seamless connectivity to the outdoors.
The owners’ suite and open-plan living spaces open
out to a shared porch. Soaring, 13-foot ceilings
in the family room combine with high windows
flanking a stone fireplace to create a dynamic space
where the family love to gather.

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PROJECTS OF THE YEAR • RANDALL KIPP ARCHITECTURE, INC. SPECIAL PROMOTION

Modern Magic PHOTOS: MAXWELL MACKENZIE

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in a contemporary Chesapeake Bay
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Tapped to design a modern, waterfront home, Ran-
dall Kipp imparted a modern twist to classic forms
with transparent, gabled rooflines, open spaces and
a steel framework wrapped in glass strong enough
to withstand hurricane-force winds. “The build-
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The residence nests into its surroundings on a
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Embracing local vernacular, Lewis selected
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porches, gables and varying rooflines that mimic
the textures and forms of homes that grow over
time. Vistas are captured though a rhythm of open-
ings and period authenticity is reinforced through
detailing and woodwork. An old barn was repur-
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and timber elements were retained or reproduced.

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numbers complete the modern makeover.

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SPIRE Architecture breathes new life
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Kurt Shepard, AIA, and Craig Martin, AIA,
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The French-inspired residence (above) blends neatly into the Vienna, Virginia, countryside. Its traditional turret contains a spiral staircase
(opposite) clad in Beaumanière limestone from Architessa; the stair rail was handcrafted by Iron Masters of Frederick, Maryland.

FRENCH TWIST
Architect Gregory Palmer fashions an Old World-style
manor house in Vienna for a family of five
Text by LINDA HALES | Photography by GORDON BEALL



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The great room serves as both living and family
room. Niermann Weeks’ Avignon chandelier and
a cast-stone Normandy mantel by François & Co.
express a French accent. Faux suede from Osborne

& Little covers the sofa; pillow fabrics are from
Schumacher and the rug is by Tamarian.

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Acanthus leaf chandeliers by Aidan Gray light the dramatic groin-vaulted gallery (opposite) that extends from the stair turret to the dining room;
its walls are embellished in a custom plaster finish. The dining room (left) displays the owners’ china collection in glass-fronted cabinets.
Century-old timbers enliven a bar and wine cellar (right) tucked into a side hall.

V isitors to Guy and Angie Paolozzi’s Vienna laid in staggered butts to suggest age-old handiwork. The front
home may be forgiven for feeling transported façade, with its parade of arched double doors and Provençal
to the French countryside. The first glimpse, blue shutters, hints at the house’s mythical French origin.
through an allée of zelkova trees, reveals a
stone manor more typical of Northern France The layout, encompassing 14,142 square feet on three floors, is
than Northern Virginia, with a castle-ready all American. With two teenagers and a youngster in elementary
tower anchoring one end. school, the Paolozzis desired five bedrooms, six full bathrooms
and three half-baths, a lower-level theater and game-room com-

The house, designed by architect Gregory plex, plus a mudroom and back stairs near the car court.

L. Palmer, a principal of Harrison Design, “fits like a glove” on A classicist known for Old World finesse, Palmer imagined

its sloping five-acre site in a riparian wetland crossed by a rippling an authentic French farmhouse expanded over generations. At

run. “The setting could easily be transplanted to France with a its core, the dwelling is a rectangular prism with extensions

little change in vegetation,” says Palmer from his base in Naples, “added” for dining, guest quarters, a study and a pair of two-car

Florida. He came to the clients’ attention in 2005 as the archi- garages. Reclaimed timbers crisscross ceilings, but the pièce de

tect of a Virginia show house; Angie and Guy Paolozzi, who is a résistance is a 52-foot-long, groin-vaulted gallery fronting the

land developer and small business owner, eventually invited him farmhouse core.

to design a French-accented dwelling to fit their site. The result, The home’s entry, located at the gallery’s midpoint, reveals a

completed a few years ago, is an elegant but relaxed “country garden view across a 26-by-18-foot great room, where steel-framed

house” rooted in the timeless solidity of Normandy and Brittany, glazing opens the back wall to the pool terrace. “If you look at the

with touches of sunny Provence. Historical accuracy is honored

in the details, but the spirit is spiced with 21st-century comforts Architecture: Gregory L. Palmer, AIA, NCARB, Harrison Design, Washington, DC,

required by an energetic family of five. and other cities. Interior Design: Maria Galiani, Galiani Design Group, McLean,

The impression is old, yet new. The exterior of Lueders limestone Virginia. Landscape Contractor: Chick Landscaping, Inc., Burtonsville, Maryland.

was craft-cut to expose natural veining. The steep slate roof was Builder: Patrick Latessa, The Galileo Group. McLean, Virginia.

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The rustic kitchen (above) serves as central command for a busy mother of three. A La Cornue range is placed against a wall of Lueders limestone,
also used on the home’s exterior, suggesting the long-ago outer wall of a farmhouse. The statement-making island is topped with Calacatta
marble. The adjacent breakfast room (opposite) connects to the loggia.

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front of the house, it’s fairly traditional from a proportion stand-
point,” Palmer explains. “As we roll to the back, we’ve opened it up
with large metal doors. It’s still very classical, but you never would
have had these doors in a traditional house.”

The Paolozzis opted out of a formal parlor in favor of this
plush-casual nexus, which flows into a 40-foot-long kitchen and
breakfast room and onto an adjacent 32-by-19-foot arched stone
loggia. “One of the best times to be out on the loggia is in the pour-
ing rain,” observes Angie Paolozzi. For the kitchen, her essential
command post, Portfolio Kitchens of Vienna produced double farm
sinks, a La Cornue range and an oversized island topped with a
65-by-85-inch slab of Calacatta marble.

McLean designer Maria Galiani attributes her clean, neutral
interiors to a client with “great taste and a great sense of style.”
The first floor is a seamless visual journey in buff and blue. Floors
are laid with Beaumanière limestone or wide wood planks. Walls
were treated to a custom mix of stucco and Venetian plaster for
a look that Galiani calls “not rustic, but not too formal.” Vin-
tage lookalikes, such as mantels cast from antiques, blur the line
between history and this new build by The Galileo Group. Only
the dining room exudes formality, with pale painted molding and
glass-fronted cabinets holding a collection of blue and white china.

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“

The limestone walls of the loggia rise nearly 13 feet before
reaching a vaulted timber ceiling. The 19-by-32-foot space
with open arches overlooks the pool and woodlands. The
flooring is reclaimed brick. Furnishings are from RH’s Provence
Collection with pillows in Kravet outdoor fabric.
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“ THE SETTING COULD EASILY BE
TRANSPLANTED TO FRANCE WITH
A LITTLE CHANGE IN VEGETATION.”
—GREGORY PALMER

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Throughout the first floor, fireplaces harken back to an era
before central heating. Chandeliers styled as candelabras recall a
time before electricity. Palmer, who takes historical authenticity
seriously, offers a caution: “I tell people, ‘Don’t look at houses done
in the last 50 years in this style. Go back to the roots, to the original
designs and build from that. Create your own.’”

But he is quick to add that historical style is only a beginning. “We
wanted to be in this time and place,” Palmer reflects. “Certainly his-
tory is informing it, but we wanted this to be a modern house.” ■

SOURCES OF NOTE
Limestone Flooring Throughout: architessa.com. Hardwood Flooring Throughout:
realhardwoodfloors.com. Stair Railing: ironmastersinc.net. Kitchen Backsplash:
marblesystems.com. Dining Room & Great Room Fireplaces: francoisandco.com.
For a complete list of resources, see homeanddesign.com.

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The loggia, great room and first-floor guest suite form a U-shaped structure that embraces the pool terrace (above), designed by The Galileo
Group with Chick Landscaping Inc. Plantings include boxwood, crape myrtle and European hornbeam trees; the pool deck and coping are
travertine. Spirea and hydrangea shrubs (opposite) lead from the pool to a circle of Adirondack chairs around the woodland fire pit.

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A view from the beach reveals how the home’s two
glass-rimmed upper levels cantilever over the pool
terrace. The central foyer opens sight lines to the lake.

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DOUBLE VISION

Robert M. Gurney designs a modern Rehoboth retreat
with stellar views of the beach and Silver Lake

Text by SHARON JAFFE DAN | Photography by JOHN COLE

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Glass walls retract, letting ocean breezes waft into the party-ready game room (above), complete with a kitchen and water-resistant furniture.
Cambrian Cream quartzite sandstone and ipe clad the terrace; a wall of slatted cedar anchors the fire pit (opposite) encircled by a Barlow Tyrie bench.

O ceanfront lots on the Delaware seashore panels and bleached cedar-shingle siding. “The review board also
are a hot commodity. So when a Wash- mandated a gable-shaped roof, which picks up on the language
ington-area couple discovered a pristine of Shingle style,” explains Gurney, who had initially proposed a
parcel flanked by the Atlantic on one flat-roof scheme.
side and Rehoboth’s shimmering Silver
Lake on the other, they knew they’d On the lake side, the 11-bedroom, 12,000-square-foot residence
struck gold. The duo acquired the land, reads as four distinct pavilions connected by glass volumes, plus a
then engaged architect Robert Gurney garage. “We took a large house and broke down the massing so it
to design a modern getaway on-site. wouldn’t seem quite so big,” he continues. In contrast, the beach
They envisioned interiors bathed in light and space to accommodate façade bares all with glass walls celebrating ocean views on the top
their children, parents and guests in comfort and style. floors, which cantilever above the pool terrace.

Gurney and project architects Claire Andreas and Brian Tuskey The architects brought the outdoors in on every story. Sliding-
conceived a three-story structure where every room would over- glass walls expose the ground-floor game room to the pool and
look one, if not both, bodies of water. The plan would also afford dunes beyond; guest quarters, a changing room, outdoor showers
residents every opportunity to engage their senses in the coastal and storage for bikes and beach toys deliver resort-level ease.
environment. In the finished retreat, the family can grab cold
drinks and snacks in the indoor-outdoor game room/kitchen just Architecture: Robert M. Gurney, FAIA, principal; Claire Larsen Andreas and
off the beach; watch breakers roll in from myriad decks and ter- Brian Tuskey, AIA, project architects, Robert M. Gurney, FAIA Architect,
races; and soak in a hot tub under the stars. Washington, DC. Interior Design, Therese Baron Gurney, ASID, Baron Gurney
Interiors, Washington, DC. Kitchen Design: Julia Walter, Boffi, Washington, DC.
Minimalist in spirit, the house still conforms to neighborhood Builder: Horizon Builders, Annapolis, Maryland. Landscape Architecture:
requirements. A demand for traditional materials inspired the Lisa Delplace, FASLA; Stacilyn Feldman and Beth L’Estrange, senior associates;
cedar-shake roof, dark-stained mahogany window frames, copper Rachel Heslop, senior designer, OvS, Washington, DC.

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Playful Bocci chandeliers hang above a pair of cast-resin Liaigre
dining tables (top) sitting end to end in the second-story great room.
Sofas in performance fabric by Maharam (right) face a fireplace
surrounded by concrete Ann Sacks tile. On the terrace, residents can
loll on a Dedon lounger (above) and gaze at the beach.

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A dual-height island separates
the living area and kitchen
featuring Boffi cabinetry,
a Zephyr hood and Corian
countertops. The central
kitchen volume houses a
pantry, steam and microwave
ovens, a large fridge and
freezer and a built-in Miele
espresso machine. Andreu
World swivel chairs in
Sunbrella fabric take in
views of the beach and the
lake—visible through a
glass-enclosed study.

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“ WHEN ALL OF REHOBOTH
IS GONE, THIS WILL BE THE
LAST HOUSE STANDING.”
—ROBERT M. GURNEY

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Clockwise from above:
Kalwall panels maintain
privacy while flooding
the stairwell with light; a
platform sofa by Rausch
Furniture and an outdoor
TV lure guests onto the roof
deck, which is buttressed
by the home’s four gables;
a glass floor panel in the
deck illuminates a third-
story bath. A view from the
lake illustrates how the
architects organized the
exterior into four pavilions,
plus a garage, to minimize
its overall size. Bleached-
cedar shingles, Tradewood
windows with dark-stained
mahogany frames and
copper detailing are a nod
to traditional vernacular.
Sunny walls and drapery
animate a daughter’s
bedroom.

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On the second-floor screened porch, sliding-glass pocket doors The project’s landscape architects from OvS also mitigated
make way for sea breezes to waft into the expansive living/dining side views with loblolly pines planted among fragrant sumac and
area and kitchen. More glass on the east and west elevations opens Northern sea oats. And they reinforced the dunes with American
to decks overlooking sea and lake. “You can see through the house beachgrass, native shrubs and perennials. “OvS did a nice job creat-
to the lake and the ocean,” Gurney marvels. “How many places ing a landscape that fits the beach environment and doesn’t require
do you get that?” a huge amount of maintenance,” says Robert Gurney.

Seating and playful Bocci lights above the dining table add From the third floor—which harbors family bedrooms, an office
splashes of color against pale oak floors, gray kitchen cabinets and and a gym—a separate stair ascends to the roof deck. Buttressed
white countertops. An Ann Sacks mosaic backsplash, selected by by the home’s gables, this perch comes complete with a built-in TV
the wife, strikes an exuberant note. “We picked up on blues found should anyone tire of the lofty views.
in sea glass and greens in the ocean and accented them with sun-
shine colors of yellow and gold,” explains designer Therese Baron This deck was just one of many challenges Horizon Builders faced
Gurney. Hired to furnish interiors with sophisticated pieces that during construction. “The building was designed to withstand hur-
can take a beating, she points out performance upholstery and a ricane-force winds. And there are some big cantilevers, so it needed
silk-look nylon rug that, she attests, “will wear like iron.” an enormous amount of steel,” the architect remarks. “When all of
Rehoboth is gone, this will be the last house standing.”
Designed by Julia Walter of Boffi, the kitchen is organized around
a central volume housing a pantry and appliances. While cooking is After the pandemic hit, the family wound up sheltering in their
underway on the main island, guests can mingle around a secondary newly completed retreat for more than a year. “The wife told me
island or on nearby swivel chairs. “It’s a very social and open space,” how much they love the house and all the light and fresh air,” says
says Walter. “Yet the center volume is clad in panels so you don’t see Baron Gurney. Gazing at the beach from the living room deck, she
you’re walking into a kitchen when you come up the stairs.” sighs, “It is like heaven right here.” ■

Hung above the floating staircase, Arturo Alvarez pendants con- SOURCES OF NOTE
jure exotic sea creatures. Gurney glazed the stairwell’s outer wall Home Automation: atlcontrol.com. Kitchen Appliances: adu.com. Bedroom
with panes of translucent Kalwall. “It pulls a ton of natural light
into the center of the house,” he explains, “but hides a direct view Draperies: rockvilleinteriors.com. Kitchen Fixtures: konstunion.com. Millwork:
of the neighbors.”
solidhardwooddoors.com. Great Room & Bedroom Paint: benjaminmoore.com.

For a complete list of resources, see homeanddesign.com.

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Masterminded by Carmel Greer, designer Julie Geyer’s
Bethesda home merges warmth and a touch of glam

Simply Chic

Text by JULIE SANDERS | Photography by STACY ZARIN GOLDBERG

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Previous spread: The family room’s vaulted ceiling was a must on owner Julie Geyer’s wish list. Seating from Lee Industries
faces a fireplace wall where an abstract work by Kim Knoll hangs; architect Carmel Greer found the oversized chandelier on Etsy.

The moody powder room (above) offsets Nero Marquina marble surfaces with gold accents and pendants from Circa Lighting.
Geyer’s bright-pink home office (opposite) features a Wisteria writing desk and an acrylic chair atop a colorful rug.

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