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HOME & GARDEN
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A convenient dry bar just off the den.
built-in coffee maker and a custom pull-out drawer for mugs and coffee beans. A large furniture-style island topped with quartzite provides seating for four, plus storage and an integrated oven. “It offers the practicality of a wall oven, without being front-and-center visually,” Stone notes.
In the breakfast area, a round pedestal table surrounded by comfy upholstered chairs ushers in views of the pool and manicured gardens. Natural light streams through the French doors. “It’s bright and happy, just like Kim and Don,” Stone says.
Improving the flow of the home was a priority. Stone started from the ground up, replacing tile flooring in the foyer,
kitchen and breakfast areas with hardwoods, visually connecting those spaces with the existing floors in the adjoining rooms.
The passageway between the living room and formal dining room was broadened to improve sightlines from the foyer.
A PALE PALETTE
Now that the kids are grown, there are
no worries about maintaining a pale color scheme. Taupe, gray, blue and white create a serene sense of cohesiveness throughout the first floor. “With staying mainly neutral, we have the option at any time to change up the accessories—like pictures, pillows, throws— and totally change the room,” Kim says.
“With staying mainly neutral, we have the option at any time
to change up the accessories and totally change the room.” —Homeowner Kim Riley
A long wall between the breakfast area and den was formerly occupied by a buffet that had become a seldom-used catch-all. It’s now home to a custom dry bar. Upper cabinets display glassware. A refrigerator drawer, wine fridge and custom storage are tucked under
a countertop crafted from a slab of walnut. Its strategic location bridges the two rooms, offering wine for casual dinners at home and cocktails for guests congregating in the den. “We love to have friends and family over, especially in the summer months,” Kim says. “Adding the bar to an unused wall was one of our best choices.”
The owners opted to keep their formal dining table and chairs, the latter updated with blue upholstered seats. Stone gave the room a tailored, sophisticated look, adding custom draperies and wallpaper in a circle motif. Previously, the only lighting in the room was a pair of lamps on the buffet. Now, a polished nickel chandelier with
a large drum shade sparkles above the table. Wall sconces are stationed over a new buffet.
In the adjoining living room, the tone is traditional and welcoming. Nail-head trim enhances cozy armchairs. A large blank
wall above the sofa provides space for eight maps of places where the Rileys have lived and vacationed. Guests are welcomed into a refreshed foyer, where wallpaper was replaced with millwork and paneling. The staircase was updated by straightening a curve at the foot of the steps. Spindles were replaced with
transitional square balusters.
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