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    New England Modern
    New England Modern
    New England Modern
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    New England Modern

    By Jaci Conry

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    Melding the region’s time-honored architecture with a multi-faceted design sensibility.

    The past is everywhere in New England, especially in the architecture. Surrounded by all this history, is it challenging to create forward-thinking interior spaces? For a long time that was the case. But not anymore.

    Residents now want their interiors to exude an innovative, worldly flair. They want their spaces to embody progress and technology, to exude a cosmopolitan spirit. Big sideboards and heavy chairs have been swapped out for elements that resonate with a cleaner décor. Formal rooms have been obviated with open floor plans. Punches of unexpected color, bold patterns, and layers of textural elements abound. While New Englanders previously clung to style selections that were safe and understated, interiors now feature dramatic elements, reflecting a curated mix of furnishings, modern assemblages of leather, glass, and steel, and other statement-making contrasting materials.  

    New England Modern highlights interiors created by ten New England designers that are bold and vibrant, with a modern feel and flow just right for today’s homeowners.
     
    Jaci Conry has been covering home design for more than fifteen years. She has written for countless publications including the Boston Globe,Better Homes & Gardens, Domino, Dwell, Design New England, and Boston Home. In late 2017, she became editor-in-chief of a new shelter magazine, Interiors Boston. She and her family live in Falmouth, on Cape Cod.

    Michael J. Lee is a Boston-based architectural photographer with a combined twenty-eight years of interior design and photography experience. He has shot more than fifty print magazine and book covers, and is a recipient of awards from The Room to Dream Foundation, The Boston Architectural College, and The American Society of Interior Designers.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGibbs Smith
    Release dateJul 21, 2020
    ISBN9781423653981
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      New England Modern - Jaci Conry

      New England

      Modern

      Jaci Conry

      photography by Michael J. Lee

      Living room design by Dee Elms.

      Digital Edition 1.0

      Text © 2020 Jaci Conry

      Photographs © 2020 Michael J. Lee

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any means whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except brief portions quoted for purpose of review.

      Published by

      Gibbs Smith

      P.O. Box 667

      Layton, Utah 84041

      1.800.835.4993 orders

      www.gibbs-smith.com

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Conry, Jaci, author. | Lee, Michael J., 1971- photographer.

      Title: New England modern / Jaci Conry, photography by Michael J. Lee.

      Description: First edition. | Layton : Gibbs Smith, [2020] | Summary:

      "Timeless architecture and craftsmanship fuses with modern décor to create vibrant interiors for the twenty-first century. New England Modern highlights interiors created by ten New England designers that are bold and vibrant, with a modern feel and flow just right for today's homeowners"-- Provided by publisher.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2019028942 | ISBN 9781423653981 (epub)

      Subjects: LCSH: Interior decoration--New England. | Architecture,

      Domestic--New England.

      Classification: LCC NK2002 .C573 2020 | DDC 747.0974--dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019028942

      For Mike, Max, and Emma; you are my forever home.

      Hallway design by Jill Goldberg.

      Entryway design by Liz Caan.

      Contents

      Introduction

      Liz Caan

      Fine-Tuned Tudor

      Daughter Knows Best

      Elizabeth Georgantas

      Delicate Balance

      Brahmin Beauty

      Rachel Reider

      Suburban Sophisticate

      Natural Selection

      Dee Elms

      Cosmopolitan Chic

      Graceful Refinement

      Paula Daher

      The Magic Three

      Past Presence

      Tom Egan andJosh Linder

      Muted Magnificence

      Palette Progression

      Robin Gannon

      Modern Revival

      Coastal Chic

      Jill Goldberg

      Updated Original

      Airy Influence

      Jill Litner Kaplan

      Refined Eclecticism

      Color Story

      Ana Donohue

      Residential Reboot

      Clean Living

      Resources

      Acknowledgments

      Living room design by Tom Egan and Josh Linder.

      Introduction

      I grew up in a rambling white Greek Revival home built in the 1840s. Constructed for a sea captain-turned-farmer, additions were made to the back of the house as his family expanded and the farm grew. Early on, a sprawling barn was built out back. Apple and pear trees took root in the front yard, and two horse chestnut trees were planted, which would one day reach epic heights, blossoming each May with brilliant clusters of showy white flowers.

      By the time my parents bought the house in the 1980s, ill-conceived renovations and cosmetic updates that clashed with the architecture had distorted some of its original character. But my parents saw past the drop ceilings, garish kitchen finishes, and fake wood-paneled walls. They’d been entranced by the house and couldn’t imagine a place with more iconic New England appeal. Clad with clapboards and topped with a red cedar shingled roof, the stately black-shuttered, seven-gabled structure stood proud. The front porch beckoned to my parents with its sky blue painted ceiling and hand-carved scrollwork; they envisioned themselves lounging there on wicker furniture, reading the Sunday newspapers, sipping coffee, and taking in the neighborhood activity.

      I was five when we moved in. It took my parents nearly a decade to restore and renovate the home, a process in which every room in the house was eventually transformed. An attorney with a passion for carpentry, my father spent his weekends working on the house. He patched, plastered, and painted walls, and stripped, sanded, and stained the wide plank pine floors. He built a new hallway, removed the living room’s drop ceiling to reveal hand-hewn beams, and unearthed fireplaces that had been plastered over. While professionals did the major renovations, including the kitchen’s dramatic overhaul, my dad’s most ambitious solo project was bringing a bedroom (which had been haphazardly transformed into a bathroom in the 1960s) back to its original incarnation. The weekend he maneuvered the old cast-iron tub down the front stairway, my mother opted to be out of town to preserve her sanity.

      To be sure, fixing up that house was a labor of love. We lived constantly in a work in progress—there were months when there seemed to be a layer of dust on every single surface. But after each project’s completion, the house gleamed a little brighter and my family’s connection to it grew deeper.

      Back then, I learned that houses have stories to tell. On our property, I found the edges and corners of the past: old coins, antique buttons, and yellowed newspapers from the early 1900s. Further evidence of the different lives led in our house came with the layers of frayed wallpaper and peeling paint, nicks in the moldings, and scratches on the leaded glass windows.

      Watching my parents put their mark on our house instilled in me the notion that our homes are everything to us. Far more than just spots to converge and rooms to store our things, our homes hold our hearts. They protect and restore us.

      Growing up, my dad taught me to recognize distinctive architectural details and how to spot shoddy construction. I acquired practical skills by observing him in his workshop out in the barn. As a nine-year-old, he let me strip paint off of some of those old doors, educating me about different types of wood grains. For some reason, I soaked up his home design insights far more easily than the math homework he tried to help me with at the kitchen table.

      My parents had an antique trunk filled with more than a decade’s worth of House Beautiful magazines. I’d spend afternoons flipping through the back issues, clipping pages with elements and room schemes that captivated me. I slid these aspects to be included in my dream house into clear plastic sheets, which I organized in a three-ring binder. As a teenager, I investigated my friends’ houses, noting the way their parents had arranged the furniture and displayed the things that were special to them. In college, while jogging through the neighborhoods of Providence, Rhode Island, I observed houses constantly, noting their style and condition, trying to glean details about their inhabitants.

      It’s no surprise at all that I ended up with a journalism career centered on telling house stories. It’s been a perfect marriage,

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