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RENO 5 CHANGES WITH BIG IMPACT
IDEAS
• Adding the two-storey veranda
enhances the house’s elegant façade
and makes for inviting outdoor living.
• Installing reclaimed architectural
remnants like the mantel and front
door surround plays up the period
home’s rich character.
• Brightening the floors with white
pickling stain rids the old pine floors
of their yellowish cast and gives
them a great bare-wood look.
• Choosing a showpiece kitchen
island, instead of matching it to
the white cabinetry, lets it stand out
as a dark, furniture-like focal point.
• Leaving windows bare, except
where privacy is essential, lets
the architecture shine.

While the kitchen is outfitted
in white Shaker cabinets (not BEFORE
shown), Alan chose a black island
for a furniture-like focal point
with woven stools as a casual
contrast. He made the screen of
antique chinoiserie wallpaper. An
iconic Ingo Maurer Zettel’z light
is a modern foil, while kudu
horns add an exotic hit.
Stools, Pier 1; light, Nienkämper.
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