Can a living room be too large? Sited high on a hill above a Berkshire pond, our client’s living room was impossible. Its one redeeming quality was the beautiful view. The fireplace was positioned at the top of the stairs from the foyer and the only way to arrange the furniture engaging the fireplace was to push everything off center leaving a room sized opening in front of the view windows.
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The architecture of our client’s home was designed to embrace a perfectly bucolic view of a Berkshire pond, meadows, and extensive gardens along a curve. At our first meeting, our client specifically asked us to bring femininity and softness into her living space; it was time to have her environment updated to reflect her present moment, and take her into the future. At her request, we focused on the living room, family room, and owner’s suite using a palette of her favorite things: colors from her garden, the sky, and water.
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