“Our objective was to create a space that felt as warm and inviting on a cold winter day as it did on a lazy summer afternoon,” Blood says. “We added warmth by wrapping the walls in a cocoa-stained Madagascar grasscloth and painting the trim Benjamin Moore Coffee Bean.” A pair of cozy armchairs invite guests to sit—or sit down their belongings.
LIVING ROOM
Everyone naturally flocks to this gathering spot.
This is the family’s go-to place to hang out during the day and after work. Plush outdoor fabrics ensure the upholstered furniture is kid- and beach-friendly, and the woven hassocks can serve as ottomans or extra seating when more people come over.
PARLOR
New seating made it a destination.
Compared with the living room, the front parlor felt more like a pass-through. Kemble and Blood fixed the flow—without making any structural changes—by adding a few strategic seating arrangements. “We rearranged the floor plan to create a larger seating group, added a puzzle table in the window with chairs tucked neatly under it, and relocated the bar cart to draw people into a larger space,” Blood says. “Using the same color palette and a continuous rug blurs the line of where each space begins and ends, creating the illusion of one larger room.”
