Functional Single Arm Library Lights illuminate the sink and soapstone counters . Kitchen chairs are Wayfair . BOTTOM RIGHT :
The custom hall bench is from Louisiana .
A New Beginning
Random childhood memories can forge lives decades later . That was the case with Stephen Sullivan , who grew up in Newport . “ I had grand ideas I belonged at Harvard when I was getting kicked out of Rogers High School ,” he deadpans . Instead , he landed at Tulane University in New Orleans , where he graduated with a degree in anthropology . “ It qualified me to be a waiter ,” he adds . The restaurant world ’ s loss was the legal world ’ s gain , when he wound up in law school and went on to a health care practice in Louisiana for more than thirty years . Sullivan always knew he ’ d come back to live in Rhody , however . He also had a longstanding ambition to build an energy-efficient house where he could welcome kids and grandkids . He undertook both , just before the pandemic put life on pause , when he discovered a perfect spot to create his dream home near a berry orchard in Middletown . The design would draw inspiration from surrounding farmhouses . “ I loved the neighborhood ,” he says .
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