“There is a finery about it, but not an overwhelming formality,”
says the CEO of Sullivan’s interior scheme. “If you’ve had a bad
day, you come home and feel like someone threw a big cashmere
blanket around you.”
While taking cues from its past, the team pushed the home in a
more modern direction. The kitchen is clean-lined and crisp, with
concrete countertops and steel blue-painted cabinetry playing off
the limestone backsplash. Bathrooms boast updated vanities and
cutting-edge mirrors and lighting. “You try never to replicate, but
to complement,” says Breeding. “The interior renovation was sympathetic and respected the language of the house, but put it in a
very contemporary juxtaposition.” Aside from the romantic gas-lit
fixtures that adorn the home’s exterior, there is nothing anachronistic about its latest makeover. A state-of-the-art smart-home
system controls everything from music to lighting and security.
The “seeded” aggregate front driveway is designed to look old but
is heated and boasts a charging port for the couple’s electric car.
Everyone involved attributes the project’s success to a pair of
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