HOME & DESIGN Magazine Late Fall 2013 | Page 96

“It feels like a very chic, European hotel—and it’s my bedroom!” —JACKIE PERRINS For contrast in the master suite (these pages), Graham combined a gold bamboo silk rug from Timothy Paul with walls and custom bedstead painted in Benjamin Moore’s Steel Wool. In the master bath, light-hued walls and shiny hardware balance a rug-like mosaic tile design by Ann Sacks and a black-stained custom vanity. ors that would flow together through color, shape and form—with nothing off-limits to the kids. She set the tone in the foyer, which is marked by the strong presence of black mirrors, a console table and stools. “It’s clean and modern with curvy lines,” Graham says. The vignette also speaks to Perrins’s desire for a bit of Asian influence throughout the house, as her two youngest children are adopted from Korea. Many of the furnishings were ordered from catalogs, and instead of purchasing new art, Graham kept to the budget by reframing existing works the family had. “I couldn’t believe she was displaying it,” Perrins says of the artwork on the console table in the foyer. “It was stored in a box somewhere!” The same went for the reframed children’s portraits in the dining room—a key space that “had to carry the weight of a formal dining room, but be forgiving of small children who spill stuff,” Graham says. She had a slab of spill-proof Calacatta Gold marble cut to fit on top of an elegant base, and chose inexpensive Lucite ballroom chairs from 1stdibs.com to create a dining space that beautifully accommodates both guests and children. She purchased affordable outdoor seat cushions, then indulged the parents with dramatic host chairs at either end. Instead of spending a lot of money on custom built-in cabinetry for the dining room, Graham ordered the same cabinets she used in the kitchen in a different finish, dressing them up with fancy hardware. In keeping with the indestructible-luxe theme, the kitchen, too, is “very kid-friendly even though it’s modern and chic,” Perrins says. The bright white Corian counters can be cleansed of multiple pen and marker stains without a trace left behind. 94 NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013 • homeanddesign.com F_Graham_v2.indd 94 10/7/13 2:23 PM