Montclair Magazine Back to School 2017 | Page 58

home FUN WITH GRAY The color of the stair runner, seen from the entryway, ties in with the dining room colors. “There are a lot of grays and neutrals in the home, and then you turn around and there are pops of color,” says Toledo. (Above) The living room leads to the sunroom, which for the “foreseeable future” is a kid’s playroom. The bench with the striped fabric on top is for toy storage. (Right) The former kitchen was functional, but blah. Toledo had the base cabinets refinished in a deep gray, and the upper ones sprayed in a brighter white. She also changed the countertops to a quartz composite, and the backsplash to thick fish- scale ceramic tiles. > 56 BACK TO SCHOOL 2017 MONTCLAIR MAGAZINE