Montclair Magazine Spring 2016 | Page 37

Bottom left: A vintage wooden “hall tree” was brown until Gilmore held a paint party, where Shelhorse helped friends redo their own pieces; Gilmore distressed the wood under the professional’s supervision. “We did it in one evening with a lot of wine,” says Gilmore. “The hall tree is in the foyer, where you need a pop of color to represent the real you.” Middle: The cast iron table in Gilmore’s study comes from a Montclair store that closed a few years ago. She redid the “barrister’s bookcase” with using paint from Verdigreen. Botto H