The foyer sitting room was now the maiden voyage to not only curating where the art should go, but how it should be grouped, and lite! The room is filled with natural light, so whatever vignettes we assembled, they had almost even lighting, terrific for the pieces that would find a home here.

I found it versatile to offer a comfortable bench for seating and to anchor the space. It also could easily brought over over as additional seating in the adjacent dining room.

Because the homeowner has a sensitivity to VOCs, we chose all of the floor coverings, furniture and paints very carefully. All of the furniture in these rooms is new and needed to sit in a warehouse for almost 6 months to allow it to off gas, before we would bring them into the house.

The rugs chosen for the seating and dining areas are complimentary to one another, while different in pattern and design. We went subtle with the overall color palette and patterns, so not to compete with the joyful artwork and chair fabrics.

The fabric for the Roman shades was a real leap of faith on their part. They thought they wanted something quieter, without any pattern. But after testing several large fabric samples they agreed that this ginkgo leaf pattern was going to bring graceful energy to this entry, and well, we are all so glad we did!