The foyer
introduces the home’s classic theme with limestone
flooring inlaid with diamonds of nero marquina marble
and a curved stairway with an iron railing. The sisal
runner on the walnut stairs, however, lends “an
unexpected, lighter feel,” Strasser says.
In the living room, a neutral palette and tactile
fabrics establish a mood of understated elegance.
“This is one of my favorite spaces,” Courchene
says. “What’s great about this room applies
to the rest of the house as well — there is no
one element that is overwhelming or too grandly scaled.”
Transitional furnishings include a sofa in ecru chenille,
a pair of barrel chairs upholstered in ecru cut velvet
and an ebonized walnut-framed armchair covered in
antique-white cut chenille. Painted-silk draperies
frame arched French doors that open to the loggia.
For continuity, Strasser used the identical painted
silk for the draperies in the
ABOVE: “Small spaces
can really shine with the right color and finishes,”
Strasser says of the powder room, where tomato-red silk
upholstered walls make a bold statement.
