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[QVCisFun]

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@Oznell wrote:

Agreed, @QVCisFun , that "bayed" area is nice.  It looked to me like the flatter front of the house is the formal dining room and living room, and the back of the house is the family room and kitchen/ breakfast room, where the bump-out is.

I didn't post this picture in the thread, but it shows that breakfast nook bump-out from the outside, I think.  This is a BEFORE image when they were still doing construction  and repairs--

 

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@Oznell :  Oh, neat.  Thanks.

[Nonametoday]

First off, I see a nice home that has lots of potential in spite of Father Time and an uncaring life taking a toll on it, but she has done a very nice job of repair. This house, at first glance, looks like a salt box but the rear does not slope like a salt box, but I do like it.  It's so Connecticut east coast looking and has a Jacobean style.  Love the house. 

Beginning with the entry, I don't like the settee for that area. It's too big and does not fit comfortably there. A chair and side table with a lamp would have been adequate or a larger, lone table with a lamp and a piece of artwork. I don't like the placement and size of the artwork. Tiny lamp and tiny table with huge artwork and a settee too small for the artwork but too large for the space. This entry has nice pieces but I don't think they work together. Now that I see the opposite side of the entry near the dining room, I think there is just “way too much stuff” in the entry way and it all does not work together. It's jarring.

I like the family room better but I don't like the navy pillows and the table. Tables are spaced too far apart.

I LOVE the breakfast area. My favorite place.

The martini room (formal living room) works except for the tiny mirror as a focal point. She could have used that artwork in the entry way for that area and put that tiny mirror in the foyer with the tiny lamp and the tiny table and oversized settee. I am not fond of that chain table but it probably has a special meaning for her. I like the chocolate club chairs and the chosen fabric and the special collection area for Chinoiserie.

Gorgeous dining room except for the wallpaper and it might look different in situ. Luxurious draperies.

I love the butler's pantry and the beautifully chosen elements and well-done kitchen. It calms the dining wallpaper down.

The bed is cluttered with pillows. Remove one large and one small and put the large ones closer together and the small standing alone in front of the large ones I wonder what's the deal with tiny mirrors all over the house.

Overall, it's a lovely home and just a few little items to dink around with and she probably (as a designer) knows that and is not finished with moving and changing things around.  It is not cluttered except for the entry.  I love that it is not cluttered.  Rarely do I see a house that is so uncluttered that I can evaluate it as I have done this one, piece-by-piece and room-by-room.  Usually they are so large and so cluttered that I dare not even take a stab out the changes I would make because they are so vast.

[Oznell]

Interesting you should say that, @Nonametoday --  my first reaction also was that that entry way settee was proportionally too big for the area.  My guess is she already had it, and so, there it went!  But I don't find the rest of the entry cluttered at all, especially in the video.

I love the collection of framed intaglios she has hanging there, another instance of her injecting her own personality into the decor.

Agree about the uncluttered nature of the house. What drew me to it.  I love that balance of tradition, and appreciation of classic things, but not tipping over into "froo-froo" for froo-froo's sake.  She's tailored. 

Your mention of the butler's pantry reminds me of a picture I neglected to include.  I love that she installed a hammered, untreated brass sink.

Every little detail in that pantry was really on point, including the faucets.  She has a nice eye for little amenities like that. 

Always enjoy your critiques!