For this renovation, the desire of the new owners was to update the contemporary character of the home by seamlessly layering new elements onto what was a relatively neutral palette. An elliptical room was inserted into a large gallery space to serve as a children’s playroom. An outdoor eating area was enclosed and merged with an updated kitchen. Brick floors were replaced with lightly bleached oak flooring.

All-white walls were transformed into abstract minimalist planes of rich pigmented plaster — eggplant purple, mustard yellow, terra cotta red, cobalt blue. Thin ledgestone facing to the fireplace added an organic component and a distressed steel pergola defined an outdoor room. Together these architectural moves served as a backdrop to the owner’s modern art and furnishings.