78 PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM over the rainbow dimitraanderson.com {home & design} Smeg blue refrigerator, and everything needed to prepare snacks and meals. The cabinets wrap around to create a small mudroom with built-in bench. The result of an on-the-fly brainstorm session among owner, designers and contractors, the mudroom completes the downstairs, now a favorite area of the owners. While intended for their son, his mother finds herself in the refreshing, comfortable space while he’s at school. It also now meets all the requirements for an attached accessory dwelling unit (ADU). Shea also calls this her favorite place in the project. “We got to do it from scratch,” she enthuses, noting it embodies the fusion of old and new in the remodel, where they added 598 square feet to the existing 2,711. This successful project arises from the designers’ synergy. While creative Dimitra can often envision colors and materials just by looking at a room, practical Shea complements that skill by using Photoshop to ensure that everything envisioned truly harmonizes, from fabrics to wallpapers and paint. In this case, the renovated home, though diverse in each room, carries cohesive themes of energizing colors, varied textures, Roman shades and the interplay of old and new. For example, original wrought-iron candlestick sconces in living and dining spaces have their updated counterparts as overhead candlestick fixtures in the kitchen and dining room. “The clients really valued our expertise,” says Dimitra. That trust spurred her and Shea to strive even harder to create the spirited vibe of the homeowners’ dreams. Shea loves that their clients allowed them to build the entire palette and trusted them to execute their vision, something very specific to them. Looking back at coloring their world, she emphasizes, “We design for our clients, not for ourselves.” Now these owners, in their new technicolor surroundings, can really mean it when they say, “There’s no place like home.”
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