The whole room really reminds me of this amazing restaurant in Manhattan, La Caravelle, that my husband used to take me to when we were first married. I can imagine how beautiful this room must look at night. Even if I do a white ceiling, I’ll use one layer of the whiter pearlescent over the white paint. I feel like every room needs a little bit of shimmer-it’s another part of making the space livable and cozy. When the light goes on, it’s just brilliant-it’s like the light itself dances on the ceiling.
I hate white ceilings-why not do something amazing? I used this great Benjamin Moore pearlescent paint that has a goldish-bronze tone to it. But when he finally did it the way I wanted, he said, “Wow, this is amazing.” I almost did the ceiling orange, too, but I stopped myself and did a pearlescent paint instead. He said it would be too strong for this room. But I felt like I was walking into a creamsicle! I had a big fight was with my painter because he tried to repaint it the way it was before, even though I told him I wanted it all-walls and molding-this earthy orange. When we initially had the dining room painted, just the walls were orange, and the trim was white, because that’s just what you do. You started with the dining room! Tell me about the decision to make all the walls and details the same color. I always tell my clients that you should live in your house at least for a year before renovating because when you move in, you think you’re going to use the house a certain way, but what you think will be the living room may end up becoming your dining room or vice versa. Before we touched anything, I found a really light beige, almost white color and told the painters to just paint every room in it so I could see where the light dances as it comes in through the windows. When we moved in, the house was painted this dark, unhappy brown. What was the house like when you first bought it? For them, it was always about hospitality-your home should always be open to guests and friends.
I think it probably stems from being raised by my Southern parents and my grandparents. That’s a big deal for me, because my husband loves to cook and I love to drink, so I want everybody to feel welcome. So, my overall vision has been to make sure that it’s not just a house for my husband and myself. It reminds me my grandparents’ house in that it’s a gathering place, where all our family and friends come and visit for a couple of days. GAIL DAVIS: My husband and I bought this center-hall colonial in 2003. FREDERIC: Tell us a little bit about your house and your vision for the renovation.
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