Northshore Home magazine highlights the best in architectural design, new construction and renovations, interiors, and landscape design.
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79 Remodeling gained the owners beautiful but also practical destinations, including a new bar area off the kitchen (opposite top), mudroom with built-ins (opposite bottom), and custom waterfall credenza off the garage entry (left). Daher went eclectic in the living room (top) with jewel tones and a giraffe print above the fireplace. purview. Lackluster décor, dated material choices, un- derutilized spaces—she's able to see past an interior's limitations in the now and envision its more fulfilled, more sensuous sumptuous future. True to form, when the sister of a past client in- quired about renovating her family home in Ando- ver, Daher rose to the challenge. "It was your typical center-entrance Colonial," explains the designer, who leads a nine-person team at Boston-based Daher Inte- rior Design. "When you entered, there was a front-to- back living room to the right and a kitchen and dining room to the left." A previous three-story addition on the back had added living space; however, the issues of poor flow and closed-off rooms remained. "They had been living there for a couple years; they liked the location and the house, but it didn't function well for a young family of four," says Daher, who, along with project designer Nicole Stewart, tackled the renovation in two stages: ground floor first, then the upstairs. Besides adjusting layout and flow, the designer also transitioned the interior style from traditional to contemporary, honoring the DESIGNER PAULA DAHER CAN SEE POTENTIAL IN ANY SPACE, AND NO DETAIL IS OUTSIDE HER