Northshore Home magazine highlights the best in architectural design, new construction and renovations, interiors, and landscape design.
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34 SUMMER 2019 T he challenge: create a family room that's comfortable, inviting, and functional enough for the entire family to hang out, do work and homework, and store everyday items, and that also echoes the pretty coastal aesthetic of the rest of the home. That's the task Kristina Crestin, principal of Kristina Crestin Design, was faced with during a whole- house renovation on a home in Manchester-by-the-Sea. That section of the house contained a series of sepa- rate rooms, so the first step in making the space more functional was relocating the kitchen, opening up the space, and building a small addition. This structural feat, achieved by architect Art Dioli of Olson Lewis + Archi- tects, "revolutionized the whole living space," Crestin says, and the resulting new family room connects with the kitchen. Once the space was created, Crestin had to figure out how to incorporate every element of the client's wish list into the 450-square-foot rectangular room. That wish list included a TV area, a fireplace, a desk area with two com- puters, zones to pay bills and do homework, and "storage with style" for everything from a printer to toys and vignettes nshoremag.com/nshorehome/ An easy-going elegance, comfy seating, and lots of storage makes the space a natural gathering place for the whole family. A sea-glass light fixture hanging from the ceiling makes the family room feel coastal and ties the room together.