Northshore Home magazine highlights the best in architectural design, new construction and renovations, interiors, and landscape design.
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36 WINTER 2021 vignettes nshoremag.com/nshorehome/ Another thing that was apparent immediately was that the home didn't capitalize on its seaside location. "When you walked into the house it didn't feel coastal, it didn't feel like it appreciated the environment that it's in," says Graf Not only did the house fail to maximize on the stunning ocean view, it also didn't stylistically feel like a house on the ocean, with its French Provencal-style kitchen dominated by a heavy center island, a formal living room and dining room, and rooms that didn't flow easily into one another. That contrasted with the "easy, beachy, open-concept" feel that the couple wanted in their new home. The solution was to reorient the kitchen, open walls, and add windows to open up the space and allow for lots of bright light and a breezy aesthetic. "One of the best ways to have that easy flow is to keep all the rooms somewhat connected," Petrovich- Cheney says. For instance, they opened up the space between the kitchen, dining room, and sunroom to create a long, The master bath is finished in soothing gray tiles, allowing the vibrant wall art to pop. Below, artist Laura Petrovich-Cheney.