Northshore Home magazine highlights the best in architectural design, new construction and renovations, interiors, and landscape design.
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46 SPRING 2018 didn't want to invest in ultra-expensive furniture pieces custom-made specifically for the house. And with no plans for any structural changes, Hirsch's objective was clear: Reimagine the interior using space planning, paint, and art, and by blending new and existing furnishings. "One issue was that, because of their lifestyle in Boston, their furniture was really small in scale for the big rooms in this suburban home," explains Hirsch, a French native whose background in art and fashion, as well as her travels, influences her design eye. Delving into the couple's tastes and interests, she discovered two major sources of inspiration for the interior redo: the couple's preference for blues and greens and the wife's Scandinavian heritage and resulting fondness for mid-century modern design. "They are both hardworking professionals who wanted 'city living,' but out in the country," describes Hirsch. On the wife's tastes: "She is very dynamic—not drawn to too many prints and patterns, but instead to various textures, which led us to things like faux fur and mohair. And anything with wood had to feel con- temporary and mid-century." Hirsch ended up dividing the great room into three distinct "living" concepts. "When you have a big room like that, you have to define the function of each area and what you will end up doing there," she explains. Painting any dark wood white—the trim, door and win- Hirsch divided the great room into three distinct "living" concepts, painting any dark wood white resulting in a clean and bright blank slate. P H O T O G R A P H B Y B E N G E B O ( T O P L E F T ) tastemaker nshoremag.com/nshorehome/