Her goal was to make the room “youthful, fun and a little hip,” yet a room the girls could grow into and still enjoy in their college years. She chose “fun” fabrics and furniture and  She placed fabric-covered X-benches at the end of each  It is a cleanly elegant black-and-white room with polished concrete floors, tufted leather benches, modern Lego sculptures to break up the minimalism and a full-frontal glass garage door that strips away all barriers between the dining room and the  The kitchen table is the only place meals are taken, leaving the dining room a nicely furnished walk-through room  The family entry connector has a closet, bench and cubby tower for shoes. Its irregular shape allows for circulation and use by more  The car had stopped in front of Baldelli's residence, and police learned he was wanted on an active bench warrant from the Lawrence  Police saw suspected drug paraphernalia on the dining room table with a small cut corner of a plastic bag containing  Manhattan restaurateur and real-estate adviser Mark Amadei purchased Longwood, a 4,700-square-foot stone house built in 1774, filling it with a mix of antiques and modern art. Photo: Dorothy Hong for The Wall Street Journal He put his collectible 1932 Baldwin spinet piano in the living room, and his  a bright yellow bench, a white bird cage she uses as an accent, colorful bird feeders, white picket fences, a white metal bistro-style table with chairs, and annuals and  .
With different seating areas and a dining table  much use as a living room,” says McGuill. “Now it’s a place to come together when the weather’s bad to play cards, to do crafts, to eat breakfast.” The oak table, bench, and black Windsor  2. Focus on smaller pieces: Langdon usually picks a neutral pattern for the main element in a room, such as the sofa. Then, she mixes patterns on smaller furniture pieces, such as an ottoman, side chair, dining chair or bench. This way, the colors won’t  Adding, subtracting or relocating furniture, he says, affects "how natural light plays in the space and also how frequently the room gets used. By simply adding a bench to a wall  open space between the back of a dining chair and a nearby sideboard  For more formal meals there is a spacious dining room, where a period fixture hangs over the table as a reminder of this home’s  double vanity with ample storage and a large walk-in shower with bench. The second bath was renovated just as thoughtfully  .













