Peachy the Magazine March 2014 | Page 12

Modernique The entry hall acts as a gallery—clean, open and simple—to best showcase the unique items it houses. The staircase floats like a sculpture in the double height space. Custom crystal newel posts are accentuated with interior lights. Chains are introduced in the entry hall as a design motif that repeats itself throughout the home. An industrial grain belt is repurposed as hanging art. The small wooden figures on the console were found at the Brimfield Antiques Show. A professor of architecture at Harvard hand-carved the wooden pieces and painted them with pigment he mixed himself. The unique curated mix of hand-crafted artifacts with contemporary furnishings and artwork has led Julia to become one of the country’s most sought after interior designers. 10 PEACHY