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Interior Design & Art Direction

Collected First Floor Interiors

An expressive first-floor interior design spanning nine rooms: custom millwork, handmade wallpaper, lighting updates, a vintage shop lantern, a study nook, a gentleman's office, and layered art direction, with meaningful family heirlooms woven throughout.

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Arched foyer and stair hall with dentil crown molding, a mahogany console with wildflowers, and a houndstooth-runner staircase, renovated by Martire Custom Homes

Arched openings and dentil crown molding frame the stair hall, its staircase dressed in a houndstooth wool runner

A favorite decorative project spanning nine first-floor rooms of layered, collected interior design. Updates to a newer kitchen sit alongside custom millwork features, handmade wallpaper, refreshed lighting, and a vintage shop lantern in the kitchen. A study nook and gentleman's office are among the most personal spaces.

Art direction gives the home its soul. Courtenay incorporated meaningful family heirlooms, including original Currier & Ives Americana prints discovered among the family's collection, framing and styling them within antique barrister bookcases. The dining room carries a Susan Aurinko black-and-white C-print of Prague architecture. It is a home that feels gathered over a lifetime rather than decorated in a season.

Dining room with round pedestal table, rust velvet chairs, blue wainscoting and shutters, black chandelier on ornate medallion, and gallery of framed photographs, by Martire Custom Homes
A turned-pedestal table and rust velvet chairs beneath a blackened chandelier and ceiling medallion
View through an arched opening into a living room with a veined marble fireplace, brass chandelier, and antique framed prints, by Martire Custom Homes
The living room viewed through a plaster arch, marble fireplace and linen drapery beyond
Living room with glass-front barrister bookcases filled with vintage books, wheat linen sofa, and marble fireplace, by Martire Custom Homes
Antique barrister bookcases bring a collected library feel to the formal living room
Living room seating wall with antique barrister bookcases, tan sofa with vintage kilim pillows, and marble hearth, by Martire Custom Homes
Glass-front bookcases and kilim pillows layer pattern against quiet paneled walls
Kitchen with vintage green industrial shop lantern pendant, glazed gray-blue subway tile, honed black counters, and spindle stools, by Martire Custom Homes
A vintage shop lantern in weathered green presides over the island and glazed subway tile
Dining room with slate-blue wainscoting, round gridded mirror over a marble-topped console, and rust velvet chairs, by Martire Custom Homes
Blue wainscoting and a gridded round mirror set a tailored tone in the dining room
View through an arched foyer opening to an antique console with green glass vase against linen curtains, by Martire Custom Homes
An original plaster arch frames the living room's console and linen drapery
Staircase detail of curved mahogany handrail, painted spindles, paneled wainscoting, and houndstooth stair runner, by Martire Custom Homes
The mahogany volute handrail meets painted balusters and a houndstooth wool runner
Arched opening from the hall into the living room, with an antique turned-leg washstand, white urn of flowers, and framed landscape print, by Martire Custom Homes
An antique washstand holds garden flowers beside the arch into the living room
Sunlit gentleman's office with rustic reclaimed-wood desk, red tufted leather wing chair, stained-glass lamp, and wood plank ceiling, by Martire Custom Homes
A reclaimed-wood printmaker's desk and tufted leather wing chair under a stained-plank ceiling
Wallpapered barrel-vault hallway opening to the kitchen, where a vintage green shop lantern hangs above the island, by Martire Custom Homes
The vaulted hall frames a glimpse of the kitchen and its green shop lantern
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Renovated kitchen with a white quartz waterfall island, suede counter stools, rift-cut walnut cabinetry, farmhouse sink and white tiled hood, by Martire Custom Homes

Kitchen & Family Renovation

Walnut & Quartzite Family Renovation

A family-centered renovation of the kitchen, dinette, and family room with hardwood updates throughout. The design retained quality professional…

Mudroom corridor with charcoal painted lockers, walnut bench and drawers, and a blue patterned runner leading toward the sunlit laundry room, by Martire Custom Homes

Laundry, Mudroom & Utility Spaces

Walnut Laundry & Mudroom

A second-phase renovation featuring a custom laundry, mudroom, children's bath, paint package, and hardwood updates across the first floor.

Charcoal-walled dinette with dentil crown molding, a linen drum pendant, an antique pedestal table, leather chairs and a gallery wall of framed vintage sketches, by Martire Custom Homes

Renovation

Gentleman's Quarters Renovation

A tailored renovation of a kitchen, dinette, family room, and bathroom with a gentleman's-quarters sensibility: warm, refined, and designed…

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