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DANIEL NEWCOMB
With just paint, new countertops and accessories, the design team brought the kitchen to life without having to tear it out.
chairs, buffet, table and chandelier.
“We had to work around those pieces,” Hyatt Councill says.
Their guide was one particular fabric, from the Walfab Co.,
that Sam Hall had seen and fallen in love with, a print in embroidered
cotton and poly-viscose fabric.
“So, we all said we’ll center the dining room motif around it,”
Hyatt Councill says. “It is a more fragile fabric and you don’t
want people sitting on that or spilling on it, so we framed the
decorative fabric on the back of the chairs.”
The rest of the chair was covered in a more durable fabric of a
delicate seafoam hue, then studded with antique brass nail heads
to contemporize the look.
Faux paint artist Shiree Ingram created a design feature within
the oval coffered ceiling, which Alvin Hall had specifically created
utilizing his years of building experience. He demonstrated
for the builders how the ceiling should be constructed.
“I went to Palm City lumber company and bought one-foot
pieces of trim and nailed them together so that the builders
could see what it looked like,” Alvin Hall says.
Inside that coffered oval Ingram painted a striation, gold faux
finish with mica sparkling throughout. She also painted the
existing chandelier to match, which had originally been an oilrubbed
dark brass color.
A recessed niche in the back dining room wall received Ingram’s
faux finish to complement the ceiling.
FROM DARK TO LIGHT
The master bedroom is a night and day conversion. It went
from thick, mahogany-colored furniture and draperies swagging
across arched windows, to a vivid beige and subtle gray
ROB DOWNEY
Faux paint treatments, textured walls and perfectly coordinated upholstery
achieved the benchmark of reconciling with the Hall’s existing
>> dining room furnishings.