Art creates the pattern in Stacy’s neutral-toned living room. Facing page top: A sleek tray disguises the rarely used cooktop in Gauthier’s kitchen. Facing page bottom: The antique table in the center of Gauthier’s living space can take on the role of dining or coffee table.
divergence in their homes echoes the differences in their personalities. Mirrored walls reflecting a modern twig-like table and a tangerine-colored lamp in Gauthier’s foyer stand in striking contrast to the traditional chest and collection of framed intaglios gracing the entry to Stacy’s space. He’s the gregarious public persona for their fourteenyear-old firm, while his more introverted partner prefers to keep her life beyond the business ensconced in private family time with her husband, Tom Shanahan, and their two young children. Flashes of drama play out in Gauthier’s 1,100square-foot abode, where chocolate-colored walls and heavy black floor-to-ceiling shutters screen the living area from the bedroom. A twelve-foot
linen-covered sofa is astonishingly long, yet it goes practically unnoticed among the other overscaled pieces. “A friend said to me, ‘Are you high?’” Gauthier recalls with a laugh. “But most people don’t realize how big the sofa is until they’ve taken in the whole room.” “The architecture of the apartment is all a modern interpretation of really classic detailing,” notes Gauthier, who worked with Boston architect Doug Dolezal on the home’s layout and architectural details. “Doug took all the things I loved and interpreted them in a more modern way,” says the designer. Traditional interpretation doesn’t always mean conventional execution, though. The tile-lined January/February 2011 New England Home 91