Paprika Southern 2, July 2013

display a large amount of the work we’ve col- Jay’s giant orange cabinet worked well with lected over the years. It’s wonderful to look at it the orange in the painting as did my pinkish and be reminded of the friends who made the 1950’s kitchen set. work or the places we found it.

Is there anything that you would have What has been the biggest transforma- done differently? tion in the apartment?

Jay: I would have definitely moved less stuff Jay: Again, I’ll go with the big bookshelf. It is when we came up to Baltimore. It is expensive to replace a couch or a table, but it is also fun to the change that I really felt worked best. pick something out that will be more long-term Bess: I would say our very colorful dining or have an excuse to build something. We came room. One of the first things we did was hang up with so many things that we really have had the enormous painting of the swimmer by our to work to fit some of it in. friend, painter Dara Engler. We had admired the painting for a long time and traded her Bess: I probably would have not rented a house some of our photographs for it just before we sight-unseen! We were lucky that it worked out moved to Baltimore so this house was the first so well and had trusted friends to scope it out chance we’ve had to display it. We designed for us. Other than that, not too much. I’m really a lot of the room around it because it’s such happy with the space and how we’ve managed a great focal point. It was a nice surprise that to make it our own.

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