Above: Intent on creating a popular spot with kids young and old, the
Lead interior designer Kelly Kurtyka notes each carefully planned memory point
owners designed this game room as a boys’ counterpoint to the girls’
in the homes’ interior, including black and white marble flooring, a bricked
hot pink bedroom retreat. Filled with current and nostalgic arcade fun,
barrel ceiling in the kitchen, rich limestone fireplace mantels, an antique
the room opens to a balcony overlooking the home’s pool area and putting green.
mirrored wall, and a magnificent butterfly staircase. “The house is beautiful without any furnishings, because of all the detailing and high-end finishes. To
Left: Never too young for a bit of glamour, little girls will love the hot
complement those details, the textiles are very much in the French tradition
pink and black bunkroom. Designed for visiting grandchildren, the
with an upgraded, more modern appeal. We used lots of tone on tone textures,
space has a definite Parisian flair. Bold and beautiful, the room is both
but the palette is darker and more masculine with smoky grays and blacks
fun and functional.
brightened with fresher whites, beiges and punches of glacier blue.” Steeped in the past, but not without its modern-day conveniences, the home’s 21st Century amenities include items such as a TV mirror where one can comb their hair and watch the news simultaneously, an outdoor wood-burning pizza oven for crafting homemade pizzas with the family, and a touch of the iPhone built-in ceiling and wall Bang & Olufsen speaker system, installed by Elxai Home, ready to launch a spontaneous dance party with the grandkids should the mood strike.
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