COLOR TRIUMPHS IN SOUTH ORANGE A striking redesign is elevated by a clever—and unconventional— use of paint and hue. TEXT by LESLIE GARISTO PFAFF DESIGNED by SARAH STORMS
PHOTOGRAPHY by RAQUEL LANGWORTHY
T was replete with original architectural details and boasted beautiful hardwood flooring, also original
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HE HOUSE IN SOUTH ORANGE, NEARLY 100 YEARS OLD,
and in surprisingly good condition. But the interior paint color used throughout the house wasn’t exactly resonating with its new owners. “Everything was beige,” says one of the homeowners, a lawyer and ceramicist who puts a premium on color. “The walls were beige; the trim was marshmallow.” Given that the couple would be spending a fair amount of time at home—they’d moved during the pandemic from Manhattan’s Upper West Side with their then 6-month-old daughter—they were particularly eager to banish the beige from the living room. So they brought in designer Sarah Storms to transform the room into what the homeowner describes as “something that felt bright and colorful and cozy, that worked well furniture-wise, color-wise,
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