A few years later, she replaced the venetian blinds with black shutters, swapped the nickel pulls and plumbing fixtures for brass ones, and repainted the floor with a pattern of interlocking hexagons in two shades of blue. Last year, she repainted the floor again, in Farrow & Ball’s electric Yellowcake. “It’s funny, because people always love the kitchen, but it’s really kind of junky.”The family room has undergone such extensive changes that repeat visitors could be forgiven for thinking they were in the wrong house. “When we first did it, it was light yellow, pink and green,” Ms. Caan said. Then she “threw everything out and started over,” coating the walls in a deep emerald green and banishing the pink accents.

Source: New York Times December 03, 2019 09:56 UTC