The Schmidts came from a house with color. Tracey had an idea for this home to have white walls with minimal decoration. “I wanted everything to be textured in the house. I wanted texture instead of color,” she says. The great room, which includes the kitchen, casual dining area and living room, is rich in texture and allows the wood elements to shine. The kitchen is framed in dark, reclaimed wood. “The wood was already 200 years old. You wire brush the wood to bring the grain out. When you stain it, the grain really stands out,” Davis says. In the kitchen, function is sublimated by the juxtaposition of home of distinction Top: Framed photos fill the wall gallery space above the wainscot on the stair landing. Bottom: Family room niches are filled with collectible mementos. 72 WBM november 2014
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