With the statement pieces already in place, the designers worked to provide functional elements that would make the house livable. All the upholstered furniture came from their workshop and provides a weighty counterpoint to leggy, painted pieces. In the living room, the paneled wall behind the sofa houses HVAC, television cables, and trunk lines. Winters gave the wood a lush, decorative finish based on one of the painted antiques.
Solis Betancourt and Sherrill originally intended the dining room to be a family room but quickly realized the couple would never use the living room if they had an alternative gathering place. Instead, they opened the room to the kitchen and created a space for entertaining with the airy atmosphere of a conservatory. “The dark dining table anchors the dining room and alleviates the ‘everything is painted’ effect,” says Sherrill.
