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Top left: "We broke the kitchen up into vignettes
and gave the cooking area its own wall, which really
draws you in," says Heller. A series of sunken
arches creates a cooking niche that shimmers with
a handmade subway-tile backsplash surrounded by
a smooth expanse of mitered Calacatta marble and
more slabs of the same marble. Barstools, backed
with heavily grained but subtly washed wood, and
seats, woven with rattan, bring a comfortable, organic
quality to the space.

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Brimming with contrasting traditional, modern and textural
styles yet seamlessly united by impeccable design, the
kitchen bursts with subtle personality. During demolition,
the team discovered a couple of inches to gain in ceiling
height. "We made it a design detail," says Heller, who
collaborated with Nodell to create a stepped ceiling with
cove molding and lengths of beadboard. Precise recessed
lighting prevents the ceiling from "looking like Swiss
cheese," says Heller, while creating a well-lit workspace.
A walnut-topped butcher-block island is centered between
cabinets finished with glassed-in corners by John Morgan at
Perspectives Custom Cabinetry in Royal Oak.

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The breathtaking, award-winning detail of
precise floor-to-ceiling paneling — not a
cover-up shoe molding in sight! — throughout
the expanse of the foyer and main corridor
is broken up by a mirrored niche across from
the stairs, "so when you come down the
stairs, you can check yourself before you go
out," says Nodell. The Beacon Hill bench is
covered in a French-inspired fabric studded
with brass nailheads. A pair of antique
sconces were scooped up at Judy Frankel
Antiques Centre of Troy.

Top center: The butler's pantry, which is the pass-
through from the kitchen to the dining room, is
dressed up like a little jewel box: A recessed cabinet
with leaded glass holds the stemware, an Art Deco-
style beaded chandelier is an antique (as are the
candelabra and silver tray) picked up by Nodell and
crystal knobs stud the cabinetry (which conceals an
ice machine and liquor). Iridescent mosaic tiles line
the countertop and backsplash, and a single coffered
detail in the ceiling echoes the design in the kitchen.

Top right: Nodell designed the powder-room vanity,
which she topped with a copper farmhouse bowl sink;
the faucet is attached directly to the whitewashed
frame of the mirror. A faux bois wallpaper, with
a soft, ashen finish, is meant to look like wood
paneling. A pair of Italian tole wall sconces are inset
with mirrors.

