AT HO M E

indoors

FULL HOUSE

Suzie created a

comfortable seating

arrangement,

left,

with

big pieces pulled away

from the walls and set

close together. A black

square coffee table is

softened by a window

shade-turned-runner.

Suzie followed her gut and went all out with white. Slipcovers

erased the stripes, and accessories in wood and sand tones warmed

the pale palette. Suzie outfitted small spaces with large furniture.

“Lots of small pieces make a little room feel cluttered and tight, while

big, dramatic pieces give the appearance of enlarging it,” she says.

“We didn’t need a big house. We just needed a little house that felt

bigger than it was.”

ADDED LAYER

Suzie gave a pair of

white slipcovered club

chairs,

below,

a boost

by layering a raffia

runner under the back

and seat cushions.

The raffia’s color and

texture play to the

wicker and sea grass

elsewhere in the house.

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JULY 2008 BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS