e a rs a g o , K e lly M o s e le y b o u g h t a r a tta n
• n itu r e s e t sh e e n v is io n e d f o r a p o r c h sh e
d id n ’t y e t h a v e . A t th e tim e , s h e liv e d in a
s m a ll N e w Y o rk C it y a p a r tm e n t w it h h e r
h u s b a n d , L o u ie L in o . “ W e u s e d i t as liv in g
r o o m f u r n it u r e f o r a w h ile , b u t i t w a s a lw a y s
t h is r u n n in g jo k e ,” K e lly sa ys. “ Y e t I k n e w o n e
d a y I ’d h a v e a p o r c h .”
H e r d a y f in a lly c a m e w h e n th e c o u p le to o k
a le a p o f f a it h a n d m o v e d t o A u s tin w it h t h e ir
t w o y o u n g c h ild r e n . K e lly , w h o is o r ig in a lly
f r o m H o u s to n , w a n te d t o ra is e h e r f a m ily in
h e r h o m e s ta te . B u t L o u ie , a m u s ic p r o d u c e r
w h o g r e w u p in B r o o k ly n , to o k a l i t t l e m o re
c o n v in c in g . H e f in a lly w a s w o n o v e r b y
A u s t in ’s r ic h m u s ic h is t o r y a n d w h a t h e n o w
c a lls t h e ir “ fo r e v e r h o u s e .” I t c a m e in t o t h e ir
h a n d s as a d ila p id a te d 1 9 3 0 s c o tta g e t h a t s t ill
h a d a lo t g o in g f o r it : in p a r tic u la r , a f r ie n d ly
n e ig h b o r h o o d o f m o d e s tly s iz e d h o m e s s it t in g
u n d e r s h a d y o a k tre e s .
L o u ie a n d K e lly , a n in t e r io r d e s ig n e r, b o th
w o r k a t h o m e , s o th e r e n o v a te d h o u s e h a d to
a c c o m m o d a te n o t o n ly t h e ir f a m ily lif e b u t
t h e ir w o r k s p a c e s . “ W e h a d a s tr o n g v is io n
a b o u t h o w w e w a n te d t o liv e ,” K e lly sa ys.
W a lls c a m e d o w n t o o p e n u p liv in g sp a c e s a n d
t o b r in g m o re lig h t in t o th e o n c e - d a r k c o tta g e .
T h e c o u p le r e th o u g h t t r a d it io n a l n o tio n s o f
ro o m s a n d h a llw a y s t o tu c k in w o r k sp a ce .
A n d th e y g a v e s p e c ia l a t t e n t io n t o e x te n d in g
g a th e r in g s p a c e o u td o o r s . “ A f t e r 2 0 y e a rs o f
liv in g w it h c e m e n t a ll a r o u n d u s , w e w a n te d
t o m a k e th e m o s t o f o u r y a r d ,” K e lly sa ys.
A n d t h a t r a tt a n f u r n itu r e ? I t ’s r ig h t a t
h o m e in a s u n n y n e w s c re e n p o rc h .
Turn inexpen-
sive, lightweight
bedspreads into
curtains. Kelly
bought her hand-
blocked cotton
covers from an
Austin hotel.
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