See inside an urbane Connecticut farmhouse that got a makeover that played off the existing architecture. DHWendyGoodman reports
“The house was known in the neighborhood for the vibrant front porch,” Justin Capuco says. The bright-orange cushions for the front-porch furniture kept the tradition going. Photo: Chris Mottalini The couple, partners in business and in life, were longtime clients of architects Brittney Hart and Justin Capuco, who are also married with children, and who call their firm Husband Wife.
“It was for the most part original and refinished by the prior owner,” Hart says, “but we added a lot of subtle details, and then in a lot of places we amplified the existing details.” They also made it a mission to hire local artisans and were lucky to find the contractor who had worked with the previous owner. “Our clients wanted to have a certain type of sophistication that was comfortable for them,” Capuco says.
Their design moves played off the existing architecture in myriad ways, without undue reverence for it. “This is our third project with them,” Hart says. “It’s funny: They own their own business as well — it started in Dumbo, but now it’s global — they have four kids; their last kids were twins, and we have twins. So we have a lot of weird synergy.”“There were existing parchment wall coverings,” Capuco says. “The client hated them and wanted them removed, and we thought, Let’s test out some ideas first.
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