This Boston couple knew the moment they purchased this property on Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay that it would become the family’s permanent summer retreat. After spending a few years enjoying the location with their two college-aged children, they decided to remodel the 25-year-old house to better suit their lifestyle and aesthetic. “She’s from California and wanted the indoor-outdoor lifestyle she had there,” interior designer Trevor Fulmer says. “They wanted to blend traditional New England and more modern Southern California styles.”
A new pool, spa, outdoor kitchen, dining area and lounge patio give the family plenty of comfortable gathering space outside, while large new sliding glass doors and a pass-through kitchen window create seamless transitions between indoors and out. Inside, Fulmer made cosmetic updates throughout the home, layering distinctive textures into the warm neutral palette his clients desired. The result is an inviting coastal retreat where nothing feels too precious and the homeowners can relax with family and friends.
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The counter stools in synthetic rattan bring in some texture and the dark legs echo the cabinet hardware color. Jamentz reupholstered the counter stools in a faux leather to work with the room palette.
Her team wove in new engineered hardwood flooring for an exact match with the existing floor. “It took the flooring subcontractor quite a while to find the exact match, but luckily he did, and it is nearly impossible to detect where the old floor meets the new,” Jamentz says.
“Aesthetically engineered hardwood flooring is a wonderful choice for kitchen floors, as there is a wide variety of wood species and stain colors to choose from, and it is much softer to stand on when cooking or doing the dishes than a hard surface such as porcelain tile,” she says. “That said, if you have a very active household with pets and kids, preengineered floors might not be the best choice because it can scratch easily.”
Jamentz focused on wellness by helping improve air quality and refrigeration and adding healthy steam cooking. “In this project, our solution was to create a wellness-centric kitchen that provides the opportunity to cook nutritious meals, feel more energetic due to increased daylight, enjoy filtered water on demand, breathe cleaner indoor air, entertain with ease, recycle and compost effortlessly and feel organized through personalized storage solutions,” she says.
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