May 4, 2026

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Household structure ideas: An airy spouse and children home that connects with the outside

Household structure ideas: An airy spouse and children home that connects with the outside

Katie Bogart’s customers, a young spouse and children who lately moved from the city to Weston, asked her to structure a spouse and children space with utility and a peaceful experience the place the young ones and older people could live with ease. To intensify the present-halting Palladian windows and wooded landscape beyond, Bogart created a light-weight and ethereal scheme accented with blues and greens that bring the exterior in. A sectional upholstered in functionality linen maximizes ease and comfort, features, and ground area. “The structure provides overall flexibility,” Bogart says. “There’s ample space for the young ones to play, but once the toys are long gone, it appears to be attractive.”

1 A leather swivel chair from Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams enables easy interaction with the adjacent kitchen and the seating location.

2 A faux olive tree from Etsy draws the eye up to the top of the window and a fern from Russell’s Backyard garden Heart in Wayland pulls inexperienced into the center of the place. The serene seascape by Kathleen Kolb is from Edgewater Gallery.

3 The Noir wire-brushed mahogany cocktail desk with a distressed grey complete has a driftwood come to feel in a modern day type. Its tender aesthetic blends seamlessly whilst its substantial measurement accommodates the two sides of the sectional.

4 A sculpture by Bogart’s uncle, Jacques Schickel of Maryhill Clayworks, personalizes and elevates the place when introducing subtle whimsy.

5 A teak burl dice balances the cognac-coloured leather-based chair on the other side of the home. “The darker tones ground the eye,” Bogart says. “If everything was a wash of smooth neutrals, the eye wouldn’t know wherever to rest.”

6 Bogart applied an indoor/out of doors model of the iconic Christopher Farr Cloth Carnival cloth for the pair of X-stools. “They get the job done properly as added seating or are easily moved so the young children can perform Legos,” Bogart claims.


Marni Elyse Katz is a regular contributor to the Globe Journal. Send comments to [email protected].