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The space’s intricate mouldings, fireplace and woodwork date back to 1948, when the house was built. “We didn’t want to take away everything that was original to the home,” she says. “It’s a space that gets its fair share of use, but it’s not the highest traffic [area]. It really is a place to go to escape.” Shutting the doors closes it off from the rest of the home, making it the perfect space to read, chat or contemplate the artworks within.
Furnishings are spare and neutral to give space to the artworks, with the exception of two family heirlooms that bookend the doors. A chair, re-covered in a “zig-zaggy” material, belongs to Connell’s family and goes back to the 1800s. A Biedermeier-style secretaire, for writing letters, is made of walnut veneer and maple and ebony inlay. “That’s really important to my mother’s side of the family,” Freybe says.
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