Things aren’t constantly black and white. Unless, obviously, you’re standing inside a house developed by Abigail Shea, creator of Studio Eastman Tempered with texture, Abigail’s hallmark neutral interiors mix California cool with East Coast resourcefulness, a combination that makes monochrome feel anything however narrow-minded.
Take Abigail’s newest job with designer Kevin Browne, for instance. Nestled into the craggy, seaside criminal of Rockport, Maine, what was as soon as a spacious and choppy mid-century house is now a (primarily) airy retreat. ” The design left some truly tight areas with small windows,” Abigail states. “Rather of attempting to require those locations to adhere to the remainder of the house’s brilliant scheme, I picked to welcome the darkness.” Washes of earthy, near-black shades– like soft green and charcoal blue– imbue locations like the back part of the kitchen area with stress and intrigue.
The outcome, as Abigail puts it, is “a fresh household house that, although mid-century inspired, isn’t too on the nose.”
Let’s have a look.
Photography by Erin Little.
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