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A folding-screen headboard and a Chinese dresser-turned-vanity are highlights in this suburban Denver home
Immediately to the left of the front door, a sunken living room greets family and guests. The room features a custom white-cotton sectional designed to hug the walls just below the bottom of the large corner windows.
The floors throughout the house were previously covered in wall-to-wall carpet, which Schumacher says was a definite no-go for her family, which includes two kids, two dogs and a cat. “Those carpets would have been destroyed in no time.” Therefore, the designer opted for wood floors finished in a dark espresso stain.
Schumacher says many of the art pieces hanging in the house, like the painting above the brass table in the living room, were painted by her grandmother Elizabeth Monath. “I’m very fortunate,” the designer says. “I have a storage area full of her art and I’m always swapping them out on my walls.”
The floors throughout the house were previously covered in wall-to-wall carpet, which Schumacher says was a definite no-go for her family, which includes two kids, two dogs and a cat. “Those carpets would have been destroyed in no time.” Therefore, the designer opted for wood floors finished in a dark espresso stain.
Schumacher says many of the art pieces hanging in the house, like the painting above the brass table in the living room, were painted by her grandmother Elizabeth Monath. “I’m very fortunate,” the designer says. “I have a storage area full of her art and I’m always swapping them out on my walls.”
Up two steps from the living room, the dining area is decorated in a mix of old and new finds. The dining table has a lucite pedestal base and a glass top. The previous owner left it behind as a housewarming gift. Six vintage bamboo chippendale chairs surround the table and a new black-and-white chevron-patterned rug adds a contemporary touch underfoot.
Browse chevron-patterned rugs
Browse chevron-patterned rugs
Schumacher says she hates upper cabinets in kitchens, so she had them all removed to create a streamlined look. The lower white cabinets feature brass hardware that complements the white-and-brass counter stools and the brass-framed art trio.
How to Lose Some of Your Upper Kitchen Cabinets
How to Lose Some of Your Upper Kitchen Cabinets
The butler’s pantry, which is tucked behind the main kitchen, does include upper and lower cabinets for maximum storage. The space features custom cabinets painted in a distressed electric-blue paint. The floor-to-ceiling pantry was designed to mimic the look of a Chinese armoire.
Cabinet paint: Santa Monica Blue, Benjamin Moore
Cabinet paint: Santa Monica Blue, Benjamin Moore
The family room features a furniture configuration — four club chairs facing each other with a table in the center — that Schumacher likes to employ in many of her design projects. “It’s the perfect setup to promote conversation,” she says. “It’s always the room we end up in when guests are over.” Even Goldie, one of the family’s two dogs, seems to agree that it’s an ideal room for lounging.
One of the guest bathrooms features another staple of Schumacher’s design — a vanity made out of a piece of furniture. Keeping with the touches of Asian decor sprinkled throughout the home, the designer retrofitted a Chinese dresser into a vanity and wrapped it in a waterfall of marble.
You Can Turn That Into a Bathroom Vanity?
You Can Turn That Into a Bathroom Vanity?
Schumacher‘s home office includes an original wall of built-in bookshelves and a built-in desk. The sofa, a gift from her mother-in-law, originally featured dark wood and pea-green upholstery. The designer updated the sofa by painting the wood orange and covering it in a bold, graphic print. The wallpaper is covered in images of peacocks.
The wall behind the bed in the master bedroom is adorned in an orange chinoiserie screen that Schumacher designed a few years ago for the Greystone Show House in Beverly Hills, California. “It was the perfect size for the bedroom wall,” the designer says. The custom bed is upholstered in a muted blue velvet from Kelly Wearstler.
5 Midcentury Design Lessons for Modern-Day Living
5 Midcentury Design Lessons for Modern-Day Living
Another pair of stone Fu dog statues flank the patio opening leading to the backyard pool area. The pool was installed by the previous owner; all Schumacher had to do was add new outdoor loungers covered in a black-and-white-striped upholstery that adds a classic Palm Springs vibe to the midcentury home.
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House at a Glance
Who lives here: Designer Andrea Schumacher with her husband, two kids, two dogs and one cat
Location: Bow Mar, Colorado
Size: Six bedrooms and six bathrooms
Designer Andrea Schumacher was friendly with the previous owner of this 1950s midcentury ranch in the Denver suburb of Bow Mar; she always said if she ever wanted sell it to please let her know. A few years later, that hopeful request turned into a pocket listing — allowing Schumacher and her husband to purchase the house without it ever going on the market.
The exterior of the rambling ranch house covered in flagstone was well-maintained and needed no improvements. The only change Schumacher made was to paint the original front doors in Heritage Red from Benjamin Moore and add a pair of stone Fu dog statues to the front stoop. “A red door is supposed to bring good luck and Fu dogs are a symbol of protection,” the designer says.