A reno by the river
Brandy and Mike Williams welcome winter with a fresh white kitchen and a view of the Kennebecasis River in Rothesay, N.B. BY NATALIE OWENS PHOTOS BY JAMES WALSH
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Iplayed competitive basketball growing up. As a young girl, I remember looking around at my teammates and opponents, thinking: “I wonder what we’ll all be doing as grown-ups? Who will get married and what kind of jobs will they have?” The curse of being an inquisitive child, dying to grow up instead of enjoying the simplicity of life as a teenager. When Williams reached out, I knew her name and face instantly. I had played against her several times in high school and then university and often had to guard her as we both played point guard. When Brandy opened her door to her quintessential, classic old Rothesay home in November of 2020, I thought, “Ah, this is where you landed.” She’s married to a wonderful guy named Mike, with an oversized Golden Doodle named Cooper flailing around the house like a dervish. The first thing Brandy shared about her reno vision was the ultimate desire to have a fresh white kitchen. When she walked me into the existing kitchen, the words fell out faster than I had anticipated: “Well, we’ve got a lot of work to do.” They had recently moved in, and were using the open space off the kitchen as their main living room and as a small dining area. Immediately I knew we had to re-route the living room. There was a large room to the left of the entry way equipped with a working fireplace and plenty of
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WINTER 2021
