STORY OF A HOUSE
Whole in One
Everything a golfing family needs under one roof By Deborah Salomon • Photographs by John Gessner
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olor this scene serene. Jana Van Paris, a lovely blonde wearing white pants, white shoes, a white shirt covered by an oatmeal sweater, sits back against a dining room chair upholstered in the same shades. The entire house — except for her husband, Todd’s, navy blue office/study — is painted a soft, glare-free white, the exterior bricks, French vanilla. Other furnishings, for the most part, continue gradations of this neutral mode. “For me, white and neutrals represent peaceful, relaxing calm,” Jana says. Color, when it appears in crewel and Oriental rugs or upholstery, tends toward muted blues and dusty apricots. After an elongated black and white checkerboard foyer, floors are dark-stained hardwood in stunning contrast to the white. This sets the scene for comfortable formality. How many families sit down to weeknight meals on a mirror-topped dining room
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