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This is the eighth residence for the Kinghorns, who in their dozen years together have lived in Chicago, Boston, Stamford, Newport, Barrington, and Fall River. It’s easy to see why the couple would fall for the charming house situated on a corner lot with a white picket fence. “The cottage felt like a hug when we [first] walked in – and it still does.” Things that appealed most to the pair about this property were its layout and original 1928 architecture features like arched doorways, wood floors and moldings, and beadboard ceilings in the porch. Says Kinghorn, “It was just the right size for us at 1,000 square feet.”

Originally from Chicago, Jenna worked in retail management for Gap, Inc. for 25 years before changing careers for freelance interior decorating. Self-taught, she describes her style as classic and simple. In a striped Brenton shirt and ballet flats, it’s apparent that this aesthetic spans beyond her own personal look into her home and the goods stocked in the Bristol-based shop she co-owns with friend Rebekah Willenberg, Blanc + Bleu. Her decor is a

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SHOP SMALL Visit Kinghorn’s workshop and showroom in the historic Wood Street Mill Complex in downtown Bristol for monthly pop-ups of Blanc + Bleu, the handmade, salvaged, and local goods business she co-owns. Other nearby faves are Epilogues and Grasmere, Bristol; Stillwater Antiques, Smithfield; Tish Bodell Hopkins Permanent Botanicals, Pawtucket; Fabric Connection, Middletown; and Wish Consignment in Newport.

EXPLORE RIVERSIDE This section of EP is loaded with old-timey seaside charm; in fact, it was once known as the “Coney Island of the East” back when Crescent Park was a booming destination with shore dinner halls and hotels. Today a 1895 Crescent Park Loo Carousel remains and still runs during summer. Meander side streets and head south to Narragansett Terrace for coastal views and cottages.

DIY SHED The Kinghorns also built themselves a greenhouse. “Our goal was to use as much reclaimed materials as we had on hand to keep costs down, but sometimes you’ve got to spend a little bit on new stu .” In total, the project cost $250. “Every morning this is where I come to have my coffee. My sweet greenhouse still has some things on the checklist to be done in it, but for now it is the best place to start my day.”

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