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Beauty & Grace
An artist creates from her heart and spirit
By Gina Parsons Photography by Colin Miller/Strauss Peyton
Rock Hill artist Jennifer Olwig infuses expressions of beauty and reflections of the divine into each piece of artwork she creates. “My work is my calling, my devotion and my joy,” she says. “Sharing it with others in an intimate way is a part of the full circle journey of creating the work. I love being in my creative process—from the inspiration and process of painting and communing with the artwork to connecting with the soul whose journey it will become a part of.”
A lot of Jennifer’s work is created on commission. She has created pieces for an Oscar-nominated film producer and a network television producer among others. For each commissioned piece, she talks to the client to find out what’s going on in their life and what they hope for.
“People reach out for something specific to them,” she says. “Not only for their home and their space but also where they’re at in their heart and life. To support the next chapter. Whatever comes through me will go into the painting. A lot of times, I’ll write it down for them as well, so they’ll get this note along with the artwork.”
Jennifer’s first career was in the fashion industry, but after working in the field she knew that it wasn’t right for her. After having surgery on her wrist, she woke up and had an incredibly strong urge to paint again. She visited the butterfly house, painted butterflies she saw there and felt a healing spirit.
She dove into her art by first creating and selling notecards to shop owners. She put 20 paintings for sale on her website. They all sold within the first week. Watercolor butterflies became her signature subject.
After she was asked to paint a rose on commission, she began a series of large-scale rose paintings in acrylic. Next, she drew ethereal angel sketches on linen. Her popular "Prayer Candles" on her website features an angel sketch and is a thoughtful, got-gift for many.
Jennifer enjoys using living media— materials she says have a story, an essence energy that is alive and felt. “In my watercolors, I’ve been drawn to using crystal pigments and water from sacred sites around the world,” she says. “The healing properties of the pigments and water together radiate a stabilizing love within the spaces in which they live. My ‘Body of Roses’ series is made using rosewater from my garden and French antique homespun linen from the late 1800s and early 1900s.”
To learn more about Jennifer’s artwork, and items for purchase, visit her website at jenniferolwig. com. A selection of notecards and prayer candles also are available at Mary Tuttle’s Floral and Gifts and at The Porch in Wildwood. See stlouishomesmag.com for more photos and resources.
Completely rebuilt from top to bottom, St. Louis designer Julie Reinecke’s Edwardsville home emanates glamorous luxury via her stunning signature style. Throughout the house, Julie has composed a well-curated look with a unique layering of pattern, texture and color.
By Jeanne Delathouder Photography by Anne Matheis Architect Mike Killeen Builder Lantz Homes Interior Design Julie Reinecke Designs
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St. Louis designer Julie Reinecke turns a once cramped and outdated home into a visually stunning showpiece that embodies her expressive signature style.
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hen designer Julie Reinecke and her husband, Pete, found their dream home, it had been on the market for well over a year. But, where most prospective buyers saw problems, Julie saw potential. An interior designer for more than 20 years, she discovered at an early age her inherent flair for completely changing the look of a room. Today, she is widely recognized for a distinctive signature style that blends the old with the new, the refined with the eclectic and unexpected materials with objects that are deeply meaningful to her clients. So, when she and her husband, a hobbyist craftsman who designs and builds custom furniture, first stumbled across their Edwardsville home, the challenges that awaited them were irresistible.
“Oftentimes, things don’t go as planned, but sometimes that end result turns out even better,” says Julie. “When we came across this established golf course community, we fell in love with the great location and the surrounding homes. The property was perfect, with mature trees and a small backyard creek, but the home itself needed a complete overhaul.”
Instead of a remodel, the couple rebuilt the home from the inside out. Their renovation included ripping out four fireplaces and eight bathrooms, relocating all the HVAC/ plumbing, and even lowering some floors. Because some areas of the home were not being utilized, they were able to create more than 1,200 square feet without actually adding to the house. By taking down several load-bearing walls, which required 17 pieces of structural steel, they constructed an open floor plan to fit their personal taste. “We intentionally saved each brick from the old fireplaces and used them in our new rebuilding process,” Julie explains. “My father is a retired mason, so he and a few of his friends used the bricks and some
Opposite page: Julie and her husband, Pete, who is a skilled craftsman, designed an extravagant second-floor wine loft in space over the garage. Outfitted with reclaimed bricks from the home’s old fireplaces, the wine loft houses more than 2,000 bottles of wine. This page: The couple implemented rigging timbers from the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis to replace the home’s outdated Grecian columns. The rustic patina creates a satisfying contrast against the sleek contemporary finishes used throughout.
Opposite page: The stylish living room area demonstrates Julie’s knack for combining the rustic with the refined, the natural with the man-made, and the old with the new. Modern chrome chairs with zebra-patterned upholstery counterbalance rustic wood flooring, and a plush area rug, dramatic floor-to-ceiling draperies and sumptuous textiles soften the space.
This page: The dining room radiates glamor with a magnificent quartz crystal vase atop a glass table accented with velvet-upholstered dining chairs with nailhead trim. A floor-length mirror exemplifies the glimmering silver chandelier and a dramatic fireplace wall.
antique bricks from the 1800s in the new wine loft, home gym and lower-level sitting room. The final product is a beautiful labor of love.”
Previously, when you entered this home, you saw small, cramped rooms and several Grecian columns. In place of the columns, Julie added two vintage rigging timbers from the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis that now serve as an architectural statement piece. “They were also used in the construction of Queeny Tower in Barnes Hospital,” she notes, “and the rustic patina of the weathered wood and rusted metal plates generates a beautiful juxtaposition to the contemporary finishes in our home.”
Other dramatic transformations include an empty storage room over the garage that Julie and Pete turned into a dynamic second-story wine loft. They incorporated antique brick from the 1800s, Italian floor tile in a concrete finish with random graffiti planks, custom lighting and music systems, and a walk-in refrigeration area to keep the vino at a perfect temperature.
“When designing this space, I thought, ‘if this turns out half as cool as how we think it will, we’d like to view it from the front door,’” laughs Julie. “So, we tore a big hole in the wall, and now it’s visible from the moment you enter our home.”
Emitting a sophisticated mid-century modern aesthetic, the tasting area includes iconic black leather Barcelona chairs and a leather loveseat, where the couple and their friends can sip and relax. To the back of the wine loft, a stunning Champagne area boldly accented with an eye-catching signed advertising poster awaits enthusiasts who prefer the bubbly. “We entertain a lot and use most of our house,” says Julie. “Evenings are often spent on the deck overlooking the kinetic wind sculptures and the wooded view. When the weather isn’t as accommodating, we spend time enjoying the wine loft and the theater.”
Designed for two, the master bath includes a steam shower with an Italian mosaic wall and a crocodile granite floating bench. Stunning sculptural pieces and a brilliant, beaded chandelier define the dramatic entry foyer. Soaring ceilings and windows create an airy, light-filled ambiance. Secluded and sensuous, Julie’s boudoir-style dressing room exudes glamor with luxurious tufted seating, leopard-patterned wool carpeting and custom cabinetry.
The couple’s bedroom is a modern retreat that emanates a rich, sensual vibe. Here, Julie aspired to create a tangible wow factor with a sumptuous layering of textures and fabrics. She implemented black high-gloss leather flooring planks in a crocodile pattern and paired it with a sexy, textured vermiculite wallpaper. The entry doors were repurposed from mid-1800s pocket doors sourced from a salvage yard and stained a rustic black—yet still revealing their suspected bullet holes. Julie paired them with vintage English chrome and glass door handles made from repurposed oversized towel bars from New York’s renowned Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Oversized Italian tiles cleverly frame the dramatic inset for the couple’s gas fireplace.
In the main suite bathroom, Julie completely gutted the space to make room for a luxurious walk-in steam shower with a crocodile granite floating bench and Italian mosaic wall art that is illuminated with exterior-rated art lights. A floor-to-ceiling glass entry wall accentuates the minimalist contemporary feel.
Julie transformed the adjacent empty sitting room into a functional, boudoir-style dressing room that houses her collection of vintage Chanel jewelry and fashion books. She lowered the floors and installed befitting leopard-patterned carpet and custom cabinetry with smoked glass panels that provide closed storage. The designer accessorized her stylish space with a pair of chandeliers she found on clearance in Chicago and other glamorous décor purchased from estate sales and flea markets.
A wood shop was also an essential addition to the Reinecke home, as Pete designs custom furniture and décor for Julie’s clients. His vast inventory of rare materials includes antique bricks and marble, stone and exotic woods from around the world. The couple often shops at scrap yards for unique remnants of steel to use in their custom designs. “Our pieces are one-of-a-kind, and I’m so fortunate to have him as such an integral part of my business,” says Julie.
When designing residential and commercial spaces for her clients, Julie loves to apply her signature technique of integrating rare pieces at various price points that make a meaningful statement. With her own home, her creative instincts came just as naturally to incorporate that same philosophy. Her knack for composing a beautiful visual balance by mixing the unexpected—rustic, reclaimed materials, lustrous leather flooring, contemporary Italian art and a quirky 15-foot strangle vine from Indonesia—speaks volumes for her pure originality and exceptional sense of style. “I love to add drama and use well-curated items that are truly unique,” notes the designer. “That’s how you make a memorable home.”
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Julie continued her glamorous design scheme to the kitchen, with unexpected mirrored cabinetry that amplifies the lustrous finishes. Sleek built-in appliances, silver accents and a pair of crystalline pendant lights add to the sophisticated elegance of the space.
Opposite page: To add even more architectural interest to the primary bedroom, half-round trim work was installed on the long wall behind the bed and painted Sherwin-Williams Anchors Away. Grass cloth wallpaper was installed horizontally to avoid seams. “This creates the dimension and detail in this room, along with changes in texture and depth,” says designer Ellen Wortham. The tray ceiling’s inset is wallpapered in a tone-on-tone wood grain paper with metallic accents. Above: The homeowner’s extensive guitar collection is housed in the lower level in a soundproofed, fireproofed, climate-controlled and secured space. The slatted display wall, built by Tim Glastetter for the Eureka home, was removed piece by piece and reinstalled in the Chesterfield villa. “It’s set up with just enough slatted wall that I can redo displays all the time,” says the homeowner. “That was important to me.”
Perfect Harmony
Newlyweds embark on a whole-house remodel, incorporating beloved elements from a previous home.
By Kim Hill Photography Anne Matheis Designer JE Design Group
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Half of the dynamic duo who own this Chesterfield villa had previously owned a Eureka home so well-appointed, it graced the pages of this magazine in 2009. Working with interior designer Ellen Wortham of JE Design Group, the businessman and guitarist had created a home with character and personality, one that combined his appreciation for vintage furnishings and décor with his long standing passion for music and guitars in perfect harmony. The gentleman and lifelong bachelor was very happy in Eureka, until a high school classmate glided back into his life. He proposed, and they married a few years ago.
The Eureka home was still lovely, but with his marriage, the husband’s lifestyle changed, noting four adult stepchildren are now an important part of his life. “As we started sketching out what our future would look like, we wanted the space and environment where we could host weekly family dinners, movie nights, and other get-togethers in a convenient centralized location where we could set down family roots together,” says the husband.
In addition, the couple felt a properly designed space would allow them to age gracefully at home. And as the husband notes, “there is a certain enjoyment in setting up a home with somebody. The Eureka house was beautiful, but it was pre-existing to my previous life.”
As in all relationships, there is a certain give and take. He likes warm, dark colors, “almost like the room is giving you a hug,” says Wortham, principal and co-owner of JE Design Group. The wife likes light, bright spaces. He comes from a background in home building and carries inspiration from seeing hundreds of homes over the years. She had a career in the hospitality industry, traveling and overseeing luxury hotels around the world. The couple recognized the great bones in a 6,000-square-foot villa with high ceilings, great flow throughout the spaces and a main-level primary bedroom. Wortham, the homeowners, designer Jenny Siebert at Callier & Thompson Kitchen Bath Appliance and decorative artist Tim Glastetter set forth to extensively remodel the villa to create a thoughtfully designed,
Above: In this extensive, whole-house remodel, architectural interest was created where it was previously lacking. Callier & Thompson installed detailed wood panel molding in several areas of the villa, including this vestibule located off the great room. Opposite page: The formal dining room reflects designer Ellen Wortham’s talent in fusing the homeowners’ styles (he likes dark and warm, she likes light and bright). New white, wingback chairs pair with dark side chairs, a table and a sideboard from the homeowners’ collection. Decorative artist Tim Glastetter made the top of the dining table to match the dark chairs and applied a milky white finish to the base. New wood panels painted white contrast with Sherwin-Williams Enduring Bronze painted on the top portion of the walls.
Above: Much of the furniture came from the homeowners’ collection of vintage and antique furnishings. The hutch, dining table and chairs belonged to the husband’s mother, although the table was refinished by decorative artist Tim Glastetter and the chairs reupholstered for the couple’s new home. Below: The kitchen’s existing creamy cabinetry and countertop in good condition were retained; designer Ellen Wortham says the room received “a gentle facelift.” Previous brushed nickel hardware was replaced with the same design in a soft gold finish which Wortham describes as “almost the color of champagne.” The subway tile backsplash was replaced with Danby marble tile featuring metallic inlays. The swinging door leading to the dining room features leaded glass and was crafted by Cosby Art Glass Company.
boldly classic home while incorporating some of the beloved elements of the Eureka house.
“We created architecture where there was none” in the Eureka home, says Wortham, referring to details such as millwork and paneling. The same philosophy was applied to the Chesterfield villa, with floor-to-ceiling paneling added to the two-story foyer, hall and large great room. Crown molding and trim work were also added to the great room, where Wortham selected a moody, dark green hue (Sherwin-Williams Ripe Olive) for the walls. “Within the house, I had to find ways to reflect both their tastes,” says Wortham. In the great room, for example, she lightened the look of the dark walls with creamy tones for the upholstery and draperies. “There are all these layers, so it doesn’t look gloomy,” she explains. “It just looks rich.”
The most stunning transformation is to the great room’s fireplace. “The old mantel was very heavy and old-fashioned looking, made of red oak with corbels,” Wortham recalls. “Callier & Thompson removed it so we could replace the marble on the hearth and the fireplace surround. The mantel was reinstalled, and then Tim Glastetter worked his magic.” Wortham asked Glastetter to mimic the look of an aged building common to downtown St. Louis. After sanding, de-glossing and priming the wood, Glastetter applied a textured material to the fireplace. “From there, I used a little stone-ground pigment which gives it the look of limestone,” says Glastetter. Homeowners and design professionals say the great room feels like a high-end hotel lobby. “It’s a destination in the home, yet it’s easy to imagine the owners sitting there visiting with family or friends,” says Wortham.
The primary bedroom already had some architectural interest in the tray ceiling,
Above, powder room: The swanshaped faucet, a gift from the wife to the husband, and the vintage mirror which belonged to the husband’s mother drove the design in the spectacular, Art Deco-inspired powder room. Designer Ellen Wortham wanted to downplay the room’s angled walls. Working with designer Jenny Siebert, they widened the custom vanity to encompass the entire wall. Dark wood panels provide a dramatic backdrop for the mirror; Tim Glastetter trimmed the mirror’s finial to fit the space. “That is the difference between a decorator and designer,” says the husband. “Ellen and Tim are designers. He put his head to the problem and the mirror looks like it’s always been that way.” Opposite page: The primary bathroom was completely redesigned as part of the extensive remodel. The dark cabinetry of the breakfast bar area, visible through the opening, features refrigeration drawers, a sink and a patterned marble floor which differentiates the space, according to Callier & Thompson designer Jenny Siebert. In the bathroom, large-format porcelain tiles mimic marble flooring, while the chandelier adds even more opulence.
but Wortham upped the drama by wallpapering the ceiling inset in a tone-on-tone wood grain paper with metallic accents. On the long wall behind the bed, Callier & Thompson installed trim in long, horizontal lines and painted it in the navy hue of Sherwin-Williams Anchors Aweigh. The grass cloth wallpaper on that wall is “railroaded”—applied horizontally rather than in the typical vertical installation. “There are absolutely no seams in each strip of paper between the millwork,” Wortham says. “That creates the dimension and detail in this room, along with changes in texture and depth.” Between the bedroom and bathroom is an ice-cold water sink, fridge and coffee bar.
The adjacent primary bathroom received a massive overhaul. “It just wasn’t arranged well,” Wortham recalls of the original layout. Tremendous forethought and planning went into the space, which mimics a luxurious hotel suite through opulent finishes such as the liberal use of accent tiles, chandeliers, ceiling medallions and marble flooring. “Jenny Siebert (of Callier & Thompson) had a huge hand in this space,” says Wortham. “She did all the details after we gave her the basic layout.” Siebert says she enjoyed incorporating a walk-in tub within a space that’s both functional and luxurious. The tub is installed in its own niche and surrounded by porcelain tile with the appearance of marble. The large steam shower features a zero entry and a built-in seat. Heated floors take the chill off cold mornings, and a built-in sitting area across from the vanity lets a homeowner put on shoes more easily. “The aging-in-place elements are so highly disguised and well-done you don’t even notice them,” says Wortham.
The home boldly sings in perfect harmony, blending both light and dark hues, vintage furnishings and modern lighting, patterns, textures and timeless architectural elements. And it symbolizes a harmonious life. “As I’ve seasoned in life, I’ve realized there is more than one way to be successful,” says the husband. “I have a very happy wife, a very happy family, and I’m really happy here because our home and its environment are great and the people in the home are priceless to me.” See stlouishomesmag.com for resources and additional photos.
Small Garden Overflows with Beauty
Vertical elements make the most of garden space.
By Lucyann Boston / Photography by Kim Dillon
It is a garden that reflects a partnership
and the beauty and harmony of working together. Although small in square footage, the landscape surrounding the Winchester home of Phil Mueller and Nathan Urben overflows with flowering plants and beautiful trees and shrubs.
To enhance the less than .15-acre space, the two have taken the garden vertical with a collection of vine-covered trellises, obelisks and arbors that bring the brilliant, saucer-like blossoms of clematis, the drooping clusters of soft purple wisteria and the tiny trumpets of red orange “Major Wheeler” honeysuckle higher than the heads of garden visitors. The trunk of a black locust tree, recently removed from the back yard, remains. The deeply furrowed bark now provides architectural interest, and the trunk serves as a trellis for the purple, sweet pea-like flowers and brilliant violet pods of hyacinth bean vines. A dwarf, purple-leaved “Ruby Falls” redbud cascades down the side of a privacy fence.
On the flip side the small garden lives large as a showcase for 80 trees, many of which, rather than being tall and vertical, remain close to the ground. One corner displays a collection of normally giant shade trees such as sycamore, white oak, American beech, American hornbeam and Japanese katsura that have been both top and root pruned to become miniature versions of their natural size.
The transformation of the space began 21 years ago when Phil purchased the property, then the repository of several “junk trees” and weeds that littered what passed for a lawn. There was, in Phil’s words, “nothing desirable” in the yard. Little by little, he began creating gardens and establishing a lawn. Then, 10 years ago, Nathan moved in and “the garden went on steroids,” Phil says laughing.
There was a reason for that. Holding a Bachelor's degree of science in horticulture from the University of WisconsinMadison and a Wisconsin native, Nathan moved to St. Louis in 2011 for a position as a horticulturist at the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Nathan’s area of responsibility at the Garden centered on the southeast corner of the site, encompassing the three acres surrounding the residence of the Garden’s president, the administration building and what became known as “The Stumpery.” One of the Garden’s most recent spots to stroll, “The Stumpery” is a shade-filled landscape in which logs, root wads and driftwood from dead trees, mostly recovered from the Garden’s Shaw Nature Reserve in Gray Summit, are used as natural works of art often by being turned upside down and sideways among the lush foliage.
Around the administration building, Nathan created a landscape based on the Know Maintenance Perennial Garden concept. Espoused by noted horticulturist and landscape designer Roy Diblik, such landscapes employ native plants that thrive together and grow happily and beautifully into a natural-looking vegetation-filled space, cutting down on the need for mulch and excessive watering. "It's basically a 'right plant, right place' scenario, just taken a step further," Nathan says. "It allows you to design specific plant communities, which grouped together create a garden."
After nearly 10 years at the garden, Nathan has moved on to a position as horticulturist with U City in Bloom, where he is overseeing the same concept in the city’s public spaces. He also has his own landscaping business Urben Designs.
As you might suspect, in the garden he shares with Phil, Nathan has some of the same goals. “The one thing I am adamant about is that I don’t like seeing bare ground,” Nathan says. “I don’t like mulch, per se. I like using plants to keep the weeds down.”
Where garden responsibilities are concerned, Nathan describes himself as the “curator of plants,” making most of the suggestions as to what goes into the garden and its design. In the carpentry and remodeling business, Phil has built the obelisks and arbors that enhance the landscape and in the front yard created a gravel-filled dry stream bed to harness water runoff from the street. Working mostly inside during the day, he is happy to come home, head outdoors and take on some garden maintenance chores.
The two do an evening walkabout to “see if any areas need improving and make changes and edits if a plant is not working.” Nathan says. Phil also divides garden plants and starts things from seed to sell through Facebook with profits going back into garden upkeep.
When it comes to plants, Nathan has a passion for clematis, with over 30 different varieties climbing over garden structures and even through taller plants.
Not only does he find what he calls the bright, “gaudy” flowers appealing, he loves the way the vines creep over garden structures. “I associate that with the idea of an English walled garden where
flowers ramble over everything,” he says. “You can’t have that here in Missouri, but I like having climbing vines that go upward leaving a smaller footprint in the garden space and still have that floral effect.”
He also has a collection of 50 dainty, shade-loving epimediums, whose common name “bishop’s hat” or “fairy wings” perfectly describes the leaf shape and look of the plant. “It’s a small plant that doesn’t take up much space,” he notes, “but the foliage stays nice all season and the dainty, little spidery flowers in a myriad of colors can really make a show in the spring around April.”
Nathan and Phil’s passion for plants is gradually encroaching on what lawn they have left. “Some people believe that ‘less is more,’ and I believe that too,” Nathan jokes. “But I also believe that more is more. I am always looking for new things, going through seed catalogs. If it says hummingbirds or butterflies, I am always going to try it.”
The proliferation of pollinator plants in their garden has been an eye-opener for Phil. “I never knew there were so many different kinds of bees,” he says, “and I love watching the hummingbirds and bees chase one another.”
—Nathan
The emphasis on including plants for pollinators and being stewards of the earth is becoming the new norm for younger gardeners, Nathan notes. The trend is being seen in the increasing use of native plants in suburban and even urban landscapes. “The natives can survive drought and still look good.”
But incorporating natives into the landscape does not mean giving up on more traditional garden plants such as azaleas and boxwoods, Nathan adds. “The question is how do you balance the use of native and more traditional plants.” It is a concept Nathan and Phil continually incorporate into their garden.
Many of Nathan’s thoughts on gardening are readily available in a series of YouTube videos he recorded in his own garden during the early days of Covid, when the Missouri Botanical Garden furloughed its employees. “I was going crazy,” Nathan recalls, noting that recording the videos was a way to keep busy and impart knowledge. They are full of gardening insights and information and are easy to find simply by Googling Nathan Urben and garden. See stlouishomesmag.com for resources and additional photos.
Art leads the way
Keeping special pieces while letting go of the past
By Gina Parsons Photography by Karen Palmer Interior Design by JCR Design Group Remodeler Triumph Construction
When the homeowners moved from a 3,400-square-foot home in Houston to the 1,260-square-foot condo in St. Louis they wanted to remodel the space before moving in. After interviewing a few designers, they chose to work with Jenny Rapp of JCR Design Group because she was willing to let them be part of the design process every step of the way. “They had a wonderful art collection. That was from the beginning what we wanted to build around,” Jenny says.
In addition to being phenomenal pieces of art, the homeowners know the artists, which makes them even more special. “Those pieces were so important to us. Those drove the color scheme,” the homeowner says. “We wanted to make things in warm tones and we wanted it to work with our artwork. That was a big driver.” In their previous home, they had a lot of antiques, but they wanted to go in a different direction for the condo. “In the Chase, we felt
an art deco vibe would be better,” the homeowner says. “We got rid of all the antiques in different ways. We only moved things we absolutely loved.”
To help the homeowners, Jenny had floor plans made of the condo so they could suggest what furniture would fit and what wouldn’t. They also had pictures and measurements of much of their furniture from their previous space. They downsized to about a third the belongings. Most of the furniture is new.
They placed a 4-foot by 6-foot painting of a symphony scene, “Hallelujah Chorus” by prominent Ghanian artist Larry Otoo, in a place of honor on the living room wall.
For the Christopher Guy chairs in front of the painting, the homeowner loved a particular fabric but felt it didn’t look quite right. Jenny suggested they simply turn the fabric the other way, which changed its entire look and made the fabric on the chairs the perfect complement to the painting and the room. “She is a master at fabric choices,” the homeowner says.
The homeowner wanted a compass rose design on the entry way floor and reasoned it should be only 24 inches in diameter because the space wasn’t very large. Jenny suggested making the design feature larger—they ended up making the compass rose four feet in diameter; the medallion mimics the Currey & Company light fixture hanging above. As a result, the homeowner loves it. “What Jenny said was right on. It makes that statement when you walk in,” she says. “Jenny was wonderful to work with. We loved the fact that she incorporated us in all of it, and valued and listened to us.” See stlouishomesmag.com for resources and additional photos.
