When I found this house if people had lived here for about 50 years and I knew that the only person who could help me transform this since my dream home was surely I'd done Allison's former houses and so I knew how she lived and how the family functions and the comings and goings she really helped to design the house which is not easy when you're trying to meet all the function and form with two young kids as well the front entrance is a little unusual there's lots and lots of windows we decided to build a feature wall so that when you enter you see this beautiful photograph and a bench in sort of a landing zone forget and that act as a barrier to the rest of the house and then to sort of peek around the corner and then the whole space opens up the dining room came together beautifully i think i love love love the ombre wallpaper from designers guild it's super dramatic juxtaposed against other colors and whites it really makes the room pop it's a warm i