Taking cues from the couple’s furniture collection, Sherrill and design partner José Solis Betancourt worked with decorative painter Lenore Winters to imbue the house with finishes that complement the painted antiques. “Venetian plaster walls give the house a masonry feeling,” explains Sherrill.
With the statement pieces already in place, the designers worked to provide functional elements that would make the house livable. All the upholstered furniture came from their workshop and provides a weighty counterpoint to leggy, painted pieces. In the living room, the paneled wall behind the sofa houses HVAC, television cables, and trunk lines. Winters gave the wood a lush, decorative finish based on one of the painted antiques.
