Cape Cod Bedroom Decorating Ideas
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A color palette of soft khaki and cream snap to attention, especially when accented with black. Designer Michael Aiduss decorated this classic Cape Cod-style house in New Jersey with sophisticated and authentic style, plus a few gutsy moves, too.
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Window Seat
Although this New Jersey cottage is rich in history, designer Michael Aiduss says, "I didn't want you to walk in thinking, Oh, it's the Colonial thing, all brown furniture and Williamsburg toile." Vibrant pillows in a Bermingham & Co. silk ikat through Brunschwig & Fils and Lee Jofa's Fairlight floral bring garden colors to the living room window seat, which is upholstered in Rogers & Goffigon's Delphina. Curtain fabric, Rose Cumming's Bird in Circle.
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Living Room Table
Chinoiserie detail on an English lacquered table.
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Living Room
The original architect-owner of the late-1930s house designed the living room around a Federal-period chimneypiece. Aiduss prefers to keep the overmantel cabinet half closed, offering just a teaser of the papier-mâché seascape within. Two sofa pillows in a Colefax and Fowler fabric echo Hinson & Company's Tree of Life crewelwork on a circa-1790 wing chair. Sea grass rug from Patterson Flynn Martin.
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Silhouettes
Silhouettes hang in an informal "jumble," Aiduss says. "That way they don't feel too precious."
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Entry
The high-gloss oil finish of Benjamin Moore's Black on the doors, and Pratt & Lambert's Moselle on the trim, adds polish to the entry and hallway.
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Kitchen
Handmade tiles and reclaimed-wood cabinets frame an elegantly efficient kitchen. Milk paint sets off the stainless steel of a Wolf range and Sub-Zero refrigerator.
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Kitchen Chair
A 17th-century Flemish chair, a 19th-century American slate board, and a vintage lantern give the kitchen character.
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Home Office and Wet Bar
Brass boat-cleat pulls gleam in the shipshape home office/wet bar.
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Breakfast Room
Aiduss transformed a spartan porch into this cozy breakfast room off the kitchen. Supple black Dualoy leather covers the banquette and chair seats, with backs in a Clarence House linen stripe. Pillows in Ralph Lauren Home's Otter Creek Plaid.
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Powder Room
Farrow & Ball's Hague Blue is a background for the powder room's black washstand, adapted from an antique wedding chest and stand.
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Master Bedroom
In the master bedroom, black unifies the variety of furniture styles, including a Queen Anne chair in Zimmer + Rohde's Felicita with leather trim and a pencil-post bed. Rug by Stark.
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Hidden Cabinet
The "preacher's cabinet" behind 1820s paneling customarily held a libation served when the parson paid a call.
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Master Bathroom
He mimicked a sideboard for the master bathroom's ebonized vanity.
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Sitting Room
A former sunporch became the master suite's sitting room. Custom mahogany armchairs in a Glant tweed promise relaxation near a George III sideboard. Embroidered-canvas curtain fabric from Hinson & Company.
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Sitting Room Floors
In the sitting room, floorboards were painted with Greek-key and star designs.
Cape Cod Bedroom Decorating Ideas
Source: https://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/house-tours/g2069/cape-cod-style-house/
