Transitional White Great Room with Red Area Rug

Discussions ensued about renovating the “old” house, with the couple vetoing any big changes. “The house was finished out fairly traditionally,” says Clark, who quickly went to work on the redesign with project architect Scott Ginder. The new homeowners’ sensibilities were more modern, but the fix Clark suggested was an easy one: “We changed all the surfaces—such as countertops and paint colors,” he says, “but the bones of the house remained intact.”