At the same time, the Pietros installed track lighting in the hall and living room to add a soft warmth, to visually break up the expansive ceilings, and to highlight their art collection. Two new decorative walnut soffits on the ceiling – one in the entryway nook and one where the bedroom hallways meet the living spaces – add an inviting, lived-in texture to the mostly white space. The art collection turns a transitional hallway space into a place to linger and look. Several of the paintings are Kate’s; some date from her college days as an art major, and some date from just the last few years, when Kate resumed art classes in retirement. Two others, by artist Carol Summers, were a serendipitous discovery. While puttering around Kate’s hometown of Sylvania, Ohio, the Pietros discovered that the drugstore and soda fountain where Kate had worked as a teenager had been turned into an art gallery. There, they discovered Summers’ work and took home two paintings – and a fun anecdote about their provenance. 38 SUMMER 2022 | WWW.SHAKER.LIFE
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