“I like mixing modern with old. Shaker’s houses are really traditional,
but not everybody who lives here is traditional.”
Like other Shupe homes in
Shaker, it has generouslyproportioned
windows and
feels, as Denise aptly put it,
“expansive, but cozy and
relaxed.” The house was
mostly in good repair, the
first floor’s front windows
were completely blocked by
overgrown shrubs, and dated
light fixtures and yellow paint
dominated the interior.
The shrubs are gone, the
exterior colors were updated,
and the interior now shines
with a marriage of neutral
paints, colorful rugs and art,
clean Scandinavian touches,
cozy couches, and the
traditional warm woods.
“I like mixing modern with
old,” says Denise. “Shaker’s
houses are really traditional,
but not everybody who lives
here is traditional.”
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