How to Decorate a Cape Cod Style Home

striped window seat

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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.

striped window seat

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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.

english lacquered table

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Living Room Table

Chinoiserie detail on an English lacquered table.

federal period chimneypiece

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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.

silhouette salon style wall

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Silhouettes

Silhouettes hang in an informal "jumble," Aiduss says. "That way they don't feel too precious."

black high gloss doors

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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.

reclaimed wood cabinets

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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.

17th century flemish chair

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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.

brass boat cleat pulls

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Home Office and Wet Bar

Brass boat-cleat pulls gleam in the shipshape home office/wet bar.

clarence house linen stripe chairs

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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.

black washstand

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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.

black pencil post bed

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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.

preachers cabinet

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Hidden Cabinet

The "preacher's cabinet" behind 1820s paneling customarily held a libation served when the parson paid a call.

ebonized vanity

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Master Bathroom

He mimicked a sideboard for the master bathroom's ebonized vanity.

mahogany armchair

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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.

greek key design floorboard

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Sitting Room Floors

In the sitting room, floorboards were painted with Greek-key and star designs.

How to Decorate a Cape Cod Style Home

Source: https://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/house-tours/g2069/cape-cod-style-house/

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