330 Homes Fall 2021

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J ill Pinto fell in love with her partner Tom Parry’s Akron home the first time she came over during a date five years ago. “I literally walked in and said, Don’t say anything to me, ” she recalls. “I just wanted to take it all in.” Parry had a similar expe rience nearly 30 years prior. In 1987, he bought the three-bedroom, three-bathroom home located just outside of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, around the corner from where he grew up. Although the 2,750-square foot house underwent several renovations, both agreed a redesign was nec essary when Pinto moved in in 2018. Enter Katie Heinz, owner and senior designer of Medina-based Interior Design Studio.

Parry’s renovation goals were simple: to preserve the richly grained wood work, the dimmable light ing and his beloved sound system that reaches every room and the front and back yards. Pinto had free rein beyond those ele ments. Her aesthetic is traditional but light and airy. Her goals were to brighten the dated home and enmesh their belong ings to create a shared life. Heinz incorporated their visions into the three-year renovation that didn’t erase the home’s unique look and backstory. She was enchanted that it’s a kit home in a distinct early 20th-century style and was purchased out of a Sears catalog in 1958. “It’s roots and history,” she says. “There’s nothing like them anymore.”

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