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Changes are particularly evident in the open floor plan 375-square-foot kitchen, dining and sit ting rooms. They access a large deck with a hot tub and overlook an expansive backyard running to the tree line. Emerald walls were painted a cozy off-white, and a black granite back splash matching the kitchen countertops was swapped out for light sub way tiles. Barstools were upholstered in a striped fabric with a pop of coral. Moroccan-inspired pen dant lights picked up in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, hang above an island. The dining room show cases a glass table set for four. Parry’s love of music is evidenced by a styl ized photo of the Beatles hung in the central nook of a well-stocked wet bar. A neon-lit sculpture of a diner picked up at the Boston Mills Artfest is dis played on a shelf. Eclectic accents, such as a flower-shaped side table, add whimsy to the sitting room. A tufted sofa is staged alongside an antique R.J. Horner china cabinet Pinto’s grand parents rescued from a barn. That’s not the only piece of family history: Her grandfather crafted a chair with carved wooden arms and legs using a lathe. Heinz reupholstered it with a lively bird fabric to pay tribute to Pinto and Parry, who are avid bird-watchers. Similar treasures pop up like jewels around every

corner. A pink volcanic rock female climber sculp ture by a Colombian art ist hangs off the wall in the main-floor bathroom. Three pieces from the Art of Dr. Seuss Collection are displayed in the den, including a paint ing of a green cat in an Uleaborg Finland subway. The couple picked up another together — a hand-painted, cast resin trophy mount of the Sea-Going Dilemma Fish that’s framed above the granite-fronted fireplace they use all winter. Parry gifted Pinto the final one, which features a cat wrapped in a lime-green shower curtain, after he saw her admiring it in Lake Tahoe, California. “She was in a bubble, locked in on that paint ing,” he recalls. Comparatively, the owner’s suite is sparsely accessorized because it is already a work of art. A bed and floating nightstands rest inside a previously renovated dor mer outfitted with atrium style windows. The couple sleeps underneath the open sky. “During a starry night or a storm, it’s pretty awesome,” Pinto says. Heinz also transformed what used to be an office into a modern sitting area. A rounded sofa and seafoam walls play off warm-toned wood panel ing. The result is a blend of old and new. There’s nothing old about the owner's bathroom. Last renovated 24 years prior, it’s now tricked out with modern amenities.

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