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and velvety dark green cushions from Wayfair, several social media fol lowers mistook them for ’70s flea-market finds. “I wanted to update but still have some touches that seemed like they fit in with the vibe of the house,” she explains. The short flight of stairs from the kitchen area to the great room — a fea ture Kelsey says wasn’t up to code — was replaced by a sleek black powder coated steel staircase with custom-fabricated white-oak treads. “We had to completely build every aspect of that staircase,” Kelsey recalls. They swapped out track lighting for an angular brass chandelier better suited to the great room’s vaulted ceiling. The cou ple encased the thin white beams in substantial three-sided faux counter parts they built from an espresso-stained maple that popped against the white. After some debate, “It really brightened it up and totally modernized it,” Kelsey says. The Mansinghs furnished the room with a linen blend sofa, oak-frame accent chair, reclaimed oak coffee table and 7-foot-high vintage inspired mirror, all from Anthropologie. Kelsey and Ryan updated the owners’ bedroom by painting the walls Sherwin-Williams Urban Putty and replacing they painted the dingy brick fireplace white.

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