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valances with the same Lutron smart shades installed at the other windows. The focal point: Crate & Barrel’s arching black-metal interpretation of a canopy bed. A sliding black barn door reveals the owners’ bath. They finished a larger shower in gray subway tile with a white penny-tile floor. A sunken whirl pool tub was torn out so the toilet could be relocated, making room for a 72-inch-long black painted vanity with a marble picket-tile backsplash and two square sinks set in a white-quartz counter top. In the guest bath, the pair installed a roomy 38-by-60-inch Signature Hardware acrylic alcove tub. The spouses finally moved into the house in May. Kelsey says it’s great for hosting summer cookouts and birthday celebrations. She singles out the kitchen and patio off the great room. The former is now big enough for guests to hang out in while she cooks, while the latter is secluded with sunken bench seating made modern and inviting with dark paint, out door pillows, tons of potted plants, cushy seating, a fire table and a six-person table. The pair is still making updates to personalize their home.

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The most unusual feature in Kelsey and Ryan Mansingh’s Green home is the room for their cat, Stella. They connected dead space behind cedar clos ets flanking a fireplace in the lower living room and tiled two walls the same pearly pink as an “en-suite bath” — a litter box area. Another wall has a whimsical black-and-white cat print. Stella can enjoy climbing ledges, a perch, a pink velvet couch and a wall-mounted tablet that plays scenes of swimming fish. Murphy Doors provide easy access. “They look like built-in bookcases,” Kelsey says. Stella comes and goes through an opening on a door appropriately marked by a cat head-shaped surround.

“We’ll be here for quite a while, making it our own,” Kelsey says.

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