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“It reminded me of the old beautiful dark, moody paintings from Dutch masters,” she says. “I’m very selective in what wallpaper patterns I choose. I feel like if there’s somewhat of a vintage feel in the wall paper, then it’s a little bit more timeless.” A tulip inspired the bed in the owner’s suite that Smith collaborated with Sawhorse Woodworks in Cleveland on. She’s all about usable space, so she added a pocket to the headboard, mimick ing the flower. “I love the opportunity to make anything functional and crafted a wood slat TV cabinet Smith designed that’s built in over the fireplace as a tasteful disguise. “They’re bifold doors that close over the TV and hide it,” she says. “It kinda looks like a cool piece of art.” These bespoke flourishes strike a balance between beauty and usability, with custom spaces for every thing her family loves — from an art studio for her photography and water color paintings to a half basketball court in the garage and a basement recording studio for her husband, Justin. Every space is utilized because it’s uniquely made. “It was a dream to build something that was all of the things I was imagining,” Smith says. “We wanna beautiful,” she says. Jones and Bobovnik

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Homeowner Allison Smith’s office has a fireplace that looks like one piece, yet the middle is a matching cast-iron fireplace surround and a Victorian-style summer cover she found at an architectural sal vage store and combined with a wooden mantel from an antique shop in Dover, Ohio, that she got via Facebook Marketplace. She commissioned Dana's Designs to paint the pieces and had Old World Custom Homes carpenters turn them into one unit. “It’s really hard to find the cast-iron surrounds that have matching summer covers,” says Smith. “So it was like — this is meant to be.”

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