330 Homes Spring 2023

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LOCAL FURNISHINGS: “It was very important to have artisan-made furnishings, lighting and art,” Starr says. John Strauss of Strauss Studios in Canton made the primary bedroom’s maple platform bed, while Freddy Hill collaborated with fellow Clevelander Kevin Busta on the live-edge maple dining table and sugar maple-topped nightstands. “They were torched, so they have this really cool high low contrast,” Starr says of the latter. Steel coffee and side tables from Doug Meyer of Warren share space with a teal-tweed Norwalk Furniture sofa. Nearby, a metal bird by former Akronite Michael Marras perches among locally made vases and the clients’ treasures: a tire pattern, an old bank and an antique camera.

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