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installing all new windows and doors and a gorgeous knotty pine on the walls. “This is what we call the lodge,” he says. They built out the basement with an office, half-bath and common area where Cheryl practices yoga and plays with their two grand children. In the half-bath, Cheryl’s bold style sings with patterns and color. Vivid flowery paper covers three walls while one wall has a contrasting vertical white subway tile. “I am the decorator, and he knows what I like — very eclectic,” she says. “I love colors. I love animal prints. I love black and white.” More vibrant wallpaper is seen throughout the house, and some of it is from the Akron-based Wallpaper Lady. While the various pat terns add a plethora of tex tures, her designs are inten tional and tailored down to every detail. In the living room, she used a family gift to inform her design. “I based the living room on a quilt that my mother-in-law made for my 55th birthday. It’s bright colors,” she says. “It opens the living space. Colors make me happy.” A black paper with white flowers from Anthropologie covers one wall. White sofas offset that and throw pillows match the quilt. Zebra print chairs and a rug add more bold contrast. A table is topped with cobalt-and-white Chinoiserie ceramic vases — and more match

Artwork by Itzchak Tarkay, an Israeli painter, hangs over a couch and several more of his pieces adorn other rooms. Cheryl incorporated her husband’s Norwegian heritage into the dining area where they entertain fam ily. “The wallpaper on the back wall of the dining area is a Norwegian design,” she says. “I wanted a little bit of a Nordic flair in there because of the color.” They painted the dining room chairs in match ing pairs of green, blue, gold and tangerine and left two Windsor chairs natural wood. On a small wall between the kitchen and dining area, Cheryl painted a side table green to match both rooms and left a black-and-white checkered pattern on the front drawer.

ing ceramics are found throughout the house.

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