New England Cape Update

Some projects begin with a clear vision. Others begin with a feeling - the quiet frustration of living in rooms that no longer fit your life. For this Worthington, Ohio, family, it was the latter. A small, closed-off kitchen, a separate dining room, and an isolated office were working against them - a large, busy family that needed space to breathe, gather, and actually live together.

The scope was total transformation. Walls came down first, opening three separate rooms into one generous open-concept kitchen, family room, and dining area. But demolition is the easy part. The real work was what came next: space planning the newly available square footage so that every zone - cooking, dining, lounging, working - felt purposeful and connected rather than arbitrarily arranged.

One of the most interesting design challenges here was honoring the past while building something fresh. The clients had a collection of meaningful antiques they were not willing to leave behind - and they should not have had to. Integrating those pieces into a new, streamlined interior required a careful hand: finding the design language where old and new do not compete but complement. That balance is one of the things Curate Interiors does best.

The standout material moment is the Taj Mahal quartzite countertops - luminous, warm, and quietly extraordinary. They anchor the kitchen with the kind of presence that makes a space feel considered rather than assembled. From there, every selection - cabinetry, hardware, lighting, furnishings, textiles, even the plants - was chosen to reinforce the same refined, transitional aesthetic.

This project was also a full-service experience in the truest sense: renovation, selections, furnishings, and styling, all delivered through a process designed to remove the burden of decision-making from a working mother of three. Every piece was available directly from the mood board. Every detail was resolved before it needed to be resolved.

The client captured it perfectly: "I feel so peaceful and happy when I am in the space. Kathleen is incredibly talented and completely took away my stress of decision-making. Every detail, down to the plants, is absolutely perfect."

That is the standard we hold ourselves to on every project.

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Project details:

Location: Worthington, Ohio

Scope: Full open concept renovation - kitchen, family room, and dining room, space planning, full selections, furnishings, and styling

Standout detail: Taj Mahal quartzite countertops

Service: Full-service interior design - concept through installation and styling

Photography: Jeffrey Horvath

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