PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM 75 Sumner’s priorities, he placed windows on as many sides of a room as possible. Honoring that, Malone retained those windows and replaced any anachronous ones with period-appropriate pieces. She highlighted the Tudor’s curved archways and doors, freeing one from a plywood shroud that masked its coffered surface. The stair railings stayed, along with any original cabinets that fit her plan. Tudor Revival designs majored in organic materials like oak, stone, stucco and brick. Fittingly, Malone—as Peninsula-rooted as the oak trees out front—is a materials girl. Growing up in her dad’s high-end cabinet-making studio ingrained in her a deep appreciation for natural substances. “Materials create warmth in a space, so I love working with all kinds of woods and using the differences in how they’re sawn,” she says. No surprise then, that Malone reveled in creating custom bookshelves in every possible room in the 3,500-square-foot house. Not just a lumber lover, she adds, “I also know how a stone wears and know it will become a design element that improves over time, instead of needing to be replaced in a few years.” Case in point, the custom slate kitchen floor tiles, in 16-inch by 16-inch diamonds, that will remain beautiful and damage-free for decades. Knowing they share similar tastes, her clients granted Malone freedom with color, built-ins and more, to their great satisfaction. They relish it all, from the deep blue lime wash in the dining room (Minuit by Color Atelier), balanced by the northern yellow birch Heywood-Wakefield dining set to
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