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Hi, Homeworthy, I'm Nicola And this is my home in Yarmouth, Maine We call it Meeting Hill Farm Come on in You're watching Homeworthy Where we believe every home has a story Hi, I'm Nicola Manganiello Owner of Nicola's Home A design build firm in Yarmouth, Maine And welcome to my home This is a colonial style 1760s farmhouse That I bought about seven years ago And when I stepped inside It was in disrepair And needed a lot of work So that's where we embarked on Three different renovations And it has just evolved into a very warm Functional house for my family Over the years The home has been added on to several times It's an original John Calvin Stevens design There was a renovation done Where they fixed all five fireplaces So they're beautiful and they're original The home itself was very chopped up And as old homes are It had very little closet space The floors were different colored pines Some oak had been laid in over the years So I ended up painting all the floors And laying in the new portion of the house Some new floors Just to give the house A little bit of continuity 'Cause it was a little chopped up And it needed It just, it was time for some love Okay, so this would be considered In my home the formal front foyer Which was a very small space originally It's not very large right now But it had a very steep set of old Original to the house staircase That went to the second floor As a second egress In the renovation I chose to take it out To make this room bigger And to add a bathroom upstairs So it's those kind of decisions That had to happen To make this house function for us now And I designed this front door This is a custom door Done by Nicola's Home I love designing doors And this one is my favorite one So it's a, it's 4 foot door So it's nice and wide So when you open it It has all kinds of half We redid this front And these, I, I got these At an antique place They have a little bit of pink in them Which I really love the warmth of So I did side lights With our custom door And I think this is really In keeping with the time period of the house And just added another element of light We had put in a limestone floor here Just to be practical Coming in from the weather And I think it's just It's a nice entryway Into both my dining and my living room My grandson loves Playing with these sheep I've had these forever I mean literally I can't, I honestly don't remember Where I got them I think an antique store But I, I do, I have like little sheep All over the house And they're just things I collect I just think that sheep are so cute This doubles as It hangs my linens And it's just I also have a hidden closet over here Where I hide linens as well Cause I do like to entertain a lot And so I do collect old linens So this, this stores my linens These are vintage chairs that I found I believe I got these down in Texas And they're really small and cute But you know when I have a large party You do find people sitting In all the little corners So I did want to have something soft In this space And I thought these kind of framed The armoire, lovely And I collect antique rugs all the time This one had just the simplicity to it Being that it had this navy trellis pattern And I think that it was just perfect For how I was using blue in the home And, and honestly it wears wonderfully I find a lot of these old rugs do I think with the color story in my home This area does kind of set you up To see how the colors flow From room to room I think the pink in the side lights Is just a small gesture Of what you're going to see Throughout the home Pink is one of my favorite colors I just love its blushiness And how it does make you feel wonderful Blue is a staple and also beige And I think white woodwork You're going to see that mostly Because the home had a lot Of original woodwork So I think that that's going to Also be a story throughout the home So now I'd love to show you my living room Which is one of the Cosiest rooms in my home Now we're in the living room And this is probably One of my favorite rooms in the house It is where I spend A lot of time in the evening It was a long skinny room So it was really hard to work with And this is the original room for the house We have made some changes in the room Where we, I opened this up A little bit more to the rest of the house And added this metal window Just as a sort of point of detail To help divide the space But let the light come in still The fireplace is original to the room Which is our absolute favorite It's the biggest fireplace in the home And this is kind of where We do the holidays too So this is a major room For family gatherings And things like that But the chaise is where I end up at night And watching television And reading and sitting by the fire This room, I wanted to feel It was all white When we moved in, all the woodwork So I had a faux finisher come in And did this beautiful layered process To make this look a little more striated And just gave the room a warmth I didn't want to darken it So it's like a really light beige color Almost a washed white oak look So just did that throughout To help the mood I added a beautiful grass cloth To help give the wall some texture But just a little background to offset The sort of subdued colors in this room Again, there's pops of pink And a little bit of orange in this room Which has been nice And I think again, it's just showing that You know, that transitional beige With accent colors It's just sort of a trend in the home I, these are chairs I made out of quilts That I designed for a company Called Garnet Hill And they're very old But they are like the most comfortable chairs In the house And this is where we really relax And enjoy the home, right here You know, I grew up in Yarmouth And it is a coastal community And from the upstairs We can see the ocean from here So we're not far from it And I've always loved these little carved I've been collecting these over time They're little fishermen Maybe we threw a pirate in there too But I just think that they're whimsical and fun A different sense of art in the home This is an old break front This was my mother-in-law's piece That she gave to us, which I love And so it's important Like to make space for things That you maybe wouldn't Wouldn't have purchased on your own But that are important, sentimental So that's what this is And so I love this little piece I was in New York City And I was dry, it was nighttime I was in a cab And I passed an antique store And this was lit in the window And I called them the next day And they had a pair of them And the scale of them It was just beautiful As you can see the shade and everything So I just knew They had to come home with me They are very antique, they're lovely They're probably Maybe one of the nicest things I have in the house 'Cause I do collect a lot of old things And things that I find In junk shops and antique shops So these really help With the color story I think in the room too I don't usually migrate To reds and rust colors But there was just something about them They made such a statement And I think they're in keeping With the antique home feel I think they're beautiful I am a huge fan of like antique pine Old farm tables And I think that Positioning antiques in this home Just adds the warmth That I think it needs Where there wasn't A lot of wood paneling here It was all painted I feel like the house needed that This is, I actually I do collect these I have another one On the other side of the room That's an antique pine one That's really simple But I don't know what it is About the lines I mean, Yarmouth Is a coastal community And I tend to always Migrate to these things When I'm at antique shows So I do love Kind of working them in In a lot of the homes that I do Artwork is definitely Something throughout the house That some of it's new But some of it's been found And repurposed And I just, I love color Muted colors And I think sometimes Old paintings just capture that The drapes in this room, however Are ready-made drapes These are from anthropology So, you know, I think that Even though it's sort of A high-level room And it has a lot of Beautiful furniture in it I'm not usually afraid To use a ready-made drape Because I think sometimes It's just the texture Is what makes it work So it's not necessarily These lined, heavy, expensive drapes But I love these Because they have these little Wool sort of pom-poms on them And I just think They were just enough They let light through Not hugely expensive But very effective Originally, I looked at this house Because I had a friend Who was a groundskeeper here And he mentioned that the home Was going to be coming for sale I was not looking for a project Because I had a 8,000 square feet That I was renting down the street That was a store and a design firm And when I saw the barn On this property, I was like I had to rethink everything And quickly So it had mules in the barn And chickens And so I was like How can I make this all happen The project really was the barn In the beginning And that's what I turned into My design firm and office So that was really the priority In the beginning And that's why these sort of Small renovations have happened Over the years to the home The home itself, in its raw form When I found it It had a lot of beautiful Woodwork and paneling And things that I wanted to keep Certainly needed to get them Stripped and redone Just to bring out Those elements of history That the home That was so beautiful About the home I think that I wanted the home To have a lot more continuity Like I said And I wanted it to be brighter So opening up some walls Making some rooms larger Was really allowing There was just beautiful Large windows With the old wavy glass And it really allowed the home To sparkle in a way So I wanted to enhance the home With new light fixtures Paint colors that were I think I only have like Five paint colors in the whole home So it's like I like that ease of how it can You can move from room to room And not feel You know, that sort of Jarring separation Okay, so coming out Of the living room We come into this space that At first I wasn't really quite sure What to do with Because this is where The house ended The 1760s farmhouse ended And an addition was put on Prior to me buying the home So this actually was The original kitchen for the home Because it has the traditional Like cooking arm For pots to hang on It has a beautiful Beehive oven Which we've cooked pizza in That totally functions and works And it's just amazing How well things were built Back then that But it still works Beautifully today So this is more of A little comfortable area Looking on to the kitchen We have these beautiful Maguire chairs That are kind of I would say a little more Contemporary, but super comfortable So often times This is a place where we just sit We play some backgammon Have a drink And it's just Another nook in the house That is comfortable for us So I wanted to make sure That all these areas Really just said comfort My husband would say It's a problem The pillow problem But I'm an absolute pillow freak So I find them And I buy them And I layer them in And I just feel like This one came with the chair But this I just felt like Added another layer And I think with the blanket I think texture is huge for me And I think it is What makes my home warm So I try not to do it So there's no room To sit on the chair But occasionally that can happen too But I do, I layer I use sisal rug I use a lot of natural fiber rugs And then I put The more durable rugs over it Because I feel like It gives a ground To show off some of these Beautiful antique rugs Some of them have more color Than others But I mean I think that layering Is a part of what I do in my design Another quirky piece that I found It's sort of like a federal Looking piece Kind of in keeping with the home But the colors are like They just work Browns, greens, cream You know I felt like It looked cute with this The tile We did this clay tile To cover this one I did this on a couple of The fireplaces Just because it I felt like it just gave it A little more light and brightness And I felt like the home Needed a little pop of color Here and there Interestingly enough Sometimes when you're Working with clients Some things don't always work out And I had a bunch of these sconces They have lucite in them Which I think is beautiful Because from the side You can kind of see through them But so I had a bunch So I put this sconce Throughout the whole home And just carried that theme This fabric actually I created on my own We had this made up The pattern And then I just covered these shades Just because I felt like This needed like a little bit of With all the white The white shade Just didn't set off from it So I did a little Fun whimsical shade for them This painting in particular I mean this is just a Perfect example of This is a local artist Here in Maine And the way that she paints And her handle on color Is just something that Really speaks to me Because I feel like This modeled approach She has to creating figures It's just like every painting I'm just completely drawn into Because I feel like I move them around the house Because they work in like any room But they bring color to the space And in this particular one It has all the colors of my house So it's just really A great place to feature that The artist's name is Tori Dorsey And she's in Freeport, Maine And Liz Moss Gallery Carries all of her stuff And it's great Let me show you my dining room next Come with me So this is the dining room Which didn't used to be This used to be an office actually And it was a really small room And you can tell by the beam And the ceiling Where we open things up And of course in renovation As you find You do things sometimes quickly We realized that this was going to be The center of the room Because of how we wanted To set everything up But I think that the way We found balance here Can work So it has a beautiful fireplace That's original to the home Which we love using When we entertain This is an old table Not antique It was newer It has like five leaves It seats like up to 15, 16 people So we call it the gathering table This is a table made here in Maine And it stretches out the whole room So I tend to hold A lot of the holidays But I think that you know These hickory chairs That I have at the end That I've covered in this cool fabric You know I mean I think like Adding in these layers of furniture With these antique Painted white dining chairs I think like these little elements Just kind of give it An eclectic feel And that it gives the texture That I'm looking for So this is a beautiful Silk icot runner That I've had for years And it's very neutral I've had these chickens forever I love them They're kind of like Little bit of sculpture in the house Sometimes they're on the floor places They travel around But I thought this time of year It's kind of we're heading Into you know Easter season And spring That I love to bring A little bit of spring Into the space Just to come off the holidays So this bird chandelier This is an arterior's piece I don't think they carry it anymore But I do get a lot of comments on this You know it's got all these Different shaped crystal birds And I just think it's really whimsical For a farmhouse And it's a great focal piece So oftentimes when we're dining In the dining room We kind of linger all night And so I do like having Comfortable furniture In this space as well Because some people Just sort of break off And have a glass of wine And I had this sofa That actually a friend gave me And I just redid it And it was too big for her house And I was like oh my god That would be perfect To kind of anchor This end of my dining room And we just you know I just kept it very simple But the layering of the pillows I think is kind of What's key about it And you just want to Sink into it So this is kind of A very comfortable End of the dining room I'm also featuring here My sailor valentines Which I absolutely adore My husband got them for me In Nantucket Over a couple of years Of staying out there And sailors used to make these And ship them home To their loved ones And so they're just these Very intricate shell art That I think is really A beautiful texture for my home Of course it's got pink And all white And I just think They're so sweet So originally These were bookshelves In the office And I left them here So I could have had Something custom done But I was thinking I had been carrying around these They were much longer And they were paneled So I thought What if I cut them And mounted them To the front here Can that work Because I needed Storage Obviously I love setting a table So I needed storage And so I mounted them here And I think it works I mean, I think that This is sort of the You know, the proper storage That I was looking for In the dining room And it has proven to be Unbelievably effective I think my favorite china Is from this Italian company And the girls at the office Are buying me this Like every Christmas They get me a piece It's very special But it comes in Beautiful colors And I absolutely adore it And I just feel like I'm an old Martha Stewart fan From way, way back So setting a table for me Is like an art form And I tend to really Layer in the dishes And everything So I do collect Cute little, little things To make the table interesting For the different seasons And stuff So both old and new I have lots of dishes So probably the only corner Of the house that my husband did Is the bar area This was an essential That he wanted in the renovation So he's a bit of a mixologist So, and we do love to entertain So this is, you know A blend of new and old So these doors And all the drawer fronts And door fronts on this piece Were original John Calvin Stevens It was a china cabinet In the old home And so I wanted to keep them In the home And so I designed this bar area To be just really Practical and functional We have an ice maker Two refrigerator drawers And, you know, just proper storage For the stuff that we need To have here And a little sink So it helps us properly, you know Have the glasses we need In this area And access everything It's been a game changer So this is a waterworks tile That I had been eyeing For a long time And I really think Like in a bar area With glass and everything And a little bit Of under-cabinet lighting The sparkle and the dimension That the mirror tile gives Is really nice And so I think that was just And it's kind of an antiqued mirror So that just takes it To the next level, I think So I did a little weekend project And I actually did it Right in the cabinets as well And again, I think it just Adds depth and dimension Taking the lighting From the front of the house And I think it's I think it's great, I love it When people walk into my home I want them to feel Welcome, comfortable We're not really a home That takes off our shoes I want it to feel Broken in and livable I don't ever want anything To feel too precious I think that That broken in casual feeling Has a beauty that You can't really replicate So I feel like That's a part of the history And the wear and tear of the home Is just important So that's what I think Makes people feel comfortable About coming to my home My favorite part of my home Is the kitchen Because growing up My dad was always cooking We were always gathered At the kitchen island So I have 2 kitchen islands In this home And I just And lots of comfortable seating Around it Because this is where Everybody lands And this is kind of Where the party is And so I'm usually cooking And it's just I would call it my happy place I think that where my family comes And we all join here And I'm cooking And the smells and everything It's really the best part of the house So as you can see We're moving into the kitchen From the dining room And this is a very open space Very open concept And I have introduced Two islands in this home Because this I knew Was going to be where The gathering would be done So we have a lot of Different features that I took a lot of time To design this Knowing that it was going to be Open and be such a focal point I didn't want it to seem You know, too I wanted it to feel a little more Like furniture at times And utilitarian So I can dress it up or down I think that this island Was really a feature Of function for us And the way that we live And at the end Because I was trying to balance The function that we needed We did a cutting Big, thick butcher block Down here for carving And displaying things This is a great spot for it I did this small trough sink From Kohler That we fill with ice It can also be a prep sink Because it has a Garbage disposal So, you know, it just has This dual purpose For entertaining That is like kind of fun And interesting And it's sort of like This element in this island That I think is Interesting to everybody I did a lot of drawer storage In this house And I think that My biggest concerns With adding all these windows Because I really wanted Windows to the counter And I wanted all this light Was the absence of upper cabinets And so the shelving Which suspends from the ceiling From metal rods This is a 2-inch white oak And this is perfect For all the things I need to grab quickly And I think it displays Some nice as well So it's like it has It's fashionable Yet really practical I love my refrigerator That I think is a break in the room This tower of white oak I think helps with the white lowers It just is an element of depth Here in the middle That kind of helped me Break the space up a little bit So it gave a point of interest I used to not make the hardware So like crazy decorative I did lucite This is a polished nickel And just kept it really simple And clean This was an absolute necessity Because I want to be able to grab And do things quickly And so this practical storage Of my cookie sheets And butcher blocks Has been such a cool element for me That I can just be quick about it And it's all like right at my hand We did a 2-inch dambi Which is a Vermont stone And it's sort of what I think now Is becoming more popular Taking over for Calcutta Gold A little bit I think that it has a very even Beautiful white tone to it And it has some soft browns And gray in it And the veining varies From stone to stone But I just think It's the right color For this kind of For a lot of it So and I also We did the sink The sink is actually This is how you can tell It's so similar to Calcutta The sink is Calcutta Gold Because this is a better stone For this use And so this is a big trough sink For washing dishes And it goes really well With the dambi stone So originally These are actually They're a crate and barrel stool That I covered myself So I think that They were just super comfortable They fit under the counter So I didn't want them to I didn't want them to have backs And be up But I wanted the little bit Of texture and detail And color here But again, you know Crate and barrel Is a wonderful resource For contemporary style That I think can blend In an old home We did this design This is all done Out of white oak Nicola's home designed it And we've done The different variations of this But it sort of It sort of is like a nod To a farm table And I think it just needed The expansiveness Needed these weighted legs On each end And what I love Is that there's a space Between the island And the major legs So it really does feel like It's holding up This massive piece of stone We have plenty of seating In this house But I felt like It really needed a table To sit at Because sometimes You want to sit in the round So I do like to use Banquets and sofas Obviously because I love to layer pillows And I want to be comfortable And sit for a while So I did beautiful wicker chairs That have a beautiful wood element And I just think This is just another Comfortable space in the kitchen For us to gather and enjoy it So off the kitchen We have this sort of What I would consider A three season screen porch What I love about this area Is that in the summertime These are screens And these windows pop out And so when we can do storms Like these in the wintertime I have these giant heat sail Which are also decorative These sort of lamps That put off heat So we can heat this In the wintertime And be out here Enjoying it If we have a large gathering So obviously The family favorite thing Is the swing Where my daughter tends to Take naps and stuff And that's always A beautiful place To lay in the summertime Again it has a full outdoor kitchen We have refrigerator drawers Ice maker Because if you live in Maine You eat lobster in the summertime So this is a power burner So it boils water really fast And I can kind of keep the smell Outside of the home So this is really practical For a Mainer And again We do the grilling We have a pizza oven And I just think like I love to cook And I love to have people Come over and enjoy it So this has just been another Bonus space for us That was a really good decision In part of the renovation So now we're in the family room Which is directly off the kitchen This is kind of where we sit a lot Early in the evening Just because I tend to watch The news here and stuff There is a big TV And you know These beautiful doors open up To our outdoor patio And then it has these Textured bookshelves Of which my daughter Color-coded all my books for me So perfectly She did that during the pandemic So I've kind of kept it that way And it's just one of Another comfortable space in the house That we sit and gather In this you know Sort of big overstuffed furniture And it's really comfortable So this is a cute Another little whimsical piece That I had found Actually this is from anthropology And it has a little sheep Which of course I loved And I felt like you know I didn't want a dense wooden table here I wanted something a little more airy So the size of it I felt Was just sort of whimsical and fun And is a perfect place To set my drink at night So how I've kind of solved This whole open concept in my house Is there's areas where there's rugs And I've The rugs kind of all Color coordinate in a way But the seating areas Are sort of on top of them And it helps kind of Make these special spaces Within a much larger space And so I think that If you're struggling with a large space This is a good way to kind of Bring in different heights of things That can help make divisions And like this foyer table You know just it sort of Identifies this as a Breaking it from the front door area And I just think that Those kind of breaks in an open space Help create smaller spaces So this is really the area in the home That everybody enters into Again we've done another Nicola's home you know Large 4 foot wide door Everyone usually come This is off the driveway side of the house And this is you know It has an indoor outdoor carpet here That is just not precious So they come right in Drop their shoes or wipe their shoes And this is kind of Where I greet everybody all the time So I want it to be warm and inviting I have an antique pine chest Another storage piece over here But it's just sort of a nice Greeting area That is warm to come into So next I'd love to show you The primary bedroom and bath Come with me So welcome to my primary bedroom This obviously when I designed it I wanted it to feel Like a bit of a sanctuary for me To come escape And of course there's elements of pink Which I love There's a simplicity to it Because I did choose to do a gray On the woodwork And then a light beigy gray grass cloth Which I'm a huge fan of grass cloth Because it adds texture to a space Without adding pattern you know So it's sort of a nice layer It has an original John Calvin Stevens fireplace Which is nice We have done gas log sets In some of these fireplaces Because the idea of lugging wood And everything is Can be difficult Okay because I have alluded to the fact That pink is my favorite color And I realize that that Is a more feminine color In the color scale But I think for me Pink is like this blushy tone That adds warmth To an otherwise kind of cooler room So the pinks that I'm using I mean when I consider pink I'm using like Almost like a purple burgundy Maybe more plum in this check Duvet cover But it's sort of like There's a bunch of different ranges here And I think that we just layer them in It's to create a soft bedroom Not a flowery floral bedroom So I think that there's ways And I do think that the plum color Has helped kind of like Soften that and bring that down But I think that otherwise There's a lot of beige A lot of neutrals And just little pops Like in the drapery And in the pillows So I think that pink Can be used in this way And not be a room That doesn't include my husband Much like the rest of the house I've used some contemporary elements I consider this kind of More mid-century looking And as well probably this bench You know I think that With the traditional pieces that I have Adding in these elements Helps give it a little bit more Of a contemporary feel And not so stodgy So I think that You know with the artwork Both old and new And then obviously You know pictures of my daughter That you know It's just supposed to be Like a tranquil feel So coming off the primary bedroom Is the master bath And this was you know challenging In the space that we had I know that I wanted A double vanity I personally love to have a shelf And I usually have more things Stacked on top of this I think that what I was trying To get out of this space Was all the things we wanted In a primary bath But in a little bit of a smaller space So how I achieved that is You know medicine cabinets That light So that gives extra storage We have these large drawers down here That are well organized With the things we need And I think that you know The ability to have a steam shower With a bench Was something that we really wanted And so how we did that Is we did a rain shower And we were able to sort of Get all this in And I think And what's interesting Is that I had a little Laundry closet in the hallway That I made part of this space And I added some old doors to it And this is where we have A nice little private Toilet room back here So I think that you know Not to be afraid to borrow From other spaces During renovation And that I think This is really key In a master bath to have In a nice master bath To have a private toilet room And so again When it comes to hardware in places I think that I like to keep it simple I like it to be very functional But I have in this house Used a lot of the Lucite Because it has that transparency So it doesn't draw A ton of attention But yet it's still really sharp Everyone always asks me How I started in this line of work And basically I went to Art school for college And I had a creative mind I was a sculpture major And I did large form installations So I transitioned after college Into buying small little old homes And renovating and flipping them I actually lived in them Which wasn't always so great But I think that's really Where I got the bug To renovate and build And do interior design for people I think once you delve into it If it's something That really speaks to you As it did me There was no turning back So as an interior designer And building important spaces For other families to live in And all the decision making all day That we make with other families and people I really feel that When I come home at night I like it just the way I left it I've got the house to a point right now Where I'm just very comfortable with it And I don't feel the need To change anything I think that when special things Come up like this And Homeworthy comes into my house I of course do a little bit Of quick freshening But I like to check out at night a little bit And kind of regenerate for the next day So I can help people with their homes I think if you're going to embark On a journey of renovation with a home Whether it's old or new I think that you want to Go into it with open eyes I often think a good thing to do Is do your research Get some professionals into the home Figure out the structurals Because I think a lot of people Just tear down walls And that can be problematic at times But I think before you either Purchase the home or try it You've got to really do the background work To make sure that All the things you want it to look like Can actually happen So I think that you know Transformation is very possible But sometimes it doesn't hurt To just get a little bit of extra advice And it will save you A big headache on the other end OK so now I'm going to take you To what we call A little gem on the property And it is my daughter's home But it's really a guest home And it is a old barbershop That was downtown Yarmouth, Maine And when I originally bought the property It was behind the barn And I wanted to have it be part of Between the home and the barn To create more of a beautiful cluster And so we actually picked it up And moved it And put it on a foundation over here And it's adorable I can't wait to show you OK so here we are in the guest house Currently my daughter Maeve lives here And it was a storage building for me And I held all my salvaged doors And things in it But when we had chosen to finish it We picked it up from behind the barn And moved it sort of to round out The property here We decided to finish it And have a guest quarters On the property So the furniture in here is some This is an old sofa of mine But my daughter loves it And it's sort of a mix mash Of her furniture and mine As you do with apartment living You know she likes to keep things In her own style Which it is her home right now So I let her do that But just to explain What we did to this property Is we totally finished It was just a framed property So we did all the woodwork We left the old windows Because of the size of them And the grandeur And I just put storms on the outside I didn't really want to Get into that level of investment With this part of the property So I wanted it to be energy efficient And hold heat well But I kept it really simple In the renovation process However, I did think that If people were going to stay here And I know that my daughter Is a huge baker I think that it needed A full kitchen And where it's so small I wanted to make sure There was a place to gather This peninsula is the old island From my home And so I stored it in my warehouse And we put a new countertop On it here And situated it like this And I'm glad I kept it Because all of the functionality Of the island The trash, the cabinetry She needs the storage So I think even though It's big in such a small space It helps delineate Between the living room And the kitchen And I think that it's I think it looks great And fits really well in style So she has basically All she could ever need She has a beautiful Sub-zero refrigerator A range, an oven And then a wonderful farm sink And I think that it's just in keeping With the property and the style Of my home And what was great about this Is we could use some things That were left over For some of the other Construction jobs we did Like this tile And it was just like a good way To kind of piece in some stuff That was laying around I feel, what I love about this The most is that when I walk home From work every night Is I stop here And we have a visit And we get caught up on our day And so I feel very blessed That she wants to still live here And that we can Just stay connected in this way So I do, I absolutely love Having her here All right, let's go check out The barn where my office is Come with me So I'm going to show you the barn Which was, when I purchased the property It was completely unfinished It truly was a barn It had mules and chickens in it And it was a project So this is literally the project That I tackled first Because the importance of moving here To this property was my office And I think what it's turned into Really reflects kind of our style At Nicola's home And I can't wait to show you So this is the foyer of the barn Which is, and meant to be The entire barn used to be All two stories And there was just timber frame So we obviously needed to create spaces Within the barn So that it was more For what we needed for showroom space But the one thing I didn't want to give up Is when people came in That they, you know, had the awe Of the old barn And seeing some of the timber frame And so I, this boards Were actually from the barn And we reused them here on the wall So I left the foyer kind of rustic To sort of preserve The history of what it is I think originally An interesting note about this barn Is it was attached to the house And was moved over here in the 80s So, which was handy for me But still, you know These buildings moving around like this We do this all the time And I just think it's kind of a cool, cool fact It's gone through different iterations Over the last seven years That I've been here But now this whole first floor Is showroom for us So when the clients come in This is really where we show our goods And lay everything out And have them make decisions There's furniture here That we can customize for them So they can sit in it We do do a lot of high-end custom work And we wanted to feel Homey and special for them So they really feel the sense Of what we can create in their own home So we have these Big, beautiful design tables That function for everything we need So the space really does It displays the library of samples we keep And we're starting to feature Some fabrics and stuff That we'd love to use And so it just has beautiful light And I think gives the essence Of what Nicola's home is Okay, so this is where All the magic happens Upstairs in the barn This is where we all have our desks It's our office space Where we library our samples Where we do the real work And I clearly don't do it alone So this is where all the girls sit And take a look around I have seven full-time employees We do drafting We do interior design You know, we really do Everything sort of soup to nuts For a full build and furnish of a home We have that ability And we work with teams of architects And builders as well So there's a lot of versatility In what we do But I think this space Really helps us do it In an organized way And it's great for clients to see What makes my house a home to me Is my family and the people That come and enjoy it It's beautiful The space that I've created is wonderful But it's not all necessary For a home to be a place Where loved ones come and relax So for me personally Home is the people in it Thanks for watching Be sure to go to homeworthy.com For exclusive content, shopping guides And so much more