Tookes describes her personal aesthetic as extra traditional whereas Borrero leans extra trendy, so the most important problem for Smith was mixing their respective types. He loves marble, she likes bouclé. Her fondness of nudes, lotions, and impartial tones didn’t take away from his choice for darker tones—and even prompted them each to make bolder selections like a moody kitchen dominated by darkish stone slabs with white veining and hints of camel. Regardless of their variations, Smith was capable of finding frequent floor. “It wasn’t an excessive amount of of a field of concrete and I felt like I might mix my softer type into it,” Tookes insists.
Contemplating how the couple already managed to tug off a marriage within the wake of COVID, they anticipated a number of minor setbacks and delays right here and there; however nothing might have ready both of them for record-setting storms that induced huge leaks in the home and totally derailed the progress that had been made. “We completed our main bed room—it was all stunning, paint was finished, furnishings was in—and we bought this enormous leak,” Tookes recollects. “We needed to shift and alter issues with the furnishings and supplies that have been obtainable. Every part was quadruple the worth when it got here to choosing stones…. There have been a bunch of pivots that we needed to make, however I feel all the pieces got here out so completely.”
Given their ardour for entertaining, it was extraordinarily vital to Tookes and Borrero that they’ve a wide range of designated areas for internet hosting family and friends. Smith was decided to make these locations pop from the lighting all the way down to the glassware on the cabinets. “We now have a ton of recreation nights, that’s our factor—our pals come over and we do karaoke,” says Tookes. “We needed to construct a pleasant area for all of our pals.” The eating room is one other standout area that warmly invitations friends to unleash their playful facet with the terracotta tinted partitions earlier than the groovy wallpapered ceiling stops them of their tracks. (The aim was to make use of wealthy, heat hues for a chilled impact as an alternative of something that felt too loud or abrasive.) So as to keep consistency so the interiors nonetheless felt up to date, Smith mixed ’70s influences with a mix of eras.
Some would possibly discover it shocking that when Tookes seeks a second of serenity within the consolation of her house, she retires to the privateness of her subtle blush-toned workplace—not the first rest room with marble counter tops and glam lighting. However essentially the most satisfying room transformation of all got here from tearing down the “horrible” lacquer cupboards that have been initially within the couple’s main bed room and changing them with a customized built-in shelving area. “My husband was, like, ‘These are nice cupboards,’” Tookes laughs. “Kara and I have been, like, ‘We have to get them out of right here instantly.’”