The Story
What do you get when you take a historic East Coast home and fill it with exhilarating color, pattern and a little cheekiness? “George Washington meets George Michael,” says Eva Amurri, whose partly traditional, partly eccentric style radiates all over her place in Westport, Connecticut. After buying the 1840s Victorian, the lifestyle blogger spent almost a year bringing it up to date for herself and her three young kids. To-dos included smoothing the heavily textured walls for a current look, refinishing the wood floors and replacing boards where needed (some were almost 200 years old!), and opening up the kitchen to the living room for a more casual space. Eva worked with designer Prudence Bailey to merge the spirit of the old home with her family’s energy. Says Eva, “The look is a nod to the past, a nod to what the house has been, and an air-kiss to the future.”