80 PUNCHMAGAZINE.COM feathered nests katieraffetto.com {home & design} they would advise others to secure a great designer before starting on architectural plans and permits and to plan elements like audiovisuals early on to ensure success. “Katie and contractor Bret Bottarini helped lead a great team of skilled and professional craftspeople to build our home.” Katie credits the couple’s purposeful approach in making this a winner among her 17 years of design projects. They partnered on every room’s alteration, from fixtures to decor, from the British silver-toned slipper tub to the sofa pillows. “They didn’t cut any corners,” she concludes. “They made every inch exactly how they wanted it.” by a local artisan, they match the patina on the custom stove hood— old-world complements to the kitchen’s modern-looking features. Harmonizing with the old-new theme, personal memorabilia, family heirlooms and collected art entered the mix. The couple mounted 50 hotel keys on a guest room wall, evoking an old-school concierge station. A “Do Not Disturb” sign from Paris’s Plaza Athénée hangs on the door. Original paintings grace many rooms. In the office’s library niche, an old football tops a bookshelf, and the husband’s childhood trumpet another, while an oval antique portrait overlooks an heirloom chair. Detailed planning, says Katie, “elevates all of these special items, because now they have a home and can really look beautiful” in the right setting. She also finds that when clients have special items they want to showcase, “it makes our job much easier.” The delighted homeowners say
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