Inside an Eclectic East Side Home Modeled After a Maine Library
The Freeman Plat house was decorated by its owner, the legendary Norma Winkler.
January 14, 2021
Treasure Trove
Traci Maceroni remembers wanting a mother like Donna Reed. Instead, she got something more like Honey West.
“She was every bit the unaverage housewife,” says Maceroni. “She was a hot ticket; she used to wear a bandeau and sunbathe in the yard. She was glamorous.”
Maceroni and her sister, Heidi Loomis, grew up on Lorimer Avenue on the East Side of Providence. Their father, Neville Winkler, ran a jewelry business and their mother, Norma, served as a second set of eyes quite literally; Neville was colorblind. A nurse by trade, Norma was also an antiques collector, a world traveler and a patron of local arts.