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Danielle Fennoy Rescues a Home from Its Bad 1980s Look With an Open Floor Plan and Strategic Use of Color
The first step in updating this contemporary Long Island house? Letting go.
When a young, creative family tapped Revamp Interior Design founder Danielle
Fennoy to update their new weekend home in Oyster Bay, Long Island, there was a catch: “The before pictures were
whoa,” laughs Fennoy. “Red walls, heavy paneling, thick drapes.” The 1980s contemporary build featured a double-height living room and huge windows, but its decor, left over from the previous owners, didn’t reflect the architecture or the cheerful attitude of its new inhabitants. Plus, the homeowners had made some big-ticket purchases, like a modular sofa, before bringing Fennoy into the picture. “The question became, ‘How do we pull this all together?’ ” th