Caroline Diani and Jeffrey Doornbos, Southern California transplants (she was born in Nairobi and grew up in the north of England, he’s from the Midwest), have an idyllic life in Santa Barbara.
Photography by Marili Forastieri; produced and styled by Zio & Sons.
And Jeffrey, who’s an actor and founding Blue Man Group member, wanted to be closer to the theater world in NYC.
The timber front door and iron hardware are original. The vintage copper light fixture is from Luddite Antiques in Germantown and the Vintage Bench is from Diani Living.
“The dining table is an old French drapery table from Red Chair on Warren Street; owner Jocelyn Sinauer sources the best tables anywhere, from all over the world,” Caroline says.
In the dining area, Caroline and Jeffrey removed a partition wall to create an open space and had a specialist repoint the fireplace using antique bricks.
“The sideboard is an Indian wedding chest that we found on Craig’s List for $350,” Caroline says.
The kitchen is located in a 1950s-era addition off the main house; the antique Swedish dining table is from Red Chair and the Tolix-style chairs are from Hammertown in Rhinebeck.
“Jeffrey had to rebuild the kitchen cabinetry,” Caroline says, “and patch the original butcher block counters. We plan to install a copper sink at some point.”
The stacks of glazed gray Pasta Bowl in the hutch are from Handmade Studio, a pottery based in Tennessee; they’re available via Diani Living.
An antique Turkish rug from Diani Living is layered on top of a sisal rug. The glass-topped table is from Big Daddy’s Antiques in LA; a 1940s Danish Mogens Lassen chair anchors one corner of the room.
The English Roll Arm Sofa is from Restoration Hardware and the brass arc lamp with Italian marble base is from a Hudson antiques shop.
A gate-leg table from a local antiques shop and a striated wool rug from ABC anchor the stairwell.
The 1700s Dutch headboard is from Red Chair in Hudson and the bedside lamp was found at Brimfield.
“The glass lamp base is from Olde Good Things; I added the lampshade,” Caroline says.
The lamps are from Luddite Antiques (“It took forever to find a matching pair,” Caroline says).
The flowers are by Saipua.