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Dressing Up For
Christmas
Interior designer Maria Viola Kuffruff artfully
uses a mix of materials and colors to dress up
this Newtown Square house for the holidays
by Beth S. Buxbaum
Draped with silver and gold colors,
rich-toned florals and
lush garlands, this Newtown
Square residence is really
dressed up for Christmas.
Maria Viola Kuffruff, of Viola
Interior Design, LLC, who already designed the interior
and orchestrated the color palette, knows this
home well. So who is better suited to dress it up in
Christmas holiday finery?
This expanded, traditional colonial in Newtown
Square, built about eight years ago, has been
appointed with delicate tones, sophisticated textures
and a touch of panache. “The interior is not
your mother's or grandmother's traditional styling,”
Maria explains. Interior appointments have a touch
of elegance, but not necessarily formal. “It's not
overly fussy or stuffy,” Maria adds. Dressed in pastel
shades of lavender, heather, and lilac the living
space exudes a welcoming, informal appeal. Maria's
focus was to decorate the interior space for the holidays
in keeping with the elegance and colors of the
rooms. “I don’t want to fight the existing colors,”
she explains. For an overall presentation she added
touches of color, texture and form that complemented
the house’s interior décor. From live greenery
and flowers to artificial plants and lots of
sparkly ribbon, Maria wrapped the interior spaces
with delicate finery.
Maria explains that the owner loves Christmas
and commissioned Maria to ready the house for the
season’s festivities. She has orchestrated clusters of
holiday decor in the expansive entry, with the
sweeping staircase; as well as the dining room and
living room. Even though the house is a traditional
colonial, the colors and materials Maria mixes are
Photos: Glenn Race
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