BDG23 PRELUDE Fall 2019

The living room’s walnut fireplace wall, built by Saltsman Brenzel and finished by Wayne Towle Master
Finishing & Restoration, contrasts with the subdued color palette. Phillip Jeffries wallcoverings, applied
by Paul J. Beath, were used throughout the home for texture and to soften the space. The sense of
serenity is a foil to the city’s vitality; “You really can connect to Boston at this level,” says Carter. Right: A
breathtaking chandelier by Donghia and bespoke John Boone burled table wow in the front entry hall.
Town &
While The Lodge is about time gone by and savoring
moments with friends and family, a unit at One Dalton,
Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences, conceived
by Carter & Company for empty nesters, is about daring
greatly. “It is bold of them,” underscores Carter, his
admiration for his clients clear. “This is definitely their big
moment,” he says. “They have left suburbia to go literally
up to the sky,” inhabiting an instantly iconic building,
which, designed by famed architect Henry N. Cobb, is, in
Carter’s estimation, the chicest in the city.
“It is a serious fresh start,” Carter continues, and
a renaissance that is centered on expression over
functionality. The owners are bringing precious few
possessions from their previous residence, which was
traditional in nature; cutting their square footage
considerably; and making a sleek and sinuous unit with
spectacular views home. The new setting is triangular with
rounded ends and walls of curving glass. “It’s like being in
the nose of an airplane,” says Carter. “It is floor to ceiling
glass all the way around.”
How do you appoint such a leap of faith? If you’re Carter,
you look to the architecture of the building itself, which
is wildly inventive and features “modern and timeless
bones,” and set out to fully understand the clients and
what will resonate with them. As One Dalton is, in essence,
“a three-sided piece of sculpture,” Carter expanded that
concept indoors. “We thought of everything in this whole
unit as an expression of sculpture,” he explains. With
its art, sculpture, color and texture, “it’s like being in a
personalized art gallery.”
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