BDG23 PRELUDE Fall 2019

Carter & Company crafted a confection of a home office for
the woman of the house, complete with lacquered painting
by Stephen Barton Painting, a slender desk overlooking the
city, meaningful accents and art, and custom soft furnishings
appointed by Eliot Wright Workroom.
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The modern art selections, chosen in collaboration with
the clients’ daughter, who is an art entrepreneur and has
the benefit of knowing the clients better than anyone
else, give the unit much of the soul Carter was after. “The
space is begging—I mean, it won’t even work—unless
you have wonderful art in it,” says Carter, so the team
animated the space with modern art from Boston galleries,
such as Lanoue Gallery and Beacon Gallery, and included
showstopping pieces like Jeremy Holms’ infinite wood
ribbon installation in the living room and an exuberant
turquoise abstract by Aja Johnson in the office above.
For the lighting, finishes and furnishings, the homeowners
joined Carter for a day in New York, scouring the wares of
two design centers. A pair of bespoke semicircular sofas,
a custom burled wood John Boone table, and a dazzling
light fixture comprised of 90 glass dewdrops suspended by
barely-there cables were among the selections. That day
made a world of difference. Says Carter, “because you’re
in this glass bubble, everything has to be special.”
Overall, the home’s aesthetic has a sense of luxury that
is derived from nature. Quartz sconces, rich woods and
even geode accessories speak to the clients’ spiritual side
and mindfulness. Though it would have been easy to go
with the cool grays that are so pervasive at the moment,
instead, the client embraced warmer tones, beautiful
bisques, shimmering topaz hues, both smoky and blue,
that coalesce into an inviting, zen-like cocoon. This is,
after all, their space, their moment. So while The Lodge is
intended to be a “simpler, non-digital escape” and a
time capsule, “One Dalton is about embracing now as
hard as you can,” says Carter. It’s not afraid of it. “It’s
celebrating now.”
Text: Sandy Giardi
Photography: Warren Patterson
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