“My novels always seem to contain self-fulfilling prophecies,” he says. J. Courtney Sullivan. “When I write something, it happens in my life,” she writes in her latest book. The CliffsA woman named Jane returns to her hometown and ends up living in a Victorian house. Then, Courtney Also She returned to her hometown with her husband, two children, and 13-year-old dog and landed in an old Victorian house. Now let’s take a look around…
library
chair: interior definition. coffee table: pottery barn. lamp: target. Curtains: via custom Noelani Zervas interior With fabric Fabricat. Lug: Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, similar.
“Many of my acquaintances experienced unexpected life events in the early days of COVID-19, a reappraisal of sorts: a divorce, a new job, a baby, a dog I never planned on getting. For me. It was a move back to my hometown of Milton, Massachusetts, something I never thought I would take in a million years. I love this city, but sometimes it’s a short story about the soullessness of suburbia. I imagine my 14-year-old goth self would have been shocked to find out we lived here.
Sofa: Room & Board “Hatton”, resemble.coffee table: pottery barn. lamp: target. Curtains: via custom Noelani Zervas interior With fabric Fabricat. Lug: Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, similar.
“We moved into our house in July 2021. We didn’t have much furniture and there were problems with the supply chain at the time, so we felt it would be impossible to find a new sofa that would arrive within a year. So I went to Room & Board and asked if they had a sofa available. I bought one, in yellow and velvet, and decided to build a room around it. Next came the naval wall.”
Painting: Leo Dunn.
“A few months after purchasing this captain’s portrait, my best friend and I visited a huge art gallery in Maine. There were hundreds of paintings on the walls, and she I pointed to one and said, “I love this one!” it is Leo Dunn Portrait of Captain Cogswell! She never saw mine, but now we each have our own. ”
dining room
Lighting equipment: shades of light. table: duvall & company. chair: affordable design. wallpaper: William Morris.”
“While we were living in Brooklyn, we had our second child and our dining room became his bedroom. We didn’t want to give up the table, so we… Turned a table tent into a fire truck. With pillows, fairy lights, and books, it was the perfect hideaway. The dining table is now a dining table again. My daughter and her friends do a lot of crafts, so there’s glitter in every crevice. ”
wallpaper: william morris. Mirror: Antique store frame, mirror inserted later.
“For my 40th birthday, my two best friends each gave me a gorgeous decorative bowl,” I remember thinking. Wow, we’ve reached the era of decorative bowls. Luckily, I love decorative bowls. ”
living room
By department: interior definition. Rug: Vintage, resemble. Coffee table: West Elm; resemble. Side table: “Recycled from an MCM store in Brooklyn 10 years ago.” resemble. Wall color: tallow Farrow & Balltallow. Curtains: via custom Noelani Zervas interior.
“The day after we moved in, a mysterious leak caused part of the ceiling on the second floor to cave in. The house still has its original wooden rain gutters. The walls are full of horsehair plaster. .This is the first home my husband and I own, so it’s a learning curve.
“Many of the women in my mother’s family go by their middle names. My first name is Julie, but no one has ever called me that. Let me express this literary affection with a ‘J.’ It may seem that you are. Courtney Sullivan’ When I looked at my kindergarten attendance record, it was written there as well. ”
kitchen
“After 20 years in a small apartment, we were happy to move into a big house. But the funny thing is, when all five of us are home, we’re almost always in the same room. We don’t have parties. When we do, we all gather in the small kitchen until I ask them to go elsewhere.”
Slow lag: dash & albert.
“If you have more than three kids in the house, someone is rattling through your little kitchen window. That’s the law.”
“There are so many historical details, like the Harry Potter closet under the stairs and the butler’s pantry that we use to store the children’s art supplies.”
office
desk: theodore alexander. Wall color: Dix Blue by Farrow & Ball. Desk chair: vintage steel case, resemble. Globe lamp: Vintage Dansk rumble market. rug. green row.
“The centerpiece of my office is the desk my husband gave me 15 years ago, when I quit my day job and started writing full-time. On top of my desk, me and my childhood friend Noreen sat out in a snowstorm. It has a photo of me building a snowman. It’s a daily reminder of what inspires us to create.”
“When Kevin and I first started dating, we bonded over our mutual love for artists. lian shapton. Leanne and I were working together at the time, so I asked if there were any paintings I could part with. She cut out two pages from her sketchbook and painted a watercolor of the brownstone that I framed as a Christmas present for Kevin. Then, when I turned 35, Kevin commissioned an artist. Samantha Hahn To create a custom Baby-Sitters Club cover based on a photo of me and my childhood friends. ”
landing
“Once upon a time, a girl named Clara must have lived in this house, because she carved her name in the wooden door. It’s always exciting to discover something new, and a little… It’s also creepy.”
master bedroom
yellow quilt: company store. Wooden bench: resemble.
“When you have kids, it’s a life of extremes. My husband and I work from home in this very quiet, nice house, or we have kids here, which is really fun.”
“When I was still drinking, I found myself drawn to things written by people who had stopped drinking. Anne Leary wrote a wonderful book called. The Good House What I always think about. I’ve often written about the “good kids” in alcoholic families. In my latest novel, I decided to be more honest and say that sometimes a “good girl” is: Also Alcoholics need to face it. There were many times when I thought I really needed to quit drinking, but it seemed impossible. It was possible. In October, I will have been sober for eight years. ”
son’s room
bedding: pottery barn kids. bed: pottery barn kids. Nightstand: ikea. Rocket lamp: target, resemble. curtain: pottery barn kids.
“When I was a child, I always wanted to read books.” babysitters clubbut my father told me to read “real books.” Now I volunteer at the library, which has all the books I remember from my childhood, and the kids want to read graphic novels. When I think about it like this, I feel like I am like my father. What about Anne of Green Gables? But instilling a love of reading involves letting your children read what they’re drawn to. ”
daughter’s room
bed: pottery barn kids. map: cavallini papers. Nightstand: ikea. curtain: pottery barn kids. Lug: pottery barn kids.
“Almost every victory in our house is celebrated by going to the next place. dairy products freezingSo, when I finished reading the book, The Cliffswe did just that. My husband said, “Yay, Mom, I finished reading the book!” My 5-year-old son said, “You never have to write again! ” ”
“When my parents moved out of my childhood home, they called me to ask what they wanted to keep with me. I was living in a studio apartment in Brooklyn, so I gave away some of my childhood toys. The only thing left was my dollhouse. I’m so glad they did.”
stairs
wallpaper: Farrow & Ball.
“One night when I was having pizza with a friend, I asked her what I wanted to do with the back stairs. I had a million paint swatches with me. She suggested wallpaper instead. So I pulled out all the wallpaper samples I had, and she picked one out of the pile and held it up, and we both said, ‘This is perfect.’
pouch
“The front porch is a great place to take a nap, drink coffee, and watch the rainstorm. We attend the event every September. Milton Porchfestwhere bands play in people’s driveways and porches. This is my favorite day of the year in this town. ”
Thank you so much for sharing your home with us, courtney,congratulations your new novel!
PS Other home tours include a colorful Swedish apartment and a nook for introverts.
(Photo provided by: Lindsay Hanna Photos. Noelani Zervas Provided some interior design services. Courtney says: “After making some bold choices, like painting an entire room navy, I fell into decision fatigue. Noelani gave me so many great ideas on how to put things together that I never would have found on my own. He suggested some of his favorite works.
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