They call Bloomington a boomerang town. This client is one of those bouncers-back. She and her husband engaged SYH mid-pandemic to remodel this house that she remembers well from her childhood, when it belonged to her mother's best friend. We kept the house's original 1958 layout for the most part—just opening the kitchen up to an adjacent hall—but gutted and reconceived an old addition as well as a very recent one, and completely refaced the exterior and landscaping. In support of the architecture, SYH also curated the furnishings, art, and accessories, carefully mixing old, new and custom. We call these clients Unicorns for their rare and beautiful combination of qualities: their sense of color and whimsy, their commitment to collecting original art and restoring vintage furniture, their groundedness, humor and trust, and the joy they brought to the work.

Photography by Sarah Shields.

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