WEIGHING HER LOVE OF MIDCENTURY MODERN AGAINST HER APPRECIATION FOR A CONTEMPORARY LOOK, ELIN WALTERS DECIDED TO PAINT THE BRICK ON THE EXTERIOR. “WE DEBATED IT, BUT IN THE END DECIDED THAT WE SIMPLY LIKED IT BETTER PAINTED,” ELIN SAYS. “I KNOW THAT MIDCENTURY MODERN PURISTS WOULD CHALLENGE US ON THAT ONE AND AS A DESIGNER ADVISING OTHERS, I ENCOURAGE THINKING HARD ABOUT ALTERING ORIGINAL ELEMENTS IN A HOUSE.”
Photography by CJ SOUTH