The owners of this 1930s brickwalled house in Upstate New York did not feel a special connection to the space when they purchased it three years ago. Its interiors had recent updates that didnt work for them. Yet it was on a beautiful piece of land in the desirable Bedford Hills areaclose to their five adult children, who had all moved to New York City. The Texas-based couple envisioned this second home as a place where the whole family could spend holidays and summers together. They asked interior designer Genevieve Lavelle, a relative of theirs who was just launching her own studio, to make the house warmer and more livable, with things like a spacious open kitchen and well laid-out patios. Yet they also expressed some doubts about wanting to keep the property long term.A view of the main hallway and staircase leading to the second-floor bedrooms. Most of the door and window frames were painted in Farrow & Balls French Gray. Florals throughout the home were created by Gabrielle Daly.The living room, with its two seating areas, features a set of curved-back armchairs that were inspired by the interiors of Estancia Vik, in Uruguay. Lavelle had the chairs replicated, and covered them in a space-dyed fabric by Dedar. The vintage coffee table is from Pierce and Ward in LA.Shop out the look of the house hereLavelle, a Parsons School of Design graduate who previously worked at David Scott Interiors before branching out on her own, took it upon herself to make them fall in love with the home, all 6,000 square feet of it. I was nervous, says Lavelle. But I said Im going to prove that we can turn this into a cozy oasis.The designer worked with architect Steven Helmes, of The Helmes Group, and began by adding 800 square feet to the ground floor to create a kitchen with an important island and a sitting area, where the family could gather and chat while meals were being prepared. She also upgraded the front and back patios to make them more suitable for lounging and entertaining. Stylistically, the exterior remained as it was, with Georgian Revival elements like sash windows, a pitched roof, and classic Grecian columns. Indoors, however, Lavelle imagined a layered, comfortable space where you dont know what time period youre in.Lavelle added 800 square feet of space to create a spacious contemporary kitchen. The island, topped with imperial Danby marble, was painted in Farrow & Balls Dove, and the cabinets in Benjamin Moores White Dove. The designer worked with JEM Woodworking for the millwork.This sitting area is inside the renovated kitchen, part of the homes 800-square-foot addition, which also includes a laundry room and mudroom.Most PopularMagazineInside Painter Walton Fords Revived West Village Town HouseBy Sarah MedfordArchitecture + DesignTour a Designers 100-Year-Old LA RetreatBy Vaishnavi Nayel TalawadekarArchitecture + DesignNew York Skyline: Everything You Need to Know About the Big Apples Big BuildingsBy Elizabeth FazzareIn the dining room, Lavelle paired an antique rustic table with understatedly elegant slipcovered chairs from RH, and an elongated brass chandelier from Urban Electric. To add a dash of glamor, she painted the ceiling in a high-gloss blue-gray hue called Pigeon from Farrow & Ball.Knowing that her parents were well traveled, and that they were drawn to the sophisticated yet relaxed aesthetics of Malibu in California and Jos Ignacio in Uruguay, Lavelle used a relatively soft color palettebeiges, muted greens, earth tonesalong with a blend of rustic and polished furnishings. In the dining room, she paired an antique wooden table, the kind found in the French countryside, with elegant, sloped-arm chairs dressed in greige linen, and an elongated brass chandelier with simple curved lines. To add a dash of glamor, the designer painted the ceiling in a high-gloss blue-gray hue from Farrow & Ball. Even though shes younger, she had a big vision and such a varied vocabulary about paint colors, fabrics, and materials, says the owner of Lavelle.Dubbed the fireplace room, this cozy space off the main hallways was created for just that: sitting around a hearth. The custom swivel armchairs were upholstered in a stone-hued wool yarn from Dedar.In the laundry room, a trellis motif wallpaper by Antoinette Poisson.A sunroom on the ground floor has a custom built-in bench with a cushioned seat upholstered in a Kravet boucl. The teak stool, an antique, is from the Antique and Artisan Gallery in Stamford, Connecticut.To complement a collection of vintage chinoiseriess, Lavelle veered from the neutral color palette used throughout the ground floor. She upholstered this rolled arm sofa in a blue velvet fabric from Romo, and picked a matching floral linen from Lisa Fine Textiles for the window treatments and throw cushions.Most PopularMagazineInside Painter Walton Fords Revived West Village Town HouseBy Sarah MedfordArchitecture + DesignTour a Designers 100-Year-Old LA RetreatBy Vaishnavi Nayel TalawadekarArchitecture + DesignNew York Skyline: Everything You Need to Know About the Big Apples Big BuildingsBy Elizabeth FazzareBecause the homeowners loved the interior design at Estancia Vik, a luxury ranch near the beaches of Jos Ignacio in Uruguay, the designer reached out to the property to ask about the measurements of their club chairs. She had them replicated and placed them by the fireplace of the houses main living room. Speaking of fireplaces, there are five, including one in a snug parlor specifically set up so the homeowners could sit across from the burning logs and bask in their warmth. This fireplace room, says Lavelle, became an instant favorite with family members, who often vie for spots by the hearth.Earth colors and delicate florals with touches of blue make for a serene yet warm primary bedroom. The wall and window trims were painted in Farrow & Balls Oval Room Blue and the wallpaper, featuring small plant foliage, is Braquenis Vermicule from Pierre Frey.A sitting area with a fireplace in the primary suite, decorated with a 19th-century Swedish coffee table and two slipcovered chairs with pleated skirts from Crate & Barrel.Most PopularMagazineInside Painter Walton Fords Revived West Village Town HouseBy Sarah MedfordArchitecture + DesignTour a Designers 100-Year-Old LA RetreatBy Vaishnavi Nayel TalawadekarArchitecture + DesignNew York Skyline: Everything You Need to Know About the Big Apples Big BuildingsBy Elizabeth FazzareBenjamin Moores Segovia Red paint was paired with Robert Kimes Ardagh wallpaper in this lively powder room. The rattan globe pendant is from Design Mix Furniture via Chairish, and the swan neck sconce is an antique.While the common areas on the ground floor are eclectic, in the second-floor bedrooms Lavelle paid homage to the aesthetics that have come to define the Hudson Valley: nods to British design traditions and hints of Americana. There are four-poster beds, framed vintage artworks, and floral wallpapers and fabrics in shades of cherry red, sky blue, and soft yellow. I tried to pare things down in places that got a lot of traffic, she says. But upstairs each room is its own jewel box; you can tell they go together yet theyre completely different.Now that the couple have been living in the house on and off for more than a year, and even hosted the wedding of one of their daughters there, their thoughts of flipping the property are in the rearview mirror. The house, they agree, is now a home.The 6,000-square-foot brick-walled house in Bedford Hills, New York, was built in the 1930s and renovated by Genevieve Lavelle, a young designer who recently launched her own studio and architect Steven Helmes. The colonnaded front porch, which was added to make space for an outdoor sitting area, respected the Georgian Revival style of the construction.Most PopularMagazineInside Painter Walton Fords Revived West Village Town HouseBy Sarah MedfordArchitecture + DesignTour a Designers 100-Year-Old LA RetreatBy Vaishnavi Nayel TalawadekarArchitecture + DesignNew York Skyline: Everything You Need to Know About the Big Apples Big BuildingsBy Elizabeth FazzareThis guest room is the only bedroom on the lower level, and the only one featuring a black-and-white palette. The wallpaper, with delicate monochrome flowers, is Braquenis La Discrete from Pierre Frey.A second-floor bedroom used by one of the couples daughters features a custom iron bed with pleated drapery panels, vintage bamboo side tables, and swing-arm floor lamps by Visual Comfort.Most PopularMagazineInside Painter Walton Fords Revived West Village Town HouseBy Sarah MedfordArchitecture + DesignTour a Designers 100-Year-Old LA RetreatBy Vaishnavi Nayel TalawadekarArchitecture + DesignNew York Skyline: Everything You Need to Know About the Big Apples Big BuildingsBy Elizabeth FazzareAnother bedroom, this one mixing stripes and florals. The custom bed cushion was made with Jaspers Tree of Life linen fabric in saffron hues. Lavelle found the vintage tole table lamps on 1stDibs.This guest room was dubbed the red room because of its Braqueni Bengali wallpaper printed with carmine flowers. The four-poster bamboo bed is a vintage piece from the 1970s, and the custom pillows were made with Jaspers Bentley Rose hemp fabric.Art: Mary MaguireMost PopularMagazineInside Painter Walton Fords Revived West Village Town HouseBy Sarah MedfordArchitecture + DesignTour a Designers 100-Year-Old LA RetreatBy Vaishnavi Nayel TalawadekarArchitecture + DesignNew York Skyline: Everything You Need to Know About the Big Apples Big BuildingsBy Elizabeth Fazzare[The owners] wanted to use more of the property for garden parties, says Lavelle, who took advantage of an existing stone wall to dimension this patio, now covered in pea stone. A set of side by side fiberglass tables with teak trunk legs from Home Nature were paired with dining chairs from Thayer Coggin.The new outdoor patio, with a fire pit and RH seating.Shop it out:Quince European Linen Sheet SetGordon StoolLes Ceramiques De Lussan Guinea FowlGuest Ottoman by Jake ArnoldGrand RugHerb PotsAntique French Confit Pot Terracotta