“I love wallpaper,” she says. “I’ve been on this kick for a while, and I really wanted it in here because it is a great design element. It adds pattern and detail but is subtle enough that it’s not jarring.”

Using wallpaper today, she says, is different from days of yonder. For one thing, it’s easier to install and remove. She often suggests that her clients start by installing it in a smaller space or pattern or try one with a tone-on-tone pattern that’s more subtle.

She followed her own advice by using colorful patterns in several of the home’s bathrooms and laundry rooms while employing monochromatic patterns in larger quantities in the primary suite.

The large open living room at the center of the home has two focal points, including a black fireplace with an ivory cast-stone mantle topped by one of Helen Wendlandt’s framed landscapes at one end of the vaulted space. On the other end, a green wall with faux greenery in a loft-like space hovers above the green kitchen.

“My brother—who is also an architect—had this idea,” Julie says. “Then I saw some installations locally at a restaurant just up the street, and I loved it.”

One of Julie’s boldest decisions was painting navy blue on the walls of a small media lounge just off the central living space. Dan was not on board initially.

“I told him, ‘Let me continue with the vision, and then I think you’re going to get it,’” she recalls. “And now he loves it.”

One of the smaller rooms in the home, the lounge is often a draw for the entire family to spend time together playing games and listening to records on a turntable. It’s also where Julie agreed to a bit of design input from Dan.

“She wanted to have two chairs in here, and I convinced her that we only needed one,” he says, further proving that designing the home was a family affair.

Architect: Wendlandt & Stallbaumer, @wendlandtstallbaumerarchitects

Interior Designer: Julie Schroeder, Discerning Interior Design

Builder: KOENIG Building + Restoration, @koenigbuilding