Keeping it quaint
A Bexley interior designer protects tradition on the street where she grew up.
Designer Shauna Lehman wanted to keep the vintage feel of the powder room in her Bexley home.
Todd Yarrington
Bexley-based interior designer Shauna Lehman chose to keep the powder room in her home quaint and efficient when renovating the tiny space a few years ago.
Deciding against enlarging the space, Lehman created an interesting entry area out of a former coat closet and worked with craftsmen to design woodwork that matches that in the existing house.
Then, she selected a colorful, European-styled wallcovering from Cowtan & Tout and added a vanity skirt with fabric by designer Nina Campbell. Family photos are perched on the vanity, and a mirror hangs over it. In the adjacent bathroom area, a simple limestone countertop was chosen from the Mees Tile & Marble Showroom.
Lehman takes great care in her updates of this Bexley property. The home—and its surrounding neighborhood—is dear to the designer, whose parents still reside a few doors down the street in what was her childhood home. (See Lehman’s kitchen addition on page 16.) Now, as a mother herself, she’s pleased to be back in Bexley, making significant progress renovating her own home and protecting the assets of a community steeped in tradition.
Sherry Beck Paprocki is the editor of Columbus Monthly Homes.
