Charleston Townhouse.

A house that asked to be remembered, not redesigned.

The townhouse had been in the family for three generations and the fourth had moved in with two children. The brief was straightforward. Make it work for the children. Do not make it look new.

We restored the heart pine floors, kept the original chimney pieces, and rebuilt the back staircase on the original line. The kitchen was moved one room over to bring it next to the dining room and the porch. Everything else was left where it was.

The palette is local. Lime-washed walls in a sun-bleached white, painted tongue and groove in a soft blue-green that the family chose from a 1930s shutter. The fabrics are mostly hand-blocked linens. The porch is unchanged.