CAPE COD HOME: Susan Shulman

Susan Shulman of Susan Shulman Interiors and BDC Design Services turned the inside of this stunning South Shore home into a design dream. Featured on the cover Cape Cod Home, the remarkable project is appropriately included in the magazine’s “color issue.”

Shulman sourced much of the project’s materials from Boston Design Center showrooms, curating stunning interiors which effortlessly complement the home’s stunning settings and natural surroundings. View project photos (by Mike Crane,) and see the list of Shulman’s sources below.

Check out the magazine’s entire issue, out now, and read selections here: Excerpt from Cape Cod Home | Article by Brenna Collins | Photography by Mike Crane

“ She [the homeowner] made a quick call to her interior designer, Susan Shulman of West Newton’s Susan Shulman Interiors to help her transform the oceanfront charmer into something truly spectacular, but more importantly, a home that reflected the soft elegance the homeowner so naturally exudes.”

“Enter the homeowner and Shulman: a dynamic duo unafraid to utilize color, texture, and art to establish a highly curated environment. “Over the years, we have developed a unique and symbiotic process of decorating that Susan likes to call, ‘creating a story,’” the homeowner shares. After working together for 20 years, their trust in each other is key. Their process begins with the homeowner pulling inspiration from magazines or fabrics, and Shulman turning this inspiration into reality. In fact, that was the exercise that brought the two together over 25 years ago, as the homeowner entered the Boston Design Center with a dog-eared magazine in search of a particular fabric. She was paired with the Designer on Call, and the rest, as they say, is history. For this project, the overall goal was to achieve a level of sophistication with the many existing pieces of art, yet provide a balance for comfort, as it is after all, a beachfront home.

“It was really about bringing the ocean in,” Shulman says. “We didn’t want to be obvious, but we placed nods to sea life throughout the home.” The art in the homeowner’s previous residences resonated with her love for the water,”

Check out where Susan Shulman Interiors sourced the design at Boston Design Center!

A few items across entire home: Majority of rugs are custom made from STARK. Most drapery trim is Samuel and Sons through The Martin Group. Majority of art sourced through Boston Art (HQ at IDB!)

LIVING ROOM

Kravet - Sectional, draperies, Pillows

Circa Lighting - Lighting

M-Geough - Cocktail table

Studio 534- Floor lamp, Fluorite bowl

The Bright Group- End table

Cowtan & Tout - Pillows

FIREPLACE ROOM

M-Geough Chairs, Chair fabric, Kravet

The Bright Group-Glass cocktail table

Holly Hunt -Bronze dish

Studio 534 - Agate slices flanking fireplace