CHRISTOPHER SALE

Featured on the 2014 Tudor City Greens spring home Tour, Michele Keith Writes: "Architectural Designer Christopher Sale leads a busy, multi-faceted life and his 400 square-foot home reflects it with demarcated zones for working, sleeping, entertaining, music and cooking - a lot going on within four walls. While respecting a "sense of place" so that it feels right for Tudor City, he combined traditional, New England farmhouse details with clean lines producing a decor that is urban and contemporary yet also timeless. The predominant color is soft, dove grey, with such subtle shadings as a delicate blue for the ceiling and a hint of yellow for the doors to add interest. The result? Functional comfortable and very personal."

A pleasing, neutral palette unified a variety of functions in a small studio apartment in Tudor City I rented from 2008 to 2012. The palette lent a 'luxe' and contemporary feel to otherwise simple, inexpensive furnishings. Open shelving and a butcher block cart enabled me to entertain out of the micro kitchenette while elevating functional kitchenwares to decorative elements in the space. Warm textures and Simple art I painted for the space provided understated accents to add interest to the offwhite walls of the rental.

The new Dean of the Miami University School of Fine Arts was midway through construction of a new home for his young family in suburban Oxford, Ohio when my friend Leslie Marticke and I began consulting on the project. We worked with Dean Lentini and his wife to assist with built-ins, paint selection, and cost effective finish alternatives to keep the project on budget.