House Call: The Nonchalant Family - Remodelista
Photography by Robyn Ivy except where noted. Carina Schott, who writes the blog Nonchalant Mom, is one of those people whom I think of as a friend, but truth is I’ve only ever met her once (she’s married to my friend Karim Hamid, an artist). Photograph by Carina Schott. Sander sitting outside on the back deck at an Ikea table and bench. The area becomes a second room kind of–the kids bring out blankets and we eat lunches and dinners out here, but not in the rain. Carina at the kitchen table, sourced from Crate and Barrel along with the benches. We have lots of guests over for dinner–there is nowhere to go out to eat where we live so we almost always cook at home.” The kitchen area with oak shelving and cabinets and a glass-tiled wall. Franny relaxing on a bean bag beside a Lamino Chair by Swedese. On the radiant heated concrete floor is a Moroccan rug. Marley sitting on part of the Togo Sofa from Ligne Roset with Lucky Fish Pillows from Nonchalant Mom. We are big on playing games, our favorites are Rummikub & Parcheesi.” Carina’s office, which she confesses, “is a mess. It’s really worse than this–I cleaned it up for this photo–it drives my husband nuts as he is a neat freak. See those cubbies, they are filled with fabric, beads, and flea market stuff–which I sell in my store from time to time. I work from home and then go in to my store and pack boxes to ship out to customers every day. (I’m kind of obsessed about shipping every day, all the UPS guys in town know me and I chase down trucks all the time–and when in doubt, you can always find them at Dunkin’ Donuts.” A yellow painted Thonet chair sits in the hallway to the kids room with a shoji screen separating the two spaces covered in Josef Frank’s Windows print fabric. Franny’s bed adjacent to the screen. Carina on room sharing: “Franny and Sander share a room, which I love. A wall of photos in the master bedroom. The master bedroom with large photographs of Carina, Sander, and Karim. The red door leads to Karim’s studio, which is located in what was once a laundry shack. There are four buildings on the property, each with a letter or number on the door. A hammock in the garden near the studio. The pool with decking and square tables made from Ipe (built by Karim) that also double as seating. Take a look at our recent find in nearby Providence, RI: Stock Culinary Goods.