
Like moths to a flame groups tend to flock to small, inviting spaces in the home. Mark, Nancy, and their two daughters can typically be found visiting together not in the great room but in the tiny den off the master bedroom. “We built it small thinking it would be just Mark and I, but it ends up being the place for all four of us.” Nancy shares. “It’s one of my favorite areas of the home; the den with the little fireplace—that’s our hub.”
![Designer Paige Kontrafouris Layers Her 100-Year-Old Home with Collected Treasures “I think my own personal style is a bit of French design [and] a little bit of English, but I just love that overly collected, curated, layered space that looks lived in and comfortable,” Paige says.](https://thecottagejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Photo-May-05-2022-2-46-08-PM_OTR-feat-218x150.jpg)




