
Perhaps the most impressive thing about this rustic Old-World kitchen is that Ben made everything from the barnwood countertops and cabinets to the iron chandeliers and oven hood. “He’s got great taste,” Ginny says. “I would be in France or away from home, and he would be working on pieces and send me pictures. I’d come home and he had just done it!”

![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)



