

After decorating outdoors, Will goes to work on the house, still keeping the natural theme. “Nothing is gaudy or elaborate,” he says, “I like simplicity instead.” The mood for merriment is set with handmade wreaths, boxwood roping draped along the mantel, boughs spilling from urns, Christmas cactus perched in the windows of guest rooms, antlers displayed on the sideboard, and bowls filled with glittering orbs.
![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)




