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2 Roman shades with a chevron pattern and gold flecks provide privacy from the street while letting in sunlight and lending an airy expanse. 'The clients did not want to completely color-drench the room for fear it would be too dark,' Vallance says. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 3 The designer also reupholstered cushions on the vintage lounge chair from Reside in Cambridge using easy-to-maintain vegan leather. The secondhand coffee table is from Ramble Market in Waltham. 4 Vallance reimagined the fireplace, swapping the uninspired redbrick surround with a modern marble one. The remnant slab from CounterEdge in Waltham also replaced the hearth's terracotta tiles. The jogged detail of the mantel she designed ties to the lines of the light fixture. 5 The settee, inherited from the owner's grandmother, sports two new fabrics: a gray performance velvet for the seating side and Belgian linen by Boston-based textile designer Ellisha Alexina on the reverse. The meandering floral vine pattern makes it look pretty from the adjacent rooms. 6 Throw pillows break up the solids with pattern and color. The West Elm pillows on the sofa pull rusty tones from the rug and the lumbar pillow made from a playful Serena Dugan Studio linen juxtaposes the traditional settee. Marni Elyse Katz is a contributing editor to the Globe Magazine. Follow her on Instagram