A WARM PALETTE

Gwen Jones repainted every room in the house to produce a Craftsman-era sensibility. Her tips:

1. Especially if you have furnishings and textiles of the era, coordinate the wall color with them to tie the room together.

2. Arts & Crafts palettes have a rich, quiet, and earthy character that reflects nature and is intrinsically harmonious. Avoid bright and loud hues.

3. Don’t forget trim and ceiling. These often are painted white, considered “safe.” But white can be stark, especially with the wrong undertones. Trim paint should have the same undertones (i.e., grey, beige, yellow, pink) as the dominant color. Ceilings may have a peach tone added, or a bit of the wall color may be added to ceiling-white for automatic compatibility.

4. Keep flow in mind. In these semi-open houses, colors aren’t experienced in isolation. Palettes in adjoining rooms should play off each other.

Archivist and restoration consultant Bo Sullivan is the founder of Bolling & Co., a unique business buying and selling rare, antique American wallpapers. Initially housed inside Portland’s Rejuvenation store, the enterprise moved in 2017, after Gwen Jones became Bo’s partner at Bolling & Co. The company’s studio showroom is now in Gwen’s garage, and production (of framed works) has moved to her large basement. Gwen’s other business is making custom art floorcloths: ArielGraceDesign.com

THE ORIGINAL BRICK FIREPLACE SURROUND WAS FAUX-FINISHED IN DEEP TURQUOISE TO REFLECT THE CERAMIC GLAZE OF A PRIZED POT ON THE MANTELSHELF.

above Open to the living room, the dining room is at the center of the house. The owner’s grandmother’s Eggshell Nautilus china, by Homer Laughlin, fills the original buffet. below Gwen Jones designed a custom floorcloth for the dining room, featuring Art Deco wreaths.

left Bolling & Co. partners Gwen Jones and Bo Sullivan examine vintage sample books in the studio located in Jones’ garage. top Running the length of the house, the warm living room is comfortable with vintage family furnishings. The architectural bookcases were added.

Pots and vases from the Oregon Potters Association are displayed on the living-room mantel. The framed wallpaper remnant is “Storybook Cottage Landscape Frieze,” ca. 1905, from M.H. Birge & Sons.