In their house, photos aren't entombed in albums but framed on the "family wall" alongside treasured papers. "Seeing these things brings our history into our consciousness," says Cuppett.
Bright idea: An inverted bell jar pairs with an Edison bulb for an inventive reading lamp.
In this photo: Mixed in with the master bedroom's ancestral photos: a ship's manifest (between the windows) documenting the Rini family's 1905 journey from Sicily to Ellis Island, and a dachshund drawing (below the manifest) by Hugo Guinness.
A circa-1850s portrait of Wayman Wells, the property's original owner, adorns the master bedroom's wall, painted Gettysburg Gray by Benjamin Moore (also used in the kitchen).
Dachshund Bosco poses in a corner of the master bedroom near his portrait, painted by Martha Bannon. Rachel Ashwell linens and a handmade quilt dress the Pottery Barn daybed.
Of the front of the house when they first saw it, Rini can only say with restraint: "The lawn and driveway were one."
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