KAREN WIGHT -- No Place Like Home

* EDITOR’S NOTE: Every other week, No Place Like Home will take

readers on a tour of a local residence.

The home of Kim and Chip Caldwell oozes with traditional charm. Both

interior and exterior have been meticulously groomed, incorporating the

couple’s collections from Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. From the

house’s handsome shingled exterior to the nautical artwork displayed

throughout, the Caldwells have perfected the

Eastern-Seaboard-meets-Newport Beach theme.

Kim, owner of the Monogram Store in Westcliff Court, has always been

partial to traditional style, crisp colors and comfortable furniture.

When she and Chip moved to 1 Ford Road from their home in Beacon Bay,

they brought the seafaring feeling to the gated new-home neighborhood.

The Caldwells worked with Ray Langhammer from the Butera Home

Collection to help pull their house together and give the rooms a

stunning-but-relaxed look.

The interior is finished with a generous amount of white woodwork:

painted slat-board ceilings, bead-board paneling and glass-front

cupboards. These details are a beautiful contrast to the dark walnut

floors and cheerful wall colors.

Paint colors from Restoration Hardware were used throughout the home:

“creamware” in the main living areas and hallways, and “silver sage” in

the kitchen and family room. The polished granite on the kitchen counter

is “sea foam,” of course.

A large sectional sofa covered in wide blue and white stripes anchors

the family room. One of Kim’s favorite pieces, a red and white club chair

and ottoman provides a bright and cheerful focal point.

The living room furniture is covered in cream matelasse and serves as

a neutral background for the couple’s colorful art collection.

Kim and Chip completed their backyard just in time for summer

entertaining. The outdoor fireplace incorporates custom tiles painted by

Marlo Bartles. The Caldwells gave Bartles a picture of the Brand Point

Lighthouse in Nantucket to use as inspiration.

The backyard has three distinct gathering areas. Adjacent to the

outdoor fireplace, teak bar stools pull up to a polished concrete counter

flanked by a market umbrella, which Kim has strung with white lights.

A wooden pergola with an overhead fan provides a second seating area

next to the spa. Outside the formal dining room, a free-standing

fountain, teak bench and sturdy trellises for vertical gardening provide

a restful retreat.

The nautical theme is carried throughout the home, inside and out.

Chip designed the wooden gates with anchor cutouts. Interior doors that

open to the outside each have a lighthouse doorstop.

Charming accessories that the Caldwells have collected from the East

Coast are whimsically displayed -- ship and tugboat models, nautical

maps, wooden fish and serving pieces filled with seashells.

The ship weather vane that roosts on top of their home has traveled

with Kim from home to home. After a 10 year “nap,” the weather vane has

been resurrected and placed on top of their new home to greet family and

friends.

* KAREN WIGHT is a Newport Beach resident. Her column, which was

contributed to by MICHELE MILLER, runs Sundays.

CUTLINES:1) The outdoor fireplace has hand-painted tiles incorporated

into the brickwork. The tile scene is the Brand Point Lighthouse in

Nantucket.

2) The display in the entry area includes a wooden replica of the

tugboat Nantucket.

3) The area outside the formal dining room includes a fountain, a teak

bench and sturdy trellises for vertical gardening. Note the anchor cutout

on the garden gate.