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feature work for Nantucket homes. “The decorating calls for something that makes you feel cozy because often you can be faced with spending time inside and the decorating must compensate for what you see outside.” Like the unfettered island landscape, Nantucket interiors are often clean, fresh and crisp, says Donna Elle, a Nantucket-based designer who has been crafting ocean-themed stylings since 1974. When asked what places on the island demonstrate this design scheme, she immediately mentions the outside, rather than interiors. “Dionis Beach looking north to the mainland, Madaket Beach at sunset and Low Beach Road in the middle of January,” says Elle. “I like to connect the outside with the inside.” the island, anyone looking for a Nantucket-themed color palette need only look to historic colors, such as pale yellows, grayblues, cottage red or Essex green. Interior color — as with many other elements in a Nantucket home — depends largely on the season during which the property will see the most use. Nantucket’s population swells in the gorgeous summers and drops in the harsh winters. If the resident is strictly here for summer, Nantucket designers tend to keep interiors light and airy. But if the residents are here into the fall and winter, the designers infuse some warmth into the décor through bolder backgrounds and stronger, warmer colors. “We often use color on the walls and lighter trims to make that happen,” says Holland. “If you’re here as a yearround resident, the use of color has become more common,” she says. “The weather can be so gray that it’s nice to walk into a nice, warm, colorful home. I don’t think there’s a typical color, but I do think that people can use historic colors, like cottage reds.” Meanwhile, summer palettes tend to be more muted. Donna Elle’s clients are primarily summer residents. “We bring in blue and green hues from the landscape,” says Elle. “Taking in the blue from the sky and the water, the beige from the sand, and the green from the beach grass — I absolutely enjoy working with that color palette.” Elle notes that so long as P R AT TA N D L A M B E R T. C O M color story One challenge in decorating on Nantucket is that the Nantucket Historic District Commission, which oversees island building and alteration, governs the entire island. According to Sandra Holland, an interior designer for Nantucket House Antiques and Interior Design, there are only 10 to 12 exterior colors that can be used on the island, and trims are limited to white or one of a few shades of gray. While this may be limiting for people who live on 10

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