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CRAFTING A SANCTUARY

Gretchen Bruno stood in the middle of her new-to-her Cory-Merrill home and tried to figure out why it felt wrong. “It was 2014, and I had totally fallen in love with the house when I toured it. It had a great flow and pretty light,” she says. “Then we moved in, and it just.” A longtime design enthusiast, Bruno had relished decorating her previous home—a City Park condo—but she couldn’t figure out what to do with this house’s builder-grade finishes and cherry-wood kitchen cabinets.

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