The warm light, the wood floors, the sense of accumulated life: none of it was touched unnecessarily. A home like this one doesn't need to be reinvented, it needs to be listened to.

The kitchen and bathrooms were a different story. Aging mechanical and electrical systems needed full replacement, which opened the door to a top-to-bottom transformation of fixtures and finishes, along with a new ground-floor bathroom where none had existed before. The kitchen was redesigned from a love of cooking: new cabinetry, a built-in island, and a layout that finally makes the most of the room's space. The Bliss legacy is present throughout the rest of the house, in the art on the walls and the furniture that remains, and these updated spaces now feel worthy of it.