Synopsis

The final touches. We arrive following a snowstorm to discover the front hall floor finished with a faux marble treatment by decorative painter Julie Clay. In the kitchen, Tom Worthen installs a countertop of "man-made slate"—a dense composite of Portland cement and a mica-like mineral, commonly employed in laboratories but well-suited for home use. Upstairs, Michael Griffiths installs a heavy carpet crafted from recycled soda bottles. In the McIntire room, historical goods merchant John Burrows