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85 of having both openness and enclosure simultaneously, Curtis explains. In practice, it just feels like a room that works. The plaster walls operate on the same principle. Their trowel-heavy texture mirrors the fractal patterns found in nature — patterns that repeat at every scale, the way bark does and the way sediment runs in layers through a canyon wall. Curtis traces her affection for those patterns to a geology field trip in college — a ridgeline showing hundreds of years of sediment in alternating light and dark layers. It's the same impulse, she says, behind the striped Perennials fabric on the custom chaise she designed for the den, the violet-veined Calacatta Viola marble used throughout the house, and the Global Views table in the bedroom, with its alternating layers of bone, walnut, and mango woods. Research has shown that exposure to fractal patterns reduces stress significantly, she says. "You walk into that room, and you feel good. Your brain is connecting with something it recognizes. You're just like, 'This room is delicious. I never want to leave.'" Robertson's personal style — tailored, restrained, built around neutrals and quiet femininity — guided the house's finishes and furnishings. "She has a wardrobe of neutrals: nudes, taupes, tans, blushes and dusty pinks. That's exactly what we did with the interiors," Curtis says. The palette is calm throughout, the walls and woodwork a warm white, punctuated by rich brown and taupe velvet seating and draperies, and neutral ticking stripe upholstery. Dusty pink walls and aubergine shower tiles flow through the bathroom. The breakfast nook is the only dark room in the house, painted in Benjamin Moore French Press. "Ashley loves a moody moment, but she cannot commit to it in a whole house," Curtis says. "So, we picked the smallest space to try the color out." The elegant Lily wall sconces are from Curtis' own capsule collection with Blueprint Lighting, the long necks and canopied shades echoing the shape of a flower. Surprises emerge here and there. The primary bedroom's oversized fabric light fixture from Arteriors provides drama without overstatement, and in the den, a custom chaise Curtis designed for the space The plaster walls with their trowel- heavy texture mirror the fractal patterns found in nature — patterns that repeat at every scale, the way bark does and the way sediment runs in layers through a canyon wall. In the living room, the upholstered seating and chocolate velvet draperies are custom. Arteriors ceiling fixtures.