A client’s request to keep several pieces challenged Kerri Pilchik to rethink her usual design approach 

Red has never been Kerri Pilchik’s color of choice. The Ridgewood, New Jersey–based designer created plenty of bold interiors using blues, greens, corals, pinks and other bright hues—but not red. That is, until last year, when a client’s request for a redesigned family room came with a caveat: She wanted to keep a pair of upholstered armchairs and a couple of occasional tables in the space.

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