In This Midcentury Nashville Home a Mosaic Rainbow-Hued Window Brings Color to the Earthy Interiors

Founders of Eneby Home combined one-of-a-kind pieces with a natural palette to create their memorable family homeThe exterior of Eneby Home founders, Doug and Carina Jenkins's Nashville home designed with AD PRO Directory firm Dutton Studio. “It’s like we’re in a treehouse,” says Carina, who swapped the trees in the planters for a sculptural set of pines. Hidden lights within the rocks were inspired by a restaurant’s landscaping in the South of France. The loungers are Carl Hansen & Son. The 1960s vintage woven lounge chairs are from France. The coffee table is vintage Saint Gobain.Here’s one you may not have heard before: What do Serge Mouille sconces, a Louis Poulsen artichoke pendant, and Borge Mogensen dining chairs have in common? Hint, hint: They all live in the Nashville home of Doug and Carina Jenkins, the founders of antiques and vintage furniture store Eneby Home.One might reasonably presume the home of antiques purveyors to be chock-full of one-of-a-kind finds from far-flung locales, and while that is certainly the case here, the husband-and-wife duo’s house otherwise expertly subverts expectations.Built in 1970, the uber-quiet four-acre property sits at the top of a hill overlooking seemingly endless rolling valleys. It’s surrounded by native honeysuckle bushes and Tennessee Fieldstone, and the sun sets on the front side of the home at 6:37 p.m., says Doug, who dreamed of building what he describes as an “art gallery” for their furniture.The Jenkinses kept the wall of original Tennessee Fieldstone—and the original copper fireplace—but added their own flair with vintage furnishings, like a La Mura sofa, Gianfranco Frattini for Cassina leather lounge chairs, a Charles Dudouyt credenza, and a 1960s marble fossil coffee table from Italy. “It’s super unique,” says Doug. “It doesn’t have a name behind it.” CB2 Leather Square Brown PoufSlow Roads Tabac & Noir Hand TowelDoug and Carina Jenkins, the founders of Eneby Home, with their daughters. They kept the original Tennessee Fieldstone on the wall and paired it with an antique marble dining table that’s “huge and heavy,” says Doug. “The guys hated bringing stuff to our house.” Even though the Louis Poulsen artichoke pendant is often seen in copper, the Jenkins were able to source one with a green finish, seen here. The chairs are Borge Mogensen; the 1960s geometric painting is from France. Louis Poulsen PH Artichoke LampLouis Poulsen PH 3/2 Table LampA well-lit workspace features a vintage 1950s desk, an Italian cocoon lamp, and a Hans Wegner chair from Denmark. Gatto Table Lamp by Achille CastiglioniIKEA ULLERSLEV Sheepskin“There’s not a lot of this type of house in Nashville,” says Greg Dutton, the founder and architect behind Columbus, Ohio-based and AD PRO Directory design firm Dutton Studio. “But we had to look past what was there—a mixed bag with a new era in each room—to create a backdrop for the work they do.”Cue the blank slate. The couple bought the house as-is—black toilets, mustard-hued siding, and early 2000s kitchen included—and embarked on a “bigger than expected” renovation, says Doug, that translated to moving walls, updating floor plans, a new roof and flooring, and overall furnishings, of course.With the resulting minimalist white walls and clean lines, how does one amass the amount of character evident here? “When you build in materials that have inherent imperfection, that naturally bakes in a lot of warmth,” says Dutton. Think locally sourced, character-grade white oak flooring throughout; imported reclaimed European bluestone that’s well over 100 years old in the primary bath; and an original copper fireplace in the living room.“The mosaic supposedly came from a building in Bologna,” says Doug. “The morning sun comes up on this side” and ignites a fire of filtered light within the home. “The island has a commercial look to it,” says Doug of the Vipp system. “It hit every box. It’s sick.” Dutton helped reconfigure the space’s floor plan to open the room to the dining area. The oven is by Miele. A Guillerme et Chambron cabinet, sourced from Eneby Home, houses curiosities. The 1960s pendant light is Stilnovo. The guest bathroom originally had a black toilet and smoked glass. Now it features vintage Serge Mouille sconces, of which Doug has “never seen another pair,” a 250-year-old antique Italian mirror from the 1800s, and a Josef Hoffman bench. “Flaws make the house feel better, not worse,” says Dutton. “But creating something that looks effortless actually takes a lot of coordination. We wanted it to feel like it had just happened that way, and installing materials that feel like they’ve been there forever automatically gives the house permanence and ensures it’ll age gracefully over time.”The push-and-pull between old and new, simple and full of character, clean and distressed is one the Jenkins family is familiar with. The balancing act makes the house interesting, says Doug, and the same inclination to lean on historic materials translates just as well to furnishings.“Some of this stuff we’d been saving in hopes we’d one day be able to use it for our own house,” says Doug. One such example is a 1940s or ’50s-era, rainbow-hued mosaic window the couple bought five years ago and stored in a crate ever since. “We asked Greg to change the layout of the wall to make it work,” says Doug. The stone sculpture on display in front of the window is another; it’s 2,000 years old, from Rome.An earthy palette in the primary bedroom lets the landscape through the windows do the talking. The sconces are by Biny; the oversized 1880 landscape painting is from France; the chairs are Borge Mogensen; the side table is Charles Dudouyt, and the floor lamp is La Borne. “The fireplace is original, and we ran with it,” says Doug. “It’s New Mexico style and is super cool.” It’s paired with an abstract geometric art piece and a collection of vases from Denmark. Rugs USA Handwoven Ribbed Jute RugVintage Charlotte Perriand-Style StoolThe stainless steel Vipp island in the kitchen, which the couple found in Denmark, is “the best thing in the house,” says Carina. “We moved from a house with a big pantry, and it was a challenge to figure out where everything would go. This island holds a lot.” Here, the family embraces the “European model” of compact living–albeit in 4,500 square feet. Dutton designed the black cabinetry wall as a backdrop for the island, which he calls a “piece of jewelry.”Like any gallerist worth his salt, Doug spends five minutes each night turning off all of the ambient lighting in the house, like a pair of midcentury Biny sconces in the primary bedroom, an Orocolo lamp in the living room, and a 1970s Marika Carniti Bollea Nautilus lamp in the kitchen. Much of the light shines on a collection of artwork that’s so vast it’s often swapped out.“We’ve already traded a few things,” says Doug. “If we find something we love, we want to use it. It’s what we do. It’s a perk, for sure.”As is a home that’s forever. “Our girls want to come here when we’re old with their own kids,” says Carina. “They love it so much.”The 1950s painting is from Denmark, the 1970s vase is from Sweden, the 1970s stool is Pierre Chapo, and the ceramic is from France. “We spend a lot of time in Denmark and like to mix Danish and Swedish,” says Doug. “We know a lot about that style of furniture.” Dutton reworked the floor plan in the primary bathroom to set the vanity under a skylight. “We don’t use much overhead lighting,” says Carina. Not a subscriber? Join AD for print and digital access now.Sign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of design in your inbox.