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An Open Invitation

House Beautiful US

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March/April 2025

Swan tables, pink doors, and endless seating await guests at this Naples, Florida, getaway.

- Zlata Kozul Naumovski

An Open Invitation

To find the vintage plaster swans that serve as tables, homeowner Dawn McKenna joined designer Kelly Hurliman on what the designer calls “a swan-wrangling expedition, driving around Florida.” Umbrellas: One Kings Lane. Chaise longues: Horchow. Globe lights and posts: Lamps Plus.

A 17-FOOT SOFA TELLS YOU A LOT about a person. In this case, what it’s saying is that Dawn McKenna, a Chicago-based real estate advisor who chose one for her Naples, Florida, house, loves to host a party. When envisioning the living room of her waterfront home, McKenna “wanted 10 people to fit comfortably,” she says. And she knew they could on her vintage sectional, now covered in a crowd-friendly performance fabric. “When we laid out the room, I walked the steps to make sure it would fit,” she recalls. And if red wine spills all over the white cushions? Says McKenna, “It is what it is.”

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