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House Beautiful US
|March/April 2025
Swan tables, pink doors, and endless seating await guests at this Naples, Florida, getaway.
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.”

This story is from the March/April 2025 edition of House Beautiful US.
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