HOUSE TOUR | A Vibrant and Colorful Home in Connecticut

The Zhush founder and Bedford New Canaan magazine editor Sue de Chiara welcomes us inside her gorgeous home in New Canaan, Connecticut.
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Sue, a former real estate attorney, has transformed her Center Hall Colonial into a vibrant reflection of her passion for interior design and home decor. She combines traditional design principles with modern flourishes, resulting in a unique and refreshing aesthetic in every room. As an artist, Sue has curated a soothing, neutral color palette as the canvas for her striking artwork displays. Exploring her home reveals a remarkable assortment of cherished family keepsakes and delightful animal print accents, showcasing Sue's welcoming and practical approach to design. Enjoy!
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[@CharlotteJulienne]

Oh my gosh this house! Just gorgeous! The butler's pantry is stunning. I especially love how much the entire house is full of such special things to her. Super inspiring!

[@jilltodd622]

Traditional interiors with fresh tweaks are the best 💙 Tasteful and calm.

[@TizzyLisch]

Lovely, serene home. Very tasteful.

[@patj4952]

Your home is magnificent. Its large but very unpretentious. I love the way you explained the art work, the silhouettes of your children going up the stairs, and especially the whimsy of your husband and son's swimming trunks. I also love your use of wallpaper in most rooms. You've filled the space with memories, joy and love. Thank you for a great tour.

[@mouriefeeney1903]

Sue loves her home and family. Very clean lines in her home and not too fussy. Large, beautiful home to enjoy with seating areas to suit her moods/reading, painting or relaxing to watch TV. Thank you Sue for the invitation to Homeworthy and to us.

[@kelco64]

I could sit in the driveway and just stare at the outside of this gorgeous home! It is beautiful, and very comfortable. She is genuine and thoughtful, especially family oriented. ❤

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

Yes. A grand “old home”.

[@georoldao5270]

This house is BEAUTIFUL ✨✨

[@margosnyder5311]

Wonderful host with excellent taste and a beautiful home. The butler’s pantry is amazing, and I agree with her that a white kitchen is timeless and will always be classic. Her home is exquisitely decorated without overdoing it. Love all the blue and white throughout the home.

[@bernadettehooper4318]

What a charming home. Sophisticated but comfortable. Sue brings an artist's eye for color, design, space. That "minor" in art shines.

[@peggyekena9966]

This home is beautiful from the outside-in! Love the style of the home and the brick on the outside. I am a blue and white Oriental pottery lover too! 💙🤍💙

[@hollye549]

Was so funny seeing him enjoy the sofa in the adjoining room while the owner was showing us the foyer!

[@sophial.6633]

Very calm and clean. Not too much but just enough. I love how she framed a lot of sentimental items. She loves her family and what makes up their story. I think that’s great. (One question though: how’d they get that piano on the second floor?! lol)

[@rmonson5002]

I like her, she's cute and seems genuine and I love that she has an elevator for her mom and puppy! Before she even said that about her mom, my first thought was, I wish I'd had that for my mom! ♥ And I definitely think you should wallpaper the elevator! Why not? It's a pretty groovy thing to have and you wouldn't have to worry about the paper "going with" anything else. You could do something completely wild and it wouldn't clash or interfere with anything and it would be more fun than a ride in white box. Do it!

[@eversosophi9653]

yes! wallpaper the elevator 💕

[@andreabenson2491]

Beautiful her home is so spacious yet charming homelike as well! The outdoors is awesome too! 👍👏😊

[@mariesmith9507]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful home.

[@TGSHomeandGarden]

She is the vibe. I really enjoyed the energy of the home. Thanks Homeworthy for getting room shots of all of the spaces described. This video flowed very well.

[@mskulagal]

The more I watched this video I fell in love with this house! This designer did a lovely job of decorating especially incorporating the blue and white decor which is my favorite to use. Well done!

[@eversosophi9653]

yes. the more she shared the more intriguing it became 💕

[@catherinemiller3113]

Blackbird was written by Paul McCartney, not John Lennon. Although he contributed in a minor way.

[@Cdgppg448]

Any student of rock music in general and the Beatles in particular would recognize the melody and the lyrics as quintessential Paul McCartney.

[@gladysperez8156]

Her house is beautiful. God bless her home and enjoy. It’s great when a person is able to pick-out flowers from their own garden. I like those big batteries frames; her children painted frames on the wall of the stairs, the large chandelier as a center piece. Another things I appreciate is that she shares designers tips about not to “push furnitures against the wall. ( I live in a city apartment, where I have a very large classic sofa and due to space, I’m unable to place it away from the wall and yes it makes the room confined. To have an elevator is a bones and a blessing for someone to have in their own home. I don’t care what someone else says but this house decor is unique for someone who is sensitive, and homey as this lady is .🙏

[@jamesktucker979]

The Brick on the outside and the classic roof line makes me want to build! The floorplan is incredible.

[@FTFFF]

Beautiful home and Sue is a charming, down to earth woman. Perhaps most moving for me is the framed dress of her grandmother and then seeing the passport photo in the hallway close by. I love that she memorialized this important part of her family history, which reminds us all of what too many families faced not too very long ago.

[@mjef3695]

Beautiful house. Decor is hers and she is happy.

[@lisagorman2480]

I love it. Gorgeous (at 5M, it ought to be, lol). She is very talented and very engaging. And her love for her family and her pup is so obvious! We have two Havanese, they are the very best:).

[@tiffanybolden1319]

Loved this!!!!! Your home is beautiful and welcoming! I can feel the warmth through the screen

[@lindafaierson6030]

Beautiful home. You can tell you decorate with your heart. It's cozy but sophisticated. Thanks for sharing.

[@KellyMomotaro]

Love the calming, fun vibe. So clean and peaceful. Love it! Thanks!

[@iamshe3275]

Layout is a DREAM! She would be a fantastic designer to design my home. I love consistency in decor! Thank you for allowing us to view your home. Also, i love the colorful silhouettes of the children going up the stairs! So uniquely beautiful❤

[@Fightdog]

Beautiful home. I love the penny tile and the wallpaper on the ceilings.

[@marycahill7712]

A beautiful home! I like the elevator idea! My mom is in her 90s and her second floor does not get used because she could no longer climb the stairs😢 Its a necessity! Wish i could put one in my house!

[@andreaacarbonell4185]

I liked the modern and traditional touches. Looked very classy

[@fleurdursanter9452]

Awwww the doggy! 💕🐾Beautiful home. Her decoration style is lovely! I think white kitchen cabinets are timeless. Thank you for sharing.

[@pamelahudson824]

Beautiful, beautiful home. I love the kitchen and butlers pantry.

[@JessGRealtor]

The wood tones in the white kitchen is beautiful.

[@morriganwitch]

Gorgeous house , reflects this lady’s deeply Spiritual nature xxx

[@denisewoods849]

Take the hubcap mirrors off the dining room you're defeating your purpose of putting up hand-painted wallpaper.

[@fancycat]

I agree. The wallpaper is gorgeous enough to stand on its own without embellishments

[@EJ-zs8ll]

Finally a home with matching furniture and decor!😆 This is beautiful and cozy home love it!💯

[@sakinamengle1020]

Wow, this house is just gorgeous, soothing and timeless just as the hostess. The designer's family is truly blessed to have her. I hope they know that and appreciate it!

[@kbs7583]

This is a lovely, refined and understated home. And Sue is charming and articulate. Cosmo is precious! I loved watching him romp and roll on the white sofa !

[@darlenechandler2403]

Lovely home and so nice to see all of the family heirlooms of pictures and children. Very very nice. Loved her artwork too.

[@SuzanaBehmer]

Absolutely love this home ! Beautiful elegant taste !

[@maureenclothier9468]

This home is so beautiful. I wish we could of saw all the bedrooms. I think her art was nice and I loved the dog.

[@pamrauhuff2375]

I love the stars also, beautiful mirrors on the wallpaper. I also love the blue painted butlers pantry!

[@kimberlybellotte7901]

And I just love the story of your grandma's dress. Just amazing...

[@kermitthefrog3632]

The dog at 3:35! Hilarious!❤ Gorgeous house- very elegant.

[@kimmykero2421]

Very thoughtfully and tastefully done. She genuinely loves her home and its beautiful and a joy to tour!😊😊 Thanks Homeworthy!

[@kimberlybellotte7901]

I love the idea of wallpapering the elevator. I was in Palm Beach at The Colony Hotel where they had a beautiful, I believe Schumacher wallpaper in their elevator that was gorgeous. Your home is stunning!!! Such lovely attention to detail!!

[@gabrielasantini5019]

Gorgeous Home , just watching this video i can feel the serenity vibe , she is so delicate and has such a sophisticated taste just like her ! Thanks for sharing this lovely home 🙏

[@yushi911]

I love the dinning room , the wall paper and the chandelier. I share the same love for stars ✨ and I will have add star mural decor on the dining wall paper and it will just match so well that people won’t notice at first glance but if they spend a little moment analyse it, they will find the hidden treasure. Just entertaining. Love your pantry/bar!

[@nancyvance2772]

I absolutely love everything about this house! I, too, collect blue and white and have done so for 50 years. If truth be told, I still buy a new piece here and there! Definitely, Sue, paper your elevator or better yet, paint something original in there!

[@lorentrain6174]

Love the blue ceiling idea, I’m going to borrow it😉

[@angiejones7401]

The blue ceiling outside / exterior keep the wasps and birds from building nests.

[@nicole_beaumont]

Same, I really like how the blue counteracted the lighting in the room and made the pale shades brighter 👌

[@jeanlaubenthal698]

Yes, this house is well built and designed with function in mind.

[@celinaderose]

Beautiful kitchen, white kitchen is my favourite too, lovely home, thank you ❤

[@taimilajunen]

I'm not seeing the "vibrant and colorful" here 😅

[@watthaile2053]

I saw your comment before I watched the video, and I thought surely she's overreacting. But I'm now 2/3 of the way through and I haven't seen any color yet. It's a perfectly lovely home, and she's a totally charming lady, but I would have titled this a symphony of neutrals. Vibrant colors are the last words I would have ever used.

[@kermitthefrog3632]

Blue butler’s pantry, butterfly prints, profiles of kids… How much colour do you need to feel satisfied? We are all anxiously waiting…

[@shonabeggs4640]

I think the 3 prints of her children on the stairs was it, hung over the beige regency stripe wallpaper. For that I'm thankful.

[@jenh9361]

​@@kermitthefrog3632Let me guess, those three "color spaces" you mentioned are borderline excessive to you... right??? The title for this house tour is definitely not fitting for this interior... It's a very lovely home, but "Neutral Layering with a touch of Color", would certainly be more fitting... This tone on tone neutral colorway is actually on it's way out...

[@MB-ve3ex]

It’s titled Vibrant and Colorful because the home and its owner/designer is full of interest. The home was carefully curated and is vibrant. There’s uniqueness and stories throughout the home. It wasn’t meant to be literal as in the home being full of color. Hope that helps.

[@terrywalker2437]

A classic beauty. I love it! The butler's pantry is gorgeous and the kitchen is beautiful.

[@user-re7hq6xj2y]

I love that you paint!!

[@redeemedbygodsgrace1971]

Sue I absolutely LOVE your amazing butlers pantry! The look of the lacquered dark paint is absolutely perfect…KUDOS! Your home is stunning overall! Sending you blessings from my home in Colorado to yours 🩷

[@meganemcnally2069]

She seems so sweet, lovely home. Thank you for sharing it ❤

[@rosieimbriano631]

Sue - your home is stunning! Love!

[@beverlybarna1712]

Love seeing you and your house! It surprised me to see some of the things I remember from your blog. Love the chair in your foyer and the blue and white wallpaper in your bath! Beautiful house! Enjoyed seeing you! Bev

[@victoriaalgra3675]

Loved the butler pantry and white kitchen. It’s a nice home with a young family feel.

[@luchettepender6038]

I've got so many great ideas from your house❤

[@nancimoll9901]

A lovely feel to this home. She brings a lot of her personal loves into it. I would love to know what color of white paint she used on the walls. Simply charming

[@jeanlaubenthal698]

what a lovely share Thank You.

[@kelleywatt4167]

I love all of your wallpaper choices

[@ellenhageman7380]

Gorgeous exterior. Like her and her decor.

[@conniepleasantnails]

I have two big books that need a refresh and I appreciate the wallpaper idea…very cute ❤

[@EveD123]

Just seeing the hall way, this is going to be an amazing home to watch and enjoy.

[@kaseys7433]

I would love to live here. Really pretty. Not exactly attainable for most of us, but I still enjoyed watching.

[@susanmulvey6311]

Cosmo is adorable!🐶🥰 Beautiful home!! I love this woman’s calm personality, explaining all about the gorgeous house. She sure doesn’t look like she has children the ages she told us they are. Very attractive and fit looking!

[@mauvyd3269]

I love ur home it’s very beautiful just perfect 👍 I love your kids pictures going up the stairs 👍

[@MichaelShaw]

#gorgeous ❤. Her style is classic, modern, traditional, artistic, and a bit eclectic all combined.

[@debrahayes3778]

I absolutely love this home! I would feel so at home there from the kitchen to the penny tile and the lovely blue and white in each room along with the Chinoiserie boxes and jars. Sue comes across as wholesome, not at all pretentious and appreciative of everything while putting her family first! And she is a New Englander by birth as am I. Lovely liveable all around and a lovely lady. Thank you, Sue for sharing your home. This one is my favorite so far on Homeworthy. ❤❤❤

[@tiffanycurtis4794]

Beautiful home 😃 but cutie pie doggie cosmo steals the show 🤍

[@jeanlaubenthal698]

The story about the round mirrors installation on the wall in formal dining room was interesting and I choose it works.

[@jacksmom3612]

Perfection!!

[@melindaferreira9879]

I love that you love your home. Your sentimental stories are beautiful and you have quite a few pops of color. An elevator!! How eccentric and extremely handy!! Very cool!! Love both yours and your grandmothers art. The way you frame your son's swim shorts and your mom's dress. So So sweet! Yep! You are consistent!! 😍.. a very cozy home!

[@rebagandy1133]

Beautiful amazing 💯

[@pamelareed973]

Lovely woman and an absolutely classic home

[@KayeCarterTV]

So beautiful. Love the modern look… so very comfortable feeling…it is always so nice to hear stories about people and how they decorate ⭐️ in the way they do. The stars ⭐️ are just so clever…I love to watch this channel.❤

[@michelleg.8190]

Very beautiful home and the blues and whites mix well all over the home. I love the way she has pictures and memories everywhere and love all the well thought out finishes :) great job

[@susanshattuck4911]

Love the butlers pantry!

[@zzzzipy12]

Love the home & all the family heirlooms.

[@carolynratliff1380]

We had a small brick house covered with ivy……it destroyed the mortar and cracked the bricks….I always thought it was so pretty….well it cost a pretty penny to fix the ivy damage and Sheetrock damage…..good luck….hope you don’t have the same problem…. Beautiful home…Thankyou for sharing. Hugs carolyn from Columbus GA

[@jojomarieco954]

Absolutely gorgeous. Very tasteful and not overdone. Bravo 👏🏼

[@torralba4349]

I loved everything about this tour! Thank you!

[@Michyhauser]

Absolutely wall paper the elevator that would be FUN!

[@NicoleSmith33723]

Love this home! ❤ Just my style.

[@kelleywatt4167]

You are a really good artist!

[@starveartist]

Serving a sort of East Coast Studio McGee aspiration for middle America

[@Shopgirl325]

Definitely wallpaper the elevator 🥰🥰

[@joy8star]

Sorry I have to correct... but the sone "Blackbird " was written by Paul McCartney.

[@susannegiesen2114]

Thought that John wrote the Lyrics and Paul the chords? Greetings from Germany 😊

[@shadronayne8760]

Would've also accepted "the Beatles", but John? just no, poser

[@Cdgppg448]

Any student of rock music in general and the Beatles in particular would recognize the melody and the lyrics as quintessential Paul McCartney. This seems a bit pretentious.

[@howardturner2905]

This a beautiful home designed in very good taste. This is the way modern families live. Blue is my favorite color, and the light blue ceilings are my favorite.

[@dolcevitausa6448]

Stunning!

[@lisahoerr9713]

Absolutely Gorgeous!! Love the Ballard Design mirrors on the wallpaper…which I love the scenic wallpaper! Stunning! The butlers pantry…swoon!

[@FaithyandOtis..Massachusetts]

Love the house and presentation..I was laughing at the dog in the background on the couch. I have a cairn terrier same color almost 7 and acts the same way😂😂

[@jo-annmaruszak9885]

I could live in your home without any changes… I love it all . I love the light. I love the white. ❤

[@dianafromaustralia3244]

A beautiful home, thank you!

[@gustavoadolfopalmavasquez3643]

Precioso Hogar !!!!! Uno de Mis Favoritos!

[@AD-yk7mf]

Very beautiful home, Sue is an articulate and interesting host, her dog is cute as Hell (video bombing on the designer sofa love that so much ❤❤❤) Homeworthy - Alison and crew- has been putting out content that I'm always am happy to see! Sue, wallpaper the wall in the elevator, your instinct is spot on!!

[@waltonbone6038]

Really beautiful

[@sharonchilds3871]

Simply lovely! Thanks for the tour 😊