My Space

How a Creative Couple Uses Diverse Finds to Personalize Their Living Space

Chanel Lewis and Patrick Jones create a home that reflects who they are together.

TEXT BY VIRGINIA M. WRIGHT
PHOTOGRAPHED BY CHANEL LEWIS
Patrick Jones and Chanel Lewis in their Westbrook living room
<p class='p1' style='text-align: center;'><strong><span class='s1'>Accent Wall</span></strong></p> <p class='p2' style='text-align: center;'>A couple for 10 years, <a href='https://www.instagram.com/thechanellewis/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Chanel Lewis</a>, the global diversity leader for <a href='https://www.idexx.com/en/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>IDEXX</a>, and Patrick Jones, a musician (stage name: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/justplainjones/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Just Plain Jones</a>) and business analyst, have practice creating spaces that feel good to both of them. To make the living area of their 1,000-square-foot Westbrook ranch appear larger, they experimented with a shadow-box effect, using <a href='https://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/products/SW6258-tricorn-black' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Sherwin-Williams’s Tricorn Black</a> for an accent wall. “We didn’t know how it would work out, but we love it — it’s very warm,” Lewis says.</p> <p>
</p> <p class='p1' style='text-align: center;'><strong><span class='s1'>Prints</span></strong></p> <p class='p2' style='text-align: center;'><span class='s2'>“That lovely heat pump drives me insane,” Lewis says. “We tried to organize the art so it’s almost camouflaged.” Their collection includes flea-market finds, like the vertical Japanese print, and original works by local artists, such as <a href='https://www.lewisrossignolart.com/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Lewis Rossignol</a>’s black-and-white portrait of Nigerian musician Fela Kuti. The cityscape, by Portland printmaker <a href='https://www.etsy.com/shop/kinsellaart' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Colleen Kinsella</a>, is a gift from a friend, who said it reminded her of Jones’s song “City Lights.”</span></p> <p>
</p> <p class='p1' style='text-align: center;'><span class='s1'><strong>Bird Mobile, Minter Painting</strong> </span></p> <p class='p2' style='text-align: center;'>A friend, Portland jewelry designer <a href='http://www.ponomostyle.com/about-ponomo' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Hannah Tarkinson</a>, made the graceful leather bird mobile. The African masks are another friend’s castoffs. “She was decluttering,” Lewis says. “I happened to be in the right place at the right time.” Jones chose the painting of a bass player by internationally renowned artist <a href='https://danielminter.net/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Daniel Minter</a>, who teaches at <a href='https://www.meca.edu/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Maine College of Art</a>.</p> <p>
Patrick Jones and Chanel Lewis in their Westbrook living room
<p class='p1' style='text-align: center;'><strong><span class='s1'>Accent Wall</span></strong></p> <p class='p2' style='text-align: center;'>A couple for 10 years, <a href='https://www.instagram.com/thechanellewis/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Chanel Lewis</a>, the global diversity leader for <a href='https://www.idexx.com/en/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>IDEXX</a>, and Patrick Jones, a musician (stage name: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/justplainjones/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Just Plain Jones</a>) and business analyst, have practice creating spaces that feel good to both of them. To make the living area of their 1,000-square-foot Westbrook ranch appear larger, they experimented with a shadow-box effect, using <a href='https://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/products/SW6258-tricorn-black' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Sherwin-Williams’s Tricorn Black</a> for an accent wall. “We didn’t know how it would work out, but we love it — it’s very warm,” Lewis says.</p> <p>
</p> <p class='p1' style='text-align: center;'><strong><span class='s1'>Prints</span></strong></p> <p class='p2' style='text-align: center;'><span class='s2'>“That lovely heat pump drives me insane,” Lewis says. “We tried to organize the art so it’s almost camouflaged.” Their collection includes flea-market finds, like the vertical Japanese print, and original works by local artists, such as <a href='https://www.lewisrossignolart.com/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Lewis Rossignol</a>’s black-and-white portrait of Nigerian musician Fela Kuti. The cityscape, by Portland printmaker <a href='https://www.etsy.com/shop/kinsellaart' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Colleen Kinsella</a>, is a gift from a friend, who said it reminded her of Jones’s song “City Lights.”</span></p> <p>
</p> <p class='p1' style='text-align: center;'><span class='s1'><strong>Bird Mobile, Minter Painting</strong> </span></p> <p class='p2' style='text-align: center;'>A friend, Portland jewelry designer <a href='http://www.ponomostyle.com/about-ponomo' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Hannah Tarkinson</a>, made the graceful leather bird mobile. The African masks are another friend’s castoffs. “She was decluttering,” Lewis says. “I happened to be in the right place at the right time.” Jones chose the painting of a bass player by internationally renowned artist <a href='https://danielminter.net/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Daniel Minter</a>, who teaches at <a href='https://www.meca.edu/' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>Maine College of Art</a>.</p> <p>

SEE MORE MAINE HOMES

Escape Artists the Wheaton Island home of , realist painter Bo Bartlett and abstract painter Betsy Eby a Second Empire tiny home in Round Pond, Maine The Little House That Could