Fringy squares in red, orange and blue. Pink trapezoids encasing red circles stacked like snowmen. A melée of florals in primary hues. If you enjoy extravagant color and wildly imaginative patterns printed on paper, walls or fabric, head to Bethany Andrews-Nichols’ Burlington studio, or to her website. The Beenanza Design owner, 41, “loves finding innovative ways to interpret a ‘print,'” she states on the site. And multiplication is part of the mojo, she promises: “No matter how I do it, I do it on repeat.”
So, what might a visitor to Andrews-Nichols’ home discover? Shouty wallpaper? Zigzaggy shag rugs? Cushions with eye-popping optics? Nest determined to find out. The answers were surprising.
Yes, color is elevated at the Lyman Avenue house in Burlington’s “So-Fly” (south of Flynn Avenue) neighborhood. For starters, the exterior doors are peridot green, the siding a complementary rich blue. But inside, the application of color and pattern comes in measured doses. Perhaps that’s because other people live here, too: Andrews-Nichols’ husband, Chad Nichols, 43, and sons Emory, 12, and Oliver, 15. (There’s also a 1-year-old mixed-breed pup named Delta.)…