Above: The primary bedroom has a Crate & Barrel bed and vintage furniture. Right: A guest bath features black hand towels embroidered with snow-white skiers, a reference to the family's passion for the slopes. Nane says. " They wanted this space to remind them of a modern alpine dwelling. They wanted to use it as a winter place to celebrate Christmas and to hang out together. " As she does with every project, Nane, who is also a psychotherapist and life coach, set about creating a plan that honors the individual and the space with the intent to transform each through her design. This proved rather challenging, given the homeowners' eclectic origins and interests. Originally from Venezuela, they had lived in several countries and states and had a keen interest in Scandinavian design. " We had to pull all these cultural threads together, " Carmen says. " They were all different, but they had to speak to each other in a way that was in harmony with each other, with the space and with the property. " 56 New Hampshire Home