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To keep the kitchen’s dining nook from feeling too dressy, Serena furnished the space with an antique pine table and Swedish-style chairs.

California girl Serena often leaves the French doors throughout the house open—even if it means risking the family’s two cats bringing in captured mice. “That’s the worst!” Serena exclaims, “but I can’t bring myself to close the doors. I don’t want to close off the world.”