From Formal to Family-Friendly

Designer Eric Haydel doesn’t mind telling you he is hardheaded. When he notices something—whether it’s a notion to take a different life path or an instinct that two disparate shades of blue absolutely belong together—the past (and youngest) president of the New England Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers calls it the way he sees it. And, at just 33 years old, the owner of Eric Haydel Design in the Boston Design Center is seeing a lot these days. “Homes tell stories,” as Haydel likes to say, and he often opens a front door and sees the story—including the occasional plot twist—waiting to be told. When Hay

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Eric Haydel creates a modern, easy mood threaded with historical perspective at a North Andover house.

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