November 3, 2025
By Christopher Stella
Photographs by Colin Bazzino
On summer evenings in Cornwall Village, Natalie and Greg Randall, owners of RT Facts Design and Antiques in Kent, often walk a quiet neighborhood loop, past the town Green, the idyllic steepled churches, and the library that sits across from their Federal-style home. They watch the fireflies rising above the grass, and the cows in neighboring pastures. It’s a setting both grand and simple, a perfect backdrop for home that exemplifies the magic that emerges from a convergence of contrasts.
Before moving to Litchfield County, the Randalls built their business in New York. Natalie, trained as a knitwear designer, spent years in fashion designing for major labels such as Ralph Lauren and others. Greg grew up in the world of 18th-century furniture. Together they launched their first antique store and design business 33 years ago. As their business increasingly filled orders for clients in Litchfield County, the Randalls moved it to Kent where they purchased the former town hall to serve as a showroom and home. They later moved to Kent Barns, where the shop sits today. RT Facts itself is a purveyor of well-curated antiques and a contemporary furniture line produced here by local artisans.
This blend of antique and contemporary defines the Randalls’ aesthetic, as their house in Cornwall brings together patina and polish to create something uniquely theirs. Their Federal-style home once belonged to the Yale Foreign Mission School, and was later purchased by the Woolsey family and passed down through its descendants until it was purchased by the Randalls. The property contains a main house and two guest cottages—which formerly served as Cornwall Bridge’s post office/library, and first selectman’s office—along with a barn that now serves as a design studio.
The Randalls spent a year-and-a-half on renovations—from insulating the walls, to repairing the foundation and roof, and expanding its kitchen. Along with essential updates, they returned the house’s original character, stripping doors to their original blue milk paint, and the floors to show time-worn tracks. “We did a lot of work to make it look like we didn’t change much,” recalls Natalie. “Patina shows something has been well-loved.”
The arrangement of the living spaces is where the Randalls’ design aesthetic is most pronounced. The dining room is a grand space that contains a life-sized bronze angel that once sat atop a church, and now sits among classical busts. The rustic dining table serves as a setting for creative thinking. “Sometimes it’s hard to get on a roll in the office; there’s always a proverbial fire to put out,” says Natalie. “Our dining room gets wonderful light through these reclaimed French doors we restored—it’s a peaceful place for the team to sit face-to-face and collaborate.” The room also serves as a staging area for photo shoots, used for the company’s look book. “Our shop has 20-foot ceilings, which makes it difficult to imagine how a piece of furniture looks in a residence,” says Natalie. “We can use the house as a laboratory to examine how different pieces—from furniture to wall hangings—might fit together aesthetically.”
For the Randalls, aesthetics extend beyond their well-curated rooms. From holiday potluck dinners to the diverse programming of the town library, Cornwall Village offers a tapestry of people and programs that make the community both traditional and refreshingly new. “Cornwall residents are so creative: artists, curators, writers, gardeners,” notes Natalie. “Everyone is committed and accomplished—and yet welcoming and unassuming.”
