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New from PA DESIGN Farfalloni Two Farfalle shaped silicone potholders provide better grip of hot handles. Discover a whole range of large pasta kitchen utensils including a garlic peel, spoon rest and lemon juicer. pa-design.com

Let’s EAT. Yes. We’ll exercise. Teach. Work. Clean. Send our kids to school (or not). Do good deeds. But let’s eat.

Jacob Snavely

We’ll stuff our feelings. Share family time. Discuss the day’s news.

With so many heavyweight questions on our plates these days, I’m inclined to harken back to a more innocent time when “what’s for dinner” was just that: dinner. The current days of cooking and baking have led us to so many other pursuits.

WIT LARGE In the butler’s pantry, formerly a laundry room, designer Jennifer Morris deployed light-colored cabinetry that may eventually replace the darker cabinetry in the main kitchen, and illuminated the scene with a yellow pendant.

The all-encompassing all-purpose kitchen has become our battlefront and our refuge from the stresses of 2020. We are asking a lot of our kitchens. In this issue we share spaces that are pretty and handsome, as well as functional and welcoming. We see how families across the globe interpret their spaces and are appreciating that variety is the spice of life.

And for those struggling to feed their families – about 1 in 5 U.S. children will go hungry at some point this year – consider making a donation to No Kid Hungry nokidhungry.org or your local food pantry.

‘Till we meet again in winter – be well and exercise your right to vote.

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CONTENTS 7 FROM THE EDITOR 14 CONTRIBUTORS

DESIGN AND LIFESTYLE M c L E A N, V I R G I N I A

44 SLICE AND DICE A Show House Kitchen: interview with Jonas Carnemark PA C I F I C PA L I S A D E S, CALIFORNIA

52 OLD-SCHOOL UPDATE Designer Janice Barta freshens up a classic in the Golden State OLDWICK, NEW JERSEY

COUP D’OEIL

(at-a-glance)

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30 Kitchen Design Reba Sams / Snaidero USA Los Angeles Flagship R O S A S, S PA I N

33 Kitchen Design Chez Caroline and Jean Marc NEW YORK, NEW YORK

35 Kitchen Design and Architecture Studio Fōr

66 A NEW OLD FARM KITCHEN Tranquility rules in this farmhouse kitchen that once saw red … flames

R O B E RT S O N, S O U T H A F R I CA

A LY S B E A C H , F L O R I D A

H O U S T O N, T E X A S

70 A ROOM OF HER OWN Designer Susan Ferrier creates a woman-centric getaway for a client S I M O N S B E R G M O U N TA I N, SOUTH AFRICA

86 ROOTED IN HISTORY A century-old farmhouse and barn mark a respect for the past – and a defiance of convention BORDEAUX, FRANCE

98 REDUX: STEERING A TRUE COURSE A Frenchman possessing that certain savoir faire saw a promising future in an old Bordeaux residence nearly in ruins MUNICH, GERMANY

106 SOMETHING OLD, NOTHING NEW German designers Jan Hoyer and Thomas Kast are happy with the way things were

ARCHITECTURE

41 Kitchen Design Etienne Hanekom 65 Kitchen Design Chandos Interiors

IN EVERY ISSUE GOODS 31 Gushing Reviews – Faucets 32 Prints and Porcelain 41 Plum Choices 43 Architectural Schemes EDITORS’ PICKS 38 Welcome to Autumn 51 Black and White Design ARCHETYPES 26-29 Designers Ellen Hamilton and Jeanine Haith talk up their fave kitchenware BOOK NOOK 27 and 28 Cookbooks

Q U E E N S, N E W Y O R K

ART 34 Visual Artist, Paul Forte 36 MUSE Image-Maker Stan Squirewell 64 Painter, Musician, Performance Artist Reza Derakshani

C H I C A G O, I L L I N O I S

EXPERT EASE 42 Chad Dorsey Design

32 GREEN INNOVATION Edgemere Community Garden and Sheds 46 NIP/ TUCK When a Chicago couple shave 2,000 square feet off their original floorplan, they still get a home that ticked all their boxes B R O O K LY N , N E W Y O R K

78 GOOD NEIGHBOR Architect Andrew Wilkinson exhibits a reverent consideration for an individual house in Brooklyn

ROUNDUP 57 Novel Design LAST WORDS A crossword puzzle

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ELLEN HAMILTON

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Five questions. Sometimes that’s all it takes to discover how two top designers feel about the kitchen items they use on a daily basis.

Since so many of us have been home for long stretches of late, the kitchen is a place we have all become more familiar with. Learn what makes the grade when it comes to style, convenience and sheer usability. GWEN DONOVAN

Aga Dual Control Cast-Iron Range aga-ranges.com

This is a most versatile appliance for anyone cooking for a crowd and turning out a lot of food at one time. The high heat for a sauté, the warming ovens for the dishes that are waiting to be placed on the table and the grill make this a real workhorse. I love the cream as it reminds me of a farmhouse kitchen. I had an Auntie Pat that had one in her thatched roof Suffolk Pink house. It was the first time I saw an AGA. It was love at first sight.

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Dualit’s Six Slice Toaster dualit.com

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Cutting-edge stainless steel appliances or brightly colored, retro-influenced enamel finishes?

Colorful appliances.

Kitchen utensils hidden from view or proudly on the countertop?

Utensils on the counter.

On the subject of napkins: Monogrammed linen or a paper towel torn off the roll?

Monogram linen napkins.

Bellocchi Nested Bowls ilbuco.com

Throw a dart in the store or on the screen, anything at all from Il Buco Vita is a sensation. But these bowls elevate the simple salad!

Warmly-toned Shaker wood cabinets or Euro-sleek chrome styles?

Euro-sleek kitchen.

Double Fireclay Farmhouse Apron Kitchen Sink With Center Drain waterworks.com

The Waterworks “Clayburn” made of fireclay is a terrific old world-new world sink.

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When it comes to leftovers: a full matching set of containers or re-purposed take-out holders?

Matching containers.

Canteen Wall Mounted Articulated Pot Filler With Oak Lever Handle waterworks.com

In my “next level” kitchen I must have a pot filler with an oak handle!

BOOKNOOK

THE PERFECT KITCHEN Jubilee: RECIPES FROM TWO CENTURIES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN COOKING: A COOKBOOK

Barbara Sallick, cofounder of Waterworks Rizzoli • $55

Toni Tipton-Martin Penguin Random House • $35

A TASTE OF GREECE: RECIPES, CUISINE & CULTURE

HRH Princess Tatiana of Greece and Diana Farr Louis teNeues • October • $35

in bibi’s kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries that Touch the Indian Ocean Hawa Hassan and Julia Turshen Ten Speed Press • $35

ottolenghi: flavor

Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage Ten Speed Press • $35

food52: your do-anything kitchen THE trusty guide to a smarter, tidier, happier space

Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs Ten Speed Press • $20

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Cooking with copper seemed so intimidating. When I saw new pots in cooking stores, and antique ones that were too well worn, I wondered if I would ever learn to cook with copper, but these old world-meets-new world pots from Scanpan make it easy.

James Oseland Ten Speed Press • $25

Pilgrim’s Chair (Madame Eglantyne)

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This chair, “Wife of Bath”, really captured my imagination.

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ARCHETYPE JEANINE HAITH

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“I historically haven’t been a cook but with the COVID pandemic I’ve been inspired to spend more time in the kitchen. Currently my go-tos for fun and inspiration are “Between Harlem and Heaven” and “Meals, Music, and Muses: Recipes From My African American Kitchen.”

BETWEEN HARLEM AND HEAVEN

JJ Johnson and Alexander Smalls with Veronica Chambers Flatiron Books Macmillan • $38

Cutting boards: plastic, wood or other?

I’m a traditionalist….WOOD! I especially like butcher blocks built into kitchen countertops

by Grothouse Lumber Company.

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“Cooking is one of the strongest ceremonies for life.”

Laura Esquivel, Mexican novelist, screenwriter and politician

meals, music and muses: recipes from my african american kitchen

Alexander Smalls with Veronica Chambers Flatiron Books Macmillan • $35

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High-fives for your kitchen shelf from two seasoned foodies: ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME contributing editor Alice Garbarini Hurley and Sharon Franke, president of Les Dames d’Escoffier New York.

Sterling silver place setting for everyday use or something less formal?

I’m a sucker for sterling silver. If used every day it will keep its shine and last forever. I’m always on the hunt for vintage pieces from American silversmiths such as the “Chinese Key Collection” from Allan Adler.

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Hurley’s Hits

• The Joy of Cooking, Irma S. Rombauer. Time-honored recipes for every level of cook, and a beloved apple pie. (My Dad gave me my inscribed copy.)

• In the Kitchen with a Good Appetite, New York Times columnist Melissa Clark. Winner dinners and desserts, from lemony roast chicken to buttery gingerbread cookies.

• The Oh She Glows Cookbook, Angela Liddon. All vegan all the time – dips, mains and a killer, chilled chocolateespresso tart. (I have a vegan daughter.)

• The Cake Bible, Rose Levy Beranbaum. Takes the cake, but also the dreamiest waffles and fluffiest blueberry pancakes.

My husband has made them since the 1990s, and the splattered pages prove it.

Favorite quirky kitchen utensil?

I’m obsessed with this garlic rocker.

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• The Taste of Country Cooking: The 30th Anniversary Edition of a Great Southern Classic Cookbook, Edna Lewis. I’m about to get my hands on this; can’t wait. I love reading and trying Southern recipes.

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Franke’s Faves

• Pasta Grannies: The Secrets of Italy’s Best Home Cooks, Vicky Bennison. In a word, delightful.

• Tartine Bread, Chad Robertson. The man behind San Francisco’s legendary Tartine Bakery shares his techniques. Great for anyone on the sourdough bread bandwagon now.

• Sababa, Fresh, Sunny Flavors from My Israeli Kitchen, Adeena Sussman. An instant classic as far as I’m concerned. I’ve already cooked from it many times.

Do you use measuring cups and spoons or are you an expert at eyeballing it?

I use measuring cups. Consistency and order in the kitchen is a must. I love these visual measuring cups from Welcome Industries.

Visual Measuring Cups

• Falastin, Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley. Brand-new Palestinian cookbook from the Ottolenghi restaurants’ executive chef and partner. I already made two recipes and loved them.

• The Food of Sichuan, Fuchsia Dunlop. I’ve marked many pages with Post-its. It’s gotten a lot of buzz; Sichuan is hot. A lot of the core ingredients are even sold out!

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RICE AND SHINE

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TEXT ASHER STOLTZ PHOTOGRAPHY ELSA YOUNG

One could write an historical epic on the virtues of rice. It’s been part of tradition and culture for millennia, representative as humanity itself. A multitude of color, shape, size, texture and purpose.

For six weeks of lockdown I got to look at the top of my neighbor’s forehead poking over my garden wall. During this intense period of isolation and anxiety, she was our connection to the human world. We exchanged ice creams, covert beers and loaves of bread. Once she even sent up her drone to drop off a lavender and fennel pollen.

Our conversations drifted over the course of this time, but we kept coming back to the idea of food security and staple ingredients as a portal of invention.

My neighbor is a photographer of beautiful objects and spaces. I like to putter in the kitchen. Together, we decided to tell the story of some of the world’s most humble ingredients and give them the ovation they deserve.

Rice can comfort. It can transport you to distant lands.

Undaunted by the passing of time, it urges you to steam it, fry it, boil it, pound it. Rice is as versatile an ingredient as has ever existed but remains the most humble.

This is our homage to this simple grain.

1 Clockwise from top: Glutinous short grain rice, Arborio rice, Kuromai black rice, Jasmine rice, Glutinous black rice.2 Arancini with Truffle Ketchup. If you thought risotto was the epitome of comfort food, well, you’re in for a treat. Take that risotto, use it to envelope a creamy chunk of mozzarella, then bread it and fry it until golden. This Roman snack food is a true soul warmer. 3 Chai Tea Rice Pudding Gelato. It’s just an ice cream, tasting of toasted rice and sweet chai tea, staring at you in your mouth, asking you to lick it. 4 Milled glutinous rice.

Store bought glutinous rice flour. Toasted basmati rice.

RECIPES BY ASHER STOLTZ ONLINE AT ASPIREMETRO.COM/RICE

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The reuse of architectural mockups will provide Edgemere Community Garden in Queens with a large shade structure where gardeners can gather. It will also include an event space, as well as a toolshed and a greenhouse. The enclosed structures are all under 300 square feet, so they do not have to undergo the building review process. • A window structure is reimagined as a greenhouse with shelves. The triangular structure reflects the tall buildings which surround this narrow community garden. • The Edgemere greenhouse will be visible from the road so passersby can see the items growing.

Marchioness Egg Prints A set of nine hand-colored antique egg bookplates in neutral colors of white, cream, taupe and beige. marchioness.com

The idea of reutilizing architectural mockups into stand-alone structures is taking root in a community garden in the Edgemere section of Queens, NY. And for the architects at the Manhattan-based New Affiliates architecture firm it’s an idea that should grow.

“These large-scale mockups represent enormous financial and labor investment from the developer,” establishes architect Ivi Diamantopoulou and business partner, Jaffer Kolb of New Affiliates. “They’re highly efficient performance structures built to last. But in the grand scheme of things, in the building industry, they go unnoticed.”

“We literally salvaged it as it was on the way to the dumpster,” notes Diamantopoulou. At the same time, Kolb’s sister mentioned needing a garden shed.

The seed was planted.

The duo invited Sam Stewart-Halevy, a historian who specializes in reuse within architecture (and who also studied with the two at Princeton’s Master Architecture program) to join their effort, which they’ve named Testbeds.

“This can transform not just how gardens will look, but how they will be run,” says Stewart-Halevy. “We’re making not just sheds, but places to talk and gather.”

The effort received heartfelt approval from the city parks department. “We created a dozen placeholder designs,” stresses Kolb.

They decided Edgemere, a neighborhood still recovering from Superstorm Sandy, would be their pilot project. The local gardeners, who had many opinions on the project, are very enthusiastic about the final plan. Now all they need is money to transport and place the structures. The trio is hoping someone in the city’s building and development community will sponsor the $60,000 effort.

“With all that’s going on in the world, in so many ways,” shares Diamantopoulou, “to be fighting for this project as collective space is so important.” THERESA KEEGAN

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Turnkey 4,000 SF, 4/5 BR, 2.5 BA home at sought after Orchard Crest. Htd pool, 9’ ceilings, hdwd fls throughout, butler’s pantry, Mstr Bath radiant htd fls, steam shower, fin bsmt, 3 car garage.

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John V. Schott 973-714-6531, Cell

Stunning custom home for today’s lifestyle. Stylish interior includes a dramatic two-story great room w/ concrete fpl surround,gourmet kitchen w/ 6-burner Viking, luxurious spa-like master bath. 2 acres of level property on a cul-de-sac. Offered at $969,000

Far Hills

Karen Tourville 908-285-0967, Cell

Exceptional home on 10± acres. 9,000 sq. ft. of luxury.

Indoor pool, 6-bedrooms, 5.3 baths. Pond, outdoor lounge, fire pit. Offered at $2,900,000

Mendham Township

The Seavey Group 973-769-2086, Cell

7-bedroom 7600 sq ft resort oasis on over 5 open acres, 6.3 bath with in-law suite, separate apartment, pool, 6 fireplaces, 5-car garage. Offered at $2,995,000

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Tewksbury Township

Ashley Christus 908-625-4116, Cell

“Hilltop” Exceptional views, private setting, gated entrance. The spacious floor plan with 8 bedrooms offers the ideal layout for today’s lifestyle needs of home office, home schooling and recreation. Pool & tennis, 19± acres. Offered at $2,395,000

Mendham Boro

The Seavey Group 973-769-2086, Cell

5 en suite bedrooms, skyline views, soaring atrium opens to living and dining rooms, each with fireplaces. Custom patios and landscaping. Offered at $1,649,000

Chester Township

Lynn Nebel 201-207-6786, Cell

Gracious antique farmhouse on 5 acres once the country home of actor James Gandolfini. Modern pool and pool house, adjacent to preserved lands. Offered at $1,495,000

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Beautiful 6BR home offers resort style amenities. Spacious double island kitchen w/ fpl, walk out lower level, pool & outdoor kitchen. Ideal for home office, home schooling & entertaining. 3 garages $1,399,000

Stunning 5BR estate privately set on 22Âą acs w/ gorgeous views. Beautiful carriage house w/ finished 2nd level, charming 3BR cottage, pool, gardens, expansive terrace w/ outdoor kitchen. 6 garages. $6,950,000

Bernardsville

Harding Twp.

Custom 5BR home privately set on 1.7+ acres. Beautiful kitchen opens to family room, finished lower level w/ wine cellar, 4 fireplaces and professionally landscaped grounds. 3 garages $1,695,000

An exceptional building opportunity! A stunning landscape of rolling meadows and mature trees define this gorgeous setting.

Two 5Âą acre lots available. $1,545,000 & $1,595,000

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Charming architectural features & peaceful setting define this 3BR Colonial w/ a spacious carriage house & pool! A rare offering in a sought after mountain location. 2 garages. $980,000

Updated 4BR Colonial beautifully set on 2 acres w/ pool. Kitchen opens to family room w/ fpl. Finished lower level, dining terrace & covered porch, 4 garages/2 attached 2 detached. $835,000

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Tewksbury Twp: “Fieldcote”, an exceptional estate in the heart of Oldwick w/ 5 bdrs,4.2 baths,luxurious master suite.Sophisticated country living on 5+ bucolic private acres w/ pool, exquisite gardens, koi pond & pastoral views. Offered at $1,695,000 LI NE ST W IN G

MendhamTwp: Willow Springs Farm w/ magnificent views.5-bdr, 6.3 bath Gorgian Colonial, built in 1935 for August Belmont IV of the famous horse-racing family is beautifully restored. Pool, Pool House, pickle-ball court, 6 garages, barn. Offered at $4,495,000

Bedminster Twp: “Oldacre” an 88-AC estate in the heart of hunt country. Living Rm w/ coffered ceiling, fireside Dining Rm, designer kitchen, luxurious master suite, office, Great Rm, 6 bdrs, 5.2 baths.

Pool,cabana,Morton Barn,spectacular views.Offered at $2,995,000

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Far Hills: Stunning 13-room Colonial on 7+ level acres with pool, sports court, home theater, en suite bedrooms and lavish master suite. 4 fireplaces. Beautifully finished walk-out lower level. Offered at $1,795,000

Bernardsville: Bernardsville Mt. estate on 6± acres w/ 6-8 BRs, separate fitness facility; renovated carriage house w/ 2 horse stalls, multi-vehicle garage, 2BR apt; pool; Ellen Biddle Shipman-designed gardens. Offered at $3,995,000

Far Hills: French-style country manor on 10± acres with 6 bedrooms, 9.1 baths. Two-story great room, walk-out lower level. Bluestone terrace, pool, tennis court, stables, pond, long views. Offered at $3,500,000

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Approximately 17,000 square foot custom built country estate offers a great floorplan for large scale entertaining. Custom kitchen, first floor master bedroom suite, indoor and outdoor pool/spa, cabana, regulation lighted tennis court and 6-car garage.

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Ready to move in, brand new, stone and cedar beauty situated at the end of a 2-acre cul de sac setting. Generously proportioned rooms. 6 bedrooms, 6 ½ baths, theater area, wine tasting, wrap around mahogany porch & more! A picturesque 2-acre lot.

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Spectacular 2+ acre setting surrounds this colonial Tudor, beautifully renovated on the 1st floor and lower level. Great layout for entertaining on the 1st floor. Brand new kitchen, huge master bedroom suite, large office and elegant woodworking.

Circular driveway, pool and cabana in outbuilding. 5-car garage!

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2000’s built French Chateau situated on 2.33 gated and fenced acres with tennis/ sport court and lagoon pool with waterfalls. This all brick manor features elegant woodworking, high ceilings and large 1st floor master bedroom. Lower level (with outside entry) theater and wine cellar. 4-car garage. Ready to move in!

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43 + ACRE FAMILY COMPOUND MAHWAH, NJ $18,900,000 English-style country estate on the Ramapo River. Impeccably designed w/7 BRs, 9 baths in main house & 2 BRs, 1 bath in the carriage house above a 20-st. barn. 10-person theater, English pub, video game rm, gym, sauna & steam rm. Turf sports field, basketball ct, infinity pool & private spa in master.

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$1,950,000

Elegantly appointed 6-BR col. w/elegant woodworking, high ceilings & great flow for entertaining. Finished lower level, recreation rm, gym & billiard rm. Multi-level deck, pool & spa with paver patio. 3-car gar. Beautifully landscaped setting overlooking pond.

$3,150,000

Sought after multi-million dollar location! This oversized property is backed by a nature preserve offering complete privacy. 11,000 sf (1st & 2nd floor) sleek & stunning brick manor. Open floorplan, beautifully updated. Lagoon pool with waterfall, patio and cabana. Finished lower level & 6-car garage (2 detached). Private setting.

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Saddle River, NJ

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$2,099,000

Built in 2009, this elegantly appointed center hall colonial offers generously proportioned rooms with a great layout for entertaining, state-of-the-art security system, and beautiful woodworking. Professionally landscaped grounds with heated gunite saltwater pool and generator.

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5 bedroom Hampton’s style shingle & stone masterpiece along the Ramapo River.

9-stall barn opens to limestone jumping area, paddocks and trails. Above the stalls: artist’s loft with separate living quarters. Infinity pool, hot tub, generator and more!

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Franklin Lakes, NJ One of the most spectacular properties in Franklin Lakes. This ultra-private 4-acre estate located near the prestigious Indian Trail Club, was designed for casual living and elevated entertaining. Enjoy year-round fitness, luxurious spa amenities, tennis, indoor basketball court, magnificent open living space & sensational panoramic views from every window. Offered at $3,850,000

Franklin Lakes, NJ Spectacular all-brick 7000+SF home located on a lovely cul-de-sac. The bright and open floor plan, complete with a striking two-story glass-walled great room, large gourmet kitchen and handsome cherry library make for sublime entertaining.

Impressive finished walk-out lower level and an expansive low deck overlooks the private backyard. Offered at $2,299,000

Upper Saddle River, NJ Renovated & expanded American style farmhouse located on cul-de-sac. Welcoming mahogany covered front porch, sun-filled two-story Great Room has built-ins & walls of glass overlooking private yard, white kitchen with professional appliances, huge study & custom mudroom with radiant heated floors. Easy, organized living. Offered at $989,000 CHRISTINE FROSINI, Broker-Associate ®

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Seriously Elegant TEXT GWEN DONOVAN PHOTOGRAPHY JACOB SNAVELY INTERIOR DESIGN TOLEDO GELLER

Posh pied-Ã -terre renovation from Toledo Geller

irginia Toledo and Jessica Geller, the design masterminds behind Toledo Geller, recently put their inimitable spin on a residential renovation in the heart of Manhattan.

Home to a prominent entrepreneur, this apartment in a landmarked Park Avenue building is filled with unique bespoke details and inspirational city views. Consider the drink ledge built into a custom server in the living and dining room, where a brand new wall of floorto-ceiling folding glass doors frames iconic skyline panoramas. Another dramatic aspect of this space is a distinctive 360-degree gas fireplace which rotates for inside or outside use.

“The biggest standout features in this home are the double-sided fireplace and the wall-to-wall glass doors that open entirely to merge the indoor and outdoor living spaces, blurring the lines between the interior and exterior,” Virginia Toledo noted. Spanning the entire apartment, the terrace’s ledge is ideal for perching small bites or cocktails, and a Zen-like meditation area features a water fountain and mahogany daybed.

For the busy entrepreneur-owner, a hip work-at-home space was essential, Jessica Geller said. “The home office is swathed in the most beautiful high gloss gray-blue; it wraps the walls, the built-in cabinetry, the ceiling and all of the trim. It’s a happy color, but it also has some seriousness, which is important because when our client is in New York City, he is usually there for business and needs to focus.”

The understated elegance of the furnishings is paired with some risqué modern art, one of the design duo’s signatures, according to Toledo. “We love a dash of the unexpected, and an interior that is so sleek and polished benefits from having a moment that makes you pause and go, ‘Oh, okay.’”

At the end of the day, this opulent apartment offers a calm respite from the stress of city living, Geller observes. “When we work with clients on pieds-à-terre, we’ve learned that they usually want an experience of simplistic luxury. The space isn’t overly personalized and feels like a luxury hotel where you can pop in at a moment’s notice.”

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Robin Baron’s Magic Touch elebrated interior designer Robin Baron used her magic touch to craft exquisite spaces in the largest unit at a private condominium in Great Neck, New York. Her work on this highly-detailed project began during the pre-construction phase, enabling her to make the home completely custom from day one. Close attention was paid to everything from meticulous planning to an easy visual flow from one room to the next.

This memorable residence blends clean lines, sumptuous textures and bold modern artwork.

Designed for an empty nest couple, they are now enjoying life in their dazzling one-of-a-kind space. “My clients really trusted me to bring to light their vision, and they took a lot of leaps of faith with me,” Baron said. “They had a sense of what they wanted from photos they showed me, something modern and luxe, but my job is to incorporate what they think they want into what they really want.”

In order to achieve that, Baron was met by the challenge of visually separating individual spaces within an open floor plan. “I was able to distinguish each area using form, texture, color, rugs and carpeting. My clients are very into art, so the project ended up being art-centric.”

Art plays a major role in the family room, where the owner’s painting harmonizes with a plush magenta couch while picking up tones from the rug and accessories on the credenza.

“My design inspiration is to take a clean palette and add an eclectic mix of furnishings and accents; I don’t follow one strict era or style,” Baron explained.

Another attention-grabbing design element is an elongated fireplace encased in stone, Baron said. “It sets the tone for the surrounding rooms and there’s graciousness to it, yet it is part of a comfortable space for hanging out.”

While Baron has her own line of furnishings in the Robin Baron Collection, she used a

“I WAS ABLE TO DISTINGUISH EACH AREA USING FORM, TEXTURE, COLOR, RUGS AND CARPETING. MY CLIENTS ARE VERY INTO ART, SO THE PROJECT ENDED UP BEING ART-CENTRIC.” –ROBIN BARON

mix of other designer accents such as the living room coffee table from J. Robert Scott, kitchen stools from Dennis Miller, and her own coffee table design in the den. Decorative painting throughout and custom wallcoverings in the hall and foyer were installed by The Alpha Workshops, a non-profit group who hires workers with disabilities.

The final result? Rooms that are ‘Luxe But Livable,’ one of Baron’s trademarks. “It’s homey and comfortable, and the owners are happy to be there. Every single day they tell me how much they love it.” robinbarondesign.com

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In “Songs Tha Darkies Sang”—a collage series inspired by words from James Baldwin’s now famous 1968 London speech—STAN SQUIREWELL creates works that challenge assumptions about Black identity, sexuality, indigenous culture and more.

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Self-described “visual pack rat,” Stan Squirewell challenges the construct of race.

Harlem-based artist Squirewell likes to point out that Lili’uokalani, the last queen of the Hawaiian Kingdom (1838-1917) would be called “indigenous,” though pictures clearly reveal she is Black. Likewise, his grandmother’s grandmother was Irish and he also had Native American antecedents. “There is no authenticity,” he says, “certainly in terms of identity and racial make-up. I never thought my skin complexion had anything to do with how good or bad I was.”

Then drop this nugget into the mix, something he discovered while researching his heritage: “My family had means and land. One ancestor actually owned a person. My family would have killed you for calling them Black. I had to do a lot of unpacking about that.” History, whether national or personal, is rarely cut and dry.

That partially explains Squirewell’s process. Drawing on tens of thousands of images he’s collected over the years, he prints out what attracts him, cuts elements from them, burns their edges and submerges them in a “baptismal” bath. That way, each element is purged of its old associations and given new Honey Bee

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life in Squirewell’s densely packed compositions, which then pose new questions. He’s not intentional about those questions he insists: “It’s like hip hop. I’m sampling, but I’m doing it with images instead of sound.”

One piece, of a Black man with oversized red lips, a pink boa and a Marie Antoinette wig, teems with ambiguities: Is he a cross-dresser? Why is his face black, but his hand white? Is it blackface? Is that a collar around his neck? What’s with the quasi-ecclesiastical vestments and saintly pose; is it a reference to the Christian church being a place where gay Black men could feel safe?

Squirewell is also fascinated by binaries – not just black-white, femalemale, etc., but binary computer language, which he learned to write in high school, and which he sees in everything: mandalas, the poetry of Langston Hughes, patterns of kente cloth. He carves binary code, mixed with indigenous glyphs, into his frames, further layering on illusory meanings.

Like our identities, he says, “Nobody knows who or what they are, no matter how much research you do.”

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EXPERTEASE STRIKE Fireplaces by Chad Dorsey Design Interior designer Chad Dorsey, known for his signature relaxed style and tailored, modern spaces, has just launched a series of bespoke fireplaces called Strike, inspired by California’s topography – from its mountains to its deserts and sea, Dorsey’s new Strike collection of stone fireplaces is streamlined and sculptural and unlike anything else on the market. Strike pushes beyond utilitarian with modernity and unexpected scale and proportion. The line includes robust finish options that work well in contemporary interiors such as French Quarter, which when used on black marble adds subtle pitting and imperfections, and Breccia Nuvole, which looks like lava, especially with a rough finish. Strike includes seven styles, nine types of marble and limestone, and three finishes (White, Poseidon, Pewter, Nero, Montclaire, Danby, Cream, Charcoal, and Breccia Nuvole). Dorsey’s marble is quarried in South America, while his grey limestone comes from Mexico, and white marble from Vermont. Each original design can be customized for size with a lead time of 8 -10 weeks. chaddorseydesign.com

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SLICE AND DICE

An interview with Jonas Carnemark, CKD, CLIPP

Whether epicure or comfort food junkie, we all find sustenance in our kitchens. And it's not just fuel we find there. From solo moments of reflection with that early morning cup to the companionship and conversation when friends and family gather for dinner, this busy crossroads is what home is all about.

For the ASPIRE HOUSE McLean Designer Show House in McLean, Virginia, Jonas Carnemark of Bethesda MD-based KONST SieMatic has created a space more than ready to meet the myriad demands made on this oh-so-central room.

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Jonas Carnemark is an extreme skier, self-taught audio engineer and guitarist with the eclectic and lyrically irreverent HüsBand. He takes a moment to share his thoughts on the kitchens in our lives with ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME contributing editor Thomas Connors.

THOMAS CONNORS: How do you describe the kitchen you have designed for the show house? Is it a machine or a gathering spot? Is function front and center or does it play second fiddle to comfort?

JONAS CARNEMARK: I like to think of this kitchen as the Swiss Army Knife of this great house. Gather, connect and nourish.

In other words, kick back and relax. Enjoy a sophisticated conversation about art. Search for inspiration online. Watch your favorite cooking show. Host a wine tasting. Wash a small dog – thanks to the super-functional second island. Zoom with family.

And, of course, cook – whether that means preparing an elaborate dinner, nuking a packaged meal or warming up takeout. Whatever adventure awaits, this kitchen is the perfect place to start – and end – your day.

TC: Do you have, for want of a better word, a philosophy of kitchen design?

JC: I believe in being a good steward to the home, to every space where my design takes shape. In kitchens, whether creating a hardworking or entertaining environment, the space has to deliver for everyone in the house. That’s what I call livability. I love to create surroundings that are both practical and pleasing for everyone to use and enjoy, from grandkids to grandparents – a beautiful space that makes you smile years from now.

TC: What is your own kitchen like?

JC: Familiar and well-used. Open and comfortable. Over time, I have pursued new knives, new pans, a better flame. But for me, it’s new techniques that I crave the most. I love the networking I do with chefs I meet in the kitchen industry and of course in the fine dining environment.

TC: Are you a cook? What's your strength in the kitchen and where are you on Jamie Oliver?

JC: I cook almost every night and have been cooking for family and friends since I was a small boy. I do enjoy Jamie Oliver, but I don’t cook in the nude – that often. I have other heroes, like J. Kenji López-Alt [chief culinary consultant of Serious Eats and author of the James Beard Award–nominated column, The Food Lab]. I treat every meal as a rehearsal for the next. One of my favorite meals is my annual Swedish smorgasbord, which allows me three days of nonstop preparation and cooking of much, much good food.

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FOYER: A JENS BENCH IN WALNUT AND FLAX LINEN WEAVE FROM DESIGN WITHIN REACH IS A WELCOMING TOUCH IN THE FOYER.

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Dreaming big is the name of the game. Otherwise, why bother, right? Architect Daniel Burnham certainly felt this when he proclaimed to the leaders of 19th-century Chicago, “Make no little plans.” Burnham’s own ambitious scheme was never fully realized, but the city shaped up pretty well anyway.

Plenty of folks out to build their forever homes would agree with him, but when a family living in a Windy City suburb today shaved 2,000 square feet off the design of the house they were about to build, they still got a home that ticked all their boxes.

“We took a look at their existing design and went through a pretty intense reprogramming exercise,” notes architect

WHEN A MIDWEST COUPLE REALIZE THEY’VE GOT MORE HOME THAN THEY’VE BARGAINED FOR, ARCHITECT FAUZIA KHANANI HELPS TRIM IT DOWN TO SIZE

Fauzia Khanani of New York’s Studio Fōr. “We established priorities, deciding which spaces were essential and which were just nice to have. Having an in-law suite with bedroom, bath and lounge area was very important, so we kept that part of the program. But we reduced the size of the kitchen and made other spaces multi-functional. There was a dedicated mudroom and we incorporated that into a corridor. That was a really good way to shave off 200 square feet.”

Located on a cul-de-sac and spreading over three levels, the Prairie Style-inspired home is amply fenestrated to offer ready views of the outdoors. Built-ins, pocket doors and a banquette equipped with storage are strategically employed to enhance the experience of moving unimpeded through the free-flowing interiors. The judicious use of wood warms up the acutely incised volumes without veering into a retro riff on Frank Lloyd Wright and his kind. One of Khanani’s most striking touches is the brightly hued tile floor in the kitchen which bleeds irregularly into the entry hall. “When you have an open floor plan,” explains Khanani, “spaces flow one into the other. We thought we’d do that with this material, as well.”

At over 4,500 square feet, the house is anything but small.

But thanks to shrewd programming, there’s nothing excessive about it either. And unlike many homes, this residence was not built to ride a current design or stand as a testament to success. Situated on a standard-issue suburban street, it is a home, like its neighbors.

“This house was a long time in the making for this family,” observes Khanani. “The charge was, ‘This is a house that our kids are going to grow up in, that we are going to grow old in, that our grandkids are going to come to.’ This is a house for the long run.”

LIVING SPACE: A GREY PALETTE PLAYS OUT IN THE LIVING ROOM, WITH ITS LIMESTONE CLAD FIREPLACE, CHARLES SOFA BY ANTONIO CITTERIO, AND A POUF AND COFFEE TABLE FROM PATRICIA URQUIOLA.

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KITCHEN: THE HENRYBUILT KITCHEN FEATURES SIMPLE, GREY OAK CABINETRY AND A VIBRANT CERAMIC TILE DRAWN FROM THE DALTILE NATURAL HUES COLLECTION.

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DINING ROOM: A FREE-FLOWING LZF MINI MIKADO PENDANT FLOATS ABOVE A DWR ODIN RECTANGULAR DINING TABLE IN WALNUT.

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Editors’ Picks

FLM CERAMICS SOUNDWAVE TILE by Forrest Lesch-Middelton Pattern #11 in Cast Iron. flmceramics.com AMY STORM & CO BLACK WHITE AND REVERSIBLE TURKISH THROW A super soft, lightweight cotton throw that adds the perfect amount of cozy to your home with a simple striped and stitched design. 40 W x 68 L amystormandco.com PETER OLSON PHOTO CERAMICA COVID-19 NO.1 JAR Wheel-thrown with original photography. peterolson.me PETITES SÉRIES ENTRE ILLUMINÉES LES ARBRES VOYAGEURS FLOOR LAMPS (Helsinky shown). petites-series-entre-illuminees.com ROCHE BOBOIS BOMBOM 2-SEAT SOFA Design by Joana Vasconcelos. roche-bobois.com APHROCHIC SILHOUETTE PILLOW This striking silhouette is an homage to African American women of the 1960s and 70s, whose confidence, freedom of expression and beauty epitomized the “Black Is Beautiful” movement at its height. inthepursuitstudio.com

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Old-School Update Designer Janice Barta freshens up a classic in the Pacific Palisades

TEXT THOMAS CONNORS PHOTOGRAPHY TRUE O’NEILL INTERIOR DESIGN JANICE BARTA

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With multiple countertop materials, the existing kitchen was all over the place. Barta reeled it in using Calacatta marble throughout, Benjamin Moore Decorator’s White CC-20, new hardware and Waterworks plumbing fixtures.

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rom a distance, it can appear that Southern California homes are either hacienda-inspired affairs, L-shaped, post-war ranch houses, or big white boxes with lots of windows to take in the sun and the sea. But from the days of the early movie moguls, plenty of folks in the Golden State have appreciated a sober Tudor manor or center hall Colonial, too.

The Pacific Palisades neighborhood – where Charles and Ray Eames built the now iconic Case Study House #8 in the late 1940s – boasts its share of homes with a traditional East Coast aspect. While these residences often open to a garden rather than the beach (and seem perhaps more appropriate to New York’s Westchester County or Boston’s North Shore), they are designed for full-out living, with amply proportioned public rooms and the kind of old school formality that makes one want to throw a dinner party. Of course, those very assets can run counter to today’s relaxed lifestyle, but when orchestrated by a designer who appreciates the past but is firmly grounded in the present, such homes can be as with-it as any midcentury-modern abode.

In the breakfast room, a classic Saarinen Tulip Table is paired with a suite of Hollywood at Home’s How to Marry a Millionaire chair.

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The relaxed living room is outfitted with furniture designed by Barta, including the custom sectional, coffee table and console.

When LA-based designer Janice Barta – a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of the Arts and Parsons School of Design – got a call to freshen up a relatively new Georgian, it was like going home. Hip to the spatial rhythm of the house and conversant with its detailing, she knew how to tweak it without eradicating the qualities that gave it its substantial presence. Other than transforming a little-used loggia into a playroom where the kids could have fun within sight of the kitchen, Barta didn’t make any major re-configurations. Instead, she “recovered, repurposed and repainted,” giving the house a lighter color palette and refreshing it with new furniture. “The point,” she explains, “wasn’t to apply some idea of open-plan California living, but to consider how to live traditional in a more modern way.”

One factor that played solidly into that making-itnow strategy was the homeowners’ art collection, which includes work by Mel Bochner and Damien Hirst. Putting on her curator’s cap, Barta made a point of finding a home for the various pieces, which had until then been in storage. Life is Beautiful, a pink neon work by L.A.-based Thierry Guetta (a.k.a. Mr. Brainwash), hangs at the end of the main hallway on the first floor. “It’s a very wide hallway and we wanted to treat it as a gallery,” remarks Barta.

“That piece was always going to live there.” And it does.

Barta revivified the client’s existing dining chairs with Scalamandré and Aldeco fabrics.

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AN ESSAY In The Enemies of Books, English printer William Blades bemoaned the dangers lurking in the 19th-century library: bugs and vermin, dust and neglect, servants and children.

Today’s childless book lover who does his own picking up might add Kindle and its kin to that list. But the biggest threat to my books has always been the horror that is moving. Not the borrower who may never return that copy of Alistair MacLeod’s No Great Mischief, or the dog about to nose out my calfskin copy of The Rubaiyat and make like it’s a chew toy. No, when faced with a life change, it’s the seemingly insurmountable task of packing that puts my books in jeopardy. Much as a I love them, not all make the trip from bookshelf to box.

By the standards of the true bibliophile, my library is modest. But no library is modest when it comes time to pack it up. Just puzzling out how to fit books into boxes (you don’t want to bruise the bindings, or fill a box so full it becomes tough to lift ) is enough to make me wonder why I keep The Man Without Qualities, a book I’ve picked up multiple times but never really penetrated.

I have moved three times in the past five years. And each time – after hours of work – I surveyed the dozens of boxes spread before me and went into a panic. “It’s going to take the movers hours just to get these on the truck! I can’t possibly find room for all these in my new place!” And so, with X-Acto blade in hand, I went at each and every box, pulling out each and every volume for a second look, a second estimation. And with new and ever-expanding criteria, I culled and culled until I could cull no more.

Moving this year, three months into the COVID crisis, was different. I was still overwhelmed by the task, still fussed over each box – rearranging the contents and lifting it again and again to be sure it wasn’t too heavy. I still paused from time to time and asked myself, “Shall I get rid of this?” And with that silly panic rising, I’d thrill to the idea that if I jettisoned enough volumes, there’d be so much less to move and wouldn’t that be wonderful? But as the hours passed (the days, actually), I put the brakes on deaccessioning. It hit me ( like “War and Peace” upside the head ) that I had sacrificed enough. Sure, it hadn’t killed me to let go of 800 books over the past few years, but now, with the virus calling the shots, rearranging every aspect of our lives, I was in no mood for more change. I hadn’t seen my family, or sat down to a good dinner with friends, in months. And there was no way of knowing how bad things would still get, or if they would get better. And so, in one of those life’s-too-short realizations, I decided to keep every book I had, read or unread, hardcover or paperback, first edition or Book of the Month Club. Some might say that when life veers precipitously off course, stuff really shouldn’t matter. Stuff may not, but my books do. More than ever.

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Greg Cox

– CONTRIBUTING EDITOR THOMAS CONNORS

Frederic Berthier Architecture

NOVEL DESIGN TEXT DEBORAH L. MARTIN

Project: Paris, France

The study is to the right of the entrance. As well as an art collection, the clients also have a substantial collection of books, and the study functions as a library. The bench is integrated with the desk, designed specifically for this space, and is lit from behind by a window onto the courtyard. Its purity and simplicity of form use materials like wood, stone and leather in a celebration of textures, which are layered to create sensual simplicity. – Frederic Berthier

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Marie Flanigan Interiors

Courtesy Marie Flanigan Interiors

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Project: Los Angeles, California

The room in the home of Chef Ludo Lefebvre was designed to showcase the bookshelves and his collection of more than 1,000 cookbooks. The home expertly exhibits the laid-back yet sophisticated California lifestyle. The library needed to be serene enough for meditation yet stimulating enough to inspire productivity. The room’s design was oriented around the bookshelves, allowing them to be admired from every angle. – Marie Flanigan

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Emilie Munroe studiomunroe.com

Project: Los Angeles, California

The house was a new build designed by Marmol Radziner. The color, floors and shelving are all unique to this room, and as the house was built from the ground up, we always had bookcases on the agenda. I’m a big believer in cozy and small, especially when all the other rooms are much larger, and I’m a big believer in books even if you don’t read! – Kathryn M. Ireland

Kathryn M. Ireland Thomas Kuoh

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Project: San Francisco, California

Contrast was the name of the game in this office. We planned the charcoal black walls with the purpose of providing a grounded backdrop for bright, unique art and accessories. The deep wall color brings a stable and professional feel to the studio, while the fun and unexpected decorative accent pieces show warmth and personality. These bookshelves were an integral part of the office design as they help communicate the studio’s aesthetic through the display of meaningful decorative objects and books. A great feature of these shelves is that the vertical supports run through the center of the depth of the shelves. This means you can clear existing floor radiators or thick baseboards. Luckily, we had neither in this room, but it’s a design feature we’ve appreciated in other spaces. – Emilie Munroe

Laureen Rossouw

Tim Beddow

@laureenrossouw

Greg Cox

Project: Cape Town, South Africa

The walls in the library/TV room are covered in local art and memorabilia. The double-sided Victorian railway clock was a starting point for much of the interior motifs. Our favorite space has a double volume black-painted steel bookcase which is both functional – storage for our vast collection of books – and a signature feature of the apartment. I wanted the apartment to feel like a smart station hotel, and then I saw a picture in a magazine of a steel bookcase with a ladder and a platform and that fit my idea of the railway station. That became my storyboard for the apartment.

– Laureen Rossouw

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Liz Caan & Co. lizcaan.com

Michael J. Lee

Emmanuel de Bayser

Wellesley, Massachusetts

This was a family room that was turned into a dining room.

We chose to leave the existing bookshelves because it felt like a cozy place to dine amongst all these characters on the shelves. We decided to style the shelves with colorful book bindings to add organized visual interest. The built-in shelves were simple pine that were very old and original to the house. We painted them the same color as the room to make them part of the envelope.– Liz Caan

Greg Cox

Sara Hillery Interior Design sarahillery.com

Project: Berlin, Germany

Michael Hunter

The library-study nook is lined along one side with large windows and on the other, by a built-in bookshelf I designed.

The Compas Direction table and Standard chair, both with bright green-painted metal detailing, are by French designer Jean Prouvé and placed alongside the table is a sculptural wooden side chair by Charlotte Perriand. At the far end of the space, a Clam chair by Danish modernist Philip Arctander is the perfect spot in which to browse a few selections from my large collection of art monographs and design, film and photography books. The chair’s fluffy upholstery is complemented by the texture of the 1930s Moroccan rug. The oval Utö table alongside the Clam chair is by Danish designer Axel Einar Hjorth, and the table lamp, ceramics and green mirror are all by French midcentury master ceramicist Georges Jouve.

– Emmanuel de Bayser

Project: Houston, Texas

Our client had a massive collection of first editions of the Tarzan books, so we added closets to this room to frame the bookshelves. We collectively call this room the “Tarzan Room.” We wanted to highlight the enormity of the collection by grouping them together. We framed old Tarzan posters over the bed, and we built in lots of display storage throughout the home to show her collection. – Sara Hillery

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Studio William Hefner

The MG Design Lab themglab.com

Libertad Rodriguez

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Laura Hull

Project: Miami, Florida

Los Angeles, California

In my new home, I added these shelves with simple, painted wood moldings in the library. They tie in with the vocabulary of the rest of the moldings in the French Provincial style. The whole room was designed around these shelves, to house my book collection. – William Hefner

Our client is an avid traveler and collector of books. We wanted to pay homage to their eclectic lifestyle by creating an eclectic and colorful composition that included not only books, but artifacts collected through the years. The idea was to have an area where we could exhibit a great majority of the collection, and I wanted the actual bookshelf to be as simple and as ‘transparent” to the eye as possible to let the books and artifacts be the focal point of the room. I didn’t want the built in to be a distraction. The shelves are located in a perfect area, on the second floor of the house by the stairs.

It’s the first thing you see once you are there, and it receives a lot of natural light, which helps to emphasize the different colors and shapes of both the books and the artifacts without overwhelming the space. – Marcy Garcia

Dennis Brackeen Design Group dennisbrackeen.com

Project: Houston, Texas

Pär Bengtsson

The library/study was actually a bedroom and small bath before our remodel. We designed the bookshelves in the room to flank both a daybed for seating and a desk to provide a workspace. Our client had an extensive collection of books which he uses often, so during the remodel we designed the library in the center of the apartment just off the dining and primary bedroom. We were fortunate that the apartment conversion provided the space needed to build the library bookcases, but it did require reconfiguring the entrances and the deletion of plumbing from the prior bathroom. – Dennis Brackeen

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Four Point Design Build fourpointdesignbuild.com

Project: Los Angeles, California

This kitchen design was a direct response to the client’s need to work, rest, prepare meals and read in the space at the same time as other family members gathered for different activities (hence, the TV above the workspace for easy viewing). Building a bookcase into the kitchen is one of our favorite signature design elements. We believe it adds a cozy, inviting, yet stimulating energy and it invites a sense of conversation and relaxation to an otherwise highly functional dedicated space. Built-in functional and stylish cabinetry is our thing.

It’s such a massive space saver, adding visual interest, style, color and tone, as well as so much storage. It is also a grand opportunity to organize and display the client’s treasures, while maintaining consistency in the home’s overall design. – Laura Muller

Valerie Grant Interiors

Peter Rymwid

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Riley Jamison

Project: Summit, New Jersey

This intimate reading nook was created in an unused space on the 2nd floor landing in a home in Summit, New Jersey.

The custom painted wood bookshelves and windowseat were designed around the contrasting dark window to give the family a light-filled space that felt tucked away from the activity of home. The area was accented with plenty of lighting including polished nickel sconces and an overhead ceiling fixture. The space was further detailed with a custom rug with a nailhead border and dramatic art by Misaki Kawai. – Valerie Grant

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ART WORLD

Every Green Day and Every Red Night , , Oil and tar on canvas, 5 x 6

THE SHADOW OF A FIG TREE QUIETS MY SOUL is an exhibition of work by Persian-American artist Reza Derakshani exploring opposing themes of the world. While aesthetically ornamented, the paintings express a duality of experiences and reflect the fullness and ambiguity of life. In the Garden Party series, Derakshani interprets traditional metaphors for heaven and the afterlife, where families communally gather and feast under tents in vivid and idyllic gardens.

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DESIGNER SHOW HOUSE I N PA R T N E R S H I P W I T H

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VICKI GINDI

VIVIAN HUNG + JOE GIAMARESE

KARIN KELLY

AMY MANOR

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TRAM-ANH POPRIK

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ROM ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME comes Market Watch, the world’s most comprehensive digital and print design show. A place to focus on trends, practical design solutions, innovations in design, and new and exciting materials, Market Watch will be a place for brands and designers to showcase their newest collections. Our readers are more focused on their homes than ever before, and Market Watch will help connect them to furnishings and decor that will help make their design projects come to life.

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S U B - Z E R O, W O L F, a n d COV E AS A THIRD-GENERATION, FAMILY-OWNED business, Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove has led the industry in premium appliance manufacturing and developing high-quality products that excel in performance and design. For over 75 years, we’ve set the benchmark with dozens of industry-firsts regarding technology and design. With a heritage of purposeful innovation, our future holds the promise of bringing many more industry-leading advancements through our continued dedication to the research and development of state-of-the-art products at our headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin.

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SUB-ZERO WOLF Classic white kitchen with 48-inch Wolf gas range and griddle

SUB-ZERO WOLF Wolf Convection Steam Oven, E Series Wall Oven, and Vacuum Seal Drawer in a contemporary Italian kitchen.

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AT THE ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS BUILDING, you can shop hundreds of brands to create the perfect environment for residential and commercial projects—from a single kitchen or a signature hi-rise to a boutique hotel or new restaurant. Let the design talent in the showrooms show you the best the world has to offer. Located at 150 East 58th Street, you will find 11 f loors and 40 showrooms featuring luxury kitchens, baths, appliances, cabinetry, tile, f looring, carpeting, shading technology, lighting, high-end furniture and more. The A&D Building offers leading architects and designers, as well as discerning homeowners, the finest collection of premium brands to suit any home design project from modern to transitional to traditional, all under one roof.

SIEMATIC has completely redesigned their signature handlefree recess channel, making it both a visual and tactile experience. LED lighting is integrated into the horizontal and vertical channels, evoking the elegance of fine jewelry cases.

ARTISTIC TILE Textura D’Oro tile in Thassos features hand-rubbed gold leaf in an organic, random pattern.

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FISHER & PAYKEL The Dual Fuel Range, 48�, with hybrid induction and gas rangetop offers an intuitive, high-resolution touch display, generous capacity from two electronic ovens, and comprehensive cooking functions.

ST. CHARLES NEW YORK is launching three new kitchens as part of the new St. Charles Collection, paying homage to architectural integrity, and the values of scale and proportion.

LISTONE GIORDANO Fabrique, designed by Mark Sadler, is part of the Natural Genius collection which comes in six modern colors: FumĂŠe Noir, Graphite, Ciment, Argile, Tabac, and Corde.

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BAUTEAM MI45 kitchen is inspired by the impeccable tailoring of England’s most famous spy, James Bond. Precisely engineered storage insures that there is a place for everything, and everything in its place.

DRUMMONDS The industrial-style Taw vanity basin has a lower shelf that comes in either metal or matching marble. Finishes include unlacquered brass, polished nickel, polished chrome, antique brass, and antique nickel.

CARLISLE WIDE PLANK FLOORS The warm, organic quality of the timbers used in the new Tranquil collection evokes the calming nature of the great outdoors. The collection comes in six finishes, including Sanctuary, shown here.

Market Watch BOSCH The new French Door bottom mount refrigerator offers the premium look of a built-in system in a freestanding format.

The 24� deep cavity sits at true counter-depth for a flawless fit alongside kitchen cabinetry and countertops.

HOLLY HUNT A new portfolio of wallcovering lines includes HOLLY HUNT Walls, Assemblage, and Carlisle & Co. From the materials and colors to the textures and production techniques, each pattern has been carefully selected.

Shown here, Marcato by Assemblage.

LEFROY BROOKS The Zu single-lever ktichen mixer with pull-out hose is part of the new XO collection.

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B&B ITALIA | MAXALTO Antonio Citterio—renowned Italian architect, industrial and furniture designer—has created his most extensive collection to date, for the Maxalto collection. It pays homage to 1930’s Parisian design, while incorporating sustainability, and over 50 new proprietary textiles. Available through B&B Italia.

WEST | WOOD ARCHITECTURAL SURFACES creates custom hardwood wide plank flooring, wall finishes, tables, moldings and other wood surfaces. Choose from a broad range of available options, or create a custom finish.

HANS KRUG The most advanced processes and highest quality finishes are used for everything from vanities and kitchens to walk-in closets and beyond. This spacious vanity is appointed with natural oak veneer, and comes in matte, high gloss, patina, or painted options.

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PARIS CERAMICS Prairie Grass is a water jet design that comes in interlocking modules and a range of customizable colors.

EDWARD FIELDS Bec Brittain’s Taxonomy collection of rugs explores the underlying structures of the natural world. Lamella I is inspired by insect antennae.

FERGUSON The Dornbracht CL1 series is inspired by progressive architecture styles, and can be customized with asymmetrical Swarovski crystal handles.

SUB-ZERO | WOLF The 48� PRO refrigerator/freezer scrubs ethylene, mold, viruses, and bacteria every twenty minutes using NASA-based advanced air purification technology. The Wolf Professional series oven can be stacked with options such as the E Series convection oven.

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FANTINI The Acquafit Dream increases multisensory and environmental comfort, with features such as white light, chromotherapy, and the “Feel” program. Functions can be activated via touchscreen controls. Nozzles are grouped closely together to enhance the experience for total body rejuvenation.

MIELE The French Door Refrigerator is part of the brand’s redesigned MasterCool line, now mobile-enabled to allows users to control the temperatures, switch on programs, and more.

JENNAIR Rise professional-style ranges are forged in mixed metals, and feature diamondetched handles, brushed brass knob collars, and geometric grates.

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POGGENPOHL A new version of +SEGMENTO includes a second handle level, showing how the classic design can be interpreted in a contemporary way using minimal but effective product details. +SEGMENTO presents itself as a monolith made from an earthy, marbled ceramic material with light veins. Also now in a new, elegant opal grey.

GAGGENAU The Vario 400 series double wine cabinet includes individual temperature zones and humidity control in its stainless steel interior.

SNAIDERO Achieve a clean, modern look with the new Reflect white matte laminate cabinets and walls, paired with white limed oak Matrix base and island.

The countertop and backsplash are Silestone Calacatta Gold.

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THE FINAL TO U C H THE FINAL TOUCH TRADE ONLY SHOWROOM IS LONG ISLAND’S premier to-the-trade-only furniture and accessories showroom. Located in Syosset, New York, designers can visit one showroom where they can shop hundreds of vendors and stay local.

Sanitizing stations and socially distanced work areas, plenty of parking, great coffee, and an expert team make The Final Touch Trade Only Showroom a perfect destination to satisfy all your decor needs. thefinaltouchtradeonly.com

CENTURY FURNITURE “Beauty is in the details” and that’s where they started when creating the Century Details Live Edge program.

Design your Slab Dining Table, Console, or Cocktail Table choosing bases, slab tops, and finishes from a large selection of beautiful forms. With just a few easy steps you have a custom live edge piece, designed by you, made by Century.

Marketwatch HUBBARDTON FORGE Handcrafted one piece at a time in Castleton, Vermont, Hubbardton Forge employs the interplay of hand forged metal and light. The Hildene Pendant has metal plates that form a river of light, with LED lights encased in a steel frame.

JOHN-RICHARD’S design team transforms global inspirations into collections of distinctive furniture, artisan-crafted accessories, lighting, mirrors, art, and botanicals that make powerful style statements.

Their relationships with award-winning designers and renowned artists create a fusion of innovation, craftsmanship, and groundbreaking design.

RC FURNITURE The finest in upholstered furniture is produced in a small studio in El Monte, with a commitment to provide luxury, sophistication, cutting-edge design, flawless construction and unparalleled comfort. Products, such as this sectional above, is beautifully showcased in The Final Touch Trade Only showroom. Come visit us to experience the quality that characterizes RC Furniture.

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SHOWROOM Schwartz Design Showroom is curated with the finest selection of furniture, lighting, textiles, accessories, and rugs.

S C H WA R T Z D ES I G N SHOWROOM SCHWARTZ DESIGN SHOWROOM IS AN INTERIORS COLLECTIVE curated for the trade. They are known for collaborating with some of the most coveted vendors in the design industry to offer a dynamic selection of fine furniture, lighting, textiles, decorative accessories, and rugs.

Under the stewardship of third-generation CEO and owner Alexis Varbero, the brand has two showroom locations including New Jersey and Connecticut, and is constantly adding to its roster of cutting-edge manufacturers.

Follow them on Instagram @schwartzdesignshowroom and online at schwartzdesignshowroom.com.

BAKER Founded in 1890, Baker Furniture has been the hallmark of design excellence and uncompromising quality.

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BERNHARDT Beautifully made furniture designed for modern living.

ROMO Romo is a leader in design of exclusive fabrics, wallcoverings, trimmings and accessories for interior design.

MCGUIRE McGuire Furniture is a San Francisco based furniture design studio who have been pioneering design with natural materials since 1948.

RENE CAZARES RC Furniture produces the finest in upholstered furniture with a commitment to luxury, sophistication, cutting-edge design, flawless construction and unparalleled comfort.

TAYLOR KING Taylor King is made in the USA and provides the best products, service, and fashion for a discerning customer.

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BOCONCEPT

MODENA The visual comfort of Modena is due to Georgsen’s decision to soften all sharp edges and corners.

That organic expression continues with soft pull-in stitch details, ample seat thickness and the curve of Modena’s refined arm and sloping backrest.

CONTEMPORARY DANISH FURNITURE BRAND BOCONCEPT is launching new furniture forms including the Modena sofa and other organically-shaped designs by IF Design Award juror Morten Georgsen. Georgsen is a Danish furniture designer based in Valencia, Spain. The award-winning designer is BoConcept’s longest-running design partner, penning bestsellers for the brand since 1993.

His portfolio includes the iconic Milano table, the ever-cool Como, Copenhagen and Bordeaux storage collections and the London bench.

PRINCETON and KINGSTON The Princeton dining chair and Kingston table feature organic forms, soft curves, and a welcoming sensibility, that combine to create a light, accessible, and comfortable designs. The table has an incorporated butterfly extension leaf and mutilple surface options. There are over 120 fabrics and leathers available to customize the chairs.

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A New

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n the tranquil village of Oldwick, everyone knows their neighbors. Peaches and apples are plucked for pies, rolling hills follow the sunlight. With acres of crops and proud old homes, it feels like Maine in New Jersey.

TEXT ALICE GARBARINI HURLEY PHOTOGRAPHY MIKE VAN TASSELL INTERIOR DESIGN KP INTERIORS

For Mary Taggart, a mother of four grown children, maintaining a 19th-century house for decades was a labor of love. But when an electric window candle sparked a fire in January 2018, destroying much of the upper floor, her dream was left charred. Taggart was at work and her kids were out, yet three cats, four dogs, birds and a bunny were home.

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Finch the cat.

“The volunteer fire department and neighbors rushed in to rescue the pets,” says Kathryn Tafaro Platt of KP Interiors, who lives a stone’s throw away. “We were all saying, ‘Where’s Mary?’ and calling her phone. But she was in a meeting.”

Fortunately, Taggart’s home insurer, Chubb, covered a redesign of the first floor.

By May 2019, the family moved back into a place they love even more than before. Under Platt’s eye but with close input from Taggart, the redo involved moving the kitchen from the side to the back of the house without changing the footprint – and adding a clean, sleek mudroom/bathroom, handy with four pet goats and a large dog. An organized pantry and on-the-button conveniences give the kitchen a level of humming efficiency.

“I love to entertain, but my kitchen was seventy-five years old,” says Taggart. Now, the quartz countertops are a great place to line up wire baskets of homegrown tomatoes or eggs from the coop.

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“Mary did not want new,” notes Platt. “So we found a new way to do an old house.” The team uncovered sturdy, original wood ceiling beams and incorporated modern shiplap to blend in on the walls. Since they couldn’t put big ducts in an older house, they installed a sleek HVAC system with hidden vents.

Bespoke kitchen details, which still blend in with the welcome-home country feel, include open shelving, an island with a wirebrushed white oak top, a whisper-quiet Miele dishwasher, farmhouse sink, deep sliding drawers and new windows, even two over the sink that swing out to feed a roaming goat.

The team even cut out a little cat door for travel to the basement litter box.

The designer chose Benjamin Moore paint: November Rain (walls); Revere Pewter (cabinets); and White Dove (trim).

Two twentysomethings live here. Now that many employees have to fashion home offices, the timing is perfect. “They say ‘Work at home? No trouble,’” their mother says with a smile.

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A room of her own Designer Susan Ferrier creates a woman-centric getaway for a client in Florida

TEXT THOMAS CONNORS PHOTOGRAPHY ERICA GEORGE DINES INTERIOR DESIGN SUSAN FERRIER INTERIORS

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French antiques – console tables, light fixture and candle sconces – along with custom, aged mirrors by Amy Smith of Blue Door, add depth to this tone on tone entry clad in white oak.

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Ferrier’s penchant for the curve plays out in the commodious salon, with its sofas draped in De Le Cuona Titania Dawn, an antique wing chair covered in Sandra Jordan Prima Alpaca Lavender Grey and a pair of Waterfall coffee tables from Iatesta Studio. Opposite: Dining nook.

A LY S B E A C H , F L O R I D A

The language of gender is fast-changing, but when it comes to design we often still describe interiors as masculine or feminine. And clients are the first to hit the binary when they attempt to convey to a designer the look they want. That doesn’t mean a man can’t kick back on a chintz-covered sofa or that a woman can’t feel right at home in a wood-paneled library.

But no matter how limiting those adjectives may seem, they still help us to fashion spaces we can feel at home in.

When Atlanta-based Susan Ferrier took on the task of designing a getaway on Florida’s Gulf Coast, her client left no doubt that she wanted interiors that expressed a traditionally feminine vibe. “The color palette – mainly purple and pink – was not one I’d normally work with,” shares Ferrier.

“But my client had recently lost her husband and in this new phase in her life, she wanted an environment that fully reflected her personality.”

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In addition to sourcing materials in “the colors of the sunrise,” one of Ferrier’s key strategies for satisfying her client’s wish was her determined use of the curve. In the ground floor foyer – where the oak-clad walls, beamed ceiling and relatively tight dimensions remind one of a sailing vessel below deck – she moderated the straight lines of the space with cabriole-legged consoles and a pair of large sconces with an espalier aspect. In the main living space, she draped a pair of sofas in grey fabric rather than tightly upholstering the pieces. In the moody blue family room, where the walls are covered in Rogers & Goffigon Sky Dark Teal fabric, Ferrier hung a richly carved antique mirror she acquired in the South of France. “A straight line paired with something that looks like it’s a little bit out of control is always very exciting,” says Ferrier. “And if you are working with a really strict shell, then you can really go for it on the decoration.”

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A pantry (left) and office (right) bracket the sophisticatedly realized kitchen, where salon-inspired seating elevates the ubiquitous central island.

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A guest bedroom, enveloped in a hand stenciled glaze over Sherwin Williams 7577 Blackberry by Jan Hale Studios.

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Serenity of a high order reigns in this family room, with its custom hand-knotted wool rug, Rogers & Goffigon Sky Dark Teal fabric on the walls and the drippingly luscious gold side table from Casamidy.

Color and curves give the home its welcoming ambiance, but equally important is the way in which Ferrier has orchestrated the public spaces on the second floor. “When you are working with an open plan like this, the furniture becomes elevated; it’s more than just objects, it assumes a responsibility for defining space,” explains Ferrier. She not only disposed a wealth of seating around the well-lit room (large, handsomely mullioned windows admit loads of natural light) but established a fine companionship between the living room space and the kitchen that opens into it. “Here too,” she adds, “the kitchen has to be elevated.

Not to be funny, but your living room shouldn’t open to your garage.”

Enveloped in the same millwork that adorns the living room walls, outfitted with gilt-famed mirrors, and topped by a chandelier, the space is more a salon than a machine. While functional to the hilt, the finishes (including the glossy doors that hide the refrigerator) form a seamless complement to the relaxed sumptuousness of the living room. “You have to be consistent,” asserts Ferrier. “The same formal stance had to apply to the kitchen.”

Wary of sounding – as she says – “too woo-woo” – Ferrier speaks of interiors as matters of rhythm, of gesture. “Every house has a vibration,” she suggests.

“We wanted you to walk into this home and feel loved. And when you take something visual and execute in such a way that it touches on other senses, that’s a success story.”

A handsomely contained patio and pool add to the home’s R&R appeal.

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ARCHITECTURE The home’s multi-faceted outdoor space includes this pavilion with hot tub and shower.

A REVERENT CONSIDERATION FOR AN INDIVIDUAL HOUSE IN BROOKLYN TEXT THOMAS CONNORS PHOTOGRAPHY PAUL WARCHOL ARCHITECT ANDREW WILKINSON

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The substantial dormer at the top of the house is an open volume that brings natural light into the master bedroom.

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BUilding anew in an established neighborhood is often an exercise in accommodation. And between zoning restrictions and community concerns, architects frequently get their wings clipped. But grasping the lay of the land and knowing how to negotiate it allows savvy professionals to create buildings that satisfy both the client and the folks next door. Case in point: this street friendly residence in Brooklyn’s historic Gravesend district, designed by New York’s Andrew Wilkinson.

LEFT: Wilkinson’s discreetly layered approach is manifest is this view from the first-floor hallway through the kitchen to the family room beyond.

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Built for a young real estate developer and his family, the home’s massing and profile were devised to meet local codes, which included a specified setback and a roof configuration that did not cut off a passing pedestrian’s view of the sky. While the house will never be mistaken for one of the more conventional homes that have lined these streets for years, neither does it come across as brazen architectural statement. Its stuccoed façade projects a foursquare sobriety, while its detailing – including a compact balcony and a deep dormer – manifests a lively imagination at work. “It’s a Rockette wearing a slightly different uniform,” suggests Wilkinson.

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The home’s relatively straightforward exterior belies the free-flowing spaces within.

Although the interior rides on an open plan, Wilkinson has tailored that well-loved concept to create a clearly programmed environment.

The banquette-lined dining area of the kitchen is separated from the adjacent family room by a screen that ends just short of the ceiling. In the dining room, the table (solid American walnut slab with live edge) sits on an expanse of solid walnut bordered by Absolute Black granite tiles.

Utterly contemporary, the house is no white box, thanks, in part, to such details as the beamed ceiling and towering bookcases in the family room. In fact, the generous use of wood throughout does much to project a truly domestic character. “Modern architecture can manifest very cool,” observes Wilkinson, “but wood and wood veneers humanize spaces, creating a warmth and visual interest, adding another level of texture and pattern.”

When it came to the home’s exterior, Wilkinson had a lot to consider, beginning with the street side elevation, where floor-to-ceiling windows and doors lead to a terrace. To provide privacy, he bounded this outdoor space with a wall of tumbled bluestone from Asia, topped by a horizontal screen constructed of Ipe. “All around this house you see a direct

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response to light, privacy, access,” says Wilkinson. Although the property sits on a double lot, one side is fairly close to the neighboring home, so the architect punctuated that wall with tall, narrow, frosted windows that allow plenty of natural light to filter through. “At the rear of the house, we were less concerned about neighbors being very close because we open up to our yard,” explains Wilkinson, “which is well served with terraces and entertaining spaces and the dining room has windows all around it that open to the yard.”

The Gravesend home was a particularly gratifying project for Wilkinson. “Five years ago, I started doing quite small projects with this client, improving existing properties, and to his complete credit, he recognized I was trying to do things a little bit differently,” relates Wilkinson. “He became incredibly interested in the design process and engaged with the idea of being a little more design driven, rather than just simply a utilitarian brushing things up. And one day, he said, ‘I’m going to be building my own house and I can’t think of anyone to do it with but you.’”

ABOVE: The spacious living room sports some serious seating – David Weeks Studio Sculpt sofa and Craig Bassam and Scott Fellows’ CB-50 Lounge chairs. OPPOSITE: The kitchen millwork – designed by Wilkinson Architects and fabricated

by Jonathan Arnold Inc. – is sawn American walnut with charcoal grey powder coated aluminum pulls.

“All around this house you see a direct response to light, privacy, and access,” establishes wilkinson.

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The elegantly restrained master bed is made of American walnut and features a bench cantilevered on a brass frame. Movable panels on the upholstered wall act as blackout curtains when closed over the windows.

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“Modern architecture can manifest very cool,” observes Wilkinson, “but wood and wood veneers humanize spaces, creating a warmth and visual interest, adding another level of texture and pattern.”

In the dining room, the architect-designed table – crafted by Birnam Wood Studio – is paired with De La Espada ‘Wide Solo’ dining chair purchased through FuturePerfect. The art-like treatment over the cerused white oak sideboard is Nyx wallpaper from Trove.

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ROOTED IN HISTORY

TEXT GRAHAM WOOD PHOTOGRAPHY ELSA YOUNG ARCHITECTURE PERFECT TIPPETT ARCHITECTS INTERIOR DESIGN HEIDRUN DIEKMANN

A BOLDLY AND BEAUTIFULLY RESTORED FARMHOUSE AND BARN COMBINE SUBTLETY AND RESPECT FOR THE PAST – AND A REFRESHING DISREGARD FOR CONVENTION

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S I M O N S B E R G M O U N TA I N, S O U T H A F R I C A

CHAPTER ONE: THE FARM

he story of this house – a century-old farmhouse in the valley of the Simonsberg Mountain in the lush winelands of the Western Cape in South Africa – asserts the owner, “is about a farm with an old soul that was resurrected, land that was brought back to life and the joy of living one’s dream.” Part of that dream was simply to have a place of their own in the astoundingly beautiful winelands around Stellenbosch where the owners studied together in the university town when they were younger.

The couple hoped to find something quiet, tranquil and with beautiful trees. Ironically, this house was overlooked because it was so unassuming and off the beaten path. But it turns out it was exactly what they’d hoped for: it had centuryold trees and orchards, and the feeling that it could “wrap its arms around us and be a space where we would feel safe and secure.”

The main house dates to 1904, and it appears in local history books, where it is described as “a radical departure from the traditional architecture of the Cape country dwelling.” Today, with century-old vines climbing the pergolas over its mosscovered veranda, the house looks as settled as any traditional gabled Cape home. Outside, there is a genuine example of traditional Cape architecture: a barn dating to 1830.

While various kinds of fruit had been cultivated on the farm over the centuries (including grapes, of course), the owners discovered that it had once singlehandedly produced more plums than the rest of the valley put together. “We are not plum farmers, but we thought to ourselves, ‘we can make this work,’” asserts the owner.

So, they replanted the orchards with exciting new varietals and built up the farm to full production. It has been a long, difficult process, but the owner insists, “being involved in the noble process of growing food, with the only standard you live by to do good work,” is tremendously rewarding.

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CHAPTER TWO: THE HOUSE

iving up to its unconventional design, the house becomes a bold statement of individuality and personal taste expressed in humble, honest materials; renovated and decorated with the help of renowned interior designer Heidrun Diekmann.

Diekmann and the owners made very few alterations to the main house. New bathrooms were added and a guestroom outside was made accessible from the inside. The old main entrance was replaced by a bay window extension to the existing bathroom, which now captures views of the valley.

“The vision was to celebrate the existing patina and simplicity of farm life, and to restore the old bones with respect and honor,” she states.

The worn wooden floors were embraced. The pavers on the veranda (or stoep in Afrikaans) were “cracked and wonky,” but many were left alone, celebrating rather than disguising signs of age. Where the thick trunk of the old wisteria creeper cracked a column, it was left untouched. “If you were to fix that, you’d simply destroy the character,” opines Diekmann. Where the stoep was extended, the new clay bricks were treated with a mixture of manure, yogurt and moss so they’d blend with the originals.

When it comes to the furnishings, the materials Diekmann chose speak to farm life: metal, timber, leather, stone. Raw metal (oiled to prevent it from rusting) has been used for shadow lined dado rails, for example. The washstands in the bathrooms have flamed granite tops with hand chipped edges to celebrate the touch of the human hand.

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“INITIALLY THEY PAINTED THE HOUSE WHITE AND LIVED IN IT FOR A WHILE,” HEIDRUN DIEKMANN NOTES. BUT GRADUALLY THE COUPLE BEGAN TO DEVELOP A SENSE OF HOW THEY COULD MAKE IT THEIR OWN, GUIDED BY THEIR LOVE OF NATURE AND THE ETHOS OF AGRICULTURAL HONESTY AT THE HEART OF THE FARM’S OPERATIONS.

“I prefer texture over pattern,” Diekmann shares. In fact, although the fabrics throughout the house are plain – linen, cotton, silk, worn leather and sisal – the variety of their textures and colors becomes a kind of pattern itself. “My preference is for textures with visual and tactile heft, balanced with the gauzy and transparent – like the curtains which filter daylight but still allow the outside in,” she states.

The colors in the house echo the green grasses in the garden and the sunburnt olive and grey of the African savanna. In some rooms, the large-scale prints of works by Dutch Masters on the walls seem to have breached their frames. The midnight blue, yellow and calico in Vermeer’s “Milkmaid,” are picked up in the dining room, and details from his “Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace,” echo in the buttery yellow silk curtains of the main bedroom.

The idiosyncratic collections that adorn tabletops and mantlepieces – memorabilia the owners accumulated over a lifetime – not only catch the eye, but also reveal a “passion for discovery.” Other finds, from feathers to flowers, express a bond with the farm and its landscape.

It’s a way of doing things that reflects Diekmann’s “preference for spaces that have clear and forceful identities, that captivate the senses and command and fulfill the eye.” It’s an approach that beautifully resolves the imperatives of creating a home with individuality and personality, while remaining respectful of history, nature and the life of the farm.

(Previous spread) The formal sitting room is furnished comfortably with worn armchairs, sofas and other pieces in natural fabrics such as linen, cotton, silk, worn leather and sisal. All the materials used in the interior composition, including the floors, the ceiling, the doors or furniture and accessories have been selected for their natural textures rather than decorative patterns. “My preference is for textures with visual and tactile heft, balanced with the gauzy and transparent,” says interior designer Heidrun Diekmann, “like the curtains which filter the bright light of day but still allow the outside in, or shutters which can be adjusted to control the light yet allow glimpses of the garden.” Layered into the room are objects that the owners have collected over a lifetime, telling the story of where they have been, what they love or simply find beautiful. “There should always be a personal, unexpected touch,” asserts Diekmann, “an unusual object that catches the eye and is a surprise, to evoke an emotion.” Flowers, feathers and other finds fill vases and planters. “I simply believe in foraging whatever is out there in the garden,” adds the homeowner. “I pick whatever I can find, whether it be a dried twig or a branch or dried leaves; it’s all there and I think it should be celebrated.” The art here and throughout the house has been collected for enjoyment, irrespective of value – there are flea-market finds, Dutch masters reprinted on canvas and the owner’s collection of Namibian artists (Blatt, Aschenborn, Ossman, Eriksson, von Koenen) as well as the renowned South African modernist Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef, featuring the land and mountains near the owner’s place of birth. The kitchen was simply refreshed and repainted, and the screed floors recoated with floor paint. “I took off all the handles on the doors and drawers, and a blacksmith in Windhoek made new handles for me,” notes Diekmann. “He folds the metal to make a slight indent for your fingers.

Again, it’s the touch of the human hand, which I just think is so important. I enjoy things that can’t be mass produced.” The kitchen island and stools reflect farm life in their materiality: raw metal oiled to prevent it from rusting topped with flamed granite tops with hand chipped edges.

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The study adjacent to kitchen animates an interleading room. The wallpaper is a blown-up detail of a painting in the Rijksmuseum by Dutch painter Hendrik Voogt, and was specially commissioned. “It’s actually a landscape in Tuscany,” shares Diekmann, but it reminded her of the hillsides in and around the Cape covered with pines. The Moooi Spider Lamp playfully complements its more traditional counterparts in the rest of the house. A second living area outside the kitchen has similarly richly textured fabrics and materials: sisal, cane, wood and leather. Where the cement screed floors were looking worn and tired, here and in the kitchen, they were simply painted with floor paint. Air and light are let in through doors that capture the views of the Simonsberg Mountain and the luscious plum orchards.

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The main bedroom and bathroom mimic the palettes of the Dutch masters, specifically Vermeer’s Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace as well as Milkmaid (midnight blue, yellow, calico) and the colors of the African savanna – shades ranging from sunburnt olive to the grey of the bush in winter and the grasses (planted in the garden). In the bathroom, as elsewhere in the house, the washstands have flamed granite tops with hand chipped edges to celebrate the touch of the human hand. The formal sitting room is furnished in comfortably worn armchairs, sofas and other pieces in natural fabrics such as linen, cotton, silk, worn leather and sisal. All the materials used in the interior composition, including the floors, the ceiling, the doors or furniture and accessories have been selected for their natural textures rather than decorative patterns. “My preference is for textures with visual and tactile heft, balanced with gauzy and transparent,” says interior designer Heidrun Diekmann, “like the curtains which filter the bright light of day but still allow the outside in, or shutters which can be adjusted to control the light yet allow glimpses of the garden.” Layered into the room are collections of objects that the owners have collected over a lifetime, telling the story of where they have been, what they love or simply find beautiful. “There should always be a personal, unexpected touch,” says Diekmann, “an unusual object that catches the eye and is a surprise, to evoke an emotion.” Flowers, feathers and other finds fill vases and planters. “I simply believe in foraging whatever is out there in the garden,” says the owner. “I pick whatever I can find, whether it be a dried twig or a branch or dried leaves; it’s all there and I think it should be celebrated.” The art here and throughout the house has been collected for enjoyment, irrespective of value – there are flea market finds, Dutch masters reprinted on canvas and the owner’s collection of Namibian artists (Blatt, Aschenborn, Ossman, Eriksson, von Koenen) as well as the renowned South African modernist Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef, featuring the land and mountains near the owner’s place of birth. (Opposite page) In a room just off the terrace, leading to the guest suite, the owner has blown up a print of Vermeer’s Young Woman with a Pearl Necklace. The Dutch master’s colors inspired the buttery soft yellow silk curtains here and in the main bedroom, as well as the dark, glossy chest of drawers.

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RATHER THAN THE WHITEWASH TREATMENT TRADITIONALLY GIVEN TO CAPE ARCHITECTURE, THE BARN WAS PAINTED KHAKI. “IT SETTLES SO BEAUTIFULLY INTO THE LANDSCAPE WITHOUT STANDING OUT,” SAYS DIEKMANN. BUT IT ALSO REVEALS AN APPROACH THAT IS UTTERLY INDIVIDUAL, WITH A SENSE OF CONFIDENCE AND PERSONALITY THAT DISREGARDS TRENDS AND FLOUTS CONVENTION.

irst, they converted the barn into an office with the help of Richard Perfect and Dylan Meyer of Perfect Tippett Architects. The owner observes that the little restoration and alteration project turned out to be “more than we bargained for.” The foundations needed to be completely rebuilt and the floors replaced. The gable end was threatening to topple over. The restoration revealed the original clay bricks beneath the plaster which are now displayed in their glorious raw state. They contrast with smooth, screeded cement floors in an interplay of raw and refined that is sustained throughout the barn.

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CHAPTER THREE: THE BARN

The barn, which is a traditional gabled Cape building dating back to 1830, was converted into an office with the help of Richard Perfect and Dylan Meyer of Perfect Tippett Architects. “The architects were a joy to work with,” express the owners. “A successful project is always a great collaboration between the owners, architects, designers and craftsmen who make it happen.” Although the foundations had to be rebuilt and the floors replaced, the original clay bricks of the walls were largely intact and could be restored.

They were left exposed with all their signs of age and imperfections, juxtaposed with smooth screeded cement floors for a contact between the original and the contemporary that is sustained throughout. The textures are enriched with timber details and furnishing in natural materials and fabrics. While the utmost respect and care is shown in the restoration of the structure of the barn and its original features, it has been painted an olive/khaki color rather than the traditional white.

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OPPOSITE: Based in Paris, Bordeaux and Geneva – Jean-Xavier Neuville devotes his craft to the art of stylish living. His agency handles event planning, interior design, branding and communications and also assists with well-appointed stays in Bordeaux, the port city in France’s fertile wine region. DINING ROOM: Murano chandelier bought at auction, Emmanuel Layan, Hôtel des Ventes Tourny, Bordeaux. Pyramid table, Wim Rietveld for HAY. Result Chairs, Friso Kramer (1959 for HAY). Silverware, Christofle. Drawing above fireplace, François Avril, Huberty & Breyne Gallery, Paris. LIVING ROOM: Prado sofa and walnut console, Christian Werner for Ligne Roset, Stine Gam and Enrico Fratesi console, GUBI. JH7 table, Jaime Hayon for &tradition. “Ring My Bell” lamps, Arthur Hoffner for Ligne Roset. All from Docks Design, Bordeaux. Yellow and red lamps, HAY Matin by Inga Sempé, HAY Bordeaux. Terrarium, Jade Design (Paris/Bordeaux). Artwork above console, Bretagne by François Avril, Huberty & Breyne Gallery, Paris.

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JEAN-XAVIER NEUVILLE, FOUNDER OF AGENCE NEUVILLE

R EDUX: STEERING

A TRUE COURSE A FRENCHMAN POSSESSING THAT CERTAIN SAVIOR FAIRE, SAW A PROMISING FUTURE IN AN OLD BORDEAUX RESIDENCE NEARLY IN RUINS. TEXT ALICE GARBARINI HURLEY PHOTOGRAPHY CÉCILE PERRINET-LHERMITTE INTERIOR DESIGN JEAN-XAVIER NEUVILLE

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KITCHEN: Island, Bulthaup. Range and hood, Lacanche. Copenhague stools, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, HAY Bordeaux.

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BORDEAUX, FRANCE

Hailing from the North of France, Jean-Xavier Neuville arrived in Bordeaux eight years ago with two suitcases and a fresh master’s degree in architecture. By 2016, the passionate visionary had acquired a weathered duplex built in 1712.

Located in the Saint-Michel district, with its busy town square and basilica, the structure was built on the ditch of the medieval city wall when wealthy merchants and shipowners settled in the southern suburbs. They divided vast districts into private residences – mansions built on the Cours Victor Hugo.

Following his heart, Neuville transformed one historic structure into home base for his firm, which opened in 2018, and ample space for his living quarters. The building had been uninhabitable in the early 2000s; previous owners had planned renovations that didn’t happen.

“I wanted a place reflecting both past and present – a space where life

“This was a typical shipowner’s house, originally a privileged hosting

is good and the sky is always blue,” he adds. Along that line, he had the

venue, capturing ashore the maritime power of its owner,” he notes. It is

walls of the airy pantry behind the kitchen painted a true French blue,

the only property of that era that still stands in such pristine condition.

then hung a Moroccan lamp, antique paintings from Bordeaux and a

“After years of discovering this jewel city through its sumptuous interiors and unique inhabitants, I decided to create my agency here,” he asserts.

“The smell of the old noble woods and the chance to reinvent an interior that had kept all its original features immediately seduced me.”

mirror unearthed at a bargain. He added strokes of bold colors in the library and at the entrance, and vibrant pink accents in a bedroom.

Throughout the space, Neuville incorporated historic and contemporary details. For the dining room, he chose light, flexible vintage chairs from 1959

He poetically praises the region for the “softness of its blond archi-

and lighting found at auction. A classic, time-honored kitchen range and

tecture, generous vineyards and endless lines of majestic pines that never

hood – “Les Pianos Gastronomes,” made in France – is flanked by sleek,

reach the horizon and the sea.”

modern cabinets that close neatly. Stools stand ready at the island so friends

He removed partitions dating to the 19th century and lovingly renovated parquet floors and woodwork. New bedrooms, bathrooms, a library and a

can join him for petit déjeuner – a light breakfast of croissants, jam and coffee, perhaps, eaten in a beautiful place.

handsome green dressing room with wood staircase were carved out of the footprint.

“More than three hundred years have passed, and while the noble floors remain, the other, more modest spaces have been adapted to my way of life,” says Neuville. On the lower floor (the living space), fireplaces and ceilings are still intact, as is the half-moon carpentry that separates the library.

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BEDROOM (TOP LEFT AND RIGHT): Bed linens by Harmonie. Armchair ottoman, designed by Noé Duchaufour-Lawrance for Ligne Roset. Rope Trick lamp by Stefan Diez for HAY. Walnut veneer mirror, IKEA. Lithographs signed by Georges Braque (1882-1963). George Nelson bench, Vitra. Diabolo 50 wall lamps by René Mathieu for Lunel France. Toile Posée by Françoise Avril, Acrylic, BRAFA 2017 Bruxelles. BEDROOM (BOTTOM LEFT AND RIGHT): Bed linens by Harmonie. Office CPH 190 Desk from the Copenhague collection, by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. Audrey chair by Piero Lissoni for Kartell. Desk lamp from Dock Design Bordeaux.

Hanging cupboards, IKEA.

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MUSIC ROOM: On fireplace, glass lamp Murano, Atollo 237, designed by Vico Magistretti. Drawing “Maternité en bleu”, KRBEC Rosemonde (1920-2000). Napoléon chair. Floor lamp Akari 10A, design Isamu Noguchi. Alexander Girard Wooden Dolls for Vitra. Suspension Silk paper, creation by Agence Neuville.

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TOWARD THE STAIRCASE: Lamp on the fireplace by designer Pascal Mourgue for Ligne Roset. Clock QLOCKTWO Creator’s Edition in steel. Armchair Papaï from Lucidi Pevere edited by Cinna. Portrait of Jean-Xavier, photography by Truffles On The Rocks, 2018. KITCHEN PANTRY: Woven hanging lamp, Éditions Vétiver, Bordeaux.

Antique paintings. Emmanuel Layan, Hôtel des Ventes Tourny, Bordeaux.

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This page: This artfully composed ensemble in a hallway includes a work by contemporary German artist Constantin Schroeder.

Opposite: The epitome of the Hoyer & Kast aesthetic: an 1870s dining table from southern Germany, Viennese Biedermeier chairs with the original woven seats, a lacquered wood and brass cabinet from Jan’s family and a ‘50s lamp with pleated paper shade.

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Something old, nothing new

German designers Jan Hoyer and Thomas Kast are happy with the way things were MUNICH, GERMANY

“There’s no accounting for taste.” That old saying is meant as a zinger, a put-down of someone whose discernment seems to be – as another old saying has it – “all in your mouth.”

Like defining the difference between style and fashion, determining what makes for good taste in decor can’t be deduced by some hard-and-fast formula. But we can sometimes trace a couple’s penchant for one look or another by poking around their past.

Munich-based designers Jan Hoyer and Thomas Kast – who include John Fowler, Jacques Garcia and Jonathan Reed in their personal pantheon – live in a 1913 Gothic Revival-style building. Their home is neither a slavish period homage, nor a radical renunciation. Sensitive to the past, but infused with a liveliness born of catholic tastes, the residence combines a sense of settled comfort with an eye-engaging eclecticism.

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An antique silk Persian rug covers a daybed in a corner of the couple’s reading room-cum-dining room.

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A 19th-century country-style Bavarian chest of drawers anchors one corner of the sitting room.

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The elegant sitting room is outfitted with a gilded French coffee table from the 1930s, a Frigerio sofa sporting its original velvet and an antique bronze bodhisattva from Myanmar (formerly Burma).

Jan studied architectural and design history and trained with the well-known decorator Jimmy Thomson in Edinburgh. “That really influenced my style greatly,” he says. “And the rather thrown together country homes of my university friends in Scotland felt so natural and comfortable.” Thomas is the son of an antiques dealer. He grew up traveling Germany with his father to source inventory and learned how to restore art and antiques early in life. “Our style happened incidentally, because we both moved so much in our lives and as creatives never really had much of a budget,” shares Jan. And neither of them liked buying new. “That furniture felt soulless, so instead, we collected unloved pieces from clients’ projects or on our trips.

What you see is a bohemian home of two creatives who learned how to make do without compromising.”

Many people attempt to live with a wide range of pieces from different eras and of varying provenance. But often, their assembled stuff ends up looking more motley than masterful, a matter of chance rather than design. While Jan and Thomas have the benefit of their educations and experiences to guide them, you don’t need to know the difference between

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a fauteuil and a bergère to orchestrate rooms that draw from myriad periods and styles. In addition to practicing strict editing, Jan stresses the importance of creating vistas within a room with focal points that carry one through a space and all its layers. Taking advantage of another eye doesn’t hurt either.

“I tend to come up with the design ideas and keep changing my mind because I see so many influences and things I would like to re-create,” relates Jan. “But Tom is the one who is the talented craftsman. He will tell me if something does not work out and we will adapt the design.”

Although there is a lot going on in the Hoyer Kast home, a sense of thoughtful composition and reassuring order reign. A single pillow on a simple wood chair in a hallway. A trio of drawings hung over a low side table. A select assemblage of little treasures atop a chest of drawers. “Our aim is to create interiors with many layers that suggest the accumulation of generations,” notes Jan, “with the heavy use of traditional fabrics and materials in combination with antiques, one-offs and vintage finds.” It’s an approach they bring to their client’s homes, as well. “We do not want our projects to slavishly copy interiors of a bygone era. We want to show pieces spanning many periods adapted to modern living.”

The homeowners went for a ‘50s palette in the kitchen. The period table rests on a jazzy rug from Missoni Home.

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Welcome to the first PROFESSIONAL PROFILES feature, a new way we connect our readers to some of the best and brightest talent in today’s design world.

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ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME recently reached out to several leading kitchen and design firms to discover their point of view on top trends and new developments in their industry. Their thoughtful responses delve into what motivates, inspires and excites these design pros, and how that passion ultimately breeds success. In future issues we will cover the entire design world for firsthand views about what makes design-related businesses hum, covering multi-faceted companies both large and small. These insights will be a valuable resource for design professionals and their clients as they take on new projects or update existing ones. Be sure to visit our website aspiredesignandhome.com for additional images and more detailed content. GWEN DONOVAN

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TOWN & COUNTRY KITCHEN AND BATH ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME: Where does your inspiration come from when creating stylish kitchens for your clients?

Ginny Padula: That is the thing about inspiration, it can come from so many places. Client’s lifestyles and the architecture of the home are typically a starting point from there we focus on creating personalized spaces that will be beautiful, functional, and enhance their lives for years to come ADH: What is the best or most enjoyable part of your position as a kitchen designer?

GP: I am blessed to be doing something that I am truly passionate about, with that there are many benefits to the “job”, one of my favorite parts of the process is when I present the client’s design packages. This is the point when, through our expertise, their dreaming starts to take form. It is always exciting for a client to see things come together, their satisfaction in what we provide is infectious.

ADH: If you were designing a kitchen for your own home, what would you include?

GP: Good Question, this is like asking a parent to choose which child is their favorite. There are so many beautiful directions to go, it can be difficult to pick just one. The specifics would vary based on which member of the TCKB design team you ask, but I appreciate the use of natural materials, rich finishes, blending clean lines with European influences.

ADH: Is there anything you wouldn’t include in your own dream kitchen? (and why not?)

GP: Countertop integrated soap dispensers, they just always seem to be messy.

ADH: What are some of the most exciting innovations you’ve seen in today’s kitchen industry?

GP: There have been so many innovative storage solutions in cabinetry, when you are working with custom cabinetry as I do, the options are limitless … a designer’s dream!

ADH: What technology features are your clients are including in their kitchen designs?

GP: I am incorporating more appliances that promote healthy living and functionality in using the space. For instance, steam ovens, induction cooktops in addition to gas ranges. Lighting is another feature that has come a long way, we are incorporating lighting in cabinetry through kitchens for functionality.

ADH: How do some of these technological advances help kitchens to be more efficient or organized?

GP: Again, incorporating lighting inside cabinetry has been huge in places like drawers and pantry cabinets. It takes these deep spaces, once difficult to organize and find things in exponentially more functional simply by being able to see everything stored inside.

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ADH: Which manufacturers are on the cutting-edge of the kitchen industry? (can be appliances, countertops, cabinets, flooring, use of recycled materials, SmartHome or Bluetooth features, etc.)

GP: Countertops, particularly quartz products are constantly improving making them more visually appealing to look like natural materials and more durable.

ADH: What are some popular design trends your clients are requesting for their kitchens?

GP: It’s exciting to finally see a shift from the white kitchen, although a white kitchen is classic and beautiful, I am seeing trends move toward color and light stains.

ADH: What 2020 kitchen design trends do you think will be long-lasting?

GP: The finishes that I am incorporating into spaces right now are updated but timeless, especially the stained finishes.

ADH: What is your favorite meal to prepare for a crowd?

GP: Seafood is a staple here at the shore and there is nothing like some little necks prepared on the grill and locally sources fish, crabs, etc.

ADH: What is your favorite meal to prepare if it’s just for you?

GP: A simple pasta dish with veggies, oil and garlic.

ADH: How would you describe your work style?

GP: Collaborative. Each project has a dedicated design team working on it but we are commonly bouncing ideas around the studio to ensure that every project benefits from our collective experience and perspectives.

ADH: Describe your personal design style (rustic, modern, traditional, etc.)

GP: I appreciate aspects of different design elements but are consistently drawn to styles that offer a feeling of effortless luxury and livability, something I strive to incorporate in each space I create.

ADH: What was your first design job?

GP: My first design project was a beautiful restoration of an ocean front beach house. It was one of the large, older homes, with cedar shake siding and a wraparound porch with a swinging daybed! Lots of bedrooms for family and friends. We opened up the main floor layout to take advantage of the ocean views and updated all the bathrooms and kitchen. The client wanted to keep many of the old characteristics of the home, which was fun to incorporate into the interior design.

ADH: What is your favorite kitchen color scheme right now?

GP: Dark. I am loving the rich deep greens, blues, and blacks in kitchens. It makes such a bold statement.

ADH: Complete this sentence: The one thing I can’t live without in my kitchen is...

GP: A Cast Iron Skillet.

ADH: What is the best piece of design advice you ever received?

GP: “Design Matters” I am not just creating a pretty space, as a designer I have the ability to visualize and execute rooms and entire homes that are beautiful esthetically but can improve the lives of those who inhabit them. With that ability comes a responsibility to go beyond the status quo and use the best materials, trades people, and design ideas that the project allows for.

ADH: If you weren’t a designer, what would you be?

GP: I can’t image not being a designer, it is so much of who I am.

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HOME & STONE ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME: Are any of your products sourced from exotic locations?

Sammy Winehouse: We have product from all over the world, but they’re mainly from Europe and the USA. ADH: Do your customers tend to choose neutral colors or are they looking at more vibrant color schemes?

SW: Both.

ADH: Do you have any design consultants on staff to assist your customers? Or do your customers generally know exactly what they want?

SW: Every one of our salespeople are design consultants as well who can help suggest product depending on your likes and wants.

ADH: If I want to buy new kitchen sink or a new faucet, how does your company guide me through the process?

SW: Specifically for kitchen we first look at what is practical and useful then we find something that will match your aesthetic and design.

ADH: What is the best or most enjoyable part of your position?

SW: Seeing the finished product the fruit of our labor (once a customers home is completed).

ADH: What is the most challenging part of your position?

SW: Coordinating between the customer, designer, plumber and/or contractor to make sure everyone is on the same page from design to technicals.

ADH: If you could choose item in your showroom for your kitchen and baths, what would you choose?

SW: A lighted medicine cabinet such as the Robern Uplift.

ADH: What are some of the most exciting innovations you’ve seen in today’s kitchens?

SW: Kitchen sinks with built in ledges and accessories which is super helpful.

ADH: What are some features your company offers that set you apart?

SW: Design advice, great service, very experienced, attention to details, product knowledge, updated displays, and exclusive products.

ADH: What 2020 bathroom trends do you think will be long-lasting?

SW: I think more and more people are going to Intelligent toilets or electronic bidet seats this is a trend I envision will continue and become more mainstream in 10 years from now everyone will have one.

A: Which vanity styles aren’t as popular as they used to be?

H: Floor mounted vanities are really not as popular as before more people are

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BILOTTA KITCHEN & HOME “The things I can’t live without in my kitchen are my Santoku knife, my 6-burner range, and my big stone prep island.”

– Regina Bilotta Partner, Bilotta Kitchen & Home

ADH: What is the best or most enjoyable part of your position as a kitchen designer?

RB: Getting to know the clients and creating solutions catered to their individual tastes and needs.

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ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME: Where does your inspiration come from when creating stylish kitchens for your clients?

Regina Bilotta: I draw my inspiration from my own cooking and entertaining with my family and friends. I always think of people when it comes to shaping the space of a kitchen.

ADH: If you were designing a kitchen for your own home, what would you include?

RB: Lots of space for gathering – I have a big family so gathering and cooking is a big part of our lives. Especially during the holidays, I like everyone to be able to gather and prep together.

ADH: What are some of the most exciting innovations you’ve seen in today’s kitchen industry?

RB: The latest sustainably engineered materials. These are usually less costly to the buyer, friendly to the environment, look great, and wear well.

ADH: Which manufacturers are on the cutting-edge of the kitchen industry?

RB: Our partner factory, where Bilotta Collection Cabinetry is made, continues to build upon generations of traditional craftsmanship with the latest in innovative technology.

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ADH: Is there anything you wouldn’t include in your own dream kitchen?

RB: I’d say a TV. I believe the kitchen is for enjoyment and nurturing of family and friends – there’s no need to bring the stresses of the outside world into this special space – that goes for social media too!

ADH: What 2020 kitchen design trends do you think will be long-lasting?

RB: “Less is more” in design is here to stay – clean, simple lines, details that are easy to live with. Multi-method appliances and advanced self-cooking functions.

ADH: Which past or present interior designer has most inspired you?

RB: My daughter – Sarah Witkin, who continues our legacy with Bilotta Architecture. @bilottakitchens | 212.486.6338 | bilotta.com

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ADH: What is your favorite meal to prepare for a crowd?

RB: My New Year’s Eve Osso Buco, the real thing!

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LAKEVILLE KITCHEN & BATH ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME: Where does your inspiration come from when creating stylish kitchens for your clients?

Richard Sirlin: Each customer’s unique vision.

ADH: If you were designing a kitchen for your own home, what would you include?

RS: A beverage center, or a walk-in pantry.

ADH: Is there anything you wouldn’t include in your own dream kitchen?

RS: Desk. It invites clutter.

ADH: What technology features are your clients including in their kitchen designs?

RS: Charging stations.

ADH: How do some of these technological advances help kitchens to be more efficient or organized?

RS: Convenience and accessibility.

ADH: Which manufacturers are on the cutting-edge of the kitchen industry?

RS: Medallion, Plain & Fancy and Cambria.

ADH: What are some popular design trends your clients are requesting for their kitchens?

RS: Two-tone kitchens, floating shelves, and fewer wall cabinets.

ADH: What 2020 kitchen design trends do you think will be long-lasting?

RS: Minimalism, whites and greys.

ADH: Which past or present interior designer has most inspired you?

RS: Most of my inspiration comes from coworkers and environment.

ADH: How would you describe your work style?

RS: Collaborative.

ADH: What was your first design job?

RS: A modern kitchen with mixed metals.

ADH: What is your favorite kitchen color scheme right now?

RS: Natural rift cut white oak mixed with high gloss white acrylic.

ADH: Complete this sentence: the one think I can’t live without in my kitchen is: RS: Spice rack pullout, trash pullout.

ADH: What is the best piece of design advice you ever received?

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COURTNEY ZANELLI ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME: What is the best or most enjoyable part of your position as a kitchen designer?

Courtney Zanelli: A recent client emailed to tell me how much she was enjoying her new kitchen and said that it represented form and function at its best – seeing my clients happy is something that gives me great joy.

ADH: What are some popular design trends your clients are requesting for their kitchens?

C Z : Most clients want a kitchen design that is both clean and uncluttered while at the same time being warm and welcoming. It’s a balance that is often achieved by the blending of complimentary materials and surfaces that add color and texture to create visual interest. Clients who request painted cabinets are often times willing to stretch their imaginations beyond just white cabinets and are increasingly opting for paint colors with a little bit more color or a blend of painted and stained cabinets.

ADH: What 2020 kitchen design trends do you think will be longlasting?

C Z : Innovations that increase efficiency by simplifying a process as well as those that contribute to a healthy lifestyle are likely to be sustainable trends.

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ADH: What are some of the most exciting innovations you’ve seen in today’s kitchen industry?

C Z : Steam ovens have made their way into residential kitchens and clients love the way that they have enhanced the cooking process and contributed to a healthier style of cooking.

“I draw my inspiration from trusted design books, current publications, KBIS, and Instagram, where I’ve found some of my favorite designers and new vendors to follow.” – Courtney Zanelli Principal/Designer

ADH: Which past or present interior designer has most inspired you?

C Z : Bunny Williams. When I read her book “An Affair with a House” I was hooked!

ADH: How would you describe your work style?

C Z : I am very hands-on and process driven. I have learned to be a very good listener when meeting with clients to truly understand not only their needs but also their style. When project fatigue inevitably begins to set in and clients start to lose focus amidst the numerous decisions at hand, I am able to remind them of their initial goals and personal aesthetic to keep them on track so that they remain true to their own personal style.

ADH: Complete this sentence: The one thing I can’t live without in my kitchen is...

C Z : My coffee pot!

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A: What is the best piece of design advice you ever received?

C: In design school we had a guest speaker who was an established designer who never forgot the early days of his career. His simple advice: take every meeting. He was absolutely right, as you never know what that meeting may yield in terms of future jobs, potential contacts or long-lasting friendships.

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President/CEO RENO’S Appliance

ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME: What are some features your company offers that you feel are unique?

John Cioletti: We have a low-pressure shopping environment in our 16,000 square foot showroom. Reno’s also has a dedicated Customer Service Department to assist clients after their appliances are delivered as well as a trained Installation Team. We have a Corporate Chef on site in our showroom who helps clients with the newer technology available in today’s appliances, and provides recipe ideas and cooking tips.

ADH: Do your customers tend to buy one appliance at a time or an entire houseful?

J C: We do sell quite a few packages for complete renovations or updates. It’s not necessary, but recommended to stay within a suite of appliances in order to get the best pricing from manufacturers. We are also happy to assist clients with single appliance purchases as they may need them.

ADH: What are some of the most exciting innovations you’ve seen in today’s appliances?

J C: Combi-Steam ovens are increasing in popularity as well as air fryers built into ovens. The new Zip Water faucet dispensers are very interesting with chilled, boiling or sparkling water.

ADH: What 2020 appliance trends do you think will be long-lasting?

J C: Healthier cooking, especially with Combi-Steam ovens, is a trend many clients are interested in.

ADH: How would you describe your work style?

J C: I’m a very hands-on owner. I do my best to lead by example. My employees work with me, not for me. There’s nothing here I haven’t done, or wouldn’t do, to satisfy my customers.

ADH: What is the best or most enjoyable part of your position?

J C: My parents instilled in me that integrity and honesty are the most important things in life and I try to carry that through in everything I do.

ADH: What makes you most proud when it comes to your business?

J C: The vision I had for Reno’s Appliance has come to fruition with our showroom being second to none and our treatment of customers is second to none. We pride ourselves on offering the best selection, customer service and sales experience. Reno’s Appliance is also proud of the opportunity we have to give back to the community by not only supporting local school fundraisers and events, but also larger philanthropic organizations, especially St. Joseph’s Hospital.

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Evan Soltoff: Connectivity is critical in our daily lives today and for the future. Including power and charging systems in convenient and discreet spaces allows the homeowner to calm and focus on the art of cooking while keeping up to date on the latest notifications. Eggersmann interior accessories offer device charging and docking conveniently in any drawer of the home.

ADH: What are some popular design trends your clients are requesting for their kitchens?

ES: As people are spending a tremendous amount of time in their house, the kitchen has become even more centric as the heart of any home. A very popular idea now is to create flex spaces that function not only as a kitchen but continue to the living space offering entertainment, seating areas, working and play spaces for the whole family.

ADH: What 2020 kitchen design trends do you think will be long-lasting?

ES: We clearly see a movement back to the natural material core belief.

Eggersmann has always held true to this value however more and more customers are now appreciating and requesting natural materials. Light color woods and deep matt finishes and textures will be popular for many years to come.

ADH: What is the best or most enjoyable part of your position as a kitchen designer?

ES: Through the process of designing a space with one of my clients I really get to know them and many times we become friends. Having a glass of wine or a cup of coffee with them naturally in their new space is the most rewarding feeling because together we have made it home.

ADH: Where does your inspiration come from when creating stylish kitchens for your clients?

ES: My inspiration is derived by the imagination and creativity of our clients and their vision. Through this unique process we have been able to create and develop new innovative products and concepts by listening.

ADH: What is your favorite kitchen color scheme right now?

ES: I’m partial to light natural oak with a straight rift cut grain pattern mixed with dark charcoal tones and materials. That color palette makes me feel calm and relaxed.

ADH: Complete this sentence: The one thing I can’t live without in my kitchen is ...

ES: One thing I cannot live without in my kitchen is coffee. I’m going all day long and I’m a coffee connoisseur who must always have a mug close by. In any personal kitchen space, I’ll always be designing a convenient coffee station to fuel my love for the bean.

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NASH STONE GROUP “Timeless and classic with endless possibilities of color and design application; marble is truly a stone that never disappoints.” – Gabriela Cruz

VP of Sales, Nash Stone Group

ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME: Are any of your stone products sourced from exotic locations?

Nash Stone Group: Yes. Much of our stone is sourced from all over the world. Nash has relationships with European quarries, some in Italy and Spain, through-out the African and Asian continents, and in countries across North and South America, such as Brazil, Canada, and the USA! ADH: What are popular choices for floors?

NSG: Marble, ceramic tile, limestone and porcelain are always wonderful options.

ADH: Do your customers tend to choose neutral colors or are they looking at more vibrant color schemes?

NSG: Most tend to use neutral colors. Every so often a client or designer specifies something bold and unique and we are always pleasantly surprised how beautiful it looks. We love outside-the-box use of color.

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ADH: Tell us a little about your company history.

NSG: NASH Stone Group was founded in 2005 by entrepreneur Daniel Gupta. From the very beginning Daniel has committed to acquiring premium stone. NASH stone experts travel the globe to conduct detailed inspections for stone quality prior to considering stones for their massive showroom. Each stone is carefully handpicked and managed by Nick Gupta, VP of Purchases. This dedication has led this family business to grow into the renowned high end natural stone distributor it is today, located on Long Island, in Farmingdale. Our team cultivates lasting relationships within a realm of customer types (homeowners, designers, architects and builders) in order to forecast future design trends – this has become Nash’s gateway to keeping up with changing times. The individualized attention dedicated to each project sets Nash’s customer service apart from all the rest. If you are looking for LUXURIOUS, RARE and EXOTIC surfaces you can count on Nash to have it. Nash has worked on impressive projects in the Hamptons, NYC and in the tri-state area.

ADH: What is the best or most enjoyable part of your position?

NSG: As the VP of Sales, I truly enjoy the relationships I have made over the years with the design community and homeowners and the best feeling is when I get a personal referral. Also, when designers send me the professional photos of the project it makes me super happy.

ADH: What 2020 stone trends do you think will be long-lasting?

NSG: Marble, marble, and marble. Timeless and classic with endless possibilities of color and design application; marble is truly a stone that never disappoints.

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ADH: What is the most challenging part of your position?

NSG: Making certain that designers and homeowners are up to date with our ever-changing inventory and new product introductions is always a challenge.

We do this by sending out a newsletter with the latest and throwing events to show off the inventory in our showroom. It is a great way to make connections with clients and at the same time, physically show the yard and the inventory. We love events at NASH. Moving forward, we will do smaller, socially distanced events that follow protocol, but we want to continue our close connections with our clients!

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“Inspiration comes from the clients’ needs combined with my natural love for cooking, entertaining and family.”– Melissa Fenigstein Owner of New Age Interiors

ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME: What is the best or most enjoyable part of your position as a kitchen designer?

Melissa Fenigstein: Designing the “heart of the home” brings me so much joy knowing that I am an integral part of creating a kitchen for families to gather in a functional and beautiful space.

ADH: If you were designing a kitchen for your own home, what would you include?

MF: Since cooking is one of my passions I would absolutely have to include industrial capacity refrigeration, an 8 burner gas range and an oversized kitchen island.

ADH: What are some popular design trends your clients are requesting for their kitchens?

MF: Clients are loving black and gold appliances, oversized islands, diversified applications in refrigeration and Smart Home technology.

ADH: What 2020 kitchen design trends do you think will be long-lasting?

MF: Creating multiple computer work stations in or adjacent to the kitchen is a design feature that is here to stay. With so many working from home and the virtual learning that is in place, families need more room for laptops and work.

ADH: How would you describe your work style?

MF: I am high energy, intense and extremely personal and attentive.

ADH: Describe your personal design style: MF: Warm modern with a sense of inviting comfort.

ADH: What is your favorite kitchen color scheme right now?

MF: Black, white and walnut is currently what I am crushing on.

ADH: Complete this sentence: The one thing I can’t live without in my kitchen is...

MF: My Le Creuset Dutch Oven. It is a life changer.

ADH: What is the best piece of design advice you ever received?

MF: So many great pieces of design advice have shaped my career it would be difficult to point out just one. @newageinteriors | 516.597.5005 | newageinteriors.com 233-3 Robbins Lane, Syosset NY 11791

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SAPIENSTONE

Manufacturer of 12mm Porcelain Countertops

ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME: Where are your porcelain slabs produced?

Joy Klein: All of our 129” x 61” SapienStone 12mm porcelain slabs are made from all-natural minerals and are produced in our state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Italy. All items are stocked in our US manufacturing facility in TN or can be found locally at one of our US distributor partners.

ADH: Tell us a little about your company history.

JK: The Iris Ceramica Group was founded in Castellarano Italy in 1961 by Romano Minozzi, Iris is a global leader in the manufacturing of innovative ceramic and porcelain tile slabs. We have always been considered an industry trail blazer because we consistently focus our resources and energy on inventing new ways to improve our products by using the latest production technology on the market. We are always working to find new ways on how to integrate porcelain into our daily lives and merging it with technology, hence the creation of SapienStone slabs, all while creating a production process that has minimal impact on the environment. Our company owned showrooms are strategically located in Chicago, New York, Anaheim, West Hollywood and San Francisco. You can also find SapienStone in many Kitchen & Bath dealers near you.

ADH: What are some popular design trends your clients are requesting this year?

JK: We are seeing a high demand in porcelain countertops that resemble marble-looking features and/or realistic concrete slabs. We have several designs that portray the elegant look of marble that everyone loves, with timeless white hues and faint veining. These types of designs are often used in the heart of the home on kitchen islands or waterfall edges where they stand out and make a statement in a space. We also have concrete and wood slabs that look extremely realistic. These colors are great for outdoor applications and give a minimalistic or industrial design style when applied indoors.

ADH: Why is SapienStone the best option for countertops?

JK: SapienStone porcelain countertops are one of, if not the, most durable countertop material in the market. Our porcelain slabs are harder than most granites available and are heat resistant which allows for unique applications, such as an induction cooktop, where you can cook meals right on top of your porcelain countertop. Interior designers specifically love this feature as it helps create a cohesive, seamless and modern look to a kitchen’s overall appearance.

ADH: What are some of the most exciting innovations you’ve seen in today’s porcelain slab styles?

JK: The most exciting innovation is how high definition the material has become. I come from the natural stone business and have a love for quarried stone, but porcelain has come a long way with its unique availability in through body veining, a wide range of colors and its ability to replicate realistic textures and patterns. I have always felt our product R&D team does an amazing job. Porcelain gives customers an aesthetic option unlike any other material on the market today.

@sapienstone_USA | 312.506.2890 | sapienstone.us

“Customers are selecting white and grey countertops for their classic aesthetic.

Our marble, wood, and concrete designs offer an authentic look with the added benefit of durability.”

– Joy Klein VP of Sales & Marketing, SapienStone

@tilejoy

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ABC STONE

ASPIRE DESIGN AND HOME: What is the best or are any of your stone products sourced from exotic locations?

Lyndsey Belle Tyler: Yes! We source our products from 6 continents and (in normal times) we send our procurement team to these locations on buying trips several times a year in order to ensure that we are only buying the very best blocks and sourcing the top materials available at any time.

ADH: What are some of your top-selling products for countertops? (marble, granite, quartzite, etc.)

LBT: Like everything, the client need dictates the type of material they choose. Clients with young children or those who cook a lot often prefer granite or quartzite that will be more resistant to chipping, staining, and etching. But then there are those who don’t mind the natural wear and tear and aren’t afraid to select marble even for a heavy-use area.

We call that the “Italian attitude” … they want the stone to feel lived in. It’s a point of pride when the countertop starts to show a natural patina that takes on bit of the life that has been lived on and around it.

ADH: What are popular choices for floors? (marble, ceramic tile, limestone, mosaics, etc.)

LBT: Bathroom and foyers do really well with marble. It’s so classic, grand, and welcoming. For other areas, limestones are terrific. They hold up well and look fantastic.

ADH: If I want to buy new kitchen counters or a new floor, how does your company guide me through the process?

LBT: We are so excited about our propriety Digital Stone Catalog. It is how we start every single meeting with clients and it’s really revolutionized the stone selection process. Historically, sourcing stone required clients who wanted to see specific materials to visit vast stone yards or warehouses, waiting as each slab was hoisted into view. The potential for damage to a piece of stone was significant, and it was difficult to understand how unique characteristics would look once several slabs were fabricated and installed together. Nearly four years ago, however, we began the process of transforming the way ABC did business, and at the top of 2020, we officially launched the Digital Stone Catalog featuring Advanced Stone Imaging Software Technology (ASIST). Now, more than 25,000 slabs of stone in ABC’s inventory have been digitally photographed and uploaded to the catalog, which is available to view on 65-inch HD screens in our showrooms or via Zoom meetings virtually. The imaging software color-corrects and scales each slab to the closest 1/16th inch, allowing individual characteristics and flaws to be visible. Once the client narrows their selection, we send high-res photo files that can be directly applied to project renderings. When the client is ready, they can come to the warehouse and see their actual slab before making a final decision.

“I am obsessed with Opera D’Arte and Les Quartes Seisons marbles. They are so colorful and rich… true showstoppers!”

– Lyndsey Belle Tyler

VP of Marketing + Creative Director

ADH: Tell us a little about your company history (when your business started, who founded it, location(s), showroom details, etc.)

LBT: Over the course of our nearly 30-year history, we’ve had the honor of forging relationships with the world’s premier architects, designers, and visionaries. We pride ourselves on being an essential resource and trusted partner to our clients. We understand that no two projects are ever the same, which is why our service is tailored to your exact needs. We continue to evolve our methods of presenting stone to the client and we continue to expand our offerings in hopes that we can create convenience and service that is truly unparalleled. We make it our mission to anticipate the needs of our clients and exceed their expectations at every turn. @abcstone | 516.997.9412 | abcworldwidestone.com Locations in NYC, Brooklyn, Hicksville

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