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THE DESIGN OF A COUNTRY ESTATE: A book offering a grand tour of this stately manor home and its companion buildings, published by Gibbs Smith. Available anywhere books are sold.
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TRADING SPACES
A lifelong resident of the Upper East Side, Designer Jennifer Cohler Mason swaps the neighborhood for a prime spot in bustling Midtown. by Jennifer Boles photographs by Genevieve Garruppo
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FRESH APPROACH
The rigid and angular lines that once defined a Bridgehampton garden have been loosened up in favor of more natural forms. by David Masello photographs by Trevor Parker
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GRACE NOTES
Designer Penny Drue Baird imbues an apartment overlooking Central Park with French flourishes, fabulous finishes, sculptural furniture and a curated collection of contemporary art. by Jennifer Boles photographs by Christopher Sturman
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SERENE SCENE
A new Modern house in East Hampton exemplifies a contemporary design ethos, but one combined with softening forms and colors. by David Masello photographs by William Jess Laird
ON THE COVER: “Serene Scene,” page 86. photograph by William Jess Laird
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Located in the city’s most exciting new neighborhood, this timelessly chic residential tower will offer the ultimate South Florida lifestyle. Beaches and boating, Italian-style dining, and social spaces are just steps from home.
Residential interiors and amenity spaces reflect the global culture and oceanside energy that gives West Palm Beach its unique character and soul. Rich, natural materials, open, light-filled layouts, ocean-inspired elements and masterful craftsmanship touch every detail of design.
Change of Pace
As summer draws to a close, there is a palpable shift in the air. The season that arrived with such promise in June, bringing long, sun-drenched days, cool ocean breezes and the endless possibilities of leisure, now seems to be slipping away all too quickly. The ephemeral nature of summer makes each day feel precious, but by the time August rolls around, one’s mind inevitably turns to the changes ahead: getting the kids ready for school, planning for a busy work and social schedule in the fall, as well as the many important holidays throughout autumn that lead us into winter. ■ The days are still warm, but the sun sets just a bit earlier each evening, casting a golden glow that feels practically magical. Along the coast, lifeguard stands that stood as symbols of summer fun are gradually abandoned, and shorelines take on a more tranquil, introspective vibe. If you like to meditate along the beach, there probably couldn’t be a better time of year than now. That luxurious stretch of time between Memorial Day and Labor Day, which once felt endless, quickly evaporated as August drew to a close, leaving behind a blend of bittersweet memories mixed with the anticipation of fall. ■ On the bright side—and I’m always looking for the bright side—the official end of summer isn’t until September 22, so there are still several weeks to soak up the remainder of the season! But as the seasons change and many of us return to our more traditional daily routines, there’s also comfort in the cyclical nature of life. Summer may pass quickly, but it leaves behind a trail of happy memories that will sustain us through the colder months, and a quiet promise that it will return— hopefully, sooner rather than later! In the meantime, I hope you have a great start to the fall season, which I know will be a glorious one.
Clinton Smith Editor in Chief csmith@candg.com @MrClintSmith on Instagram
Where to Buy Next?
As summer winds down and children return to school, our thoughts inevitably turn to winter plans. Whether you’re dreaming of warm getaways or considering investing in a sunny destination, now is the time to explore new opportunities. ■ The second and third home market continues to buzz with activity, and if you think you’ve missed the boom, think again. The Palm Beaches are particularly alluring for New Yorkers and are a prime example of this vibrant market. West Palm Beach boasts twenty-four residential projects in the works spearheaded by the Hamptons’ Steve Ross’s Related Ross and Miami’s Jorge Perez’s Related Group and others, giving the town a staggering 6,600 new units. ■ Looking for a home to match your car? Mercedes-Benz, Aston Martin and Bentley’s branded towers are all available in Miami.
■ For all-out luxury, consider a $95 million spec house in Manalapan, by the Hamptons’ own Joseph Farrell of Farrell Builders. If you miss that one, Farrell will soon showcase 27 homes at the Palm Bach Polo Club in Wellington. ■ This flurry of development highlights a growing demand for our design professionals (DPs), who have established studios in New York, the Hamptons, the Palm Beaches and Miami. ■ So, if you’re contemplating where to invest next, keep an eye on these markets. The opportunities are vast, and the time to act may be now.
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P.S.! Our December 2024 issue of Palm Beach Cottages & Gardens will be an invaluable resource for finding your next home!
Fine Design (top) Centrally located in Miami, Mercedes-Benz Places is being developed by JDS Development Group. The Mercedes-Benz design team has collaborated with award-winning SHoP Architects (working with ODP), interiors by Woods Bagot, and landscaping by Field Operations. (bottom) In Palm Beach, 2315 Ibis Isle Road is listed by Douglas Elliman’s Ashley McIntosh and co-listed by Chris Leavitt. The Dutch Colonial was built by Albright Construction, with interiors by Lillian Fernandez.
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Selection of Natural Stone Slabs
Michelle Gerson , Founder of Michelle Gerson Interiors, selected Artistic Tile’s Rosa Velluto Onyx for her office desk.
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Join HC&G and the Southampton History Museum for “Insider's View," a selfguided tour of some of Southampton’s most distinguished homes and gardens. A Champagne reception will be held on the grounds of the Rogers Mansion following the tour. 1–4 p.m., Saturday, September 7. For information and to purchase tickets, go to southamptonhistory.org/iv.
HC&G is the proud media sponsor of Guild Hall’s Garden As Art event on Sunday, September 8, featuring a talk in the newly renovated theater at 10 a.m., followed by spectacular self-guided garden tours from 12-4 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets, go to guildhall.org/garden-as-art-2024.
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SET IN STONE
Marble is ubiquitous and has moved far beyond countertops and backsplashes (although the stone still makes a magical statement on those surfaces). Today, marble is taking center stage throughout the home. On the following page, you’ll find dazzling pieces that will inspire and enrich almost any space, such as this Kips Bay Decorator Show House room by designer Michelle Gerson, who blanketed richly veined marble from Artistic Tile not only on the cabinet counters, but also on the cabinet doors—each of which weighs 75 pounds! For the floor, she chose her own Slide design from Artistic Tile that features Nero Marquina and Calacatta Viola marble. The only difficult part used to be how to select just one; however, as Gerson shows, you don’t have to choose—the sky’s the limit.
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With its rounded sides and open shelves, the Hamilton Demilune Vanity from the company’s Edition No. 2 Collection balances a striking scale with subtle intersections, primal geometries and the rhythmic fluting that captures light and shadow on its façade. marmistone.com.
ROCHE BOBOIS
The simple tubular structure of the Mileto Console is a striking design for showcasing a mix of Carrara and Grey marbles. The piece is also avalable in a Rosso Levanto marble. roche-bobois.com.
KALLISTA
From the 002™ Collection, this premium Pressure Balance single control shower trim with upgraded cross handle will elevate any contemporary or transitional bathroom setting. A jewelry-inspired handle featuring hand-crafted Italian Statuary White Carrara is just one of multiple stone and finish options. kallista.com
The Mistral table features a perfect match between the marble top and the ash wood legs, reminiscent of a boat’s sails unfurled by the wind.
WATERWORKS
The Alatri is carved from a hand-selected block of highly figured Prunella marble, projecting modern elegance on an epic scale.
The tub’s hand-finished details include a flat band at the base and gently eased lip. waterworks.com.
SUTHERLAND
The Hurel Zigi table is carved from solid Carrara marble, and adds a sculptural note to any outdoor (or indoor) setting. sutherlandfurniture.com.
can stand alone or be fitted together with the Semper chair, is a relatively restrained combination of radiuses and straight edges. The chair’s lines, combined with the thick, dark layers of red onyx, give Fidus—Latin for trusted—a solidly grounded aura. The chair’s sculpted form, like the onyx, radiates a strong sense of ancient origins. Yet, when connected to the Semper chair, a transformation takes place: it’s as if a primeval object has evolved through time into something more artfully modern. gloriacortina.com.
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Back to School
Here’s the syllabus for your garden reading this autumn
With new gardening books coming out every season, we decided to corral a handful of must-haves, some dating back 100 years but still relevant. We asked some of the garden design professionals working on the East End to tell us about their favorite titles. —Alejandro Saralegui
The Education of a Gardener by Russell Page is a classic from 1962. Page, who designed the garden at The Frick Collection, due to reopen this fall, was an Englishman who humbly described himself as a gardener— yet he designed gardens around the world for the rich and famous.
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The Art of Making Gardens by Luciano Giubbilei Giubbilei really inspires me to learn and grow with my own designs because of the evolution I’ve seen in his work since his time at Great Dixter learning plants. His earlier work, with beautifully detailed spaces using simple plantings, has changed to embrace the use of much more variety, color and texture of plant material that improves the experience of the garden, and I’m working to do the same.
– Jonathan Paetzel, RLA, Principal, Marshall Paetzel Landscape Architecture
Second Nature by Michael Pollan. This is the first book that felt like it related directly to me. I am thinking I should read it again.
– Edwina von Gal, Founder and Chair, Perfect Earth Project
Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs by Michael Dirr is for anyone who is as in love with specimen trees and unique shrubs as I am, and this is the number one resource of its kind. It has a fully pictorial review of nearly every tree or shrub you could consider.
– Roxine Brown, Founder, Creative Director, Harmonia, Inc.
Garden: Exploring the Horticultural World, by the Editors at Phaidon, is a photo-driven, deep dive into the ways artists have found inspiration from gardens throughout history. Wonderful images and very informative—it’s a great summer read, initiating creative thought.
– Dennis Schrader, Co-Founder Landcraft Environments Ltd., and President, Landcraft Garden Foundation
Books that I always enjoy looking through are the ones that Gertrude Jeykll wrote 100 years ago, including Gardens for Small Country Houses and Color Schemes for Gardens. They are wonderful, and cover all the world of garden design.
– Eric Groft, FASLA | Director/CEO, Oehme van Sweden Landscape Architecture
Vita Sackville-West’s Garden Book is not about how to garden or where plants go, but a love letter written by an artist and poet about gardens and plants. – Paige Patterson, Plant Ambassador, Marders
The Gardening Book by Monty Don is so helpful with gardening tips, instructions and inspiration. I find it a very unpretentious guide to gardening.
– Michael Gianelli, Founder and Owner, East Hampton Gardens
Planting the Natural Garden by Piet Oudolf and Henk Gerristsen is a handy book that promotes pesticidefree gardening, plus it includes plant descriptions, best practices and lets me ‘dream’ of someday having an Oudolf-designed garden.
– Beverly Kazickas, Zone III Chair of Clubs for New York State, Garden Club of America
Planting
Planting: A New Perspective by Piet Oudolf & Noel Kingsbury has really expanded my thinking on the characteristics gardenders must familiarize themselves with for each plant, which is especially critical when interplanting species together in the more naturalistic style – Stacy Paetzel, RLA, Founder and Principal, Marshall Paetzel Landscape Architecture
perspective
Piet Oudolf & Noel Kingsbury
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WEST MEETS EAST
Tastemaker Peter Dunham—best known for his stylish L.A. showroom, Hollywood at Home, as well as his covetable interiors and eye-catching textile and wallpaper collections—has launched his first East Coast showroom, Peter Dunham Home & Garden. “For me, design is all about the mix, and I love layering the showroom the way I like to design,” says Dunham. “That’s what makes me happy: art, accessories, vintage, my designs mixed with artisan collabs, juxtaposing new and old. I want to be a resource that feels activated and dynamic.” NYDC, 200 Lexington Ave., Ste. 715, NYC, 646-687-6200, peterdunhamhomeandgarden.com.
Fresh Fabrics
Shani is a joyful new addition to the Peter Dunham Textiles collection and is on view at his showroom in the New York Design Center.
Time & Again
HOLLY HUNT has introduced The First Collection by Vladimir Kagan Design Group. Led by Chris Eitel, Kagan’s protégé and current Director of Design and Production at the legacy brand, this launch includes modern translations of Kagan’s earliest designs: a chair and a table, originally designed for his parents’ home in 1947. Versions of these pieces hit the market in 1948 at the first Kagan store on E. 65th Street in New York City. With these reintroductions, Eitel stayed true to the original form of each piece, making slight adjustments for today’s lifestyle. For the armchair version, he gave the inside of the arms a more sculpted design compared to the original—a feature that honors Kagan’s ethos of sculpting “vessels to hold the human body”—while he kept the outside of the arms a more defined line like the original. There’s also a larger-scale version of the First Chair to better suit the needs of the modern home. Holly Hunt, D&D and A&D Buildings, NYC, hollyhunt.com.
Elegance Underfoot (top to bottom) Parachute, Spray Swirl and Prisma Round designs.
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J.McLaughlin’s new RSVP capsule collection centers around wearable and elevated evening wear with styles that Co-Founder and Creative Director Kevin McLaughlin describes as taking the customer as “close to fashion as she wants to go without taking her over the edge.” When dreaming up the perfect evening wear collection, J.McLaughlin knew that Steven Stolman, who spent more than three decades working in fashion and more recently in interior design, was the perfect partner. The curated collection features designs such as sheath dresses (at right), as well as taffetta gowns, mixed in with pieces that are slightly more casual. To find out about upcoming trunk show dates, follow @jmclaughlin on Instagram, or call customer service at 844-532-5625 jmclaughlin.com.
Fashion First Designer Steven Stolman with his friend, Lizzi Bickford Meadow, wearing one of his new designs for J.McLaughlin.
Responsible for creating more than 60 designs during The Rug Company’s 27-year history, Paul Smith, the master of color and design, once again returns to collaborate on seven new rugs that put a fresh spin on his well-known stripe signature. From a circular prism design to a swirl design in muted jewel tones to one that features free-flowing forms that seemingly float across the design in a refreshing windswept motion, each piece is destined to be a modern heirloom. In addition to stock rugs with available intentory, each design can also be customized to suit any space.
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A Place to Call Home
The title of Amy Kehoe and Todd Nickey’s book is Golden Light: The Interior Design of Nickey Kehoe, and chronciles the design duo’s bevy of design projects they have created from their home base in California. Now, in Greenwich Village, another sort of golden light is emanating from their new storefront on East 10th Street, an East Coast outpost of their Los Angeles showroom, Nickey Kehoe. The 4,000-square-foot space is divided into two areas. The Salon space offers a selection of statement furniture, custom lighting, textiles and bespoke objects. Below the Salon, the Household section pays homage to the utilitarian beauty of everyday items where customers will find an array of products for the pantry, laundry room, garden and beyond. “It was serendipity that led us to our new space in New York,” Nickey and Kehoe explain. “A casual visit sparked our curiosity, and one look inside the brownstone—with its Murano chandeliers and expansive mirrors—had our hearts racing. The grandeur of the space felt like a thrilling opportunity to bring our aesthetic into.” 49 E. 10th St., NYC, 646-970-0020, nickeykehoe.com.
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THE INSIDE SCOOP ON REGIONAL REAL ESTATE
STAR POWER DEEDS DON’TS
The New York City market is showing signs of improvement, and some A-list celebrities are taking advantage, hoping to offload their city pads while there’s a sense of optimism in the air. After more than a decade living in the Greek Revival townhouse at 19 Downing Street in the West Village, actors Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy have put the residence on the market with the Corcoran Group’s Tamer Howard for $9.75 million. Upon purchasing the home in 2012, the couple enlisted BKSK Architects to modernize and open up the 1880s structure, which occupies 3,890 square feet and contains four bedrooms. In
addition, there’s a den with a wet bar, an office, a fullfloor primary suite and a finished basement featuring a wine cellar, laundry, and a cedar closet for garment storage. There are three outdoor areas, one of which is a rooftop terrace with a view of One World Trade Center, and an outdoor kitchen complete with an Ooni pizza oven. They are reportedly looking for a larger home for their family of five.
On West 57th Street, actress Jessica Chastain is also ready to part with her 3,200-square-foot fourbedroom co-op at The Osborne. She bought the residence from composer Adam Guettel for $5.1
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Actress Jessica Chastain is selling this 3,200-squarefoot co-op at The Osborne.
million in 2015 and is currently seeking $7.45 million with the help of Cathy Taub and Ellen Kapit of Sotheby’s International Realty. But the unit’s showbiz clout doesn’t end there: The one and only Leonard Bernstein also lived in the apartment—in fact, it’s where he wrote the score for West Side Story during the 1950s. Chastain tapped design firm Carrier and Company to
renovate the home, which features an abundance of original details such as five woodburning fireplaces, plantation shutters, glass transoms by Tiffany Studio, mahogany paneling, oak parquet floors, pocket doors, built-in window seats and moldings.
At 166 Perry Street, model Irina Shayk is asking $3.995 million—down from $4.2 million—for her 2,450-square-foot threebedroom duplex, which is being marketed by Elliot and Alexander Bogod of Broadway Realty. In addition to building amenities including a rooftop terrace and a gym, there’s a media room and a chef’s kitchen with customizations by designer Laura Kirar.
Across the East River in Red Hook, Brooklyn, artist and actress Jemima Kirke—known for her role as Jessa Johansson in Girls—has placed her 2,382-square-foot five-bedroom townhouse on the market for $2.675 million with Orren Azani of Compass. The house, which was built in 1910, includes a renovated chef’s kitchen, a woodburning fireplace, a wood stove, exposed brick walls and wood-beamed ceilings. Kirke has certainly put her artistic skills to work decorating the home, which is brimming with color and pattern. And fellow artists will surely appreciate the detached studio in the rear of the property.
Jennifer Lopez may be dealing with some personal problems, but a Manhattan penthouse
BEFORE THEY WERE BROKERS:
Martine Capdevielle
French-born Sotheby’s International Realty agent Martine Capdevielle has been honing her eye for decades—first as a beauty and travel editor at magazines including French Vogue, and later as a fashion stylist. “I was lucky enough to travel the world while I was in charge of the travel section at Vogue,” says Capdevielle. “I visited fascinating destinations such as Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Haiti and South Africa, where I worked with the famous German photographer Gunter Sachs.” Upon leaving Vogue in 1981, she transitioned into fashion styling—something she continued to do while living in Argentina, Miami and New York, among other places. In 2004, three years after moving to New York, she decided to give real estate a go at the suggestion of a friend. “I had never sold anything before, but I had always been interested in homes and liked the idea of helping people change their lives,” says Capdevielle, who started at a small boutique firm before joining Sotheby’s in 2011. Plus, she is able to use her experience working with photographers to perfectly capture her listings in the best light. “From photo shoots to digital staging, the visual aspects of marketing a property are so important.” —A. B.
Star Duo In the West Village, 19 Downing Street is being sold by actors Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy, and is currently listed at $9.75 million.
In Focus (above) Capdevielle. (far right, top to bottom) Highlights from her time as an editor at French Vogue. On assignment in South Africa with famed photographer Gunter Sachs.
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languishing on the market isn’t one of them— anymore, that is. After seven long years of trying to sell the 6,540-square-foot Madison Square Park duplex at 21 East 26th Street, the singer and actress has finally found a buyer, who reportedly paid $23 million—nearly $4 million less than the initial ask. (Lopez paid $20.1 million for it in 2014.)
The residence boasts four bedrooms and 3,000 square feet of outdoor space, including a roof deck and a putting green. Aside from a primary suite with two baths, two terraces, and a dressing room, amenities include a media room, a private keyed elevator entry and views of both the Flatiron Building and the MetLife Clock Tower. Chris Pomeroy and Richard Orenstein of Brown Harris Stevens brokered the deal.
—Alyssa Bird
MARKET MANIA
Anyone looking for a clear overview of New York’s current real estate market will be hard pressed to find it, as brokers agree that trends vary wildly from neighborhood to neighborhood. “The direction of the market is price and location specific and is very much driven by buyers’ needs,” says Julie Johnson, a broker with CORE.
“The market has become hyper local,” concurs Compass broker Tali Berzak. “Even within the same neighborhood, properties on some streets transact quickly with multiple offers, while just one street away you might see price reduction after price reduction.” The only constant, says Berzak, is that purchasers know what they want and will wait it out if they don’t find it. “Buyers have become very discerning about location,” explains Berzak.
Even properties with significant price drops in prime areas of the Upper East and Upper West Sides can be tough to close. “With inflation and increased insurance costs, monthly charges have gone up and, as a result, prices have gone down,” says Johnson, whose clients have a contract out for $4.8 million on a four-bedroom unit on the Upper East Side that was originally listed at $7.5 million.
Still, recent second quarter numbers suggest a brightening outlook in Manhattan overall: Closed sales jumped 12.2 percent year over year, rebounding for the first time in two
years; listing inventory increased for the first time in five quarters; and the median sale price rose 12.6 percent to $1.18 million over the prior quarter, according to appraisal firm Miller Samuel. The picture in Brooklyn, however, is more mixed: While the median sale price hit a new high of $990,000, closed sales dropped 4.9 percent as inventory jumped 14.5 percent over the same period last year.
Some experts see the sales market perking up in the months ahead, as recently dropping mortgage rates prompt more buyers and sellers on the sidelines to jump into the fray. Yet, since historic seasonal market swings were upended after the pandemic, says Berzak, the real estate market now more closely correlates to broader trends like the interest rate climate or stock
market, making it more unpredictable. And the presidential election in November throws even more uncertainty into the mix.
As for rentals, both agents see the market remaining strong in the months ahead, even though prices remain high. “Rentals have been off the charts,” says Johnson. Indeed, according to Miller Samuel, new leases jumped 54.3 percent in Manhattan and 300.8 percent in Brooklyn this past July over the same time last year. “The Brooklyn rental market has been especially active for at least three years, starting with a postCovid spike,” says Berzak. “Then, as interest rates started to rise, it made more sense to rent versus buy.” Only time will tell what the future holds, as everything can change in a New York minute.
—Jean Nayar
THIS ISSUE’S
BIG DEAL
Calling all horse lovers: The Hamptons’ current priciest listing is also the most extraordinary equestrian estate on the East End. “What makes this property so rare is that it’s the largest assembled equestrian compound in the Hamptons,” says Bespoke Real Estate founding partner Michael Cantwell, who holds the $125 million listing. Assembled over time by its current owners, real-estate developer Ben Ashkenazy and his wife, Debra, the 80,000-acre property in North Water Mill features a private horse farm that includes boarding stables and training facilities along with riding, jumping, and polo rings. The centerpiece of the massive estate is a 20,000-square-foot eight-bedroom Europeaninspired dwelling that was designed and constructed by builder Jeffrey Collé. Overlooking vast swaths of protected farmland, the home also boasts such amenities as a gunite pool, a pool house that opens onto a 1,500-square-foot terrace and a sunken tennis court. “Abutting the largest contiguous agricultural reserve in the Hamptons,” says Cantwell, “the property is also adjacent to hundreds of additional acres of reserve,” offering its future owners spectacular sunsets and serene country views as far as the eye can see. —J. N.
TRADING SPACES
A lifelong resident of the Upper East Side, Designer Jennifer Cohler Mason swaps the neighborhood for a prime spot in bustling Midtown
BY JENNIFER BOLES | PHOTOGRAPHS BY GENEVIEVE GARRUPPO
Until recently, designer Jennifer Cohler Mason had been a lifelong resident of the Upper East Side. Having lived in both prewar apartments and 1920s-era townhouses, the native New Yorker even located her design firm’s office in the neighborhood so that she could easily walk there from her home. Becoming an empty nester, however, led Mason to turn over a new leaf. Deciding it was time to downsize, the designer found her new home in an unlikely location: a 1970s-era high-rise in Midtown.
Initially drawn to the building because of the opportunity to combine two small adjacent apartments into one residence, Mason says that she was intrigued by the building’s lively history. “It’s an iconic building that I knew about while growing up. It once had a roof-top helicopter pad, and there is even a tale about a former resident having a petting zoo on the roof.” She also appreciated the apartments’ large windows, copious light, and quintessential New York views of The Plaza and Central Park. On the negative side, though, the apartments lacked both high ceilings and the wall space to display the entirety of her modern and contemporary art collection, which is sizable considering that she started collecting in her youth. Nevertheless, Mason purchased and merged the two units, creating a home that blends 21stcentury amenities with a stylish retro vibe.
Given the building’s age, it seems fitting that Sixties and Seventies-era furniture, a longtime passion of Mason’s, plays a leading role in her new home. Two of her favorite pieces reside in the loft-like living room: a bronze and pewter cocktail table by Philip and Kelvin LaVerne and a vintage Vladimir Kagan sofa whose serpentine shape is considered less common, a factor which always drives Mason’s design choices. “As I often tell my clients, we don’t want things everyone else has,” says the designer. She also incorporated a few family heirlooms whose traditional style mixes surprisingly well with her vintage modern furniture. A black chinoiserie desk, which belonged to her grandmother, lives in Mason’s bedroom, while her late mother’s antique chest stands proudly in the entry.
When it came to designing the open kitchen, Mason did the unexpected by forgoing the ultra-contemporary look currently found in many high-rise abodes. Instead, she col-
High-Rise Style (previous spread) The living room features
a vintage LaVerne coffee table and a sculptural Vladimir Kagan sofa. Vintage Jan Ekselius chairs were a score from a Paris flea market. (right) Artwork by Donald Sultan, hovering atop a window, overlooks a dining table and chairs from Artistic Frame. See Resources
laborated with Christopher Peacock to create a space with a modern style of its own. Stone slabs that were chosen for their dynamic veining enliven the white lacquered cabinetry, which is further brought to life with brass hardware and accents that are nods to the ’70s. A similar combination exists in the nearby living room’s wet bar, which was once a closet. Outfitted in blue lacquered cabinetry, marble and brass details, the bar evokes 1950s and ’60s-era New York glamour, according to the designer.
As much as Mason is inspired by the past, she is equally forward-thinking, always looking for new and interesting ways to invigorate her design work. One of her innovative ideas was to float a work by Donald Sultan against a living room window, creating an unlikely scrim that enhances an otherwise unexciting view of a neighboring building. In the family room, the designer applied its geometric-patterned wallcovering upside down for an interesting change of pace. Even now, having been in her new home for only a year and a half, Mason continues to mix things up and refine her home’s design. “I’m constantly evolving and moving forward,” she says. Quoting her great-grandmother, Mason adds, “I don’t want the house of tomorrow. I want the house of the day after tomorrow.” ✹
Alluring Details (far left and above) Orb-like pendants from Lee Broom are a focal point above the island. Countertops are from Artistic Tile, and the cabinetry is by Christopher Peacock. (left) The wet bar area features an array of colorful glassware, the perfect complement to the striking stone surroundings.
Creative Corners (this spread) In the family room, artwork by Calder hangs above an armchair and ottoman from Knoll, both of which are covered in shearling from Edelman Leather. The capacious sofa is from Ferrell Mittman.
Restful Retreats (clockwise from top left) In the primary bedroom, an heirloom desk overlooks the city’s skyline. A custom bed is dressed in linens from Matouk.
The curtain fabrics are from Holly Hunt. The primary bath’s vanity slabs are from Artistic Tile.
The rigid and angular lines that once defined a Bridgehampton garden have been loosened up in favor of more natural forms
BY DAVID MASELLO PHOTOGRAPHS BY TREVOR PARKER
Fresh Approach
Rooms to Grow
(opening pages) A sunken gravel garden on the property of a house in Bridgehampton is edged in boxwood and punctuated by eight-foot boxwood cones; a bronze sculpture of the Faun of Pompeii is set at the center. (this spread) The hedged front entry court is adorned with potted geraniums flanked by Eugenia, Myrtle and boxwood topiaries. See Resources
Ron Wendt needed to break a habit. The prolific and muchin-demand events planner and landscape designer admits to having a penchant for right angles. “I love a right angle because it teaches you where to look and pulls your eye along, especially in a garden,” he says, while looking out into his property’s ninety-degree allées and pathways that culminate in endpoints like an obelisk or plashing pool. But just as pronounced on Wendt’s bucolic acre of land, situated between Sag Harbor and Bridgehampton, is a variety of circles and spirals.
“While I definitely have an inclination for right angles, I learned at school that too many right angles can make a garden feel flat. We’re human and circular forms are part of our nature, too.”
So determined was Wendt, who studied landscape design at Columbia, to introduce rounded, circular shapes into the garden that one day he performed an experiment. “I took a can of white spray paint and made a circle on a part of the lawn to figure out how big I wanted a circle to be on the land. If I don’t like it, I told myself, I’ll jettison the idea.”
Going Round (opposite) An arch of Sweet Autumn Clematis and boxwood spheres form an allée down to the pond. (this page) A dining and lounging gazebo features a circular window as an added decorative accent and offers views of the garden.
Mixing and Matching (clockwise from top left) Elements that appear on the property include dahlias, coleus and Joe Pye Weed. Ferns are also a favorite. A perennial quadrant is hedged by European Hornbeam. The potted plant is an agave. (opposite) A boxwood parterre with Nishiki Willow topiaries.
When they purchased the house, the accompanying land was wild, so much so that it was difficult to tell where their property ended and where the adjacent woods began.
Inspired by the shape of open fiddle-head ferns that appear as spiraling circles turning into themselves, he introduced swirling forms for the garden—notably low-rising boxwood shrubs that have the effect of spinning across the landscape. “The swirls create a third dimension.” Elsewhere, he fashioned a shallow circular fountain/pool with a modest jet d’eau at its center. Even the gazebo he designed features a large circular opening.
In one corner of the garden, Wendt laid a circular bed of gravel, which acts as a kind of carpet for outdoor furniture and features a bronze replica of the iconic Dancing Faun of Pompeii. In keeping with the Mediterranean spirit, he has ringed the spot with potted citrus plants. “It’s a favorite place to sit since it feels like a sunken garden. In winter, it acts like a sun pit, generating enough warmth to sit in there.”
Similar to the circular forms he has introduced among the rectilinear ones are arbors and archways, whose rebar understructures support the greenery, notably Japanese hollies. The idea came to him after he and his partner, Philip MacGregor, created a kind of canopy altar for a client’s outdoor wedding. “For my garden, I started with the idea of making a folly, which are structures I adore. We wound up creating a little enclosed walkway that’s grown in beautifully.”
Wendt and MacGregor purchased their circa-1980s Colonial Salt Box–style house 20 years ago. “I have a real fondness for that style and, luckily, ours was built
in the 1980s, so it’s a very good example of that architecture, yet also a modern house.” When they purchased the house, the accompanying land was wild, so much so that it was difficult to tell where their property ended and where the adjacent woods began. Wendt cut back the overgrowth and plotted out distinct areas. After these two decades, boxwood spheres that line his allée appear to roll their way to the pool, while explosions of hydrangeas erupt throughout the garden. Other perennials provide bursts of color, including seven-foot lilac-hued verbena bushes, lime-colored smoke bushes, pink Joe-Pye Weed, orange heleniums, and yellow and brown sunflowers.
Although the couple designs and creates memorable events for the likes of fashion brands such as Fendi, Gucci, LVMH, and Valentino, Wendt admits that designing his own garden has proven more difficult than work for private clients.
“For myself, on my own property, I’ll admit, it’s hard to see the forest for the trees,” he says, acknowledging the apt metaphor. “You have natural attachments to plants and it’s harder to diagnose whether something is working or not when it’s in place.”
Wendt is frank about another habit he wishes he could break—the slight melancholy that sets in during winter when the garden is not in bloom. “Winter can be tough. Fall is beautiful out here, but it makes me sad to know the garden will come to an end. But a garden needs to rest like we do. Fortunately, It comes back to life, full and lush, just as it had been the year before.” ✹
Making Statements
The property’s pond is surrounded by ferns and Butterbur.
A Japanese Holly tunnel walk leads to an obelisk. (opposite)
The homeowners’ 1952 MG TD is parked at the steps to the front entry.
Grace Notes
Designer Penny Drue Baird imbues an apartment overlooking Central Park with French flourishes, fabulous finishes, sculptural furniture and a curated collection of contemporary art
BY JENNIFER BOLES PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHRISTOPHER STURMAN
Quiet Beauty (previous spread and this page)
A luminous ceiling fixture from Hersh Design complements an antique Italian mirror and console in the gallery. (opposite) In the library, the custom sofa is by Bespoke by Luigi Gentile. See Resources
IIt is hard to top a pre-war apartment overlooking Central Park, or so it was for one couple who had spent decades raising their children in a storied building on Central Park West. Believing it was time for a change, they conducted a thorough search for a new apartment. Finding nothing that came close to the charm and leafy setting of their current residence, the couple decided to stay put, then tasked their designer, Penny Drue Baird, with revamping their longtime apartment so that it felt like a new home.
Prior to Baird’s involvement, the apartment was strictly traditional with time-honored decor that included a classic wood-paneled library and antique European art. Having designed their beach house in Quiogue and discovered that her clients were risk-takers, Baird felt emboldened to suggest that they recast the apartment as a chic, contemporary environment better suited to both their lifestyle and the home’s urban locale. With the couple fully on board with her vision, Baird embarked on a gut renovation that left the original footprint mostly intact while also introducing an entirely new set of finishes and furnishings.
Mindful of the building’s Neo-Renaissance architecture, Baird did not completely abstain from using traditional elements in her quest to modernize the interiors. Rather, she reintroduced them to the apartment in updated ways that prove compatible with the building’s classical style. “The building was built almost a century ago, so it deserves to have its architecture respected,” says Baird. In lieu of conventional trim, the designer used crisply fluted crown molding to set a fresh tone for the entry, whose other striking feature is a sleek two-toned terrazzo floor with brass inlay. For the adjacent living room, she made a bold statement with applied molding, which blazons the room’s walls with a linear pattern that is echoed on the ceiling. The designer even hewed to tradition by adding a mantel to the room’s fireplace, though in the form of a cubist plaster surround.
Dreamy Delights (opposite, top to bottom) In the living room, artwork by Tanner Lawley hangs above a custom cabinet from John Salibello. Custom dining chairs by Bespoke by Luigi Gentile surround an expansive table from Collection Philippe Hurel. (this page, top to bottom) In the living room, a pair of benches are from The Bright Group. The custom sofa is covered in a Scalamandré fabric.
The apartment’s dramatic makeover also resulted in a new complement of furniture that was selected in part for its distinctiveness. Baird’s eye for shapely, even sculptural-looking pieces is perhaps most evident in the living room, where curvy upholstery and cylindrical side tables are joined by a cocktail table comprised of three puzzle-like pieces. Lustrous finishes are another signature of the apartment’s furnishings, ranging from brushed metal to glass and metallic leaf. Even Baird’s lighting selections, such as the entry’s glass ceiling fixture that resembles spun sugar, brim with artistic merit, making them ideal accompaniments to the homeowners’ also-newlycurated collection of contemporary art.
Although Baird makes it a point to treat each of her projects uniquely, there is one thread that runs
throughout much of her work, including this home: French-inspired details. Signaling a departure from its former wood-paneling, the library walls are now sheathed in square pieces of parchment paper, an idea gleaned from the work of the French modernist designer Jean-Michel Frank. The primary bedroom’s recessed bed niche is another quintessentially French moment. Partially upholstered and flanked by builtin closets, the niche—without taking up too much valuable space—provides a cozy spot for slumbering. While the apartment may have a fresh new look, it still feels like home to its owners, whose willingness to be bold paid off handsomely for themselves and their designer. “When my clients go into their home and think it’s the best place in New York City,” says Baird, “then I know I have succeeded.” ✹
Serene Sheen (left) In the primary bedroom, the custom bed covering is by Casa del Bianco. The sumptuous sofa is ideal for taking in views of Central Park. (above) In the primary bath, custom mirrors by Julian Chichester hang above the custom vanity designed by Penny Drue Baird and her firm, Dessins, LLC.
Serene Scene
A new Modern home in East Hampton exemplifies a contemporary design ethos, but one combined with softening forms and colors
BY DAVID MASELLO | PHOTOGRAPHS BY WILLIAM JESS LAIRD
Mike Rupp, his client and one of her two daughters took a seat together. They did so not to discuss his latest furnishing finds for the rooms of their East Hampton home he was working on, but rather just to sit—maybe even bounce up and down a bit. Rupp had taken the two women to his favorite Manhattan upholsterer for a reason.
“I like to have fun with clients,” he says, “get their hands a little bit dirty.” For two custom-designed sectionals in the living room and den, he wanted to make sure that the right cushions, with the right density of filling, would be chosen. “We sat on cushion after cushion,” he recalls, “and I was asking them, ‘What do you like about this one, and what do you think about that one?’ When you really involve a client like this, it makes the experience of their homes more personalized. It creates stories for them to tell. It gives them a deeper connection to important pieces in their home.”
The homeowner, too, remembers the outing well. “We went from sitting on soft cushions to medium cushions, to ones with a hard back and others with a soft back.” Different degrees of firmness were ultimately chosen for each room. “That experience was an example of the best thing about working with Mike,” she says. “Some people just listen to you. Mike hears you.”
Rupp already had a firm metaphorical seating arrangement with the clients, having earlier made design changes in the family’s Upper East Side apartment. While refreshing one of the daughters’ bedrooms, updating it as she had grown up, Rupp and the clients forged a strong working and friendship relationship. “Unbeknownst to me those many years ago, that job would lead me to this dream job of designing all the rooms of their new house,” he says of the
Airy Abode (previous spread) The mudroom features artwork by Joe McDermott. Natural light creates unique shadows on the staircase. (left) In the living room, vintage armchairs by Ueli Berger are covered in a wool from Holland & Sherry. The globe chandelier is by Lumfardo. See Resources
Warmth Within (far left) In the kitchen, bar
in a
are in alignment at a
island designed by Modern Shelter | Architecture. (left) The dining table is from Design Within Reach. (below) An edited mix of accessories rest atop a vintage cabinet that was sourced from 1stDibs.
structure designed by Modern Shelter | Architecture. The house appears at first glance as two separate dwellings—but linked. The public living areas are contained within a structure that assumes an elegant mid-century profile on the wooded site, with its angled roof and generous expanses of clerestory windows. Meanwhile, the two-story bedroom wing appears as a shingled rectangular element off to the side, with an upward sweeping roof, appearing to take flight over the yard and pool. Despite the two somewhat differing architectural elements, everything within harmonizes. The homeowner’s stated desire for “soothing, calm rooms with subtle pops of color” was answered. “I didn’t want bland. We wanted to be able to walk in and feel relaxed, not jarred.”
Well aware of the angular architectural geometries of the contemporary house, Rupp responded with decidedly softer furnishings, many with rounded edges and sinuous undulations. “I like to blur the lines between what might be considered masculine and feminine,” he says. In the primary bedroom, for instance, he brought in a sculptural Roman Thomas chair defined by “flowing curves.” While he points out that its Holland and Sherry fabric is a masculine-feeling wool, he emphasizes that the shape of the chair is “feminine and sumptuous.” Elsewhere, he designed the large sectional in the family room with flat cushion-like arm pads. “I wanted the sofa to be a destination where you could put your head down and take a nap without a pillow.”
One of Rupp’s cleverest and most subtle design approaches is to use an array of colors for rooms, while reversing the color schemes from one room to the next. In the daughters’ bedrooms, for instance, the chairs and beds, while identical, are of different hues, but the colors used in one bedroom appear reversed in the other. “One thing I’ve learned from Mike,” says the homeowner, “is that every room speaks to another room in the house.” In choosing the many varieties of blues and grays, lavenders and greens, or what Rupp says are “tumbled beach-glass shades,” he fulfilled the homeowner’s wish for serenity.
After a couple of years in the house, the homeowner talks about the longest part of the drive from Manhattan to East Hampton, which occurs on a stretch of Main Street in town. “The moment I make the left turn onto the street, I can’t wait to reach the house,” she says. “My husband and I and my children love walking into this home. The experience gets better and better every time.” ✹
stools covered
Holly Hunt fabric
custom
Alluring Oasis Captivating artwork by Jens Nagels overlooks a custom sectional that is covered in a Cowtan & Tout fabric. The family room’s coffee tables, with cushions, are custom by Rupp Studio.
Sweet And Sensible
In the daughter’s bedrom, a vibrant throw from ABC Carpet & Home is the ideal juxaposition to the Candle White paint color by Benjamin Moore. The Finn Juhl chair is covered in plush pink velvet.
“One thing I’ve learned from Mike is that every room speaks to another room in the house.”
—Homeowner
Breezy Living Beitel Landscape Associates designed the landsacpe. The outdoor sofa is from RH, and the swivel chairs are from Room & Board.
LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE SPRING GALA 2024
NYC&G was the exclusive media sponsor of the annual Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Spring Gala. More than 42 renowned designers, guided by Honorary Design Chair and Board Member Christopher Spitzmiller and Design Chairs Lindsey Harper and Harry Heissmann, fully embraced this year's theme, "Flights of Fancy" with their elaborate tabletops that lavishly filled Cipriani 42nd Street.
"Picnic in Provence" by New York School of Interior Design Students
"Fowl Flamboyance" by Alexandra Howard Events & Westerman Design
"Jardin des Papillons" by Tusk Home + Design
"Fête du Flamant" by Jeffrey Quaritius Studio
"Full Color Swoop" by MCM Interior Design
"Pretty Bird" by Dean Yoder Interiors
"00 Dragon" (double-oh-dragon) by Jamie Garcia Design for JHUHN
LENOX HILL NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE SPRING GALA
"Free Fallin" by Jolie Korek & Co.
"Flight of Fancy: Soar through Surrealism" by Paige Boller Art + Design
"Sappho's Way" by Yvonne O'Kane Designs
"Regency Singerie" by Eric Lysdahl Interiors
"Flowerfly" by Harry Heissmann Inc
"Learning To Fly" by Fete Home
"Lara’s Enchanted Butterfly Garden" by Lara Michelle Interiors
"A Flight Among Flowers" by foley&cox
In Good Taste
Eight unexpected wines ideal for any party
Like every year, you make lists. Whether for twenty people or for two hundred, any party is a monumental effort in pre-planning. You scribble down the requisite chores while your internal monologue nags at you: think of a theme (something clever, but not cliché); contact the caterer for a different spread (not that same seafood raw bar); investigate a white tent (the torrential downpour in 2019 was a nightmare); assemble top shelf liquor and figure out a specialty cocktail to batch (the Negronis were a hit last year, so repeat); and buy wines (get those same cases of cheap wines, no one will know the difference).
Wine people will know the difference. They will be thinking, “you spent a fortune on this party, and you serve us overly oaked Chardonnay, insipid Pinot Grigio, and disappointing bubbly.” You can do better than that cheap, industrially produced Prosecco. Here are 8 reasonably priced whites, still and sparkling, that will delight your guests.
Perfumed with wildflowers on the nose and possessing the classic Garganega minerality and an intriguing almond note, Inama Soave Classico ($17) is an eye-opening wine from the Veneto.
Enrico Serafino « Grifo Del Quartaro » Gavi del Commune di Gavi ($21), from Piedmont’s Gavi village, is a noble white with floral, almond, pear and gooseberry scents. With only 11.5% alcohol, it’s both intense and harmonious.
Italy has a wealth of excellent whites made from tasty grape varieties with distinct perfumes. Gavi, from the Cortese grape, is a favorite with its lemon, pear, and melon flavors. The Gavi region in Piedmont holds a DOCG rating for the highest quality. Soave Classico, another beloved white from the Veneto, is made from the Gargenega grape, which has beguiling aromas of peach blossom, apricot and almond. And Carricante, the indigenous grape from Mt. Etna in Sicily, has become a cult choice. With its notes of bergamot and crushed rocks, it’s saline and flinty on the finish.
Albarino and Alvarinho, mostly grown in Portugal and Spain, has aromatic complexity and is citrusy with a subtly bitter note on the finish. And France is your answer for the best sparkling wines called crémants from many regions— the Loire, Burgundy, Alsace and Limoux. Sparkling, made in the méthode Champenoise, which has a second fermentation in the bottle and is aged, is what you want, and reasonably priced aged sparkling cuvées can be found worldwide. I discovered a marvelous one down under in Tasmania. —Baroness Sheri de Borchgrave
An elegant Uruguayan Albarino, aged 8 months in concrete, Garzon Albarino Reserva ($23) has floral and tropical fruit aromas and freshness and finishes with saline minerality.
With its grapes grown at high elevation on the slopes of Mt. Etna, Tenuta Tascante Buonora Etna DOC ($24) has hints of lemon grass, herbs, and slate. Produced by Sicily’s esteemed Tasca d’Almerita winemaking family, it’s a stunning Carricante showing classic volcanic minerality.
Crisp, complex and toasty with grapefruit, green apple, brioche and a hint of nougat on the finish, Jansz Premium NV Cuvee ($30) from Tasmania’s top sparkling house is a best value, and energetic find.
From grapes grown in high altitude vineyards in Martinborough, New Zealand, Craggy Range Te Muna Sauvignon Blanc ($23) has concentrated flavors of stone fruit and kaffir lime, and a distinctly refreshing saline acidity.
From Quinta de Soalheiro, a prestigious wine estate in northern Portugal, Soalheiro Allo Loureiro Alvarinho ($17) has a flavorful blend of 70% Loureiro, displaying delicate floral scents, and 30% Alvarinho, bringing tropical fruit flavors. It’s low in alcohol at 11.5%.
Langlois Brut Reserve ($20) is a luscious Crémant de Loire with nuance, complexity and freshness. With a Chenin Blanc-dominant blend, with Chardonnay and 12% reserve wines, it has lovely white floral scents and is elegant with refined bubbles.
Hamptons Innovation in Design Awards
HC&G celebrated its 12th INNOVATION IN DESIGN AWARDS, followed by an exclusive dinner hosted by JennAir and Ferguson.
first row ) Winners Francis Nicdao and Melanie Stack of Pembrooke & Ives with Billy McAuliffe of Cancos Tile & Stone. ( second row ) IDA sponsor Fifth & Dune Partners’ Michael and Christie Tagliavia. The Baker House 1650 looking picturesque for the post-IDA dinner hosted by JennAir & Ferguson. IDA finalists and architects Charles Haver and Stewart Skolnick. ( third row ) IDA sponsor and finalists Italkraft’s Diana Viera and Melissa Carrillo. IDA Finalist Mabley Handler Interior Design’s Dana Hanley, Austin Handler and Lauren Geiger. ( fourth row ) Our friends at A. Brumont generously provided the wines for the postIDA dinner hosted by JennAir & Ferguson. IDA finalist and architect Lee Mindel and Jose Marty. Sydney Acard of Hamilton Design Associates. ( fifth row ) Ciuffo Cabinetry’s Maryanne Ciuffo, Gary Ciuffo, Joe Ciuffo and Katie Ciuffo. IDA sponsor Ferguson’s Clare Thermansen and JennAir’s Rachelle Louis.
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Flights of Fancy
NYC&G joined the talented designers of the dreamy tablescapes at the annual Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Gala, held at Cipriani 42nd Street.
( first row ) Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Board Chair Juan Sabater. It was a full and colorful house at Cipriani’s. ( second row ) The Love Revival Orchestra. ( third row ) Saara Pritchard and the evening’s honoree Tom Melton. Andrea Stark of Stark Carpet poses with her stunning table. Interior designer Amy Zolin and C&G Account Director Lisa Heissan. ( fourth row ) Jenn Potter of Fete Home. Design Chairs Harry Heissmann and Lindsey Harper. Interior designer Jolie Korek shows off her gorgeous table.
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TAMARA MAGEL INTERIOR DESIGN
D2 INTERIEURS
D2 Interieurs is an award-winning interior design firm with a focus on high-end residential design. Owned and founded by Denise Davies, she works with a talented team that has a funky hip vision, which results in creating modern and livable homes. D2 Interieurs’ portfolio encompasses a variety of residential homes where they have successfully applied a client’s individual style to highly functional and professionally designed environments.
646.326.7048
D2INTERIEURS.COM
@D2INTERIEURS
CLW DESIGN
CLW Design is an interior design firm deeply rooted in a design philosophy that is not defined by one style, but is a judiciously chosen palette to reflect the past and present. Cynthia Walker, founder and principal designer, approaches every project as a new opportunity to search out the unexpected for insight and inspiration. Embracing each projects individuality with a deep understanding that design is a personal process that thrives on trust and transparency, and is the foundation of their relationship with the homeowners and the way they live.
917.658.5039
CLWINTERIORS.COM
@CLWINTERIORS
DEBRA FUNT INTERIORS
Debra Funt founded her namesake design studio to create unique, modern spaces that are highly customized to each client’s lifestyle and needs. The firm’s success is a result of her years of experience, industry knowledge and passion for design. Client projects reflect a love of mixing edgy and classic elements, textures and color to produce layered sophisticated rooms. Funt is known for her ability to collaborate and guide clients through the design process, whether it’s their first home, a weekend retreat or a pied a tier, ensuring that they will be thrilled with the results.
914.715.5797
DEBRAFUNTINTERIORS.COM
@DEBRAFUNTINTERIORS
JAN HILTZ INTERIORS
Jan Hiltz Interiors is a full-service, awardwinning design firm offering all aspects of interior design and construction project management. Guiding clients through decisions and providing sound advice to meet the needs of their lifestyle and budget. Treating each project with personal service and attention to detail – Jan and her team are known for their ability to weave a palette of comfort, good taste – and a hint of the unexpected, into each of their client’s homes.
203.331.5578
JANHILTZINTERIORSLLC.COM
@JANHILTZINTERIORS
FINELINES INTERIORS
Finelines Interiors is a boutique firm led by owner Debra Gottlieb, an award-winning designer who brings to her clients a unique blend of artistic, interpersonal and commercial talents. They value her high-energy working style, making their partnership enjoyable and rewarding. Debra’s well-honed sense of color and pattern, mastered over 25 years as a custom home furnishings designer, combined with her keen attention to detail, enable her to transform interiors into beautiful and inviting spaces.
914.649.5753
FINELINESINTERIORS.COM
@FINELINESUNLTD
KATHRYN HUNT STUDIO
A full-service interior design firm, the Kathryn Hunt Studio is reimagining projects with a modern traditional approach to creating casually elegant spaces. They work in an array of visual styles and collaborate with their clients through the design process to deliver spaces that are elevated and exceptionally bespoke. Their projects range from new-build construction and city apartments to rural country estates and boutique commercial spaces. The studio is based in New England but projects span across the U.S.
631.240.3871
KATHRYNHUNTSTUDIO.COM
@KATHRYNHUNTSTUDIO
SEA GREEN DESIGNS
Since its beginning in 2000, Sea Green Designs has been constantly evolving as an interior design business with a passion for creating sophisticated, comfortable spaces for clients to relax and enjoy with family and friends. With a flagship home furnishings boutique on Jobs Lane and their own e-commerce site, the Sea Green Designs team has curated a unique collection of sustainable products to help you create your own unique coastal retreat anywhere.
631.259.3612
SEAGREENDESIGNSCO.COM
@SEAGREENDESIGNS
SANCTUARY HOME & PATIO
Sanctuary Home & Patio is a high-end retailer selling luxury outdoor furniture, home decor and gifts. They carry only the finest quality brands of outdoor furniture, shade products, and outdoor accessories. Their design team has more than 30 years experience in the industry and is highly regarded. They have a well-defined trade program open to builders, architects, landscape architects and interior designers.
516.870.3860
SANCTUARYHP.COM
@SANCTUARYHP
TAMARA MAGEL INTERIOR DESIGN
Tamara Magel is an award-winning, international designer whose practice spans from New York City, the Hamptons and Westchester to Palm Beach, Florida. Her modern aesthetic utilizes fine finishes that interplay with organic elements and artisanal detail, in addition to carefully and intentionally balancing energy flow with furniture placement. She has an intuitive sense of design that goes beyond what the eye sees and taps into how a space impacts the physical and emotional body. Tamara offers full consultancy from design/build projects to interior restorations of all shapes and sizes.
917.628.0868
TAMARAMAGEL.COM
@TAMARAMAGELDESIGN
RESOURCES
Want to know where and how to get it? Look no further!
TRADING SPACES
Pages 58–67: Interior design, J. Cohler Mason Design, 212-4181230, jcohlermason.com.
Additional credits not on page: Pages 58–59: Rug, Holland & Sherry. Ceiling fixture, Artemide. Pages 60–61: Chair fabric, Dedar. Pages 62–63: Bar stools, Artistic Frame. Island, Christopher Peacock. Pages 64–65: Coffee table, Lobel Modern. Rug, Stark. Sofa fabric, Jab. Roman shade fabric, Dedar. Pages 66–67: Bed frame (custom), Windows, Walls & More. Ceiling fixture, David Weeks.
FRESH APPROACH
Pages 68–77: Landscape design, Ron Wendt Design, 212-290-2428, ronwendtdesign.com.
GRACE NOTES
Pages 78–85: Architecture, Tomer Tal, 917-744-8029, tal-architect. com. Interior design, Penny Drue Baird, Dessins LLC, 212-288-3600, dessinsllc.com.
Additional credits not on page: Page 81: Ceiling fixture, Holly Hunt. Swivel chair, Coup d’Etat. Swivel chair fabric, Fishman’s Fabrics. Half chair (custom), Bespoke by Luigi Gentile. Half chair fabric, Fishman’s Fabrics. Rug, Holland & Sherry. Curtains, Pierre Frey. Side table, Linley. Lamps, Kifu Paris. Coffee table, Bespoke by Luigi Gentile. Coffee table fabric, Kravet. Page 82: Dining room: Ceiling fixture, Mathieu Lusterie. Page TK: Sofa and armchairs (custom), Bespoke by Luigi Gentile. Armchair fabric (back), Pollack. Pages 84–85: Bed frame and sofa (custom), Bespoke by Luigi Gentile. Bed frame fabric, Zinc Textile. Sofa fabric, Fishman’s Fabrics. Curtains, Knoll. Sconces (antique), Palm Beach Antique & Design Center. Ceiling fixture, John Salibello.
SERENE SCENE
Pages 86–97: Architecture, 631-377-0831, Modern Shelter | Architecture, modern-shelter.com. Interior design, Mike Rupp, Rupp
Items pictured but not listed here are from private collections or have no additional details.
Studio, 917-331-7652, ruppstudio. com. Landscape design, Beitel Landscape Associates, 631-286-4131, beitel.design.
Additional credits not on page: Pages 88–89: Coffee table (custom), Rupp Studio. Lamps, Bernd Goekler. Pages 90–91: Kitchen: Cabinetry, Modern Shelter Architecture. Pendant, The Future Perfect. Page 91: Dining room: Chairs (custom), Rupp Studio. Chair fabric, Cowtan & Tout. Artwork, Linda Coppens. Foyer, Lamp Glustin Luminaires. Pages 92–93: Wall covering, Koroseal. Lamps, Wästberg. Pages 94–95: Table lamp, High Style Deco. Floor lamp, Maison Gerard. Armchair fabric, Fishman’s Fabrics.
SOURCE LIST
(T) = Sources available through architects, interior designers, and design professionals.
Architects & Designers Building (A&D), 150 E. 58th St., NYC, 212-6442766, adbuilding.com.
Decoration & Design Building (D&D), 979 Third Ave., NYC, 212-7595408, ddbuilding.com.
Fine Arts Building (FAB), 232 E. 59th St., NYC.
Interior Arts Building (IAB), 306 E. 61st St., NYC, interiorartsbuilding. com.
New York Design Center (NYDC), 200 Lexington Ave., NYC, 212-6799500, nydc.com.
1stDibs, 1stdibs.com
ABC Carpet & Home, abchome.com
Artistic Frame, artisticframe.com
Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore. com
Bernd Goekler, berndgoeckler.com
Bespoke by Luigi Gentile, bespokebylg.com
Casa del Bianco, casadelbianco. com
Christopher Peacock, peacockhome.com
Coup d’Etat, coupdetatsf.com, and at De Merry, demerry.com
Cowtan & Tout (T), D&D, cowtan. com
David Weeks, davidweeksstudio.com
Dedar (T), D&D, dedar.com
Design Within Reach, dwr.com
Donald Sultan, donaldsultanstudio. com, and at Mary Ryan Gallery, maryryangallery.com
Edelman Leather, edelmanleather. com
Ferrel Mittman, ferrellmittman.com
Finn Juhl, finnjuhl.com
Fishman’s Fabrics, fishmansfabrics. com
Glustin Luminaires, glustinluminaires.net
Hersh Design, hershdesign.com
High Style Deco, highstyledeco.com
Holland & Sherry (T), D&D, hollandandsherry.com
Holly Hunt (T), D&D, hollyhunt.com
Jab (T), D&D, jab.de
Jean Nagels (see Lumas)
Joe McDermott, joemcdermottillo. com (see also Lumas)
John Salibello, johnsalibello.com
Julian Chichester, us.julianchichester.com
Kifu Paris, kifuparis.com
Knoll, knoll.com
Koroseal, koroseal.com
Kravet (T), D&D, kravet.com
Lee Broom, leebroom.com
Linda Coppens, lindacoppensart. com
Linley, davidlinley.com
Lobel Modern, lobelmodern.com Lumas, lumas.com
Lumfardo, lumfardo.com
Maison Gerard, maisongerard.com
Mathieu Lusterie, mathieulustrerie. com
Matouk, matouk.com
Palm Beach Antique & Design Center, 561-331-5839
Philippe Hurel, philippe-hurel.com
Pierre Frey (T), D&D, pierrefrey.com
Pollack, pollackassociates.com (see also Holly Hunt) RH, rh.com
Room & Board, roomandboard.com
Scalamandré (T), D&D, scalamandre. com
Stark, starkcarpet.com
Tanner Lawley, thelawleyartgroup. com
The Bright Group, thebrightgroup. com
The Future Perfect, thefutureperfect.com Wästberg, wastberg.com
Windows, Walls & More, windowswallsdecor.com, and at Interior Production, interiorproductionny.com
Zinc Textile, zinctextile.com
FINALLY
FASHION FORWARD
Fashion phenom Johanna Ortiz is collaborating with Schumacher on a new collection of fabrics, wallcoverings and trim that’s set to launch next month. Twenty-two different designs are all unified by Ortiz’s signature motif, the palm tree, which is known as a symbol of resilience, victory, peace and tranquility. The line also weaves in the spirit of Ortiz’s Latin culture in each design, an homage to her deep connection to biodiversity and heritage associated with her native Colombia. Her tropical upbringing is inspiration for the collection’s use of a wide range of natural materials, including linen, sisal and raffia. “Every day,” says Ortiz, “ I look out my window and see the palm tree standing proudly as my eternal muse.” D & D Building, 979 Third Ave., Suite 832, NYC, 212-415-3900, schumacher.com, johannaortiz.com. –Shannon Assenza
Winter 2024
DANIKA