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hile I was researching this issue, one of the feature subjects mentioned A Pattern Language, a 1977 tome listing best practices for living. It’s a book that, I quickly came to learn, design pros consider both indispensable and uncategorizable. The content is sweeping, from the macro—“Chapter 17: Ring Roads” and “46: Market of Many Shops”—to the micro—“251: Different Chairs” and “253: Things From Your Life.” “Chapter 203: Child Caves” is my favorite entry, and it holds meaning for adults. The gist is that in an adultsized world, kids seek out kid-sized spaces. Be it beneath a table, in a nook under the stairs, or in a decorated cardboard box, children find comfort in spaces that are custom made for them. The narrow gap between the sofa and the wall is the first place my five-year-old goes when he’s in a tizzy. (Number two is under our bed—there are no secrets in an apartment.) It struck me that decorating is the adult version of making a haven in our big, adult-sized world. A home that’s studded with things you love is a place where you truly belong. Doesn’t it always feel good to come home? My own nest within a nest is a tiny fabriccovered guest room in the back of my apartment. It’s the first room where every decision—fabric (Tilton Fenwick for Duralee), paint, bedding, sconces—was mine, all mine. It was The Happiness Project author Gretchen Rubin who recommended A Pattern Language to me; she shared in our interview (page 62) that her childhood dream was to have a purple house. Another subject, movie executive Ricky Strauss (page 80), practically manifested his own childhood dream home—a sketch by a then-13-year-old Strauss bears an uncanny resemblance to his current home. I doubt he knew the term Hollywood Regency at the time, but he sure knew the look. Children are impulsive, imaginative, intuitive, unguarded. Here’s a reminder to tap into these qualities as we adults decorate our homes, and the caves within them.

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“I love living in vintage homes, with walls that speak of history.” RICKY STRAUSS

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Lilac 1. Flynn Street Double Old-Fashioned Glasses By Kate Spade New York. In Lilac. $50 for two. lenox.com. 2. Acapulco Chair Orchid weave with Copper frame. 30″ W × 36″ D. $430. innitdesigns.com. 3. Victorine Viola Pillow Linen. 22″ Sq. $175. designersguild.com. 4. Lutece Boudoir Pillow In Nuage. $50. yvesdelorme.com. 5. Montauk Flat Weave Purple Area Rug By Safavieh. Cotton. $134 for 6′ × 9′. themine.com. 6. P2 Portable Speaker Splash- and dust-resistant. In Lilac. $169. beoplay.com. 7. Yoga Freshening Mat Spray With orange, niaouli, and patchouli oils. $13 for 6.8 oz. saje.com. 8. Baby Alpaca Throw In Violet. $225. stfrank.com. 9. Darby Settee 72″ W × 36″ D. From $3,150. crlaine.com. 10. Louisa May Alcott Travel Candle Cherry blossom and ivy scent. $8. paddywax.com. 11. Aviator Flash Sunglasses Bronze-Copper with Lilac lenses. $203. ray-ban.com. PREVIOUS PAGE: Patterned fabrics (from left): Fabricut, Highland Court, Vervain.

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Christina Tosi, founder of Milk Bar, in her Williamsburg, Brooklyn, headquarters. ABOVE: “Yellow is a creative color for me,” says Tosi, who chose yellow-striped wallpaper for her oﬃce. (For a similar look, try Draper Stripe by Dorothy Draper.) LEF T: The bakery’s Milk ID cakes can be ABOVE LEF T:

customized—think Birthday Cake, but with, say, cheesecake ﬁlling, strawberry frosting, and malted milk crumbs. FAR LEF T: Tosi’s second cookbook, Milk Bar Life, features recipes both sweet (Ritz Cracker Ice Box Cake) and savory (Mac-’n-Cheese Pancakes)—and plenty of eye candy!

CHRISTINA TOSI ave you ever wondered why half your Instagram feed is covered in rainbow sprinkles? Blame Christina Tosi. In 2008, the James Beard Award–winning pastry chef opened Milk Bar in Manhattan’s East Village, where off-the-wall treats like Crack Pie and Cereal Milk Sot Serve went viral. But Birthday Cake—a gourmet take on the supermarket staple Funfetti (see next page)—became the bakery’s signature, sparking a kaleidoscopic revolution. “We’re all about taking apart these colorful, nostalgic things from childhood and putting them back together,” Tosi explains. And while the taste is crucial, so is the ﬁnished look, whether it’s a blueberry cookie or the minty green icing of a Grasshopper 18

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Cake. “The memory that the flavor taps into has to correlate with what we see,” Tosi says. That attitude extends to Milk Bar’s store design and branding, a mix of 1950s ice cream stand (like a retro Dairy Queen) and ’80s signifiers—the company’s hot-pink logo was born when Tosi typed the name in Brush Script, a default font in Microsot Word. Lately, Tosi has been busy bringing #milkbarlife to a wider audience with new locations, like a Los Angeles flagship opening this spring, and collaborations with companies such as Madewell and Glossier. “The world needs more celebration of what it is to be perfectly imperfect,” Tosi says. And what’s more perfectly imperfect than a slapdash shake of sprinkles? —Emma Bazilian >

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Can-Do Spirit A photo from Annie Sloan’s travels to Ethiopia, which inspired her newest hue.

Pale Fire Known for its bright, happy patterns, MacKenzie-Childs is putting a new spin on its signature ceramics with the allwhite Sweetbriar collection. The handmade wares feature the brand’s iconic checks, minus the color commitment. Sweetbriar Teacup, $55, and Saucer, $45. mackenzie-childs.com

First Resort If a trip to the tropics isn’t in the cards this season, you can still bring home some Palm Beach chic thanks to Lilly Pulitzer’s new collaboration with the Pottery Barn family of brands. The color-splashed line includes everything from linens to lighting decked out in classic Lilly prints— plus a few brand-new ones! Pottery Barn Fan Sea Pants Towel, $30. Pottery Barn Kids Well Connected Pillow, $40. PBteen Polished Palm Table Lamp, $199. potterybarn.com

Coming Clean When more than a few of her clients started asking for furniture in nontoxic finishes, New York designer Emily C. Butler decided to go big with a small Connecticut workshop she frequents. Ziggy pieces are built by a pair of carpenter brothers using nine colors of VOCfree lacquer or paint, two woods, and three hardware options. Several profiles are offered in multiple sizes to suit any dwelling, Butler says, “to minimize the heartache of falling in love with a piece that won’t fit in your space or whose color is all wrong.” Healthy and happy indeed. Hudson 6-Drawer Dresser in Juniper with Polished Brass hardware, $3,330. Henri’s Tray in Geranium, from $300. Wythe Side Table in Twilight, $1,600. studioziggy.com 22

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Chalk-paint evangelist Annie Sloan’s newest shade is a feelgood color in more ways than one. Called Lem Lem, the sot, warm green was inspired by fields of alliums Sloan saw on a trip to Ethiopia. (Lemlem means “to flourish” in Amharic, the local language.) For every pot sold, the company will contribute to charities that fight poverty worldwide. $39 per quart. anniesloan.com

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“When I wander the streets of Barcelona, I am always fascinated by the breathtaking color combinations in the buildings’ entrances. One particularly stunning entryway had a simple black-and-white checkerboard ﬂoor and bonewhite walls with doors of a rich yellow—my favorite color for bringing life to a room. I am still dying to know who lives behind those doors!”

“Red makes a statement that is startlingly seductive. I love how it’s classic yet still feels fresh and new. This paint evokes the signature fashion reds that have always inspired me: Valentino and Yves Saint Laurent; Diana Vreeland’s famous red living room. I’m currently using it in a New York City library with lacquered walls.”

“I call this blue-gray a ‘shadow color.’ It changes with the light, which makes it interesting to enter a room throughout the day. This particular hue conjures images of the ocean and the sky—ideal for a tranquil Southampton beach house, where I used it on kitchen cabinets. It provided a punch of color without being too over-the-top.”

“One of my go-to colors for adding intrigue to a room. This blue immediately deﬁnes a space and creates a feeling of depth and drama—perfect for ‘the most interesting person in the world.’ It would pair wonderfully with a collection of rare objects belonging to a bold owner who, much like her home, would never be described as boring!”

“Custom colors are always compelling. I’d love to use a shade that matches my collection of Wedgwood drabware. Made using dark clay, this earthenware was ﬁrst produced around 1810. I have more than 200 pieces! The rarest and most desirable glaze is a brown-green—a unique combination that is surprisingly elegant.”

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“Moody, vibrant, and seductive, this creates an incredibly dramatic backdrop for a curated collection of antique and vintage ﬁnds. I ﬁrst saw this color on old plaster walls in a home in Cuba, faded by time but still brilliantly deep and mesmerizing. It’s the inspiration behind a dining room I designed at a beach house in California.” OHARA DAVIES-GAETANO

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“There is something aboutthis shade that you can’t quite pin down. It reminds me of mist and fog—a little hazy and soothing. The pale gray manages to be versatile without being boring: It works in a variety of situations, from a light-ﬁlled bathroom to a spacious living room. On walls, it’s subtle yet powerful enough to create dimension.” MICHELE DOPP

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“This color is so warm and ﬂattering! Both feminine and bold, I think of it as a statement version of the blushes that are popular now. It recalls the tropics in a British Colonial sort of way—think white trim, airy rooms, wood furniture. A dining room in this shade, lit by a chandelier on a dimmer, will make any meal an intimate experience.” JESSICA DAVIS

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“I love using this hue because it is elusive. Like its namesake, Stormy Sky can be dramatic but also translucent. I’ve used it everywhere from exteriors to kitchens, where it looks beautiful with white accents and metal ﬁnishes. This paint also works well as a base for other colors—I’ve even done 50-50 mixes with it!”

“The colors that hold my interest the most are the ones that constantly change and react to their surroundings. I used this on the ceiling of an oakpaneled family room, and the contrast between the paint and the oak walls created a perennial sunset sky, shiting from blue to lilac like the twilight of evening transitioning between day and night.”

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For the unabashedly dramatic powder room Indulge your inner maximalist with flamboyant prints—jungle cats! trippy poppies!—that aren’t afraid to strut their stuff.

Wallpaper can have a dramatic impact on a room—and your bank account. Here are two extreme examples. Going all in on a handpainted silk chinoiserie fantasy in a grand, 16′ × 20′ dining room can cost from $12,000 for a standard design to $60,000 for a custom embroidered or beaded one. Installation by certiﬁed paper hangers is an additional $10,000 to $12,000, depending on architectural complexity. More modestly, an 8′ × 10′ bedroom might set you back around $1,700 with a few midmarket rolls (about $150 per double roll) and at least $800 for professional hanging.

1 1. Casablanca in Ultramarine. By Wayne Pate. Claycoated. $68 per yard. studiofour nyc.com. 2. Poppy. Digitally printed. $300 per roll. voutsa.com. 3. Tibet in navy. Coated. Screenprinted by hand.

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clarencehouse.com. 4. Alizarine. Printed. www.pierrefrey .com. 5. Tulipa Guava Forest. By Katie Leede. Screenprinted by hand. hollandandsherry .com. 6. Painterly Plaid in Verdatre. Hand-painted. porterteleo.com

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Don’t make any wallpaper purchase until the installer has calculated the amount you’ll need. Trying to crunch the numbers yourself—typically with an old-school equation that divides the room’s total square footage by the amount of square footage covered by a single roll—can leave you way short. If the size of the repeat is large, you could end up purchasing only half the total amount of wallpaper you’ll ultimately need! A better strategy: Send the installer the length and width of each wall in the room, as well as close-up photos showing the condition of your walls, and the style number of the wallpaper you’re considering. The style number is allimportant: It acts like a decoder ring, revealing the measurements of the wallpaper and the length of its repeat.

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For people with kids, pets, commotion, and chaos Forgiving textures, like wipeable vinyl (it’s anything but plasticky!) and stain-obscuring thatched grass cloth, are real-life compatible.

INSTALLATION TIPS & TRICKS THE IDEAL SURFACE Wallpaper is easiest to hang on a smooth and sanded wall, but it can also be applied over subpar plaster, tile, paneling, concrete, and, of course, old wallpaper. The secret? Wallpaper liner, a blank prep paper

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that creates flatness and regularity. It’s so effective at camouflage that most paper hangers use it on everything short of fresh drywall. BE REALISTIC While installers can minimize the appearance of seams by applying primer tinted to

a paper’s exact color, the seams will be visible—and that’s OK. “People see manipulated photos on Instagram with all the seams removed,” says master installer Michael Krawiec, who teaches the crat to pros in training. “That’s

not reality! You see the seams on a shirt, don’t you?” If you still view seams as, well, unseemly, try digital wallpaper, which can be printed to the dimensions of most walls, versus traditional rolls, which range from 20½ to 36 inches wide.

Wallpapers without prices are available through a designer.

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1. Bankun Raﬃa in Apple Green. Embossed vinyl. $85 per roll. thibaut design.com. 2. Echo in Moss. By And Objects. Grass cloth. christopher farrcloth.com. 3. Quilted Weave in Sundaze. Colored paper yarns. phillip jeffries.com. 4. Shenyang Sisal in Bloom. Sisal grass cloth. scalamandre .com. 5. Zig Zag Multicolore in Viridian and Gold. By Missoni. Embossed vinyl. $140 per double roll. yorkwall .com

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For giving character to a huge blank wall Featureless drywall gains interest with discreet prints and the subtleties of wool, embroidered burlap, and elegant 3D foam.

CAN YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND? EASY ON, EASY OFF

Anyone who has ever struggled to scrape oﬀ decades-old wallpaper knows how nightmarish it can be. Those horror stories prompted the industry to prioritize removability. “Today’s wallpaper is like fast fashion—quick and changeable,” says Carol Miller of York Wallcoverings. “One person can strip an 8′ × 10′ room by hand in 25 minutes.” PEEL-AND-STICK

Temporary wallpaper has gained traction with more than just renters. Backed by a low-tack adhesive, the decals stay ﬁrmly in place until repositioned, and their durability and aﬀordability make them smart choices for hightraffic areas. (While quality has improved in recent years, they can be somewhat transparent, so paint the wall white before installing.)

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1. Caisson in 61530. 3D suede-andfoam blend. arteinternational.com. 2. Jourdain in Fresco (on opener in Graphite). Geometric trellis background. designersguild.com. 3. Atelier d’Artiste in A l’Ombre des Canisses. Embossed vinyl on a paper

ground. elitis.fr. 4. What a Weave in Beach Glass. Embroidered burlap. crezanadesign.com. 5. Flirt in 885. Metallic foil–andpaper blend. zimmer-rohde.com. 6. Zelda in Daisy. Latex-printed wool ﬁlposé. hollandand sherry.com

Hesitant to invest in super-luxe wallpaper because you’d be heartbroken to leave it behind in a move? Break out the Benjamins, because some high-end wallcoverings are mobile: They can travel to a new home—or down the hall. No specialized equipment is required to remove de Gournay’s fabric wallpaper, says director Hannah Cecil Gurney: “All you do is grab a bottom corner of our silk wallpaper and start peeling, and the panel will separate from its backing.” Send panels back to de Gournay for remounting, and you’re good to go.

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Designers Todd Nickey and Amy Kehoe should expect even more boldface names (Nate Berkus, Nathan Turner) at their Los Angeles shop now that they’ve launched an outdoor line. As genre-blurring as the eclectic wares that put the store on the map, the alfresco pieces pull from Spanish, vintage, Cali-casual, and rustic inﬂuences. Says Nickey: “If we loved a style or detail, we mixed it into this collection.”

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The Royal Whee! Timothy Corrigan’s tongue-in-chic take on formality—he had the paneled dining room in his landmarked 1760s French château painted confectionary pink—is on full display in Les Folies, his debut wallpaper collection for Fromental. Along with whimsical patterns, like a storybook-charming illustration of the parterre gardens at Versailles, there’s also drama, with abstract ocean waves and an overblown ﬂoral damask. And with details like hand-gilding, they’re all still royalty-ready. “I’m using them in my newest château!” Corrigan says.

Scallop Garden Shelf, $2,900. Outdoor Viewing Chair, $4,225. nickeykehoe.com

Les Folies by Timothy Corrigan for Fromental. Clockwise from top left: Broadlands, Oceanic, and Jardin Français (also shown below). From $336 per yard. fromental.co.uk

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1. Gathered Bedwyn Quartz Shade in blue/ yellow. Linen. 16″ Dia. $275. fermoie.com 2. Floral Sari Shade in orange. By Xenomania. Silk. Hand40

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made from a vintage sari. 16″ Dia. $1,120 for two. krbnyc.com 3. Gathered Shade in yellow/red. Cotton. 15″ Dia. $130. cruel mountain.com

4. Preeti Ikat Barrel Shade in blue/ivory. Cotton-linen. Handmade. 18″ Dia. $600. danielledrollins.com 5. Golden Empire Shade in Mica. Faux-

leather braided trim. 19″ Dia. $145. shades oflight.com 6. Chrysanthemum Shade in Orange Flower. Paper. Handblocked in India.

18″ Dia. $175. bunny williamshome.com 7. Burmese Shade in dark chocolate/white. Cotton. 16″ Dia. $375. sisterparish design.com

8. Ikat Sari Shade in brown/green/ red. By Xenomania. Silk. Handmade from a vintage sari. 16″ Dia. $560. krb nyc.com

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Liu, 40, inside Dallas’s Forty Five Ten boutique, one of her favorite shopping sources.

Next Wave

“I’m always being rebellious,” admits Jean Liu, whose ruleflouting along her zigzag path to design is mirrored in her gutsy interiors. Defying parental expectations to study law, she earned a foreign-service degree from Georgetown University and a masters in theology at Harvard before returning to her native Dallas. While overseeing the family lighting business, Liu realized that her side gig, decorating homes, was her calling. In 2007, she launched her own firm, winning accolades for rooms that effortlessly fuse classic and modern in a way that converts even the most timid traditionalists. To wit: Her Stanford White pied-à-terre in Manhattan has “original ornate moldings with >

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In a ranch house designed by Liu, a pair of midcentury chairs echoes the symmetry of the room dividers and the gold marbling of the dining room wallpaper.

cherubs juxtaposed with sleek sofas.” For Liu, who also creates contemporary outdoor pieces for her Stori Modern line, the appeal of design lies in its immediacy. “Pondering religious movements was too abstract. I live for the gratification that comes from directly impacting my clients’ daily lives.” —Hillary Brown

HER FAVORITE THINGS 1. KENTUCKY LINEN IN GOLDENROD “It’s like a loose, painterly

version of a camo print. Very artful!” electraeggleston.com

2. ROYAL SILK MOHAIR VELVET IN LIGHT RAISIN “My go-to happy-

medium fabric, because it’s luxe without being overly shiny or ﬂat.” coraggio.com

3. MOSCOW MULE “Every Friday

evening, I head to my local bar and have one to celebrate the end of the workweek.” 4. NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER

“The depth of the collection is unparalleled. Giacometti’s pieces are a personal favorite.” nashersculpturecenter.org

5. LEATHER FLOOR LAMP BY JACQUES ADNET “A

classic from the 1950s. The leather-wrapped stem is an unexpected detail.”

huge! The weight and volume really help ground a room.” hollyhunt.com

7. THE PEARL WALLPAPER IN GOLD ON CHARCOAL “Fun,

glamorous, and easy to use— there’s no central pattern you need to design around.” $200 per roll. jujupapers.com

8. UTRECHT XL ARMCHAIR

“It’s perfect for lounging. Plus, I love the contrast stitching.” $5,400. cassina.com

9. MEADOW DOUBLE ZIP CAMERA BAG IN ROSE “Mine

has yes on it. I’m thinking of getting one that says no for days when I just can’t adult.” $280. leatherology.com 10. HERO ELITE ALL TURN CARBON SKIS “I do my best

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thinking on the chairlit or zipping down the slopes.” $800. rossignol.com Items without prices are available through a designer.

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Aero Studios founder Thomas O’Brien can stumble upon inspiration almost anywhere— “I’m sketching ideas all the time”—so the sources of his creativity aren’t always easy to pin down. But for his latest project, more than a year in the making, the spark is traceable to a tiny loose-leaf French tile catalog from the 1800s that he unearthed in a Manhattan bookshop. “The patterns and colors were so compelling, they became my jumping-off point for a tabletop collection,” he says. The inveterate dinnerware collector also looked to his own finds, from antique Georgian flatware to Russel Wright classics, as he developed the dishes, crystal, and cutlery for Reed & Barton. At Copper Beech, his shop in Bellport, New York, he paired them with a 1950s Mexican vase and Peccetti ceramics for a globalchic mix. The results are worth the effort: “Creating a stylish tablescape is almost a lost art. I want to make sure it doesn’t disappear.” —Kathleen Renda Pieces from the Thomas O’Brien for Reed & Barton collection. Clockwise from top right: Diamant No. 10 Octagonal Platter. $50. Eden Flatware. $60 for a five-piece place setting. Diamant No. 10 Salad and Dinner Plates. From $18 each. All-Purpose Goblets in Indigo. $30 each. Cocktail Glass in lead crystal. $150 for four. bloomingdales.com

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ABOVE: At Copper Beech—the food-and-housewares shop on Long Island that O’Brien opened with his husband, Dan Fink, last year—the wicker dining set is from O’Brien’s Century Furniture collection.

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OPEN ARMS

Using his brandnew collection of performance fabrics, L.A. designer and Hollywood at Home shop owner Peter Dunham imagines an airy, sun-dappled guest cottage that blurs the boundaries between indoors and out.

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FURNITURE 1. OTTOMAN “It’s important to mix

textures. This brick-red velvet is rich and lush, and a perfect contrast to the coarser woven fabrics.” 34205 velvet in 119. kravet.com 2. CHANDIGARH CHAIRS “An indoor-outdoor fabric with a tribal motif, it matches the faraway feel of the chairs’ caning.” Mansa Performance Woven in Blue/Natural. peterdunham textiles.com 3 & 4. SLIPPER CHAIR AND TRIM

“I love plunking a bright pink amid deep blues, and as this chair is on its own in the corner, it should have personality.” Monica linen in Geranium Pink. peterdunhamtextiles.com. Braided Cord with Tape in Medium Blue. samuelandsons.com

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“Low-key, and the fade-resistant fabric won’t bleach in the sun.” Souk Performance Woven in Onyx/ Blue. peterdunhamtextiles.com

BED 6. PILLOWS “This leafy, peaceful

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green evokes the vegetation outside.” Panorama in Macaw. fabricut.com 7. FRAME “Upholstered beds are warm and comforting, and the strong, graphic pattern anchors the high-ceilinged room.” Sahara Performance Woven in Blue. peterdunhamtextiles.com All items are available through a designer.

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KITCHEN OF THE MONTH

No Muss, No Fuss British author Jane Green creates a cozy and practical family kitchen in Connecticut.

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ccording to author Jane Green, the reason her most recent renovation—her sixth!—works best is because she finally said goodbye to the great room and embraced a stand-alone kitchen. Between turning out bestselling novels and managing a family of eight (plus two dogs, five cats, and six chickens), Green needed a sanctuary. “An open floor plan worked when the kids were little, but after a while, all I could see was the mess—the TV on, backpacks everywhere,” she says. “Now I have a dedicated kitchen for cooking and eating meals. Every day, I tie on my apron and play music as I prepare dinner— it’s like my meditation. This is truly a room of my own.” 1. ceiling height “I love a cozy kitchen that feels like it’s got a story,” Green says. Her original kitchen lacked charm and had an awkward steel support beam cutting through the ceiling. She asked her contractor to wrap it in cedar and create two more beams to balance the room. “They looked too perfect, so we started hacking at the edges and poking holes with drills. We looked completely mad, but the end result was exactly what I wanted,” she says. 52

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2. counter intuitive “Nothing in an English kitchen is matchy-matchy,” Green says, so she chose Olympian honed marble, which is whiter than typical Carrara, for the perimeter, and stainless steel for the island. “I love those old Parisian patisseries where the counters are scratched and stained and marked. They have soul, and that’s what I wanted this kitchen to have,” she says. “It’s not precious.”

3. island hopping The island is directly opposite the family dining table, so Green created one side with open shelving to store everyday tableware, along with her collection of carafes. “We do have stools, but they’re only meant for perching,” she says. “We eat every meal at our kitchen table.” On the other side is closed storage: “I don’t ﬁnd cabinets useful. I like deep drawers because they ﬁt the biggest pots, and I can access them without moving everything else.” A dedicated spice drawer across from the range means everything is within reach. 4. on display Since Green doesn’t like upper cabinets, she keeps things tidy by using labeled glass jars for grains and larger containers for cereals and pastas (see page 51). “My pantry is very small—it’s where we hide all the staples and ugly packaged products,” she says. “Having all the dry goods out is practical, and it looks wonderful.”

Collins backless counter stools from Serena & Lily make perfect perches for the family while Green cooks. Cabinetry, hardware, tiles, lighting, and ﬂooring from Lowe’s. Bowls, Farmhouse Pottery. Topiaries, Terrain. Faux cherry blossoms, Diane James Home.

5. floor play Green really wanted hardwood for the kitchen floor, but because of all the foot traffic—from humans and animals alike—she decided to go with a wood-look porcelain tile instead. “They originally sent me a tan grout to pair with the floor, and it was ghastly! I quickly had them change it to a dark gray, HOUSE BEAUTIFUL

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and now it’s almost impossible to tell it’s tile,” she says. 6. tucked away The “refrigeration wall” has three Liebherr units, including one freezer. “With six kids, you need a lot of fridge space,” she says. It’s adjacent to a main corridor, which allows the kids to

A refrigeration wall gives quick access for ater-school snacks.

swing by for a snack without cutting through the heart of the kitchen. 7. cooking 101 Green made very conscious decisions about which items to splurge on. One was the refrigeration, the other was the 60-inch range from Italian brand Ilve—her ﬁrst

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7 “This range is just an object of beauty I lusted over,” says Green.

Green swapped out the former windows for a multi-pane style from Marvin Windows and Doors. Fireclay farmhouse sink from Nantucket Sinks.

purchase in this remodel. “It’s just so beautiful, and it really works for the way I like to cook,” she says. Since Ilve offers several configurations, she chose a multi-burner gas cooktop with a griddle, a French cooktop (with the flame underneath a cast-iron or rolledsteel surface), and double ovens. “The French cooktop is amazing for making soups in the wintertime, but I was afraid to use it for the first few weeks,” she says. “I just kept resting things on top—and melting everything! Now, I love it and use it all the time.”

8. adding patina Infusing the new with the old is one of Green’s signature design strategies, but she couldn’t find the burnished hardware she was ater. Instead, she bought shiny, classic brass library pulls as a little experiment. “I borrowed a friend’s huge pot, added boiling water and baking soda, and the lacquer just lited right off. I ruined my friend’s pot, but the results were brilliant!” she says. The Kohler Revival kitchen faucets at both sinks were let to shine on in their original finish, creating unexpected contrast. >>

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italian flair 30″ Ilve Majestic range with solid door in Matte Graphite. $7,149. ilveappliances.com

serving Dishes Strata Banquet Oval platter, medium Aspen Oval platter, and 8″ Maze bowl, all in Citrus. From $85. landfcookshop.com

well contained Hermetic glass jars with chalkboard labels by Bormioli. From $7 each. containerstore.com

good taste by Jane green “I ﬁlled my cookbook with easy, delicious comfort food that looks and tastes like you’ve slaved over it all day—the crowd favorite is Pumpkin Gingerbread Triﬂe.”

british bubbly Chapel Down Classic NonVintage Brut. Serve straight up or with a little OJ. $40. bottle rocket.com

A St. Frank fabric tops Green’s early-19th-century refectory table, where her family of eight gathers for meals—no phones allowed!

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express coffee Russell Hobbs Glass Series eight-cup coﬀeemaker. $130. amazon.com

the food52 cookbook by amanda hesser and merrill stubbs “I went to culinary school, but I still consider myself a home cook. This is full of great family meals.” simple by diana henry “Based in London, Diana is a food writer and cook who uses incredible spices, oten with a Middle Eastern theme. She isn’t as well known in the States yet, so my guests are always pleasantly surprised by these dishes.” Complete Cookery course by delia smith “Delia is the British Julia Child, without the eccentricities. This was my ﬁrstever cookbook, and it’s foolproof for wonderful, solid English cooking like shepherd’s pie and toad-in-the-hole.”

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plenty more by Yotam Ottolenghi “Vegetables were always an aterthought for me, but this book gave me the conﬁdence to put them center stage! Preparation can be a bit ﬁddly, but it’s worth it when you’re entertaining a large crowd.”

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Join designer Eddie Ross as he renovates his historic Pennsylvania home.

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Mixing materials in the reno of this 1920s home. The first time we set foot in Edgewood Hall, we knew the floors would need some serious work. (Mismatched woods, a concrete slab in the porch-turnedsunroom—you get the idea.) Our goals: Stay true to the historic era, preserve the room-toroom flow, and try not to break the bank! —Eddie Ross

1. ARIA STONE GALLERY ONYX IN GREEN The sun-

room (above right) needed to feel more formal but also take some wear, so in went honed black-and-white marble with accent tiles cut from a single 12″ × 12″ piece of this green onyx. The polished onyx makes the oﬀ-the-rack marble seem more special, and we love how it pulls in the color of the foliage outside. ariastonegallery.com

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2 & 3. ELDORADO STONE VIABRICK IN CORTONA AND MS INTERNATIONAL SLATE TILE IN MONTAUK BLACK We’re adding

antique-style brick stairs with a dark slate stair cap outside the sunroom. Even though these materials are new, they’ll look like part of the original house. eldoradostone.com and homedepot.com

4. STANTON PLAZA CARPET IN AUTUMN GOLD For the oﬃce, we’re

5. MINWAX WOOD FINISH IN JACOBEAN AND WALNUT We mixed

going with a wall-to-wall sisal. I love it layered with an Oriental carpet on top. stantoncarpet.com

two stains for a shade that seamlessly blends the old and new hardwoods. I think a dark ﬂoor feels

rich. People use lighter wood because they think it doesn’t show dirt, but to me, it just looks like new construction. If your ﬂoors get scuﬀed? That’s called living! homedepot.com

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every single thing in ths house is a tory that makes me smile.” —Ricky Strauss, page 80

THE PURSUIT OF

HAPPINESS

At once unversally beautiful and deeply personal, a Manhatan apartment by Katie Lydon s what Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reigning authorty on happiness calls home. 62

Producer Benjamin Reynaert Photography James Merrell Interview Sophie Donelson Architecture Hottenroth + Joseph Interior Design Katie Lydon

In the living room of author Gretchen Rubin’s Manhattan apartment, designer Katie Lydon—a Londoner turned New Yorker—created English homeyness by covering a pair of club chairs in a Robert Kime poppy pattern. The room is filled with personal touches, like bookcases inscribed with the birth years of family members. OPPOSITE: Prints from John Rosselli Antiques hang above a vintage table.

Rubin’s family—and occasionally the members of her book club—enjoy the coziness of a living room outfitted in Clarence House fabrics and illuminated with the glow of multiple layers of lighting, including chandeliers from Niermann Weeks. The Venetian plaster treatment on the walls was created by Deux Femmes Decorative Art + Design. The curtains are in a Bennison Fabrics silk.

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Without a pecial insh, this color would’ve been too lat and monlithic,” Lydon says. “Venetian plaster ives lit and depth. Now the room feels bright.”

Bamboo River Blossom, a seldom-seen de Gournay wallcovering, is paired with gold-leaf ceiling panels from the same company. The dining roomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chandelier is by Vaughan, and the tabletop accessories are from Jung Lee. OPPOSITE: Lydon (left) and Rubin, her longtime client.

G Gretchen, I’m a big fan of yours—and now yours too, Katie. Was it daunting to decorate the home of an author whose best-selling books—The Happiness Project, Happier at Home—are all about happiness? K ATIE LYDON: When we met about 18 years ago, Gretchen had not yet become the megastar she is today. But she has always been inspiring to work with, both then and now. You get more interesting results when your client oﬀers interesting input. S OPHIE D ONEL S ON: This is your second full renovation of this home. What was on tap for the sequel? Let’s call it Even Happier at Home. G RE T C HEN RUB IN: It was time for a refresh. Living here with my husband, Jamie, and our two daughters, we had gotten to know the space better and started to notice things, like how the living room wasn’t being used. The refresh must have worked, Katie, because Gretchen picked the living room as the setting for our interview. KL : The reason it wasn’t used much before is probably because it’s not en route to the kitchen or bedrooms. It is a destination room—a room of choice! So comfort was the priority, as was lighting. Adding an extra layer of lighting made the room come alive. I’m counting a dozen light sources, from the ﬁreplace to the sconces. It’s masterful. If you asked me to choose and arrange a dozen lights, I’d panic! G R: That’s when you realize you need a professional. A layperson has no concept of how to layer lighting, or what is considered expensive, or what’s hard to do versus what’s easy. A designer can say, “That’s not a big deal.” Or, “That is actually half your mortgage!” For instance: Hinges and doorknobs are expensive, but adding sconces is not. Purple is obviously a happy color for you, Gretchen. Did Katie balk at it?

KL : Not at all. I’ve known her long enough to not be surprised! G R: I vividly remember as a five-yearold vowing to one day have a purple room. Now I have two: the living room and the oxblood library. How do you feel about getting very specific direction from a client? KL : I do think Pinterest boards can be dangerous. When a client says, “These are the five things I really like,” I feel pressured to pick one. I’d rather look at a room as a whole and decide what it needs. If clients have their hearts set on a certain wallpaper, then we can’t reimagine the room. And yet you went with Gretchen’s de Gournay choice in the dining room. G R: I had noticed it in a magazine and thought, This is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. KL : We visited the showroom to look at other papers but ended up looping back to this one. It has the right intensity and emotion for Gretchen, and that’s not always easy to find. Happier at Home talks about using your personal space as a tool for achieving happiness. For example, Gretchen, your “threshold ritual” suggests taking a moment to be thankful every time you arrive home. G R: After Happier, I wrote a book about habits [The Four Tendencies], and looking back, I would have focused even more on using design to develop habits at home. For example, you can organize your kitchen for healthier eating. Has Katie’s input helped you to live better? G R: Absolutely. She once noticed my

husband sitting cross-legged with his laptop on a window seat in the kitchen, where the whole family congregates. In a gentle way, she said, “I think we can do better for you!” Our habits needed to be addressed, but we had become completely acclimated to working around them. There’s now a little desk in the kitchen for him. Katie, what is your happiest habit? KL : Growing up in England, my siblings and I had a chocolate drawer in the TV room. My mum would make mint tea, and then we would dive into the drawer! It’s a wonderful memory.

And this apartment has family in-jokes hidden all around. Why the Roman numerals on the bookshelves? KL : They’re the birth years of every family member. Luckily, two of the grandparents share a year so we could fit them all. Now everyone feels included. There are secret spaces, too. Too bad our photographer couldn’t fit into the wallpapered cubby under the stairs. G R: We call it the Nook! It was once a crawl space for luggage, and it became a play space for one of my daughters. For Katie, it was a little caboose of a project after she’d finished our redesign. Eleanor loves it. She brings her friends there, so I know it’s special.

ABOVE LEF T: On a family room bookcase, a shadow box by Screech Owl Design delights visitors. ABOVE RIGHT: A detail from the master bedroom. The headboard fabric is by Cowtan & Tout. Linens, Matouk. BELOW LEF T: The library is painted in Farrow & Ball Brinjal. The bookshelves were designed by Hottenroth + Joseph, the architects on an earlier renovation. BELOW RIGHT: The powder room has a mirror from Mecox. In the hallway outside, the Cole & Son wallcovering is Fornasetti II Chiavi Segrete, through Lee Jofa. OPPOSITE: A Zoffany pattern embellishes a stair landing. Rug, Stark.

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We lt go of furnture that we loved but that jut wasn’t working,” Rubn says. “In New York Cty, pace is limited, and every pot’s needs are so speciic.”

Lydon conceived daughter Eliza’s room as a classic but imaginative space that she wouldn’t soon outgrow. Cole & Son’s Fornasetti II wallpaper, Macchine Volanti, is through Lee Jofa. The headboard is in Last Hurrah, a Kravet fabric. Pillows, Jonathan Adler. OPPOSITE: The drawings were given to Eliza over the years by her paternal grandmother. Desk, West Elm. Rug, Alexa Hampton for Stark. FOR MORE DETAILS, SEE RESOURCES

Interior Design Sharon Lee

Interview Kathleen Renda

Photography Karyn R. Millet

Artist Sharon Lee’s Krane Home wallpapers and fabrics—with patterns inspired by her Korean heritage—are displayed showroom-style in the home studio of her Santa Monica, California, bungalow. Her Painted Wave wallpaper “acts as a neutral backdrop.” OPPOSITE: In an update on traditional Korean wood-block printing, Lee carves designs like this 15-inch stylized tiger into sheets of rubber. Inked and pressed by hand, “the printed image comes out slightly different every time. The element of chance makes the process so beautiful and seductive.”

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A vntage Spansh bungalow is layered with meaning when artist Sharon Lee adds lively wallpapers and fabrics rom her Koreaninspred Krane Home lne. 73

Brass hardware on a Crate & Barrel bar cart echoes the shine in Lee’s mixed-media landscape Migration, which is detailed in 24-karat gold leaf. OPPOSITE: Lee repeated the living room ceiling’s Peonies wallpaper in the corner niche. Antique deltware plates, along with Lee’s English teacup collection, kick-started the palette. The bungalow’s original mantel frames a surround in glazed ceramic tiles.

You’re fearless with pattern and color—there’s even blue peony wallpaper on the living room ceiling! S H A RON LEE: I went a little wild! This is our first home, and as an artist who creates wallpaper, textiles, and home accessories, I was able to go all out with my own designs. It was also a way to breathe life into a pint-sized 1930s Spanish bungalow. Mind you, the rooms are small, and some of the handplastered walls are so wonky, they’re impossible to wallpaper. That’s what happened in the living room—the only straight lines were overhead, so I covered the ceiling in blossoms. The limitations ended up pushing the decor in a fun, playful direction. It’s irreverent, with personality and sophistication, and proof that there’s more to decorating around this architectural style than white walls and tobacco leather. K ATHLEEN RENDA : Any worries that wallpaper would make tiny rooms seem tinier? It sounds counterintuitive, but the opposite is true. In the living room, the blue ceiling seems to expand until it disappears—you’d swear the room opens out to the sky. The master bedroom is covered in pineapples—a motif that repeats on the matching fabric of the curtains and bed canopy. Being surrounded by all that pattern blurs boundaries, disguising the room’s smallness. You’re also lulled by the background color, a restful celadon borrowed from Korean porcelain. Your tiger-print fabric has a fierce attitude! What’s the backstory? They’re definitely not friendly house cats. For my son’s nursery, I wanted an animal pattern that would still seem cool when he’s a teenager. I am of Korean descent, and in our folklore, tigers ward off evil spirits and misfortune;

as mystical creatures, their depictions aren’t bound by rules of proportion or anatomical correctness. Mine have powerful teeth and spotted foreheads, and I like to think they possess magic. Here, I paired them with my bananaleaf wallpaper. It’s like they’re roaming in a tropical jungle. The Asian through lines in your collection aren’t always as overt. My goal is to create American designs rooted in Korean heritage, and I love when people can’t pinpoint the Asian influences. My pineapple print is a great example: Here’s a fruit that’s a classic symbol of American hospitality, but I surrounded it with a floral crest replicating the paper flowers in the headdresses worn by Korean kings in the 1800s. Also, Koreans are very into their fruit. A big box of it is traditionally given as a gift, and my mother was always making elaborate fruit displays whenever guests came over, including her signature carvedpineapple boat. How did you end up in such a creative career? Destiny? My grandfather was an artist in Korea, my mother is a Korean folk painter, and growing up, I was always sketching and taking art lessons. When I was a designer working for Michael S. Smith, I realized there was a gap in the marketplace. I saw plenty of Chinese- and Japanese-inflected wallpapers and textiles, but there were almost none with a Korean bent—I started doing them, and my business was off and running. Now I have a home studio, and it’s heaven. My husband, Max, and I are homebodies; we’re happiest hosting the grandparents, playing with our son, and enjoying our bungalow. It’s dreamy and cozy. I have no idea what I did to deserve this!

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Every single mtif and subject mater n Korean art has symblic signiicance.

“It’s a little crazy,” says Lee of her son’s nursery, where the sitting area is furnished with a vintage Moroccan rug, a wingback chair covered in antique African textiles, her banana-leaf wallpaper, and a tiger-print pillow and curtains. “But I don’t think the concept of ‘too much pattern’ really exists. And it’s exciting for a baby.” Artwork, Michael Gorman. Daybed, Williams Sonoma Home.

“I’d always wanted to sleep with bed hangings surrounding me. It’s very Wuthering Heights,” says Lee, who partially curtained the Oly hammered-iron bed in her pineapple-print fabric that matches the wallpaper. A chandelier with handblownglass beads from Au Courant Interiors adds to the cocooning effect. Bedding, Nancy Koltes.

ABOVE: Lee’s artwork—photographs shot when she was an art student and a mixed-media painting of lotuses—hangs in the master bedroom. The quilt is sewn from a batik cloth purchased on her Balinese honeymoon. BELOW: A Bunny Williams Home lamp brings even more pattern to the master bedroom. Lee paired the wallpaper’s graphic pineapples with a George Stoll artwork because of the “delicate contrast.” Dresser, Ethan Allen. RIGHT: A custom awning in a striped Sunbrella fabric shades the home’s entrance. FOR MORE DETAILS, SEE RESOURCES

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Interior Design Ricky Strauss

Interview Orli Ben-Dor

Photography Trevor Tondro

Producer Doretta Sperduto

In ﬁlm executive Ricky Strauss’s 1930s home near the Sunset Strip, the bar walls and ceiling gleam in automotive paint. Stools, Blackman Cruz. OPPOSITE: Animal prints are one of Strauss’s favorite motifs. Vintage pillows, Pat McGann Gallery. Artwork, William Skilling.

By day, Ricky Strauss s a movie executve; ater hours, he’s a design-besotted renovator. His latet project: a glamorously cnematic redo of his 1930s Regency home in West Hllywood. 81

The dining room’s custom hand-applied wall treatment is by Londubh Studio. The golden texture “lends itself to displaying art and photography,” Strauss says. The vintage table and chairs in a Jean de Merry fabric are from Habité. The curtain pattern, inspired by the draperies in dancer Rudolf Nureyev’s apartment, is by Robert Allen. Pendant, Blackman Cruz. Artwork, Miguel Macaya.

You’re a movie executive, not a decorator, and yet your home—which you designed—looks fabulous. Decorating must be in your blood! RI C K Y S TR AUS S: It actually is! My 101-year-old grandmother was an interior designer, and my aunt is one, too. I’m also a ravenous student of design. I subscribe to every shelter magazine and have read countless interiors books. I pay attention to the experts. I believe every house tells a story, and my whole career in movies has been about storytelling. At Walt Disney Studios, where I am president of marketing, we create and inhabit diﬀerent worlds. I’ve worked on Star Wars, Coco, Zootopia, and Black Panther. I love the fantasy of escaping into a new place. But in my own home, it’s about my story. ORLI B EN - D OR: This Regency-style house is very old-Hollywood. Do you have a thing for classic glamour? I think so. As a kid in Harrison, New York, I would sketch interiors, taking ideas from my parents’ friends’ houses. At 13, I drew an entire home, detailing all the rooms and even the family who lived there and how they entertained. The facade was uncannily similar to this house. I still have the illustrations [see page 4]. Have you always been drawn to older homes? Yes. I’ve lived in a midcentury-modern, a Spanish, and most recently a Tudor across town. It was grand, dark, and foreboding. I needed a change. This house is brighter and has an infectious energy that speaks to me. It is glamorous, but on a manageable scale. The home belonged to a friend who was ready to sell. He bought it from friends, too. In fact, when I commissioned a house history, I learned that for the past 20 years, this house was owned by a series of people who knew one another. It was meant to be! For someone who didn’t use a designer, there are a lot of decorator touches, like the green-lacquered bar. That was already here, which was fortunate. I’ve always had lacquered rooms in my houses, but it’s a painstaking process, so if I didn’t have to

ABOVE: In the entry stairwell, which is original to the house, Strauss installed a runner in Stark’s Antelope. “I first saw that rug in a Billy Baldwin book,” he says, “and I’ve been a fan ever since.” Table, Bunny Williams Home. BELOW: The kitchen counters and backsplash are in Calacatta Gold marble. The Anna Karlin stools are from Les Ateliers Courbet. Range and hood, Lacanche.

In the living room, leather chairs from Nickey Kehoe are part of Strauss’s “greatest hits” collection—favorite pieces he has kept from previous homes. The vintage cabinet is from Joseph Anfuso 20th Century Design through 1stdibs. A bowl that once belonged to Marilyn Monroe, purchased at auction, is displayed on a vintage Maison Jansen coﬀee table from Pegaso Gallery Design. The artworks over the mantel are by Carrie Crawford.

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ABOVE: In the master bedroom, which Strauss calls his “bedroom in the sky,” a custom settee is in a Pindler linen with Samuel & Sons trim. The vintage chandelier is by Stilnovo. Vintage stool, Rubbish Interiors. The rug is from the Rug Company. BELOW: Strauss in front of one of the custom built-ins in his bedroom, which are painted in Farrow & Ball Borrowed Light.

live through the trouble of creating one here, all the better. I did enlist a couple of interior-designer friends to help with a few things, particularly Ryan White, who came in to support me on my first big edit. Sometimes my maximalist tendencies can use some reining in. And then I consulted Brooke Gardner, who is always a great partner when I have a specific vision and need help making it happen. For example, I wanted gold walls in the dining room, and Brooke found artisans who hand-applied a custom finish. I even rolled up my sleeves and pitched in a bit! What is the story you are telling here? I believe in a strictly authentic narrative at home—everything in my space is there for a reason. I’m one of those people who actually uses their good china, and I hand-carried my porcelain plates back to Los Angeles from Shanghai. See that punch bowl on the bar? I got it after we wrapped the set of The Help, a movie I worked on that meant so much to me. Behind every single thing in this house, there is a background story that makes me smile. Sounds intriguing. Do go on... Well, I am particularly in love with a ceramic bowl in the living room that used to belong to Marilyn Monroe. I have always looked up to her, and I believe she epitomized Hollywood glamour. I wanted to own something of hers, and I was finally able to get this bowl at auction. But it’s hard to pick a single favorite object in my house. In the kitchen, I have a collection of porcelain pagodas that I get to enjoy every morning. Tabletop items are really important to me. Your bedroom is dreamy. How did you land on that airy blue? I’ve had dark bedrooms in the past, but this time I wanted to conjure a lighter feeling in my sleeping space. I wanted the room to make me feel happy and uplifted—like I am sleeping in the sky. I love it. The built-in bed creates a cove effect, and I upholstered the background to give the look of a headboard. I also installed wall-towall carpeting. I’m a huge fan of that—maybe it’s because I grew up in the ’70s, but I find it easier to vacuum, which is essential since I have dogs. It absorbs sound, so the room is peaceful and quiet. You forget that Sunset Boulevard is less than a mile away. How did you design such a personal space yet keep the soul of this old house alive? With any house, new or old, I believe my role is to be a good caretaker. Even if you’re building a house from scratch, someone else will one day live there. I love living in vintage homes, within walls that speak of history. Right now, I’m just a steward of this house, doing what I can to leave my mark.

The built-in “headboard” in the bed alcove is covered in a Phillip Jeﬀries wallcovering. Ater visiting Leontine Linens in New Orleans, Strauss commissioned a bedding monogram in a blue that perfectly matches the room’s scheme. Lamp, Aerin. FOR MORE DETAILS, SEE RESOURCES

Interior Design Janie Molster

Interview Carrie Nieman Culpepper

Photography Luke White

Producer Doretta Sperduto

TIME

HONORED In the dining room of a mid-18th-century house in Richmond, Virginia, designer Janie Molster amped up the drama with ďŹ&#x201A;oor-to-ceiling curtains in a charcoal linen velvet by Trend. A chandelier by Design Legacy hangs above an antique English table. The artworks are portraits by William and Mary de Letwich Dodge, distant relatives of the ownerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s.

A 1700s Virginia home leaps nto the present with a gutsy update that repects the past but feels decidedly right for today.

Some interesting people must live in this house. It’s definitely rooted in traditionalism but worldly and fresh. JA NIE MOL S TER: I think of it as boho meets Virginia gentleman. She’s Charlestonian and had a very Southern upbringing, but she teaches meditation and is quite relaxed and informal. Her husband is a Virginian and an attorney. He’s got his library with volumes on Virginia history, and she has all of her Buddha statues. C A RRIE NIEM A N C ULPEPPER: Didn’t the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts own this house? Yes! My clients bought it about three years ago from the museum. It was called the Oaks and dates from the mid1700s. Its original site was outside of Richmond, but it was picked up and moved to the city in 1927. I don’t know if you remember, but it used to have floral wallpaper in the hallway. Was there anything sacred that couldn’t be changed? We upgraded all of the systems, and I convinced the owners to open several of the doorways, but it was essentially a renovation within the footprint. There was a question of whether or not to paint over the dark woodwork, so we had a restoration specialist take a look. He was fine with repainting most of it, but in the small back stairwell, he discovered a banister and handrail that are even older than this almost 300-year-old house. He told us flat out we could not paint them. How did you grapple with all that woodwork in your design? That old, mellowed wood really started speaking to me. We kept 75 percent of the wainscoting and window trim— stained poplar—which we polished and waxed. It marries the architecture with the furnishings and the client’s art. What’s the story of that incredible collection of paintings? Most of the work is by Mary and William de Leftwich Dodge, a mother and son who are distant relatives of my

client’s. The artists were Virginians who lived in Paris before World War I. During World War II, when so many public and private collections were being pillaged, the European relatives in possession of the works shipped dozens of the paintings to my client’s grandmother for safekeeping. When the war was over, they wrote to retrieve the collection, but it would have been so expensive to send it all back, they ended up telling her to keep it. Mary was known for her portraits, and William became a famous muralist with pieces in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and a commission at the Library of Congress. There are also contemporary works in the house from several Richmond and Charleston artists. I notice you took a different approach to displaying the art in each room. With such an abundance of canvases, I divided them into groups. I clustered examples of specific genres: landscapes in the bedroom, female portraits in the dining room. I measured the wall and then taped off the same amount of space on the floor, where I began laying out the paintings for color and balance. Often, I’d hop on a ladder to get perspective. The living room’s gallery wall features some of the couple’s favorites. It’s a mix of everything: high and low, old and new, antique and modern. Was it challenging to design around such strong historic architecture? We decided to fight fire with fire. We wanted the interior furnishings to be as strong as the architecture. Scale was key. The art goes all the way up to the crown moldings, and the curtains hang from floor to ceiling. There are generous light fixtures and significant, tall lamps. Everything has a feeling of muscularity and presence. The color intensity has a continuum throughout the house—the study’s palette of bluish green with red feels powerful, while the living room has that great pumpkin color and big art. That’s what creates cohesion—proportion and strength.

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“Saturated colors balance the strength of the architecture,” says Molster, who opted for Benjamin Moore Mill Springs Blue in the study. Lamps by Uttermost and a Jonathan Adler chandelier add a modern touch. Rug, Stanton. BELOW LEF T: The narrow back stairwell is thought to have been pulled from another house that predates the construction of this one. BELOW: In a corner of the dining room, a grouping of women’s portraits hangs over a Biedermeier settee. The sideboard is an English family antique. Wall paint, Benjamin Moore French Canvas. Rug, Fibreworks. LEF T:

In the living room, 11-foot-tall curtains in a shimmering pumpkin silk taffeta offset the patina of the wainscoting. A contemporary painting of three nudes by Anne Darby Parker is mixed into a gallery wall hung with historic oil paintings. Wall paint, Benjamin Moore Collingwood. The Lee Industries sofa under the gallery wall is topped with House of Cindy pillows. Nesting coffee tables, Uttermost.

Organic patterns and earth tones mingle in the family room, where the ikat-covered love seat is by Lee Industries. A Seabrook grass cloth envelops the walls all the way up the pitched ceiling. The roomâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trim is painted in Benjamin Moore Ozark Shadows. OPPOSITE: In the master bedroom, landscape paintings surround the custom headboard. Duvet and shams, RH, Restoration Hardware. FOR MORE DETAILS, SEE RESOURCES

STORYBOOK

Interior Design Wendy Wurtzburger & Chris Bentley

Interview Celia Barbour

Photography David A. Land

Producer Doretta Sperduto

PHILADELPHIA

In ths exuberant 1840 house at the city’s edge, family heirlooms mix with maximalst lorals— and a trumpet vne burts rom a cupboard. 96

A Mister Ed–style Dutch door leads into Wendy Wurtzburger and Chris Bentley’s house in Philadelphia. The entry previews several of the home’s themes, including the mixing of fine artwork and family antiques with flora and fauna. Here, an umbrella stand filled with paper flowers is set next to a 19th-century English library table topped with a pair of green ceramic rabbits from South Africa. “We always mix in the global,” Wurtzburger says. The pouf is from Anthropologie. OPPOSITE: Roses climb the home’s trellised facade.

This home looks like it’s in the countryside—or perhaps the suburbs? C HRI S B ENTLE Y: It’s actually within the Philadelphia city limits. W ENDY W UR T ZBURG ER: But it’s on fourand-a-half acres, and it backs onto a park, so it’s really oriented toward nature. It was built in 1840 and feels like an old farmhouse: The rooms are small and low-ceilinged, and it has those nooks and crannies that old houses have. C ELI A B A RB OUR: In other ways, too, your house defies easy categorization. W W: Chris and I are collectors—we love family and pets and plants and art and history. The way we choose to live is to put it all together. Fine antiques are also in the mix. C B : Those are mostly from my family. W W: They’re heirlooms, but we’re not fancy—we mix refined with casual, so we have this history of both of our families. It’s like a scrapbook of your lives. How do you keep it from looking like a hodgepodge? W W: The rooms are themed around our collections and our art, but it’s not literal. We group things by instinct, to create visual storytelling. We’re both stylists in different ways: Chris has been a photographer and painter, and I have created stories around merchandise for my entire professional life, first in my 16 years at Anthropologie, and now with my new ventures, Roar + Rabbit and Until Soon. How does this play out in your decorating choices? W W: When we moved into the house, we’d already been collecting a lot of natural objects—rocks, pods, bird nests, deer heads—so we called the living room “the nature room” because they found a home there. But over time, that room also became about pattern: The abstract images above the sofa are collages of butterfly wings, there’s a vintage Hermès birdprint scarf that I had framed, and Chris’s collection of floral Murano and resin paperweights is clustered on the table.

In the living room, a mass of pillows by needlepoint artist Nancy Lisagor are displayed atop an Anthropologie sofa in a John Robshaw fabric. Curtain panels, also from Anthropologie, are folded and draped over rods. The table lamp in the corner is from Roar + Rabbit, Wurtzburger’s new home-design venture, and is available through West Elm. Walls in Minced Onion and trim in Apple Blossom, both by Benjamin Moore.

Like nature through the looking glass. W W: A certain kind of fantasy interests me: I love oversize flora and fauna. Like the giant crepe paper flowers in the umbrella stand by the front door, or the library, where an exploded floral print covers the table and giant butterflies adorn the ottoman. In the dining room, a living trumpet vine grows right out of the cupboard. It comes in through the basement somehow. We cut it back every year, but it returns. It’s like the spirit of the house. C B : Or Little Shop of Horrors. You also take a fantastical approach to mixing patterns. W W: I love textiles, and each one tells a story: the bedspread from India, a scarf I found at a Paris flea market. The duvet on our bed looks 1970s Scandinavian, but I actually found it at Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar. And I collect contemporary art. An artist made those way-beyond-bargello pillows in the living room—I was excited by the idea of using them en masse, like an installation. Color seems to play an important role. W W: The palette was a conscious choice, as well as an evolution. C B : The living room colors were based on a mural of this house commissioned by the previous owners. In the library, I chose deep blue to accentuate the snow paintings over the sofa. It makes the room feel more modern and also intimate. The bedroom color—it’s called Absinthe—was inspired by a trip to Belgium. And you use color to accentuate details. C B : A lot of the millwork ideas, like the painted door panels and the interior of the dining room cupboards, were inspired by our travels, particularly to Charleston house in England. W W: Once you start mixing colors, you kind of have to keep going, and you have to be bold about it. How did you bring your design sense outdoors? C B : The plan of the garden reflects the history of this property and the existing stonework, which uses the local schist. But the plants are a riot of colors, from swaths of yellow daffodils in spring to peonies in early summer, then later, blue and yellow borders. Just like in the house, we like a wild assortment of everything. W W: It’s all about mixing and fantasy— taking what we love and using it to create an original style.

ABOVE: In the library, the walls are in Benjamin Moore French Beret, a dark blue-gray that highlights Bentleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s collection of gilt-framed snowy landscapes. The English sofa by Plinth is covered in patched velvet. The floral painted cocktail table with a midcentury base is by Brian Foster, whose local workshop, Groundwork, is responsible for several custom pieces in the home. RIGHT: A pair of majolica parrots holds rhododendrons and butterfly weed. FAR RIGHT: In the dining room, a set of mismatched chairs by Kit Kemp for Anthropologie pulls up to a vintage table. The Natalie Page chandelier is from Egan Rittenhouse. From the millwork by the fireplace, which is painted in Benjamin Moore Bella Blue, a living trumpet vine emerges every spring.

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RIGHT: The custom kitchen island by Groundwork is topped with sandstone that originally paved Philadelphia’s Independence Hall plaza. The ﬂoor is Ann Sacks Belgian limestone, and the ceiling is clad in limewashed birch typically used as ﬂoorboards. Chandelier, Workstead. Dishwasher, Bosch. Range, BlueStar. BELOW: Wurtzburger and Bentley with their Jack Russell terriers outside. BELOW RIGHT: In the kitchen sitting area, the chair is by Roar + Rabbit for West Elm. The 18th-century breakfront is a Bentley family heirloom. OPPOSITE: In the master bedroom, an antique slipper chair is upholstered in a vintage stripe from Hobnob Design. The door panels are in Farrow & Ball India Yellow, and the walls are in Emery & Cie Absinthe.

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Beneath a pergola, the couple entertains frequently at a table whose top was cut from a black walnut tree that once grew on their property. Chairs, Tolix. OPPOSITE: Bentley grew up in nearby Bucks County in a family of gardeners and plantsmen. He designed the gardens to combine structure and colorful floral displays. FOR MORE DETAILS, SEE RESOURCES

Resources HOUSE BEAUTIFUL • APRIL 2018

A listing of designers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers featured in this issue. For complete product information, go to housebeautiful.com/resources. THE SYMBOL (T) = TO THE TRADE.

FERMOIE | fermoie.com

“To the trade” means a manufacturer sells primarily to design professionals. Many design centers offer hourly decorating and shopping services that can assist you; some fabric shops, workrooms, and websites may be able to place an order for you as well.

FIBREWORKS (T) ﬁbreworks.com FORNASET TI fornasetti.com GEORGE STOLL baldwingallery.com HABITÉ | habitela.com HOBNOB DESIGN hobnob-design.com HOLLY WOOD AT HOME hollywoodathome.com

PAINT

HOUSE OF CINDY houseofcindy.com

BEHR | behr.com

HOUSE OF HACKNEY houseofhackney.com

BENJAMIN MOORE benjaminmoore.com

JOHN DERIAN johnderian.com

EMERY & CIE emeryetcie.com

JOHN ROSSELLI ANTIQUES johnrosselliantiques.com

FARROW & BALL farrow-ball.com FINE PAINTS OF EUROPE ﬁnepaintsofeurope.com SHERWIN-WILLIAMS sherwin-williams.com

FABRIC & WALLCOVERING BENNISON FABRICS (T) bennisonfabrics.com

STILNOVO stilnovousa.com

NANTUCKET SINKS nantucketsinksusa.com

DESIGNERS 42 JEAN LIU jeanliudesign.com 46 THOMAS O’BRIEN aerostudios.com

TERR AIN shopterrain.com

48 PETER DUNHAM peterdunhamtextiles .com

CR ATE & BARREL crateandbarrel.com

LES ATELIERS COURBET ateliercourbet.com

UT TERMOST (T) uttermost.com

CREEL AND GOW creelandgow.com

MARVIN | marvin.com

VAUGHAN (T) vaughandesigns.com

62 K ATIE LYDON katielydoninteriors .com

through Duralee

duralee.com

CRUEL MOUNTAIN cruelmountain.com

McCART Y GALLERY mccartygallery.com

TREND (T) trend-fabrics.com

DANIELLE ROLLINS danielledrollins.com

MECOX | mecox.com

VERVAIN (T) | vervain.com

DESIGN LEGACY (T) design-legacy.com

WALLPAPERDIRECT wallpaperdirect.com

DEUX FEMMES DECOR ATIVE ART + DESIGN | dfemmes.com

EGAN RIT TENHOUSE eganrittenhouse.com

FURNISHINGS & ACCESSORIES

ETHAN ALLEN ethanallen.com

AERIN | aerin.com

FARMHOUSE POT TERY farmhousepottery.com

through St yle Librar y

through Duralee

PHILLIP JEFFRIES (T) phillipjeﬀries.com

STARK (T) starkcarpet.com

LOWE’S | lowes.com

ST. FR ANK | stfrank.com

stylelibrary.com

NEW WALL | newwall.com

JOSEPH ANFUSO 20TH CENTURY DESIGN 1stdibs.com

LIEBHERR | liebherr.com

59 EDDIE ROSS eddieross.com

HIGHL AND COURT (T)

LONDUBH STUDIO londubhstudio.com

SISTER PARISH sisterparishdesign.com

KOHLER | kohler.com

THOMAS O’BRIEN FOR CENTURY FURNITURE centuryfurniture.com

ZOFFANY (T)

KR AVET (T) | kravet.com

SHADES OF LIGHT shadesoﬂight.com

ILVE | ilveappliances.com

LEONTINE LINENS leontinelinens.com

FABRICUT (T) fabricut.com

KR ANE HOME kranehome.com

SERENA & LILY serenaandlily.com

BOSCH | bosch-home.com

COUTURE SHADES (T) coutureshades.com

WALNUT WALLPAPER walnutwallpaper.com

JEAN DE MERRY (T) jeandemerry.com

SCREECH OWL DESIGN screechowldesign.com

SEABROOK (T) seabrookwallpaper.com

johnrosselliassociates.com

duralee.com

THE RUG COMPANY therugcompany.com

CARRIE CR AWFORD mineralworkshop.com

TILTON FENWICK (T)

through John Rosselli & Associates

RUBBISH INTERIORS rubbishinteriors.com

SAMUEL & SONS (T) samuelandsons.com

COLE & SON (T) cole-and-son.com

DOROTHY DR APER (T)

ROY MALOUMIAN ORIENTAL RUGS roysrugs.com

LEE INDUSTRIES leeindustries.com

SUNBRELL A sunbrella.com

DE GOURNAY degournay.com

RH, RESTOR ATION HARDWARE | rh.com

STANTON stantoncarpet.com

KRB | krbnyc.com

CL ARENCE HOUSE (T) clarencehouse.com

COW TAN & TOUT (T) cowtan.com

PHILLIP JEFFRIES (T) phillipjeﬀries.com

JONATHAN ADLER jonathanadler.com

JUNG LEE | jungleeny.com

SYDNEY HARBOUR PAINT COMPANY shpcompany.com

PEGASO GALLERY DESIGN pegasogallerydesign.com

AERO | aerostudios.com ANNE DARBY PARKER annedarbyparker.com ANTHROPOLOGIE anthropologie.com AU COUR ANT INTERIORS aucourant-interiors.com

PINDLER (T) | pindler.com

BL ACKMAN CRUZ blackmancruz.com

ROBERT ALLEN (T) robertallendesign.com

BRIAN FOSTER groundworkhome.com

ROBERT KIME (T) robertkime.com

BUNNY WILLIAMS HOME bunnywilliamshome.com

DIANE JAMES HOME dianejameshome.com

MATOUK | matouk.com

MICHAEL GORMAN luriegallery.com

WEST ELM | westelm.com WILLIAMS SONOMA HOME | wshome.com WORKSTEAD workstead.com

MIGUEL MACAYA miguelmacaya.es

KITCHEN & BATH

NANCY KOLTES nancykoltes.com

ANN SACKS annsacks.com

NICKEY KEHOE nickeykehoe.com

BLUESTAR bluestarcooking.com

NIERMANN WEEKS (T) niermannweeks.com

CORRECTION

OLY | olystudio.com PAT McGANN GALLERY patmcganngallery.com

HOT TENROTH + JOSEPH ARCHITECTS hjnyc.com 72 SHARON LEE kranehome.com 88 JANIE MOL STER janiemolster.com 96 WENDY WURT ZBURGER & CHRIS BENTLEY roarandrabbit.com

In the March 2018 story “Hollywood Sequel,” the ﬂoral fabric on the dining room chairs (page 105) was misidentiﬁed. It is Tansy Indigo by Robert Kime (robertkime.com).

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Baby’s breath? Isn’t that a filler flower? As it turns out, Gypsophila is breathtakingly chic when used alone in giant, cloud-like bunches. Don’t just take our word for it: From Rodarte’s spring runway (models wore giant crowns of the tiny white buds) to It beauty brand Glossier’s London pop-up (with billowing garlands that made for Instagram catnip), the humble flower is unquestionably in season. For at-home arranging, Houston designer Paloma Contreras, a recent baby’s breath convert, suggests “big, tightly packed bouquets in a timeless blue-and-white vase or a simple glass vessel wrapped in raffia.” The effect, she says, “is beautiful and romantic and exudes tons of charm!”

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