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Make Room for Everyone While bunk beds have forever been a kids’ dream, designers are currently obsessed with bunk rooms.

Dallas Editorial Director Joanna Saltz talks inspiration with five local designers.

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Any Room Can Be a Playroom This one used to be a wine cellar—before the kids moved in.

18 Not All GenderNeutrals Are Beige Even your teenager will fall for these bold colors.

26 Edgewood Hall How Eddie Ross turned an empty hallway into a cozy work space.

28 The Whole Room Is a Canvas Three art-inspiring wall treatments that let your kids get creative.

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34 Next Wave In the hands of New York’s Alberto Villalobos, any room can have depth.

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In This Issue / June 2019 48 The House Made for Sleepovers This 273-year-old home is the coolest hangout on Nantucket.

56 You’ll Never Guess Who Lives Here Two adults, four kids, and a dog—plus some incredible design.

64 Designers’ Most Amazing Kids’ Spaces See how the pros express themselves when the grown-ups aren’t around.

72 Where the Wild Things Are How do you make room for an extraordinary art collection and a buzzing family of four?

80 Can You Spot All the Bunnies?

At a playful retreat in Pennsylvania, the family legacy is in nearly every detail.

86 An Everyday Getaway For a family in Greenwich, Connecticut, treasured vacations inspire the best design.

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Decorating is so often about injecting life into snoozy situations. As Editorial Director Joanna Saltz finds out, these five Dallas designers are all about having some fun.

Joanna Saltz @josaltz Want to talk? E-mail me at editor@housebeautiful.com.

Jo Saltz: OK, let’s jump in.

When a room is feeling bare and boring, what’s your go-to for making it more fun?

all the time, but mine would never look like that. For me it’s more about the placement of things, rather than color.

Monica Wilcox: Art, art, art—original art. Find an artist to create something individual, unique, one-of-a-kind. Introduce your clients to art, and you will never ever go wrong.

Jean Liu: I’ve had clients completely change the way they felt about a room just because we took the existing pieces of furniture and tweaked the layout of them.

Brant McFarlain: I like to arrange furniture in a way that’s not typical. You get architectural plans and it seems to be the same layout

Amy Berry: Right. And there needs to be a playfulness, like, “You can live here! Yeah, you can move that chair, it’s OK!”

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Denise McGaha: It’s our job to take this perfect little bow that interior design has been tied with and kind of blow it up.

Jo: Is it more fun to have tons of money for a project, or to have to get creative on a budget?

For the daughter of some adventurous clients, Amy turned an empty closet into a child-size dollhouse.

Amy: It’s fun to have a fun client. With one client, there was a closet where I said, “We should make it a dollhouse!”

They have a little girl, so we did a whole hidden bookcase she can walk into. There’s a little light fixture, a little kitchen. The dad was like, “What are you doing to my closet?” And I was like, “It will be fine, and we can turn it back into a closet later.”

That’s how trusting they were.

Jean: Totally agree. The clients who trust you—who are so trusting they don’t even check in with you—can make a project come in a lot smoother, and

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“I’ll say, ‘I love dark rooms!’ to kind of guide a client toward a bold decision,” Brant says. Case in point: these suede-like Venetian-plaster walls in one of his projects.

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Open House: Dallas even under budget, because they’re not micromanaging every decision.

Brant: That said, a huge budget is fun. One project I finished last year was the penthouse of the Ritz. It’s 5,000 square feet, he’s a bachelor, and he just trusted me to do my thing.

Denise: Is that your perfect client profile?

Monica matches the music she plays at a reveal to the mood of the room, so this chilled-out living area was presented with jazz.

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I was like, “Let’s move this out!”

Denise: People get to see themselves in a completely different light when you change their interiors.

Brant: Well, now he’s cool.

Jean: Ha! At the same time, we’ve had some great things

come out of the tightest budgets. We’re working on the new showroom for KOCH, a clothing line. This project does not have a crazy budget, so every single fabric we’re using is actually a remnant from their current collections.

Monica: That’s amazing!

“People get to see themselves in a completely different light when you change their interiors. They get a whole new persona!”

—DENISE MCGAHA

Jo: What is the most fun part of your job? [Note to transcriber: We are now two glasses of wine deep.]

Denise: I love presenting to the client and make a really big deal out of it. We serve their favorite treats, and I know what they like to drink. I had a client last week say, “Oh my God, do you have people who are addicted to this like plastic surgery?” Then she looked at her husband and said, “When do we get to do the next part of the house?”

Brant: I mean, I do like presenting—but not as much as you do.

Denise: I love it.

Jean’s mood board for the new KOCH showroom, where all the fabric she’s using is left over from their clothing lines.

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Monica: For me, the most fun part is definitely the reveal. We have bets in my office on who’s going to cry—our goal is actually to make people cry! We do everything we can. We light candles.

We even have music.

Denise: It’s an experience!

Monica: Yes! A celebration.

Amy: It’s kind of your moment to be like, “I was listening.”

Jean: The most fun for me personally is the process. I love working with the different trades, because I think that they’re the most unsung part of any project. They’re the ones who have to get it done!

Jo: So true. And what a diverse mix of answers.

Denise: We’re Texans! We’re individuals.

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dream, designers are currently obsessed with bunk rooms: Composed of built-in beds and often tucked away in awkward attics or guest spaces, they look chic and can accommodate lots of sleepers (just right for extended family who insist on crashing). Turn the page for tips on how to double up.

BUNK ROOMS CAN BE SHORT ON CLOSET SPACE, SO DESIGNER JENNY KEENAN INTEGRATED DRAWERS UNDER THESE BUILT-INS.

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Create a Fort

Alice Lane Interiors drew inspiration from a train car for this Provo, Utah, bunk room. Thibaut wallpaper was brought up onto the ceiling, and curtains can be closed at bedtime.

How to Build a Bunk Room

Rather than just putting two queen beds in this guest room, Studio McGee added twin bunks crossing overhead to maximize sleep space.

SECURE THE BUNKS to the wall studs, and also anchor them to a corner post that goes all the way to the ceiling, if needed. And make sure top railings are at least 12 inches high, so nobody falls out!

MEASURE THE SPACE before you start building.

Leave at least 40 inches between the top bunk’s mattress and the ceiling, so you don’t hit your head, and two inches on either side, so your kids you can make the bed.

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Any Room Can Be a Playroom This used to be a wine cellar. Now, the kids have moved in.

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stairs in a San Francisco home, you’ll find the envy of the neighborhood.

“The homeowners wanted their kids to have a place to goof off while they have a party upstairs,”

explains the designer, Regan Baker. The couple had seen the adventure-themed, tented kids’ room Baker dreamed up for a show house and enlisted her to transform their wine-storage room into something their three kids would love. It’s now known as the Romp Room.

“The idea was to engage and activate the space,” says the designer. Wine racks became color-blocked art-supply storage, an unused wall was turned into a climbing wall, and soft, modular furniture was brought in to allow for (gentle) roughhousing.

And yet, the space still feels orderly and refined. After all, says Baker, “they want it to be a room their kids can grow up in.” Color us jealous.

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These slanted shelves once held wine bottles.

Pretty Pegboard: Ikea’s SKÅDIS system puts all kinds of art supplies on display. “We’re huge fans of organizing,” says Baker. SKÅDIS pegboard, $19 per panel. ikea.com.

Put It in Order

Storage baskets from the Container Store encourage neatness.

“Having bins teaches kids to pick up after themselves, because everything has its place,” says Baker. The table is by Room & Board. Chairs, Design Within Reach. Pendant, Barn Light Electric.

Blank Canvas at the Ready: A wall-mounted roll of kraft paper lets kids get creative without parents having to lug out materials. Studio Roller

by George & Willy, $180. georgeandwilly.com.

Let It All Hang Out: Wire art hangers give proper recognition to mini masterpieces, which can be switched up easily. Loft by Umbra Photo Lines, $13 each. target.com.

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Baker painted affordable Ikea Ivar cabinets in fun colors.

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Plush furniture keeps rambunctious toddlers safe, while a restrained palette elevates the overall look.

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A modular sofa is about as chic as kid-friendly gets.

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Here’s how to create the adventure zone of your kids’ dreams.

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Rope Wall Jammar (jammarmfg .com) makes climbing nets sized for any space—or you can opt for this Swing-N-Slide. $55. lowes.com.

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AFTER

You’ve Got Room for an Office Nook We turned an empty hallway into a cozy work space.

By Eddie Ross

The desk folds up out of the way when not in use.

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isn’t exactly a sprawling manse, so when we started drawing up floor plans with our architect, we wanted to make sure that every bit of square footage had a use. On the second floor, we decided to tear out a cramped bathroom so we could move the door to the master bedroom, which didn’t have a wall long enough for a king-size bed. That left us with some extra room in the upstairs landing—just right for an office.

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Anchoring the area is a reproduction Baker secretary, which serves double duty as a desk and storage cabinet. (I love how the mirrored doors reflect light from the window and make the space look even bigger.) Le Manach curtains, a Round Top Antiques Fair score, incorporate colors from the bedroom and guest rooms. And a consignment store chair, which I painted white and reupholstered, can be tucked into a corner when not in use. The finishing touch: a giant ceramic foo dog, because sometimes fun is function enough!

P H O TO G R A P H BY T R E VO R D I XO N

PRODUCER: EMMA BAZILIAN. BEFORE PHOTOGRAPH: COURTESY OF RACHEL MCGINN. FOR MORE DETAILS, SEE RESOURCES

Above: We decided to take out the upstairs hall bath so we could move the master bedroom door. Right: Now our room opens onto a bigger vestibule, and the formerly windowless hallway has plenty of natural light.

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Forget the fridge; turn any wall into a magnet board with Sian Zeng’s new wallpaper, which comes with a liner that makes magnets cling. Prefer paint? Apply RustOleum’s magnetic primer under your color of choice.

Dino Wallpaper, $358 per roll; Dino Magnets, $5 each. sianzeng.com.

Industrial Activity Chairs, $80 for two. target .com. Daphne Table, $396, and Red Roadster Scoot, $156. rhbabyandchild.com.

Schoenhut Piano, $95. abchome.com.

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Nautical Blue Stripe Teepee, $159, and Ride On Llama, $149. crateandbarrel .com. Riviera Kids’ Chair, $188; Dot Basket, $178; and Playa Stripe Dhurrie, $898. serenaandlily .com. Schoenhut Guitar, $65. abchome.com.

Wipes clean, just like a whiteboard.

Dry-Erase Paint Most often used in office settings,

this easy treatment can create a full-wall easel for kids— especially Benjamin Moore’s Notable Clear, which can be applied over any wall color (we opted for Breath of Fresh Air, a breezy blue). Let it dry for seven days before drawing.

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Cork Tiles

Why settle for a bulletin board when you could have a bulletin wall? Available in tiles or rolls, cork transforms a blank wall (or half wall) into an art gallery, souvenir display, photo collage, or anything else your kids dream up. To protect the wall behind it, mount cork on a plywood backing.

Donut Push Pins

by Fred & Friends, $9. containerstore.com.

Desk, $1,845. ducducnyc.com. Safavieh Sheepskin Rug, $99. maisonette.com.

Bent Bistro Chairs, from $225. abchome .com. Mally Skok Irish Chair, $400. dowel furniturecompany.com. Wooden Art Easel, $149. crateandbarrel.com. Faux-Fur Beanbag, $156. rhbabyandchild.com. For more details, see Resources.

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VILLALOBOS CHOSE A FORNASETTI SCREEN TO ADD VISUAL INTEREST TO A PIED-À-TERRE ON CENTRAL PARK.

In the hands of New York’s Alberto Villalobos, any room can have depth.

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T A L L S TA R T E D W I T H A B O O K . “ I N M Y FA M I LY,

you’re encouraged to study whatever you want—as long as it’s business, law, or engineering,” says Colombiaborn Alberto Villalobos. So when he told his parents that he was planning instead to pursue a career in interior design, it took some time for them to warm up to the idea.

“One day, my mother gave me a book by Juan Montoya, Colombia’s most esteemed interior designer, and said, ‘If

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you’re going to do this, you have to be just as good,’ ” he recalls.

“It was a gesture of support, and his work has occupied a special place in my heart ever since.”

That influence shows in Villalobos’s elegant, layered aesthetic (silk-clad walls, muted hues, and carefully curated art), which he honed at LaSalle College in Colombia and New York School of Interior Design before launching A. Villalobos Design. “To me, material and texture are more important than color and pattern,” he says. “Even if a fabric seems plain, when you add another textile and then another, it all adds up to create something interesting. It’s about understanding the room as a whole.”

Put Fabric on Your Walls

Villalobos swears by upholstered walls, but they require serious craftsmanship. Get the look with these less labor-intensive options.

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2. Upholsteryweight Fabric Some companies will paper-back it for you!

Kasbah Linen Blend by de Le Cuona. delecuona.com.

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1. Paper-backed Fabric Install it like wallpaper. Alcôve Velvet by Élitis. elitis.fr.

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3. Leather Tile It ha s an upholstered look.

Square Leather Tile by Studioart. studioart.it.

4. Woven Wallcovering A vertical strié hides seams. Silky Strings II by Phillip Jeffries. phillipjeffries .com.

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Tight on space? An upholstered wall stands in for a headboard.

From top left: The urban landscape inspired this living room’s palette. Silk walls in a dining room “add a warmth you don’t get with regular wallpaper,” says Villalobos.

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A bonus room downstairs is decked out with a cane daybed, a gliding chair, a changing table, and animal heads from Serena & Lily.

How to Design a Nursery Suite in 90 Days It was August when photographer Gray Malin and his husband, Jeff Richardson, learned they were expecting twins in the late fall, so they planned a shower and hired a designer to speed-decorate. Start the clock.... By Shoko Wanger

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MONTHS OUT The first concept board was complete within a few weeks. Malin and Berry agreed that the rooms would be clean and classic, designed to grow up with the children. They would also feature Malin’s fine art photography. “I wanted a space that

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would feel undeniably happy,” he says. “My brand is about bringing joy to other people, and I wanted to bring joy to my family with this special project.”

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MONTHS OUT Berry placed rush orders for furniture, timing each shipment to arrive at the same time.

She opted for a mix: store-bought pieces from retailers like Serena & Lily and Land of Nod (now Crate & Kids), and custom decor, including high-quality blackout curtains (“with kids, you’re going to want it as dark as possible”) and chairs in performance fabrics.

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MONTHS OUT While the orders were being processed, Berry completed a “cosmetic face-lift” on-site. In the boy’s room, a brandnew set of closet doors was lacquered and

installed. In the girl’s room, a built-in shelf was removed to make space for a crib. Both nurseries were painted, wallpapered, and trimmed in grosgrain ribbon—a sweet alternative to traditional molding.

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HOURS OUT Installation began just two days before the baby shower—and within weeks of the twins’ arrival: Dove Muzzy and Max Talbott joined the family on December 2, 2018.

“Fatherhood is so much better than I ever could have imagined,” Malin says.

And so is the nursery suite: “It’s unbelievable,” he says. “The space is not only functional, but it has the sense of magic we were aiming for, plus so much more.”

A print from Gray Malin at the Parker, a series that inspired the photographer’s first furniture line with Cloth & Company.

PHOTOGRAPHERS: RYAN GARVIN (PLAYROOM); NATHAN SCHRODER (NURSERIES); ANDREW SISK (PORTRAIT), COURTESY OF AMY BERRY DESIGNS. FOR MORE DETAILS, SEE RESOURCES

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MONTHS OUT “I immediately started brainstorming,” says Dallas-based designer Amy Berry, who got the call from Malin to design the twins’ nurseries. To accommodate the tight time line, she prioritized quick vendors and readily available materials—when pulling swatches, for example, she chose fabrics that were “in stock and on reserve.”

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A daybed can double as a bed for overnight guests and a place to perch while the kids play.

In Dove’s room, Berry opted for wallpaper from Farrow & Ball and a custom daybed from her own Amy Berry Home. Ottoman, Gray Malin x Cloth & Company, One Kings Lane. Curtain fabric, ClassicCloth from Dessin Fournir.

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3 Things Every Kids’ Room Needs For the sanity of both you and your child.

Blackout Curtains “The closer to a cave, the better,” Berry says. “You need that baby to sleep, sleep, sleep!”

Outdoor Fabric Upholster furniture in spill-proof materials, and it’ll look like new for longer.

Above: Richardson (standing) holds Dove while Malin holds Max. Left: Both babies will share Max’s nursery until they’re old enough to sleep separately. Crib, Ducduc. Curtain fabric, Schumacher. Wallpaper, Scalamandré. Rug, Stark.

Extra Seating If space allows, get two gliders or rocking chairs so story time can be a family affair.

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A SOFT, GRASSY LAWN FRAMES APARTMENT THERAPY FOUNDER MAXWELL RYAN’S POOL IN EAST HAMPTON, NEW YORK.

There’s Never Been a Better Time to Get a Pool These days, it’s more than just a hole in the ground. Designer details and sustainable materials are making a splash.

By Samantha Weiss-Hills

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slip out at dawn to dip your toes in the pool?

Or cannonball in after a particularly hard workday? Pools are a place for reflection as much as recreation, but the options when embarking on a design can feel overwhelming. Fiberglass or concrete? Wood decking or grass? Diving board or slide?!

One thing is clear: The cost is real. On average, you can plan to spend at least $35,000 to install an in-ground pool, according to HomeAdvisor.com—and that doesn’t include the maintenance that follows. “You should be putting in a pool

for yourself, not because it’s going to make the house more attractive to buyers,” says

Design by Marmol Radziner.

ACT N AT U R A L A dark plaster or liner will give your pool a sophisticated look.

Design by Marmol Radziner.

What’s the Perfect Pool for You? Don’t let your contractor tell you there’s just one option.

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The look: Limited to manufacturer-set shapes.

The look: Matte and modern. Unlimited design potential.

How it’s installed: Choose shape, size, and features, then watch it get craned into your backyard.

How it’s installed: Shotcrete, whether wet or gunite, is pumped into a rebar-framed hole, smoothed, and plastered.

The look: A little plasticky, though a dark color can help make it look more luxe.

How it’s installed: A frame is constructed and paneled, then the liner is attached.

Life span: Five to 10 years, and then a new liner has to be installed.

Best for: Leisure enthusiasts; the vinyl liner can puncture, so it’s not ideal for families or rowdy groups.

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Life span: Can last up to 25 years with minimal staining and algae growth. The nonporous surface means less cleaning!

Best for: Families and anyone who hates upkeep.

Life span: Needs to be resurfaced approximately every 10 years.

Best for: Designminded homeowners who can handle some maintenance (regular chemical balancing, fixing cracks).

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“To take out a pool is a lot of money, too.”

Having direct access to a backyard oasis is an investment in your lifestyle (and your health, if you’re into swimming laps).

So if you’re going to do it, do it right, says designer Jay Jeffers: “Taking the lowest bid from a pool installer is asking for disaster— you’ll probably remodel parts of your home before you ever change the pool!”

Worried about wood-deck deterioration? Los Angeles– based Chad Johnston recommends durable (and sustainable) options like Thermory and Accoya wood.

Pick a Material for Your Deck The surrounding area matters as much as the pool itself.

Pros Rich color, organic, and integrates well with traditional architecture; nonslip surface when wet.

Can get uncomfortably hot; travertine is a cool-to-the touch stone alternative.

Versatile, practical, chic, and modern when well designed; easy to clean.

Less character than other options and can also get very hot in the sun.

Grass

Contemporary, natural, peaceful, and colorful (also cheaper to install than others if you seed).

Needs sun exposure, and can get brown spots if splashed with water from a saltwater pool.

Wood Decking

Classic, can match decking already present, and a good contrast to the color of water.

Can degrade or cause splinters; requires maintenance. A wood composite like Trex can work instead.

Bluestone

I N T E G R AT E An inset spa is more seamless than a freestanding hot tub.

Concrete

There’s More to Life Than Diving Boards Like slides! Designers weigh in on the trends they’re loving.

Design by Hugh Jefferson Randolph Architects.

Design by Studio Life/Style.

Cocktail Pools Shallow pools (four feet deep, all the way across) for cooling off, relaxing, and entertaining are in, says designer Jay Jeffers.

Wild Slides Diving boards are taking a back seat to an arguably more thrilling kid-friendly feature: slides.

Adults are also welcome to take a ride, of course.

Baja Shelf Increasingly popular with families, Baja shelves—i.e., a top step big enough to fit a couple of lounge chairs (left)—are essentially kiddie pools when the loungers are removed.

Motorized Covers Most of Marmol Radziner’s clients these days want

Insert cocktail hour here.

Cons

motorized pool covers, which close at the touch of a button and are invisible when not in use.

Water Ionization Khederian has seen an uptick in mineral-water pools, which reduce muck and the need for chlorine.

*Of all outdoor features, a new pool is only the 12th most appealing to buyers (below landscaping and irrigation), according to the National Association of Realtors. So if you only want to add value, consider reseeding the lawn instead.

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Pooling Around

Goes from lounge chair to pool float.

The smallest addition can up the fun factor of your sunbathing zone.

A built-in loop for quick drying.

Clear Rainbow Chaise Lounger $79. funboy.com.

Pool Towels Mojito Time and Under the Canopy. $59 each. tesalate.com.

Wicker Pineapple Pool Storage Basket $150. pier1.com.

Win an Outdoor Shower from Fantini!

Steel Outdoor Foosball Table Available in five colors. $3,900. thosbaker.com.

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PHOTOGRAPHER: STUART TYSON (TOWELS AND PINEAPPLE BASKET)

South Beach Lifeguard Chair Available in 13 colors. $629 for Lemon (shown). polywood outdoor.com.

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LED LIGHTS Cleverly embedded panels mean you can stay out all night—and they’re dimmable, too.

S L E E K S PE A K E R S A premium Bluetooth sound system lets you set the mood with all your favorite tunes.

One Amazing Thing This state-of-the-art patio umbrella is so incredible, it throws shade at all others.

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umbrella has solar power— which allows you to charge your devices outside plus have light and speakers without needing an electrical outlet—is one of my favorite things about it. I’m doing a terrace where we’re putting in a TV projector and an area for dining and drinks. You don’t want to run a cord across the deck, so this is the perfect solution. It’s stylish but also simple, so it can work in any environment. It has a sinuous shape—a little curve on the stem that gives it character, almost like a sculpture.

—New York designer Eddie Lee, as told to Brittney Morgan

BU I LT-I N W I-F I A USB port, plus voice and app control options, keeps you completely connected.

BLOSSOM BY SHADECRAFT ROBOTICS, AVAILABLE IN FIVE COLORWAYS AND THREE WOOD FINISHES. $5,900. SHADECRAFT.COM.

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PHOTOGRAPH BY JOSEPH SHIN

“Banquettes don’t mean an infinite number of seats, but you can squeeze more tushies on them!” says Elizabeth Georgantas, the owner and designer of this Nantucket house, of her breakfasttable solution. Seat cushion in Duralee’s Sheridan faux leather in Jet. Pillows in Basque ClassicCloth in Berry, Dessin Fournir. Vintage Cleo Baldon chairs, Etsy. Table, Noir. Right Angle sconce, Visual Comfort. Opposite: Georgantas collects vintage cameos; these came from the Brimfield, an antiques fair in Massachusetts.

The House Made For

Sleepovers

It could have been a drowsy, 273-year-old home.

Instead, it’s the coolest hangout on Nantucket. interior designer ELIZABETH GEORGANTAS / writer JENNIFER BLAISE KRAMER photographer DAVID A. LAND / producer ROBERT RUFINO

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FUN AND GAMES are at the heart of everything interior designer Elizabeth Georgantas does.

As the founder of Georgantas Design and Development, she has designed winding slides for clients with kids, and, back home in Boston, is known to host over-the-top theme parties (like her annual back-to-school, parentsonly Animal House dinner, featuring Domino’s pizza and Jell-O shots).

Fittingly, the renovation of her family’s summer house on Nantucket had a lighthearted approach, despite its serious history.

When Georgantas and her husband, Peter (along with their two daughters), fell for this 1746 property—a former fish lot and one of the oldest remaining houses in the heart of downtown’s historic district—they knew they were Above: The kitchen island is divided into quadrants for sitting, serving, bartending, and chatting.

Canton chandeliers, Arteriors. Vintage Spanish barstools, Pamono. Right: The original living room was restored to a formal simplicity.

Antique armchairs covered in Ralph Lauren Baobab Weave in Ivory.

Midhope wroughtiron sconces, Nigel Tyas. Macramé art, Atlantic Nantucket.

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Cracked beams above the antique decoupaged bed in the master bedroom were preserved. Grande Hotel bedding, Sferra. Oxford side table, Noir. Paint, White Dove by Benjamin Moore.

“Incorporating the old with the new gives a room life and always tells a story.�

Below: Lucky visitors get to wash up in a pirate-themed bathroom. Tattoo wallpaper

by Cookie Bros. Skull wall sconces, fashioned from Crystal Head vodka bottles,

by Moonshine Lamp on Etsy. Opposite: Georgantas had this shed built in the backyard for alfresco dining (see below to learn how they decorated it for our photo shoot). Paint, Nantucket Gray by Benjamin Moore. Chairs, vintage.

Chandelier and table, antique.

signing up for a project. “Every inch we touched caused two inches around it to fall apart and have to be repaired,” says Georgantas. “I lovingly refer to it as my ‘money pit,’ as in the Tom Hanks movie.” The couple embarked on a major restoration—repairing nearly 300year-old rooms, leveling the foundation, patching floors, and fixing crumbling plaster and beams with beetle damage— all while accepting quirks and imperfections along the way.

“We really strove to keep the house as we found it whenever possible, while adding back some historical details that over the years had been removed,” she

says. “Cracks are a record of history—we wanted to honor them, not hide them.”

A welcome playfulness is everywhere, from the indoor-outdoor dining shed where Georgantas nailed paintings to the ceiling to island-inspired touches, like the edgy sailor-tattoo wallpaper and glass skull sconces in the powder room.

In the bunk room, where countless kids can be found running circuits or playing hide-and-seek, Georgantas created the ultimate hideaway: six bunks connected by bridges, hanging chairs, and pillow-filled reading nooks. “It had to be comfortable enough for adults, but ridiculously fun for the kids—not just now, but as they grow up,” she says. While lying in bed, guests can gaze up at shiny constellation wallpaper, and starry tiles cover the nearest bathroom’s floor.

Georgantas skipped a double vanity in there in favor of a wide trough sink that allows for more elbow room.

A fearless scout, Georgantas let her creativity fly when sourcing materials for the restoration. Salvaged granite was used for the steps, and a stainless steel Sub-Zero wine fridge is disguised under an antique icebox door. Up to 12 kids

The Two-Hour Outdoor Dining Shed When our style director, Robert Rufino, found this shed, empty except for the art nailed to the ceiling, Georgantas told him, “I dreamed it could be an entertaining space.” That’s all he needed to hear...

First, a table: Georgantas has had this one for years. Rufino paired it with chairs she found at a garage sale.

Second, mood lighting: Georgantas’s husband hung an antique chandelier, but if your space isn’t wired for electricity, use candles instead.

Third, accessories: Rufino set the table with all kinds of dinnerware from the house and dressed the walls with glass bottles from the attic and hats from the entryway.

This art installation was inspired by Earth at Hidden Pond, a restaurant in Kennebunkport, Maine.

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Left: Kohler’s Brockway trough sink in the bunk-room bath was painted to match the Hex Star floor tiles in Marine and Milk by Popham Design. Opposite: The daughters can host plenty of guests in the bunk room, with its six beds, which are connected by ladders, bridges, and reading nooks.

Ceiling wallpaper, Star Map by Mr Perswall. Red pillow fabric, Cloudburst in Persimmon by Robert Allen. For more details, see Resources.

can snuggle around the breakfast table, where wipeable pleather banquettes are “sand-, saltwater-, and spaghetti sauce–proof.”

An Italian at heart, Georgantas embraces the wear and tear of the kitchen. She splurged on a extra-wide sink and double-spout faucet so she could keep cooking as friends pour in and kids skate through the room. The party naturally congregates around the oversize island, which is topped with two-inch-thick, unmitered Carrara marble—a distressed surface that she refuses to agonize over when stains, nicks, and chips happen.

“As the adage goes, the kitchen is the heart of my home. It’s where I live and breathe, where I nourish my children, my friendships, and my soul,” she says. “I want it to tell the life of what happened here.”

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The bedside lights are on timers, so nothing gets left on.

You’ll Never Guess

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Who Lives Here Contents: two adults, four kids, and a dog, plus some of the most sophisticated design elements in all of Washington, D.C.

“You know the magnolia pods that are left when big blossoms fall away?” asks designer Barry Dixon.

That’s what inspired the pendant he designed for Avrett that hangs in this client’s D.C. living room. Xylo sheer curtains, a Dixon design for Vervain.

Aline Demilune chests, Dessin Fournir. Ironies’ Ceres klismos chairs in an Osborne & Little fabric.

interior designer BARRY DIXON writer KAITLIN MENZA photographer LUKE WHITE producer DORETTA SPERDUTO

Dixon found Jean Baptiste’s Geometric 3 series at Natural Curiosities in California. “The owner will reproduce old designs—in this case, old tile drawings for floors—on recycled pulp paper,” explains the designer, who framed them in acrylic shadow boxes that won’t shatter if they got knocked into by a kid. Diego Grande Classical Perching Bird pendant and Madeline mirrored sconce, Visual Comfort.

Orange chair, vintage.

Spool stool, House Eclectic (now closed).

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Virginia-based designer Barry Dixon of the blush on the walls of the living room in this Washington, D.C., house. “A pale terra-cotta or a faded brick color, a pale clay. Everyone looks beautiful in that room.” The color, Cochin Shell, isn’t a vestige of the 1970s, from when the house was built; Dixon created it for his line at C2 Paint, and it’s matched exactly to the pigment of an egg laid by a heritagebreed hen on his farm in Virginia.

A room awash in rosé might be a leap for some clients, but the designer had a pretty good hunch this family would go for it. He’d given them an even more vibrantly pink living room in the past. “They were on board with it right away,” he says. Dixon—who also designs fabrics for Vervain, furniture and accessories for Arteriors, upholstery for Tomlinson, and much more—first worked with the family years ago, when they had one toddler son and another son on the way.

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(Their previous row house on Capitol Hill appeared on the September 2011 cover of House Beautiful.) Most of the furniture and fixtures traveled to the new space. “We used fabrics that we knew would stand the test of time,” he says.

“We did not have to reupholster a single thing from the home we did for them eight years ago.”

Two things have changed: The family gained a third son, and, finally, a daughter. Enter a very pink bedroom that is magically unlike the pink living room, due to a cooler undertone (along with heart pillows and an abundance of stuffed animals). “It’s a girlier pink, sort of frothier,” he says, “a color we call Belle’s Nose,” which is another of his C2 paints.

“Belle is one of my goats at the barn, and her nose is exactly that shade of pink.”

Color is often a jumping-off point for Dixon. “These clients do like color and want color. But if we have a room that’s saturated with it, then the room next to it will be a bit of a palate cleanser,” he explains. Rooms with bright walls get

A sitting area in the master bedroom is soothing in all blues.

Paint, Well Water by C2.

Gemini sconces, Arteriors. CZ-3008S smoked-glass chandelier, Crowder Designs.

Club chairs, Zentique.

“Find wonderful things that you love, and no matter where you move, they’ll find their place.”

In the daughter’s room, a jib door feels like a secret passageway.

Above: Canopies (made by Agora Interiors with Sanderson’s Saxon fabric) above the twin beds in a son’s room were inspired by his love of camping. Double-armed Boston Library Light, Visual Comfort. Resin ram head, Oly. Nightstand, Bungalow 5. Opposite: In the daughter’s bedroom, the artwork is Feathers by Paule Marrot, and the ottoman is covered in a shagreen vinyl by Celerie Kemble. Pendant, Arteriors.

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more neutral furnishings, while rooms with pale walls (often doused in C2’s Drabware) have hot spikes on the furniture, like the Hermès orange chairs in the family room. Further rules of color theory apply. “I wouldn’t use blues in, say, a dining room, because it’s not really a color that stimulates appetite,” he says. “As I go up in a house, skyward, we use more blues. I’ll put blue in a bedroom simply because it is a serene color to fall asleep in.”

Indeed, a soothing cornflower appears in the master bedroom, a color called Well Water, while one son’s room is in Approaching Storm, both by C2. “He loves camping, so we did these canopies—almost like tent flaps— above his bed, which absorb sound and define the bedroom area,” Dixon says.

While the kids’ rooms reflect their current personalities (another son’s room is a smoky amethyst color, inspired by his rock collection—check it out on housebeautiful.com), they are built to last. “I think the shell and the base of furnishings should grow with them. You can replace the daughter’s little heart pillows with more serious pillows as she gets older,” Dixon says. Already, the

design has proved its longevity: The artwork, ottoman, and drapes in the daughter’s room were all used in the family’s previous formal living room.

“It really is about the mix,” he says. “If you mix old with new, midcentury modern with Colonial, futuristic chrome tables with old French chairs, you hit a point where everything is timeless.”

Left: Dixon installed mirrors and glossy tile in the master bathroom to make the room feel larger and brighter. Soleil pendant by Suzanne Kasler for Visual Comfort. Universal double washstand with Savoy oval under-mount sink, Waterworks.

Alluvium tile, Architectural Ceramics. Above: Custom swivel chairs by Tomlinson Directional enliven the family room. Pierre Bernard’s Paris Royalle, Natural Curiosities. Paulo Bracket swing-arm sconce, Visual Comfort. For more details, see Resources.

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Palette Guide Living Room

Cochin Shell, C2 Paint.

Xylo Sheer, Vervain.

Daughter’s Room

Son’s Room

Belle’s Nose, C2 Paint. Brussels Gauze in White. Seagrass rug, The Floor Gallery.

Approaching Storm, C2 Paint. Saxon in Delph Blue/Chocolate, Sanderson.

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Designers’ Kids’ Design Studio Obstacle course or dream bedroom?

The Taiwan-based firm used rounded lines and muted tones for this imaginative girls’ bedroom in Kaohsiung City, saying, “It’s an adventure amusement park.”

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Most Amazing Whether it’s with color, composition, or creativity, the pros seem to express themselves the loudest when the grown-ups aren’t around. writer HADLEY MENDELSOHN

Spaces

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Marie Flanigan Interiors Contained by gold-leaf borders, the flowers climbing up the walls of Flanigan’s newborn daughter’s room are actually mural wallpaper.

Today, the daybed is “a cozy spot for late-night feedings, but one day it’ll be her big-girl bed, with a trundle for sleepovers,” the Houston designer says.

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May Meadow wallpaper, Rebel Walls.

Meaghan daybed, Birch Lane. Bunny artworks, Hunt Slonem from Laura Rathe Fine Art.

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Alexa Hampton When her now-12-year-old twin boys graduated from bunk beds, the New York designer brought in grown-up furniture and a custom Dean Barger mural inspired by a family trip to Rome.

They share a room, “and that can be kind of drag, so looking out of a fake window onto an Italian square� is some consolation, Hampton says.

Pimlico swing-arm sconce in Natural Brass, Visual Comfort.

Spider Embroidery fabric in Mouse Brown, Clarence House.

To soften the punchy stripes and colors of this bedroom, designer Susana Simonpietri of Chango & Co. hung a leather headboard that will continue to work as the seven-year-old boy grows up. “It’s important to keep the child’s current age in mind, as well as the years ahead of him,” she says.

Hospicio leather headboard, Casamidy. Striped wallpaper, Marley+Malek Kids. Academy Task sconces in red, RH Baby & Child.

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Chango & Co.

MA Allen Interiors Don’t let that soft shade of purple fool you.

Allen’s client wanted a room that would empower her two-year-old granddaughter “to grow and pursue anything under the sun,” so the North Carolina designer built in magical surprises to promote discovery and wonder.

Regeant twin headboards in Kiwi, Selamat.

Coco Magnolia pendant, Palecek.

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Amber Interiors Designed by the queen of boho-cool, Amber Lewis, this five-year-old’s bedroom probably feels like a palace to its inhabitant. “I get in a time machine, think like a kid again, and pull in all the fun patterns and textures,” the designer says. Exhibit A: the wallpapered ceiling cocooning the room.

Braided floor basket, Valet leather tray, and wool blanket, Shoppe Amber Interiors.

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Nicole Hollis In the Hawaiian Kona-coast bedroom of a 13-year-old, surfboards pay homage to his happy place. At the occupant’s request, San Francisco–based Hollis made it a place where he can hang out with friends. “No matter the age, we always ask our clients how they like to live,” she says.

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Abaca rug, Stark Carpet.

Platform beds, headboards, and nightstands, custom by Hollis.

For more details, see Resources.

Where the

How do you make room for an extraordinary art collection and a buzzing family of four?

One brave New York City designer went big. interior designer FAWN GALLI / writer KATHRYN O’SHEA-EVANS photographer DAVID A. LAND / producer ROBERT RUFINO

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Wild Things Are

“Let me just tell you, that sofa is genius,” designer Fawn Galli says of her custom piece in a dark blue bouclé by Robert Crowder & Co. “The snake shape allows the whole room to read as one and act as one.” The 1950s Italian chandelier was designed by Angelo Lelli for Arredoluce, and the 1950s Italian armchairs are upholstered in a wool flannel

by Holland & Sherry. Art in foreground, George Condo.

Coffee table, Mattia Bonetti.

Right: A circular settee upholstered in Lubeck cotton velvet from Brunschwig & Fils makes a chic landing pad for backpacks and sweaters.

“The kids come through this hallway and toss everything on that ottoman. It really functions,” Galli says.

Art by Damien Hirst (left) and George Condo. Opposite: “Someone can throw up on leather, and you can Windex it off,” according to Galli. So a patinated chesterfield sofa anchors the black-lacquered library. A pair of 1950s Gio Ponti lounge chairs are upholstered in Adamo & Eva blue velvet from Dedar. Ceiling fixture, Gino Sarfatti for Arteluce.

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OCCASIONALLY, IN THE WILDS OF NEW YORK CITY, A DOWNTOWN

girl’s gotta move uptown. But she doesn’t have to be happy about it. “I was nervous about moving to the Upper East Side,” says Erica Samuels, an art consultant whose decor tastes run more Etheline Tenenbaum than Charlotte York. There was only one designer who could translate her experimental sensibilities to the family’s new four-bedroom co-op: Fawn Galli.

“People come to me because they know what they like, but they want to be challenged or pushed,” says Galli, whose first book, Magical Rooms: Elements of Interior Design (Rizzoli), just hit bookstores in March. Her interiors exude a blissfully unrestrained confidence. After all, Galli lived without electricity or plumbing on a houseboat in Northern California until she was seven, and then there was Paris, where she spent two years post-college inhaling the flea markets and discotheques. So when she moved to New York City, armed with little more than a degree in international relations, she got a job at Robert A.M. Stern “as a professional pencil sharpener, assistant to the assistant.” But not for long, she recalls: “Five years later, I was his personal decorator.”

Her reimagining of the apartment where Samuels lives with her husband and their two daughters is every inch a mash-up. “At first,” Galli says, “she wanted it to be very contemporary—no window treatments!— then it evolved into something more her, in a maximalist-minimalist sort of way.”

Take the living room’s custom S-shaped, cobalt-bouclé sofa, which comfortably seats multitudes during the couple’s frequent parties, or the Alexander McQueen skull rug from the Rug Company that counteracts a ladylike circular settee in the entry hall. Samuels’s art collection includes more than a few museum-worthy stunners, like

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Cork tile, which is 85 percent air, makes for a soft and soundabsorbent playroom floor.

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“Clashing is fun, and throwing patterns together is ageless,” Galli says of the youngest’s domicile, where Flavor Paper’s Luxury wallcovering provides an ethereal backdrop for a canopy bed designed by Galli, upholstered in Tizian Vol. 2 by Jab Anstoetz. Opposite: Galli wasn’t afraid to install a marble-topped Saarinen table in the homework room, where it will take on a patina (“and in two years, you can sand it off and hone it,” the designer quips). Pantone chairs, Vitra. 1950s Italian Sputnik-style chandelier, Stilnovo. Roman shade fabric, Linares by Missoni (discontinued). Art (from left): Keith Haring, Simmons & Burke.

Galli uses wallpaper to make “duty-bound” rooms, like a pantry or kitchen, more exciting. Jacaranda wallcovering, Designers Guild. Mouth-blown glass pendants, Remains Lighting.

Opposite, top: The eldest daughter’s RHTeen Tribeca trundle bed is upholstered in a cheeky Malhia Kent fabric.

An Egg Pod replica chair from Emfurn exudes frothy cheer. Birdie chandelier, Ingo Maurer for Lumens. Opposite, bottom: With its graphic black-and-white curtains and rug, the master bedroom evokes the work of Dutch artist M.C. Escher. Galli reupholstered a Saarinen Womb chair and ottoman in Missoni’s Kandahar fabric. For more details, see Resources.

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David Shrigley’s Fancy Room above the dining table, and a Keith Haring that graces the homework area. “There’s a lot to take in, but at the same time, it’s clean and it’s restful,” says Galli, who used gray and white paints to keep bolder pieces from reading as frenetic.

Given Samuels’s children, the design also had to stand up to sleepover-level wear and tear. Instead of glass for a coffee table, Galli used Lucite. Rather than swathing a seat in a precious fabric, she placed it on the less-likely-to-takea-spill backside. The canopy bed in a daughter’s room is upholstered, “so they can jump around and knock their heads on it, and they’re fine,” the designer says. And there is

durable indoor/outdoor fabric everywhere.

Now that Galli has given the digs downtown cred, Samuels is obsessed with her new neighborhood. “I said I was never going to live uptown, I was never going to live on a cross street, but I live up here now, and I love it. So never say never!” she laughs. “Who you are isn’t where you live.”

Palette Guide Kitchen

Jacaranda in Delft, Designers Guild.

Cork Tile in Chestnut, Aronson’s.

Field Tile in White Gloss, Heritage Tile.

Living Room

Patagonia Wool Flannel in Putting Green, Holland & Sherry. Huckleberry in Nougat, de Le Cuona. New Khmer Silk in Silver Twilight, Jim Thompson.

Younger Daughter’s Room

Luxury in Golden Rose, Flavor Paper. Tizian Vol. 2, Jab Anstoetz.

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In a powder room, critters comingle: bunnies in Anthropologie’s Mushroom Forest wallpaper (discontinued); chipmunks and birds in the Strawberry Thief mirror by Carvers’ Guild. Sconces, Circa Lighting.

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shaped into statuettes and lamps, even woven into the pattern of a rug—everywhere you look in this house, bunnies hop. It’s a family affair, in fact: The rambling, eightbedroom stone structure in Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania—a Poconos enclave established by Quakers in 1901—is named Bunny Hop Cottage in honor of the owner’s grandmother.

“Her personality pretty much dictated what happened in this house,” says designer Shazalynn Cavin-Winfrey, who was enlisted by Bunny’s grandson and his wife to help renovate it with their family of five in mind.

The husband’s kin have been summering around here since the 1940s. Once, Grandma Bunny brought

Above: A custom banquette by designer Shazalynn Cavin-Winfrey—upholstered in Alan Campbell’s Meloire, which mimics a traditional woodcut—maxes out seating.

Table, Tritter Feefer. Rug, custom. Pendant, Roost.

her grandson and his wife along for cocktails at this home, then occupied by another family. The residence so enchanted them that, when its patriarch became too aged to maintain the house, the couple purchased it. Their chief desire? “To have a space that could accommodate their entire extended family, and also grow with their own changing family,” says Cavin-Winfrey. “Family is everything to them.”

The couple’s narrative inspired Cavin-Winfrey’s design. “[The wife] does needlework and is a big quilter,” she explains. “That led me to believe they could take a lot of pattern, because, like needlework, it’s very detailed.” In the living room’s

kaleidoscopic mix (five patterns, not including solid colors and throw pillows!), each fabric references the home’s surroundings. A basket weave on the sofa recalls a traditional Quaker craft, and a banquette is upholstered in “an iteration of a faux bois” that mirrors the surrounding 82

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Each of the woodland creatures in the custom rug depicts a family member.

Pendant, Julian Chichester. Slipcover fabric, Schumacher. Opposite, bottom left: “This community was built by the Quakers, who were incredible stonemasons,” says Cavin-Winfrey of the home’s 1919 exterior.

Opposite, bottom right: A custom swing by La Lune Collection creates a tree-house feel in the master bedroom, and a bolster pillow proclaims the name of the house.

Grandma, obviously, is a bunny.

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Palette Guide Breakfast Nook

Meloire Reverse in New Navy on Tint, Alan Campbell. Linen White, Benjamin Moore.

Living Room

Citrus Garden in Primary, by Josef Frank from Schumacher. Dumont in Indigo/Fern, Hill Brown.

Daughter’s Bedroom

Gertrude’s Plaid in Yellow, Scalamandré.

Montecarlo in Spearmint, Radici. La Fenetre Ouverte in Multi, Scalamandré.

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heavily forested landscape, as does the custom cabinetry of willow and birch bark, and custom chandeliers made of white-painted branches.

Taking cues from both the wife’s love of crafting and the local artisanal traditions, Cavin-Winfrey layered in collections of antique needlepoint samplers, quilts, Pennsylvania Dutch bowls, pails and tole tins from the region, and rope and hooked rugs. With the wife, she also designed the dining room rug, which depicts the surrounding hills and includes characters and objects that allude to family members and favorite pastimes. The wife’s parents are deer, a grandfather is a fox, and leaping trout, rods, and creels suggest the family’s avocation of fly-fishing. Grandma, of course, is a bunny.

The former owners’ story is woven throughout, too, in the form of furniture purchased along with the house. There’s a massive Victorian dining table and chairs, for instance, which suited the clients’ lifestyle, so they kept it. “They have a more formal style of entertaining than what you generally find today,” Cavin-Winfrey explains. She balanced the heaviness of these antiques with bright gingham fabric and wallpaper, and by pickling the dark paneling white. Darker Victorian pieces are paired with painted folk furniture and slipcovers.

“Setting is everything—always,” says the designer. “This house is telling a story. It’s the family’s story, but also one of lineage in this particular place.”

Chipper yellow gingham wallpaper by Scalamandré unifies the many angles in the youngest daughter’s bedroom.

Lamps with custom shades, Worlds Away. Nightstands, Oomph. Bed-frame fabric, Scalamandré. Green blanket, Manuel Canovas. Quilt, clients’ own. Opposite: In the living room, a dark-green cabinet designed by Cavin-Winfrey (and fabricated by La Lune Collection) hides the TV. Custom armchairs in Schumacher’s Citrus Garden. Custom twig chandeliers, Wish Designs USA. Throw pillows made from antique handkerchiefs. For more details, see Resources.

Homeowner Nicole Eskandar requested a living room that felt “like an indoor garden with a little gypsy vibe.� She shot the black-and-white photographs of her kids framed on the wall.

Paint, Gray Owl by Benjamin Moore.

Art by Curtis Speer. Rug, Grit & Ground.

Decagon coffee table, Taramundi.

Sofa, Fendi Casa. Wicker chair, Selamat.

A FAMILY WALKS INTO A BAR ...

OK, technically it’s a chic boutique hotel with an outdoor restaurant and bar near their Long Island, New York, vacation home. They like it so much, they summon its designer. “It really was kismet,” says Dan Mazzarini, the artistic force behind American Beech in Greenport, New York—and, now, the family’s residences. “They called us out of the blue but were so sweet and persistent that we got them a proposal, and they signed the same day!”

A custom sofa in Kravet’s Jefferson wool fabric perfectly fits a corner in the family room. Art by Curtis Speer. Mirror, Anthropologie. Opposite: “There are playing cards, big platters of food—this is really how they live,” says designer Dan Mazzarini. So a six-foot-square, whitewashed oak coffee table was custommade by Black Creek Mercantile & Trading Co. for sprawling out, and floor cushions were created from vintage Oushak rugs. Basket Cloche pendants, Roost. Ashbury wool rug, ABC Carpet & Home.

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Only one of these cacti is actually real.

Left: Natural accents—like a vintage barstool and porcelain enamel pendants with hand-stitched leather cords from Fair NYC—warm up a white kitchen. Below: “This room was meant to feel geometric and gutsy,” says Mazzarini. Wall mural, hand-painted by Laura Spinner. The animal skull was picked up on the family’s travels. Chandelier, Currey & Company. Chairs, clients’ own, re-covered in a Perennials fabric. Opposite: In the upstairs hallway, Studio Four NYC + Amber Interior’s Mali wallpaper provides a textural neutral. Pendant, West Elm (discontinued). Bench, clients’ own.

The clients, Alfred and Nicole Eskandar, enlisted Mazzarini to cast their newbuild home in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, in a style that one might call “vacationinspired”—no surprise, considering how they found him. But you won’t see shiplap siding or palm-print wallpapers in their halls. Instead, the couple and their three kids provided all the direction he needed just by reminiscing.

“When we met them to do this house, they had just gone on a tour through the American Southwest,” Mazzarini recalls. “So the style of the home is far more Bohemian than people usually see in Greenwich. But it really describes the family well: warm, casual, nothing too precious.”

A pale desert palette might sound all wrong in a town known for its blueblood billionaires, but under Mazzarini and his colleague Sarah Peterson Major’s guidance, it is equally sophisticated and irreverent, a page right out of Georgia O’Keeffe’s Ghost Ranch. “One of Nicole’s asks was that the color story be consistent: ‘I want this to read like a runway show when you’re going from room to room.

I want it to work together,’ ” Mazzarini recalls. “I got it right away, so there’s a progression: bolder in the dining room, light and lovely in the family room, all kinds of gradations of desert colors.”

Terra-cotta tones, naturally, are everywhere: splashed through the pattern of a rug, in the triangles of a mural that family friend and artist Laura Spinner hand-painted onto the walls of the dining

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room. Poufs, made from vintage kilims, cleverly nestle up under the six-foot-square custom coffee table that Mazzarini designed for game nights in the family room.

The home is bursting with good memories. After picking up several metal crosses on a trip to Mexico, Nicole was inspired to create a whole wall of them like the ones she’d seen in the surf town of Todos Santos.

Animal figurines and dream catchers, souvenirs from

other family vacations, are displayed or framed in the rest of the house.

Mazzarini’s trademark mix of high-end craft furnishings and finds from stores like Anthropologie gives all these keepsakes a certain timelessness. But is this house the family’s final destination? “Knowing them,” the designer says, “they’ll go on a couple more great trips as a family, and in a few years, we’ll be doing it again.”

Palette Guide Living Room

Family Room

Hallway

Gray Owl, Benjamin Moore.

Moroccan Floral in Fall, Grit & Ground.

Jefferson Wool in Maple, Kravet.

Tunisia in Smoke, James Dunlop.

Agate linen in Salmon/Linen, Kelly Wearstler for Groundworks.

Mali wallpaper in Snow, Studio Four NYC + Amber Interiors.

“Rooms are refuges for private time,” says Mazzarini.

He threw a vintage textile over this headboard to liven it up.

Looking Glass mirror, Wisteria. Lamp, Ingo Maurer. Walnut dresser, Noir. Bench, Mecox. Opposite: Magnetic chalkboard walls in the kitchen allow for a mixed-media collage of art and notes. Table, Mecox. Shaker dining chairs, The Future Perfect.

Pendant, Fair NYC. For more details, see Resources.

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Resources A listing of designers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers featured in this issue.

ducducnyc.com. Max’s room: Wallpaper: Scalamandré, scalamandre.com. Curtain fabric: Schumacher, fschumacher.com.

Rug: Stark, starkcarpet.com.

15 Make Room for Everyone Page 16, top: Wallpaper: Thibaut, thibaut design.com. Sconces: Circa Lighting, circa lighting.com. Page 16, center: Wallpaper: Kravet, kravet.com.

48 The House Made for

Sleepovers Designer: Elizabeth Georgantas,

pegproperties.com.

Pages 48–49: Seat cushion fabric: Duralee,

22 Any Room Can Be a Playroom Designer: Regan Baker, reganbakerdesign .com.

Pages 22–23: Storage baskets: The Container Store, containerstore.com.

Table: Room & Board, roomandboard.com.

Chairs: Design Within Reach, dwr.com.

Pendant: Barn Light Electric, barnlight.com.

Pegboard: Ikea, ikea.com.

duralee.com. Pillow fabric: Dessin Fournir, dessinfournir.com. Vintage chairs: Etsy, etsy .com. Table: Noir, noirfurniturela.com.

Sconce: Visual Comfort & Co., visualcomfort .com. Pages 50–51: Chandeliers: Arteriors, arteriorshome.com. Barstools: Pamono, pamono.com. Armchair fabric: Ralph Lauren, ralphlaurenhome.com. Sconces: Nigel Tyas Ironwork, nigeltyas.co.uk. Bedding: Sferra, sferra.com. Side table: Noir. Paint: Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com. Pages 52–53: Skull sconces: Etsy. Nantucket Gray paint: Benjamin Moore. Pages 54–55: Sink: Kohler, us.kohler.com. Floor tiles: Popham Design, pophamdesign.com. Ceiling wallpaper: Mr Perswall, mrperswall.com. Pillow fabric: Robert Allen, robertallendesign.com.

26 You’ve Got Room

56 You’ll Never Guess Who

18 Not All Gender-Neutrals

Are Beige Paints: Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore .com. Fine Paints of Europe, finepaintsof europe.com. Pratt & Lambert, prattand lambert.com.

for an Office Nook

Lives Here

Designer: Eddie Ross, eddieross.com. Page

Designer: Barry Dixon, barrydixon.com.

26: Sconces: Hudson Valley, hvlgroup.com.

Pages 56–57: Pendant: Avrett, avrett.com.

Paint: C2 Paint, c2paint.com.

Curtains: Vervain, vervain.com. Chests: Dessin Fournir, dessinfournir.com. Chairs: Ironies, ironies.com. Chair fabric: Osborne & Little, osborneandlittle.com. Pages 58–59: Art: Natural Curiosities, naturalcuriosities .com. Pendant and sconce: Visual Comfort & Co., visualcomfort.com. Paint: C2 Paint, c2paint.com. Gemini sconces: Arteriors, arteriorshome.com. Chandelier: Crowder Designs, crowdercustomdraperyhardware .com. Chairs: Zentique, zentique.com. Pages 60–61: Canopy fabric: Sanderson, style library.com. Library light: Visual Comfort & Co. Nightstand: Bungalow 5, bungalow5 .com. Ottoman fabric: Celerie Kemble, kembleinteriors.com. Ram head: Oly, oly studio.com. Pendant: Arteriors. Pages 62–63: Pendant and sconce: Visual Comfort & Co. Sink: Waterworks, waterworks.com.

Tile: Architectural Ceramics, architectural ceramics.com. Swivel chairs: Tomlinson Directional, tomlinsoncompanies.com. Art: Natural Curiosities.

28 The Whole Room Can Be

a Canvas Page 28: Town and Country Wooden Train Set: Pottery Barn Kids, potterybarnkids.com.

Brachiosaurus Stuffed Animal: Crate & Barrel, crateandbarrel.com. Turlington Signature Series White Oak flooring: Bruce, bruce.com. Page 30: Dry-erase paint: Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.

Wooden Vegetables, Rainbow Wooden Boxes, and Classic Wooden Alphabet Blocks: Bella Luna Toys, bellalunatoys.com.

Page 32: Green Toys Tea Set: Pottery Barn Kids. Meri Meri Stuffed Doll: Anthropologie, anthropologie.com. Tile flooring: Cement Tile Shop, cementtileshop.com.

34 Living in a Material World Designer: Alberto Villalobos, villalobos desio.com.

38 How to Design a Nursery Suite in 90 Days

64 Designers’ Most Amazing

Designer: Amy Berry, amyberrydesign.com.

Kids’ Spaces

Pages 38–39: Daybed, glider, changing

Pages 66–67: Wallpaper: Rebel Walls,

table, and animal heads: Serena & Lily,

rebelwalls.com. Daybed: Birch Lane, birch lane.com. Sconce: Visual Comfort & Co., visualcomfort.com. Fabric: Clarence House, clarencehouse.com. Pages 68-69: Red sconces: RH Baby & Child, rhbabyandchild .com. Headboard: Casamidy, casamidy

serenaandlily.com. Dove’s room: Wallpaper: Farrow & Ball, farrow-ball.com. Daybed: Amy Berry Home. Ottoman: One Kings Lane, onekingslane.com. Curtain fabric: Dessin Fournir, dessinfournir.com. Crib: Ducduc,

.com. Striped wallpaper: Marley+Malek Kids, sissyandmarley.com. Regeant headboards: Selamat, selamatdesigns.com. Pendant: Palecek, palecek.com. Pages 70–71: Basket, tray, and wool blanket: Shoppe Amber Interiors, shoppe.amberinteriordesign.com.

Rug: Stark Carpet, starkcarpet.com.

72 Where the Wild Things Are Designer: Fawn Galli, fawngalli.com.

Pages 72–73: Vintage chandelier: Arredoluce, pamono.com. Armchair fabric: Holland & Sherry, hollandandsherry.com. Pages 74–75: Lounge chairs fabric: Dedar, dedar. com. Vintage ceiling fixture: Arteluce, pamono.com. Settee fabric: Brunschwig & Fils, brunschwig.com. Pages 76–77: Wallcovering: Flavor Paper, flavorpaper.com.

Bed fabric: Jab Anstoetz, jab.de. Pantone chairs: Vitra, vitra.com. Chandelier: Stilnovo, stilnovousa.com. Pages 78–79: Wallcovering: Designers Guild, designersguild .com. Pendants: Remains Lighting, remains .com. Trundle bed: RH Teen, rhteen.com.

Bed fabric: Malhia Kent, malhia.fr. Pod chair: Emfurn, emfurn.com. Chandelier: Lumens, lumens.com. Chair and ottoman fabric: Missoni, missoni.com. Cork tile: Aronson’s, aronsonsfloors.com. Field tile: Heritage Tile, heritagetile.com. Huckleberry fabric: de Le Cuona, delecuona.com. Silk fabric: Jim Thompson, jimthompsonfabrics.com.

80 Can You Spot All the

Bunnies?

Designer: Shazalynn Cavin-Winfrey,

scwinteriors.com.

Pages 80–81: Mirror: Carvers’ Guild, carvers

guild.com. Sconces: Circa Lighting, circa lighting.com. Pages 82–83: Banquette fabric: Alan Campbell, quadrillefabrics.com.

Table: Tritter Feefer, tritterfeefer.com.

Pendant: Roost, roostco.com. Dining room pendant: Julian Chichester, julianchichester .com. Slipcover fabric: Schumacher, fschumacher.com. Swing: La Lune Collection, lalunecollection.com. Pages 84–85: Carpet: Radici, radiciusa.com. Linen White paint: Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore .com. Dumont fabric: Hill Brown, hillbrown. com. Wallpaper: Scalamandré, scalamandre.com. Lamps: Worlds Away, worlds-away.com. Nightstands: Oomph, oomphhome.com. Bed frame fabric: Scalamandré. Green blanket: Manuel Canovas, cowtan.com. Armchair fabric: Schumacher. Chandeliers: Wish Designs USA, wishdesignsusa.com.

86 An Everyday Getaway Designer: Dan Mazzarini, bhdmdesign.com.

Pages 86–87: Paint: Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com. Rug: Grit & Ground, gritandground.com. Coffee table: Taramundi, taramundifurniture.com. Sofa: Fendi

Casa, fendi.com. Wicker chair: Selamat, selamatdesigns.com. Pages 88–89: Sofa fabric: Kravet, kravet.com. Mirror: Anthropologie, anthropologie.com. Pendants: Roost, roostco.com. Custom coffee table: Black Creek Mercantile & Trading Co., black creekmt.com. Rug: ABC Carpet & Home, abchome.com. Pages 90–91: Pendants: Fair NYC, fair-design.com. Chandelier: Currey & Company, curreyandcompany.com. Chairs fabric: Perennials, perennialsfabrics.com.

Wallpaper: Studio Four NYC + Amber Interiors, studiofournyc.com. Pages 92–93: Lamp: Ingo Maurer, ingo-maurer.com. Mirror: Wisteria, wisteria.com. Dresser: Noir, noir furniturela.com. Bench: Mecox, mecox.com.

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