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MARCH 2019

MARY MCDONALD’S BILLION DOLLAR DECORATING

THE GREAT AMERICAN DESIGN ISSUE

CANADA

CHANDELIERS: FROM THE BATHROOM TO THE BALLROOM

WOOD FLOORS AND HOW TO LOVE THEM

M ARCH 2019

CONTENTS 26

EDITOR’S LETTER 29

POV A Majorelle Garden– inspired pool in Las Vegas, Sin City’s best offerings, a chat with architect Robert A.M. Stern, and more 36

SHOP TALK Textile designer Bernie de Le Cuona’s first retail store opens in London.

BY NANCY HASS

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DESIGN CRIMES ED’s Aesthetic Detective is on the case of the Brutalist bashers.

BY KATE BOLICK

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IN THE SHOWROOMS A Swarovski exhibition at Mass Beverly in L.A. 42

WHAT’S HOT The best design discoveries 48

TRUTH IN DECORATING Two designers light up about chandeliers

ED STYLE 53

SHOWCASE Evan Yurman takes on jewelry for men 56

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JEWELRY BOX 1970s glamour hits refresh 58

SHORTLIST Designer Penny Morrison and eight things she can’t live without

DOUGL AS FRIEDMAN

The entry hall of Jeremy Johnson and Jerrod Blandino’s Mary McDonald– designed home in Corona del Mar, California, on page 76.

CONTENTS ED BUILDER 61

TOOLBOX A guide to wood floors 66

ANATOMY OF A HOUSE Chad Stark enlists Sasha Bikoff to design his East Village bachelor pad

ED LIVING 69

ED DESIGN HOTELS No. 850 is Hollywood’s hottest new hotel.

BY SHEILA MARIKAR

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DANIEL’S KITCHENS Singapore noodle soup

A 1970s brass puzzle table

by Gabriella Crespi in the living room of Jonathan and Lizzie Tisch’s home designed by HaynesRoberts, on page 84.

BY DANIEL BOULUD

midcentury home in town.

ZODIAC TABLESCAPE The Haas Brothers and L’Objet set a table for Aries.

BY VANESSA GREGORY DESIGNER MARY CELESTE BEALL

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BY DAVID SCOROPOSKI

SIKES APPEAL

FEATURES

After a California couple’s home is damaged by fire, they turn to Mark D. Sikes to help rebuild their spirits with picture-perfect rooms.

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A PERFECT PALETTE Mary McDonald creates a maximalist manse in Southern California for a pair of beauty entrepreneurs.

BY VANESSA LAWRENCE DESIGNER MARY McDONALD

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THE RIGHT STUFF The ultimate A-list couple, Jonathan and Lizzie Tisch, take their uptown glamour downtown to a bold new Village pad.

BY ALINA CHO DESIGNERS HAYNES-ROBERTS

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BY JULIA REED DESIGNER MARK D. SIKES

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SURF & TURF Oliver M. Furth assembles a calm and collected dream house on the Malibu coast.

AS TOLD TO INGRID ABRAMOVITCH DESIGNER OLIVER M. FURTH

ENTER OUR KERRY JOYCE GIVEAWAY One winner will receive this elegant Victoria side chair, made of mahogany and shown in the new Totem fabric, part of the Heather Rosenman collection for Kerry Joyce Textiles. A $4,520 value, it’s available in any Kerry Joyce Textiles fabric.

See page 118 for sweepstakes rules, and visit kerryjoyce.elledecor.com for your chance to win.

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SPLASH OF COLOR The latest eco-friendly paints go airborne thanks to photographers Jeremy Floto and Cassandra Warner of Floto+Warner

KNOXVILLE KNOCKOUT

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Mary Celeste Beall, owner of the famed Tennessee resort Blackberry Farm, brings style and an adventurous color palette to the renovation of her family’s

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RESOURCES NOT FOR SALE A three-tiered cake by Hong Kong restaurateur Bonnae Gokson

ON THE NEWSSTAND COVER The formal living room of Jeremy Johnson and Jerrod Blandino’s Southern California home, designed

by Mary McDonald.

PHOTOGR APH BY DOUGLAS FRIEDMAN

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Zephyr Stackable Dining Side Chairs and Ralph Dining Table designed by Philippe Hurel | sutherlandfurniture.com

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1. PARROT SCENT TREASURE This hand-painted Lladro Parrot Treasure candle belongs to the collection The Parrot Party. The refined, minimalist shape of the vase contrasts with the naturalistic modeling and decoration of the bird. Glazed porcelain with a wooden lid. lladro.com

2. THE FINE ART OF REINVENTION AT WHAT’S NEW, WHAT’S NEXT ELLE DECOR and Palecek mastered the art of reinvention at the tenth annual What’s New, What’s Next design event at the New York Design Center. Host and Editor in Chief Whitney Robinson, was joined by designers Lori Goldstein and Joseph D’Urso, along with Gene Ogden from Palecek for a discussion on the importance of embracing change and stepping into new identities—in life and design. palecek.com

3. PLANER WOOD—CATTELAN ITALIA Exquisite wood coats the surface of the Planer Wood table, designed by Paolo Cattelan, for Cattelan Italia.

Pictured here is the newest and exclusive version with black base and “C” top in matte black elm with a brushed bronze profile. cattelanitalia.com/en

EDITOR IN CHIEF

Whitney Robinson CLAUDIA MATA GLADISH

Contributor “The beauty of living in Northern California is my proximity to amazing local getaways. This spring, I’m looking forward to a scenic drive down the coast to a retreat in Big Sur.”

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David M. Murphy

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MICHAEL PATTI

Art Director “After a rainy and cold New York City winter, I’m ready for spring. I can’t wait to go in March to the Orchid Show at the New York Botanical Garden, which gets more impressive every year.”

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EDITOR’S LETTER Inside a Malibu home designed by Oliver M. Furth.

A powdery-pink bedroom created

by Mary McDonald for a pair of beauty entrepreneurs.

The den at Mary Celeste Beall’s Knoxville home.

A living room by Mark D. Sikes.

Whitney in Versace, outside Hearst Tower.

A bathroom in the Tisch piedà-terre by Haynes-Roberts.

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H E ES T EE M E D I N T ER I O RS E D I TO R A N D O N E O F

my publishing mentors Senga Mortimer once told me the ingredients for a perfect house: “An Italian architect, an English gardener, a French chef, and an American wallet.” I would add an American decorator, as you will see in this issue, which celebrates great renovations in the United States from coast to coast.

When redecorating a house these days, we tend to go in one of two directions: We either aim for a Marie Kondo– approved austere white box with sleek furniture and abstract art, like the inside of a tony gallery, or we turn up the maximalism to 11, to the point where we might forget what the color white actually looks like. As editor in chief of ELLE DECOR , I see the beauty and importance of both choices, though my friends—and our most loyal readers— may have guessed I lean toward the latter more frequently.

But really, whether your taste swings opulent or off-white, there is no wrong answer. Just look at the Greenwich Village pied-à-terre designed by Haynes-Roberts for power couple Jonathan and Lizzie Tisch (page 84), with its mostly quiet, white vastness creating a spartan interior to allow (a bit of) their world-class art collection to have the loudest voice. In Malibu, California, Oliver M. Furth also swings this way for his high-powered agent client (page 106). Con26

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trast those two stunners with the bold, brash, and brilliant flamboyance of another couple’s home, designed by Mary McDonald (page 76), and you have yourself a conversation.

You couldn’t find more different expressions of taste, yet they’re all awe-inspiring, and if I had the choice, I’m not entirely sure which home I’d take for myself. What can we say, really? One day we dream of living in Miranda Hillard’s understated Pacific Heights manse in Mrs. Doubtfire, and the next we have a yen for golden palm-tree wallpaper to wrap the powder room, as in Mary Celeste Beall’s midcentury knockout in Knoxville, Tennessee (page 92). And you know what else our magazine will help you discover when you’re contemplating a refresh of your home? That between the poles, there’s a happy place where both sides meet, such as Mark D. Sikes’s traditional-meets-contemporary rebuild in California (page 98). But if we’re still unsure of who we are and what we want our abodes to say about us, sometimes a good starting point is to just throw paint (page 112) at the wall to see what sticks.

Whitney Robinson, Editor in Chief elledecor@hearst.com

INTERIORS, CLOCK WISE FROM TOP LEFT: JOE SCHMEL ZER; DOUGL AS FRIEDMAN; DOMINIQUE VORILLON; DOUGL AS FRIEDMAN; THE INGALLS

Renovation Station

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WHAT TO SEE, READ, AND DO RIGHT NOW

T R AV E L

DESIGN

to Bet On LAS VEGAS WELCOMES AN ED A-LIST INVASION.

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T ’S A MYS T E RY H OW A C I T Y L I K E L A S

BENOIT LINERO, COURTESY OF NOMAD

Vegas, which has its own massive replicas of the Eiffel Tower, the Rialto Bridge, and the Trevi Fountain, could take so long to lure in hoteliers with a refined (more César Ritz, less Joe Pesci) take on luxury. Enter the Sydell Group, which recently debuted the 293-room NoMad Las Vegas hotel there. As at its sister properties in Manhattan and Los Angeles, the hotel’s interiors, by French designer Jacques Garcia, bring velvety grandeur to Glitter Gulch. “NoMad has always been at the intersection of oldworld style and service, with a modern sensibility and fun,” says Andrew Zobler, CEO of the Sydell Group. With a restaurant helmed by Daniel Humm of Eleven Madison Park and a new pool whose cobalt color scheme is inspired by the Majorelle Garden in Marrakech, the resort is just the latest example of a high-style reinvention of the Strip. For more, turn the page.

NoMad Las Vegas’s pool and cabanas were inspired by the Majorelle Garden.

PRODUCED BY CHARLES CURKIN

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Chance Encounters FROM KEN FULK TO JACQUES GARCIA, TOP DECORATORS ARE PUTTING THEIR CHIPS ON THE CITY OF LIGHTS. HERE, A GUIDE TO OUR FAVORITE NEW VEGAS HOT SPOTS. BY SA M ANTHA SWENSON

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S TAY H E R E

CHILL HERE

Spago at the Bellagio

NoMad Las Vegas

Spa at the Waldorf Astoria

Designer Gelila Puck—Wolfgang’s wife— created an alfresco dining experience at Spago, where guests can practically touch the Fountains of Bellagio. bellagio.com

Designer Jacques Garcia’s third iteration of NoMad hotels delivers a touch of oldworld European glamour to the Strip. nomadlasvegas.com

A respite from the hustle and bustle, the spa serves up relaxing treatments that combine ancient and contemporary techniques. waldorfastorialasvegas.com

DRINK HERE

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SHOP HERE

Rosina

Sadelle’s

Eataly

This intimate cocktail bar is full of Art Deco influences like mirrored surfaces and crystal pendants. The drinks menu is delightfully retro, too. venetian.com

SoHo’s popular eatery now has a Bellagio outpost. The Ken Fulk–designed space captures an upscale vintage vibe, and the menu features all-day eats. bellagio.com

Newly launched at the Park MGM hotel, Eataly—the authority on all things Italian—is the one-stop shop for specialties from that boot-shaped corner of the world. eataly.com

BY THE NUMBERS

SX76 Sanlorenzo The Piero Lissoni–designed yacht debuts at the Miami Boat Show (February 14–18).

76.6

feet in length from the vessel’s bow to stern

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room separators on the main deck, to make it a wide-open space

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A living room— complete with spiral staircase— aboard the SX76.

The Luxurious Jewel Tones of the Gemma from our Fine Collection

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POINT OF VIEW DAT E B O O K

THE MUST-SEE EXHIBITIONS THAT ARE ON OUR SPRING CALENDAR.

One Museum Mile.

60 SECONDS WITH...

Hubert Le Gall New York City’s Twenty First Gallery presents the first U.S. retrospective of Hubert Le Gall, the acclaimed artist, designer, and author of the recently published Rizzoli monograph Hubert Le Gall: Fabula, whose whimsical work toes the line between art and function.

Through March 29. 21stgallery.com

Casa Perfect x Andy Warhol The Future Perfect in Los Angeles presents a glimpse into Warhol’s personal life through a rare collection of photo-booth strips, silver gelatin prints, and short films.

Through March 22. thefutureperfect.com

Franz West British artist Sarah Lucas curated this retrospective at London’s Tate Modern of the work of her friend, the late Austrian artist Franz West. Nearly 200 works are on view, including several of his abstract papier-mâché sculptures designed to be touched by viewers.

Through June 2. tate.org.uk

Thierry Mugler: Couturissime The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts premieres the first-ever retrospective of the French fashion showman Thierry Mugler, with more than 140 of his futuristic outfits, many shown for the first time.

March 2–September 8. mbam.qc.ca —S.S. 32

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Robert A.M. Stern

THE NEW YORK ARCHITECT TALKS DRESSING THE PART AND CONQUERING CENTRAL PARK. May we call you Bob? R S: Yes, you may.

From the southern end of Central Park, one can see your buildings in three directions: 15 Central Park West, the new 220 Central Park South, and 520 Park Avenue to the east.

R S: If we could take down the trees, you could see my One Museum Mile at the northeast end of the park. So I have another corner cornered.

Are you proud to leave your mark on the skyline?

R S: It is amazing to see three of our projects at once. They have a genetic connection, but each has its own personality. That’s a thrill I never thought I’d get to have in my professional career.

Luxury towers are going up around yours. What’s your take on your neighbors?

R S: Some of them may be making statements, but they’re more in the area of primordial grunts than articulate thoughts.

The worst building in New

York we’re supposed to like?

R S: The Pan Am [now MetLife] Building.

Crude, clunky, and it destroyed the vista of Park Avenue.

You’re known for your elevated sense of style.

Have today’s architects let themselves go a bit sartorially?

R S: Oh, my God! Some of them have entered a priesthood: black suits, black shirts, men and women alike. I don’t get it.

BOOKS

At Home with HOLLYWOOD Los Angeles designer Jeff Andrews’s new monograph, The New Glamour ($45, Rizzoli), comes with a subtitle—Interiors with Star Quality—that is as literal as it gets. Andrews, whose clients include reality-TV celebrities Kourtney Kardashian and her mother, Kris Jenner; Ryan Seacrest; and the Big Bang Theory’s Kaley Cuoco, who wrote the book’s foreword, creates decadent worlds: bathrooms where semiprecious-stone pendants dangle over a soaking tub; a kids’ room furnished with a horn chair, a black and white–striped tepee, and a bust of Nefertiti. The dining room gracing the cover, with its limestone mantel and muted palette, belies the bold, operatic spaces within.

STERN: A XEL DUPEUX/REDUX; ONE MUSEUM MILE: PETER A ARON/ESTO, COURTESY OF R AMSA

Hubert Le Gall’s Epoca Seasonal table lamp.

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SHOP TALK

Material

WORLD TEXTILE DESIGNER BERNIE DE LE CUONA OPENS HER FIRST RETAIL SHOP IN ONE OF LONDON’S TONIEST ENCLAVES.

The top floor of Bernie de Le Cuona’s new store, in London’s Belgravia, showcases her signature fabric collection.

M ABOVE: A grid of

fabric samples.

LE F T: Bernie de Le Cuona.

RIGHT:

Felted wool throw, $851.

RIGHT: A hand-

embroidered cashmere pillow by de Le Cuona is displayed next to a bronze bowl

by Charles Haupt.

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ORE THAN 25 YE ARS AG O, BERNIE

de Le Cuona, fresh from studying architectural design in her native South Africa, headed to England and settled in Windsor, a town on the river Thames half an hour west of London. In order to support herself, she created her namesake fabric line, which is still based in Windsor and is now internationally known for its stonewashed linens, lush velvets, and dazzling paisleys.

De Le Cuona sells her textiles through her to-thetrade showrooms in New York and London. But recently, she took a quantum leap, opening a two-story f lagship retail store in London’s Belgravia neighborhood. The 2,000-squarefoot shop provides an immersive environment in which to experience her vast inventory of textures, colors, and materials, as well as cushions, accessories, and a tightly edited selection of furniture. Why a full-scale retail emporium at this online moment? “In turbulent times like these, it’s more important than ever to maintain personal contact with customers,” she says.

The ground level of the store, which was designed

by Tom Bartlett of London-based Waldo Works with surfaces of terrazzo, poured concrete, and pale amber resin, holds an array of fabrics—made for de Le Cuona in Europe only, particularly in Italian, Belgian, and French mills—hung as curtains. A “color lab” features a wall grid of large square fabric samples in every available colorway.

Downstairs, you’ll find furniture by South African designers, including sculptural bronze tables by Charles Haupt and items by John Vogel, as well as Japanese-inspired linen and silk throw blankets and bespoke pillows. For de Le Cuona, the store puts her passion on display. “Working with yarns and colors that bring a room to life,” she says, “is pure magic.” delecuona.com ◾ PHOTOGR APHS BY ED REEVE

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Et Tu, Brute?

BRUTALISM, THE LONG-UNDERAPPRECIATED ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, IS ATTEMPTING A COMEBACK. CAN ED’S NEW AESTHETIC DETECTIVE SAVE IT BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE?

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a nap when the call came in.

“Aesthetic Investigations,” I barked, a little too loudly. “You got the crime, we got the time.”

The voice on the line was low and muffled.

An anonymous tipster. Apparently, some guy at the White House was ranting about tearing down the J. Edgar Hoover Building on Pennsylvania Avenue. The poor FBI can’t catch a break this year.

I opened up a new case file, poured myself another snifter of Cognac, and leaned back in my chair.

It’s a funny thing, Brutalism. People either love it or hate it, like cilantro. But I’ve been tracking the beat since it first came on the scene in the 1950s, and I’m here to tell you that Brutalism is an acquired taste, like Cognac.

Sure, the first time you see the FBI headquarters, it can seem ugly as sin. Nothing but a huge hunk of raw concrete pocked with a bazillion tiny windows. It sort of reminds me of the Hubert H. Humphrey Building, come to think of it, where the folks at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services work. Both opened in the 1970s. But then you step back, calm down. Something like awe takes over. All those clean lines and massive proportions. Unapologetic. No pretense. It’s majestic stuff.

T he Br ut a l i s t ba sher s a re thick on the g round, though. I’ll never get over what happened to Manhattan’s Lollipop Building, aka 2 Columbus Circle. T hat wa sn’t even categor i zed a s Br uta l ism—more l i ke Brutalism-adjacent, a tall drink of white marble by Edward Durell Stone capped off with a postmodern flourish. People hated it back in 38

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1964, when it opened. The renowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable snubbed it as a “die-cut Venetian palazzo on lollipops.”

She changed her tune in 1998, though, when its fate was up for grabs, admitting she had begun to feel “a little lift, a sense of pleasure,” whenever she walked past. No matter—the Museum of Arts and Design modified the facade to look like any other skyscraper.

Totally criminal.

I poured another finger of Cognac and reveled in our most recent win, Boston’s City Hall. Talk about a classic piece of Brutalism. When that place was built in 1968, the bashers went nuts. It looks a lot like the FBI headquarters. Maybe folks in Boston are just more intelligent, because when it came time to update the city-council chambers last year, they left the facade totally intact.

Still looks exactly like it did 50 years ago, post-renovation. Moments like these make a tough job worth it.

It was getting late. I made a few more notes in the file. Maybe I could talk some sense into this guy in the White House, show him photos of Le Corbusier’s Cité Radieuse, with its primary-colored pa nel s . Or Free way Park in Seattle, Edward Durell Stone’s where the concrete 2 Columbus i s bl e n d e d w i t h Circle. g r e e n e r y. U s u ally when people see Brutalism like that, ser ved with a “ m i xe r,” t h e i r tastes open up a bit.

The next thing you k now, t hey even like it neat. All in a day’s work. I put the Cognac bottle back in the drawer and called it a night. ◾

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Le Corbusier’s Cité Radieuse (Radiant City) in Marseille, France, inspired the Brutalist craze.

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Boston’s City Hall, designed by Kallmann, McKinnell, and Knowles, was recently restored.

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The J. Edgar Hoover Building houses the FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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ARY TA FELL IN LOVE WITH SWAROVSKI IN 20 03. AT THE

time, she was establishing the first store for Italian furniture maker Minotti in Los Angeles and found herself in Milan for the annual Salone del Mobile trade show, where participating brands vie for attention by designing dramatic experiences. For Ta, the clear winner was Swarovski’s Crystal Palace installation, which introduced to the world high-concept chandelier pieces like the legendary Cascade, designed by Vincent Van Duysen. “It was monumental,” she says. “Not just the product, but the presentation.” Now, more than 15 years later, Ta is working with Swarovski to re-create that emotional resonance with a sweeping exhibition, “The Brilliance of Design,” opening February 20 at Mass Beverly, the experiential L.A. showroom she cofounded in 2014 that represents a wide range of European products by such brands as Bottega Veneta Home, Gandiablasco, and Ernestomeda.

Ta spent more than a decade trying to get reps at the Austrian cristallerie to connect her with scion and executive Nadja Swarovski, and the exhibition spotlights Swarovski as a maker of serious design pieces. “Brilliance” showcases new and archival lighting—Cascade included—from across Swarovski’s six international divisions and features pieces by architect Daniel Libeskind and designers Patricia Urquiola and Barbara Barry. Visitors enter through dramatic crystal-embedded panels of wood and stone into a vast array of expressive LED lighting projects like Yves Behar’s Mini Voyage and Tord Boontje’s Blossom and Luminous Reflections. All this is in time for another spectacle to which Swarovski is inextricably linked: the Academy Awards, which airs on February 24. “Swarovski creates the Oscars sets,” Ta says. “It’s their other link to Los Angeles.” massbeverly.com ◾

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63″ w. x 34″ d. x 39″ h., available in other sizes and colors, $14,140. azucena.it

Designer Thomas O’Brien took cues from a vintage Indian scarf in his personal collection when creating this hand-knotted wool-and-silk Isidore rug for Patterson Flynn Martin.

9′ x 12′, can be customized, to the trade. pattersonflynnmartin.com

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Those who prefer to see their reflections bathed in a lunar light will enjoy Arteriors’ Moon Glow mirror, from the Windsor Smith collection, whose stained-antique-brass finish casts a soft patina.

42″ w. x 2″ d. x 63″ h., $3,265. arteriorshome.com

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This hyper-meticulous Lladró porcelain sculpture of the Hindu deity Lord Balaji, known for his richness and miracles, is embellished with 1,866 handcraftedporcelain flowers.

Fashioned with delicate linen and hefty brass, these Ottomanstyle hanging lanterns are from Chez Dede, a chic Roman emporium run by Daria Reina and Andrea Ferolla. $1,382 for 14″ h. x 12″ dia.; $1,728 for 16″ h. x 12″ dia. chezdede.com

17.5″ w. x 26.5″ h., $24,900. lladro.com

Julian Chichester’s Gins cabinet is a study in textural contrasts: gleaming Indian rosewood for its main body, black vellum for the doors’ surface, and hand-finished and beaten blackened brass for the decorative circles.

79″ w. x 21.5″ d. x 29.5″ h., $8,985. julianchichester.com

Vintage Japanese store banners form the raw material for these pillows from Shibui, a Brooklyn-based lifestyle brand with an eye toward Japanese home and decor wares.

From $79 for 13″ x 13″. shibui.com

The acrylic tops of these Kray Studio side tables (shown in diamond, triangle, and square shapes and available in a range of colors and finishes) have the sparkling transparency of crystals and can be arranged in a kaleidoscopic array of formations.

From $350 for 13″ w. x 13″ d. x 18″ h. kraystudio.com

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is a New York–based interior designer and former host of Shop This Room on HGTV.

Are chandeliers the first thing you pick for a room or the finishing touch?

RYAN KORBAN: It’s always the first thing I consider.

The deciding factors are the style direction you want to go in and how much attention you want to bring to lighting as a statement.

I remember this one project I did that had a double staircase. It seemed obvious that

the space needed a chandelier! But then I took it out because it was too expected.

If you had an apartment that looked very French with beautiful original moldings, it’s nice to complete the look with a chandelier.

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RK: Oh, absolutely.

DC: You know when you go into a townhouse that has that little vestibule?

I like to find a chandelier for a space like that.

It creates scale and drama.

How about adding a classic for contrast in a more contemporary room?

RK: Just go with the complete look. Mixing of old and new has become so popular that the idea of going for the whole package— a Rococo chandelier with era-appropriate furniture, for instance—is fresh again.

DC: That’s what I’m talking about!

RK: Oh, my! We’re getting all heated about chandeliers!

Did you grow up with them around the house?

DC: I grew up in a Tudor, so it was all about going for it— old sconces, very curvilinear.

RK: My mother loved light fixtures. We had chandeliers in the entrance, the powder room, the dining room.

I remember we had to hire someone special just to clean them every two months.

Do you have any favorite chandelier designs?

DC: I’m a sucker for a black Baccarat. You see them everywhere, but they are just so beautiful. And I have to say that too many things get called chandeliers which are not, like pendants. Technically, [a chandelier is] a hanging light with branches.

RK: I like to use ones in unconventional materials like plaster or alabaster.

Antique or new?

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chandeliers and having them made by craftsmen.

The prices for chandeliers can be exorbitant. How do you get clients to commit?

RK: You need to make the decision first before bringing it to a client. They can’t sense weakness. You have to go in there and be a car salesman selling a Bentley.

DC: You have to be positive that it’s the only thing for that space. The price is expected. Clients know that a chandelier is going to be an investment.

RK: But it’s worth it because a chandelier is the jewel of the room. One client is always asking, “Where are the jewels?” Do you want to wear a big statement necklace— a chandelier—or go subtler with just earrings, which in a room would be the sconces?

Are there situations where you would advise against installing a chandelier?

RK: I once knew someone whose garage had a chandelier. It was horrible.

DC: I like them almost anywhere, to be honest, except kitchens. And having one in the garage is just crazy.

Have you ever altered a chandelier because it was too over-the-top?

RK: If I get something vintage, I tend to pare it down by removing some of the crystals and embellishments.

DC: I bought one in Murano, Italy, and I took out the glass hurricane in the middle.

Sometimes it’s just too much.

During an install, have you ever been tempted to swing from the chandelier like Sia? RK: Yes, and I’ve done it before. I’ve been kicked out of places for hanging from chandeliers. All over Europe I have disassembled chandeliers in nightclubs and worn them as accessories.

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ABOVE: An amulet necklace from the David Yurman EY Signature collection.

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was growing up in the early 1990s, the parameters that defined the kind of jewelry contemporary American men wore on a daily basis were narrow at best. The first piece he designed, a pair of silver cuff links at age 14, was a natural choice because, as he puts it, “That’s how men wore jewelry: They wore a wedding ring and cuff links.” Since joining his parents’ New York–based company, David Yurman, in 2003, the younger Yurman

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has helped transform this category from a sidenote into a robust business. Today, men walking into the brand’s stores can express their style with anything from pavé–black diamond dog-tag necklaces to cuff bracelets crafted from forged carbon and covered in gold wave motifs inspired

by Japanese wood-block prints.

Yurman’s interest in design was fed early on by weekday afternoons spent at his parents’ midtown offices, where he learned to carve wax blocks for casting and work with metal on the bench.

“It was like being a foodie, and your father is a Michelin chef,” he says of his upbringing. He finds himself drawn to unconventional materials like titanium, dinosaur bone, meteorite, and black diamonds, all of which he has incorporated into the house’s aesthetic lexicon.

For spring 2019, Yurman—who oversees the men’s, wedding, and high-jewelry divisions—has created an expansive men’s wedding-band grouping (until

It was like “ being a foodie, and your father is a Michelin chef.

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Evan Yurman working on an Artist Series necklace in his office. A David Yurman Tag necklace from the Waves collection. Early examples of the brand’s iconic Cable design, on display in the Heritage room. A selection of men’s wedding bands from the David Yurman spring/summer 2019 collection. A corner of the Heritage room.

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recently, they had no specific collection addressing this need) that encourages people to think beyond the standard gold washer. “I see guys really enjoying the journey of finding something that’s right for them—it becomes very personal,” says Yurman, who, for the record, owns more than five wedding rings, including black-diamond and meteorite versions. “It goes beyond fashion at that point.” davidyurman.com ◾

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Her store on Sloane Street in London has lots of big, decorative, and semiprecious jewelry.

The pieces are quite overthe-top, but in a wonderful way.

A friend of mine in St.-JeanCap-Ferrat, France, collects these table objects. They come in such extraordinary shapes.

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Ten years ago, Penny Morrison opened a homefurnishings store in a village near her house in Wales.

The interior and fabric designer, a native of South Africa, soon vowed it would be her last retail experience. “Local people, they would want to swap a leg of lamb for a lampshade,” recalls Morrison, who divides her time between the Welsh border region and an apartment in London. “After that, I said, ‘Never again.’ But never say never.” Indeed, Morrison has transformed a terraced house in London’s Chelsea neighborhood into a chic emporium with the look and feel of a private residence. Occupying four floors, the shop’s rooms are filled with textiles and wallpapers from Jennifer Shorto, Anna Spiro, and Walter G—and, of course, Morrison’s eponymous line of hand-printed linens and cottons. There are pillows crafted from vintage fabrics and hand-painted porcelain from Spain. Known for her relaxed, deeply layered decor for the British countess Jemma Kidd and the Isle de France hotel on St. Barts, Morrison has an approach to stocking the shelves that is best described as instinctive and recently introduced an e-commerce site. “I never follow trends or fashions. When you see something, you instantly know if you like it or not,” she says. “And if you like it, you should have it.” pennymorrison.com

I travel to India once or twice a year. The Good Earth shop at the Khan Market in New Delhi has the most beautiful clothes by young Indian designers. goodearth.in

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Situated on the west coast of South Africa, this town is incredibly unspoiled.

I’ve always dreamed of having a beach cottage there.

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Murano Glassware There are little collections of Murano throughout my house. I buy glass with a view to selling it, but then I can’t bear to part with my finds.

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Pale as the planking in a Gustavian ballroom or as intricate as the parquet in St. Petersburg’s Pavlovsk Palace. Whatever your fancy, wood floor options are endless these days—a fact that became abundantly clear when I recently restored the 130-plus-year-old surfaces in my Brooklyn home. The yellow-pine flooring was one of the original details that seduced me into buying my family’s duplex in an Italianate brownstone in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood, just a few blocks from where Moonstruck was filmed.

Maybe, like Cher urges Nicolas Cage in the film, I should have just snapped out of it: The floors had what some might call patina and others would dub problems (tons of holes and gaps between boards). But I’m glad I didn’t— reclaimed-wood floors have since become a luxury product. The floors were sanded and sealed with a shiny oil-based polyurethane (standard procedure in 2001), a messy process that left chemical odors lingering for a week.

Over time, the planks turned orange and the shiny surface wore down. I wondered, Could these floors be saved and, better yet, reinvented with a lighter Scandinavian look? As the author of a book on renovating antique homes, Restoring a House in the City, I wanted to make every effort to save the original flooring. My contractor, Brendan Duffy, of Duffy’s Floor Services, recommended a two-pronged approach: Restore what we could and replace what we couldn’t. He showed up with a dustless vacuum system equipped with an air purifier. “It’s no longer a dusty, smelly, messy job,” he explains. What’s more, low-VOC water-based finishes have begun to supplant the old polyurethanes and 62

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can be used to create an endless array of looks. To tone down the yellow in my floorboards, Duffy used products from Swedish floor company Bona: DriFast Stain in a mix of one part White and two parts Natural, plus NaturalSeal for a little more white undertone. He topped it off with Traffic HD Extra Matte. “It’s a more natural look with no reflective glare,” says Todd Schutte of Bona. “You can still see the wood, but the low-sheen finish hides scratches and scuffs.”

I am now gearing up for the second phase of my project: replacing floor sections too damaged to restore. There, too, the choices have multiplied, with products ranging from reclaimed to new wood with all the character (but fewer of the imperfections) of the old. San Diego’s DuChâteau specializes in European-inspired f loors with a hard-wax-oil finish. Madera crafts sustainable f loorboards that are a favorite of designer Nicole Fuller and architect Bjarke Ingels. Tastes have evolved, notes the Hudson Company’s Jamie Hammel, who operates his own mill in Pine Plains, New York. “Twenty years ago, the trend was narrow boards, void of character, and stained either natural or brown,” he says.

“Now people want floors that celebrate the innate character of wood: wide planks, long lengths, knots, and patina.”

Meanwhile, patterns—from chevrons to blocks—are also surging. “My very favorite is parquet de Versailles,” notes decorator Alex Papachristidis of the interlacing diagonal style made famous by the French palace.

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ABOVE: In the living room, the Scalamandré armchairs and ottomans are upholstered in fabrics by Jean-Paul Gaultier for Lelievre. The cocktail table is by Vladimir Kagan, and the rug is by Stark. TOP RIGHT: Chad Stark in the foyer of his East Village apartment. The 1950s Italian chairs, upholstered in a Scalamandré fabric, are from Newel. Zebras wallpaper, Scalamandré.

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to. At 29, he is the senior vice president of Stark, the New York– based fabric-and-rug empire his grandparents founded some eight decades ago, as well as the president of Scalamandré, the blue-chip American textiles brand that merged with Stark in 2017. Along with his cousin Ashley Stark-Kenner, the company’s vice president of design, Stark represents the future of the company. But he’s also making an effort to stand out on his own. What better way to do that than to renovate his first apartment?

For his one-bedroom in Manhattan’s East Village, Stark set out to design a space that would ref lect his personality while showcasing fabrics, rugs, and wallcoverings from his family’s portfolio. He enlisted the help of another young talent, the 31-year-old decorator Sasha Bikoff, whose refreshingly wild and off-kilter Memphis Group–inspired staircase at last year’s Kips Bay Decorator Show House instantly made her a darling of the New York design scene. Here, she channeled her client’s interests to create a home that feels at once city and country: “Chad’s a crazy heli-skier, and Aspen is his favorite place in the world,” Bikoff says. “I wanted to design an apartment that brought both the mountain vibes and the feeling of downtown New York together.”

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family now also has access to the legendary French brand Lelievre as well as Old World Weavers, the decorative-fabrics line founded in 1950 by Iris and Carl Apfel. To unify the overall look, Bikoff zeroed in on a blue palette: “It’s Chad’s favorite color, and it went with the Aspen-meets–New York story,” Bikoff says.

Scalamandré’s famous Zebras pattern—in blue, a twist on the classic red—was playfully deployed on the foyer walls, while the luxurious Le Tigre silk velvet was used to upholster a set of bow tie–shaped vintage dining chairs.

The living area is an explosion of dark blue fabrics, including several by the fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier for Lelievre. In the bedroom, past a pair of hand-carved Indonesian wood doors, a paisley wallcovering is the muted backdrop for a bed in a deep red velvet “that just screams sex,” Stark says with a smile. But it’s the antique oil painting of a hunting dog above the headboard that truly sums up one of this young scion’s central preoccupations. “If there’s anything I like more than carpets, fabrics, and skiing,” Stark says, “it’s dogs.” ◾

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The carved wooden doors to Stark’s bedroom are from Indonesia and were left over from a previous renovation; the antique dog portrait is from Newel, the paisley wallcovering is by Scalamandré, and the bed is upholstered in Lelievre’s Sultan velvet. Designer Sasha Bikoff. In the dining room, the Italian midcentury chairs are covered in Scalamandré’s Le Tigre silk velvet, and the table is made out of an Indonesian fishing boat.

Bring It Home Bikoff mined the Stark family archives for standout fabrics, rugs, and wallcoverings to outfit Chad’s New York City apartment.

Jean-Paul Gaultier’s Iberian tile–like Azulejos for Lelievre covers armchairs in the living room.

Bikoff had to push her client to use Stark’s silver Paisley wallcovering in his bedroom.

Now he’s a big fan.

Another pattern by Gaultier— Lelievre’s brick motif Folk— appears on living room ottomans.

Scalamandré’s blue Zebras (the iconic red version was featured in The Royal Tenenbaums) lines the foyer.

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23-room hotel in West Hollywood, looks quaint, clean, and Victorian via Cape Cod. The hotel’s facade dates back to 1918; in its past life, the edifice was divided into bungalows that housed the workers who were building a railroad between Hollywood and Santa Monica. When the bungalows went on the market in 2013, Jeff Klein, the hotelier famous for the sleek Sunset Tower Hotel nearby, seemed an unlikely buyer—the decaying assemblage of buildings bore little resemblance to his fashionable landmark a few blocks east. But he had a

British interior designer Rita Konig at the No. 850 hotel in West Hollywood.

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vision, and he hired architect Marc Appleton, known for his restorations of properties such as Santa Barbara’s San Ysidro Ranch, to turn the bungalows into an in-the-know hideaway. “The big guys are getting beat up by Airbnb because they don’t understand how to create personal expeLE F T: A Raymond Savignac riences,” Klein says. “I asked myself, How would I want a poster above the lobby’s moss neighborhood hotel to feel? I wanted to make something velvet sectional. ABOVE: unique and special that reflects the environment, that’s sinKonig and hotelier Jeff Klein.

BE LOW: A sunny guest room gular, that’s authentic. When something becomes corporawith adjoining patio. tized, it loses its soul.”

Once Klein got Appleton on board (not an easy feat: “I initially saw it as a can of worms,” Appleton says), he started soliciting recommendations for interior designers.

Former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter told him about Rita Konig, the London-based interior decorator who used to hang the Christmas decorations at the Waverly Inn, in New York City, which Carter co-owns. While Klein strove for historic authenticity out front, inside he wanted to mix design periods and styles, and Konig’s pitch book, Klein says, “blew me away.” The decorator was guided by her affinity for Southern California’s sun and color palette— fuchsia bougainvillea, whitewashed walls, cobalt skies— as well as her hatred of cookie-cutter hospitality rooms.

Italian brass lamps and crystal sconces shaped like pinwheels create cocoons of warm, flowers. She was jazzed to find a yellow light against cane-covered Brass lamps and crystal walls, “so the rooms look honeyish, pair of burnished ceramic palm sconces shaped like rather than that gray, beige, dark tree lamps at an antiques fair, then color you so often find in hotels,” happened by a shop selling them pinwheels create cocoons she says. straight from the factory. “So we of warm, yellow light.

Every room in No. 850 is differbought 50 and put them in every room,” she says. ent. There is a sunny corner suite featuring a patio furnished with cream-colored sun beds by Konig also found other options for singular furnishings, the Danish brand Liggestolen. A 200-square-foot carriage like the custom-made moss velvet sectional that wraps room with shelves holding hardcover classics feels just like around the lobby. A weathered cognac leather armchair a cool dorm room. Echoing motifs tie the place together: brings a hint of brooding to the communal living room Klein was so enamored of the handmade marbled lamp- that is otherwise boisterous with its mint-green walls shades that Konig commissioned, he had matching statio- and slipper chairs covered in a pattern of fat pink flownery made up for the guest rooms. ers by the fashion designer Sonia Rykiel. For inspiration, Konig plumbed antiques stores in London and L.A. for she looked to diverse sources: shopkeeper John Derian’s accents like a marble console and vintage photographs of all-white living room in Manhattan’s East Village; Bunny Mellon’s Antigua home decorated with Billy Baldwin; and her friend Charlotte Scott’s rambling, enchanting The hotel’s communal living room. “non-hotel” Trasierra in Spain. She also subverted all of the tropes that bug her about tower-height hotels. “You know with hotel elevators, the doors open and you’re like, ‘What f loor is this?’ ” she says. “I can never remember what floor I’m on. So I did every hallway in a different color,” picking sky blue for the bottom level and a rich burgundy for the uppermost, fourth floor.

There’s a rooftop terrace with hazy views of downtown Los Angeles and a garden of cacti and succulents curated by local landscape designer Lisa Zeder. Apart from its preserved historic facade, No. 850 now looks very little like the decrepit, worse-for-wear bungalows that once stood in its stead—all thanks to the coming together of Klein’s A-team.

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in Singapore. Merging influences and ingredients from Malaysian, Chinese, Indian, Thai, and Cambodian kitchens, indeed from all across Southeast Asia, theirs is a vibrant cuisine made with great care and expertise.

I have a restaurant in Singapore and have been visiting the country regularly for more than a decade. There are always new spots to try, but when I go, I don’t want expensive meals. I rely on my friends to take me to the many food markets and hawker stands, where you find cooks who focus on one or two dishes and do them very well. It’s hot there, but they love their soups, and the first one I always return to on my visits is laksa. It’s pungent, spicy, sour, and sweet at the same time— you want to hover closely over it as you slurp the noodles, breathing in the scent and the steam while trying not to let the turmeric-hued broth splash on your shirt too much.

Here, we’ve toned down the pungency and heat and gone vegetarian, replacing the traditional shrimp paste with a mixture of crushed cashews, garlic, ginger, and Thai bird chiles. There’s a lot of brightness and flavor here. One of the pleasures of using rice noodles is that they hardly take any time to cook at all. You can make and reheat the broth and just drop in the noodles when you’re ready for another bowl. Add crispy tofu or a poached egg if you desire a little more protein and heft, and perhaps skip the chiles (or use a bit less) if you’re cooking for kids.

When I make this soup at home in New York, it reminds me of the great meals I’ve enjoyed in Singapore. I sip the hot broth, twirl the noodles with chopsticks, and sop up what’s left with a torn piece of crunchy baguette. This soup transports you to the tropics faster than any plane ever could.

Daniel Boulud sips laksa at home.

V E G E TA R I A N L A K S A SERVES 4

3 Thai bird chiles, dried 1 tsp. coriander, ground 1 tsp. cumin seed 1½ tsp. turmeric 1 stalk lemongrass 4 oz. cashews, raw 1 cup onion, diced small 1 oz. ginger, chopped 1 oz. garlic, chopped 4 T olive oil 44 oz. (5½ cups) coconut milk 30 oz. (3¾ cups) water 4 oz. rice noodles 4 oz. leeks, sliced 2 oz. button mushrooms 4 oz. carrot, grated 1 bok choy, cut in half and sliced Salt and pepper, to taste 4 sprigs mint leaves, thinly sliced 1 bunch of cilantro, chopped 1 lime, zest and juice 1. In a food processor, combine the chiles, coriander, cumin, turmeric, lemongrass, cashews, onion, ginger, and garlic and pulse until a coarse paste is formed.

2. In a medium-size pot over medium heat, add 3 table-

spoons of olive oil followed by the paste. Cook for 6 to 8 minutes, stirring constantly.

Be careful not to let the mixture stick to the bottom.

Add the coconut milk and water, then bring to a boil and simmer for 35 minutes.

3. Bring a medium pot of water to a boil, and place the rice noodles into a bowl. Cover the noodles with boiling water and remove them after 5 minutes.

4. In another medium-size pot, use the remaining oil and bring it to medium-high heat.

Sweat the leeks and mushrooms for 5 minutes, then add the carrot and bok choy.

Cook for another 2 minutes.

5. Using a fine mesh strainer, strain the broth into the pot with the vegetables and season to taste. Fill each serving bowl with the desired amount of rice noodles and pour the soup over the top. Garnish with the mint, cilantro, lime zest, and juice. Optional garnishes include scallions, tomato, and sesame seeds.

Enjoy.

WHAT TO DRINK “The best complement to this Southeast Asian specialty is a refreshing beer that balances out the spice and richness of the noodle soup.

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The entry hall in the Mary McDonald– designed Corona del Mar, California, home of Jeremy Johnson (left) and Jerrod Blandino, cofounders of the beauty brand Too Faced, seen here with their dog, Clover, a Chihuahua. The table is by Quatrain, the custom wallcovering is by de Gournay, and the 19th-century English crystal chandelier is from Dimitri Stefanov.

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In Johnson’s office, the desk is custom, the desk chair is

by De Sousa Hughes, and the pair of Henge chairs is from Mass Beverly. The 1960s desk lamp is by Jacques Adnet, the sconces are by the Urban Electric Co., the chandelier is by Lucca Antiques, and the rug and wall paint are custom.

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When the couple launched Too Faced in the late 1990s, the beauty landscape was composed of tasteful nudes, somber browns, and minimalist packaging. Blandino and Johnson blew this stale line of thinking to pale pink–packaged smithereens. Both men had worked at Estée Lauder department-store counters before Blandino, a former art-school student, came up with Too Faced’s first product: Ooh and Ahh, a glitter eye shadow.

“Makeup is power, and that was the whole philosophy of what we started,” explains Johnson of the brand, which quickly became known for its clever product names (including a foundation called Born This Way and a blush dubbed Peach My Cheeks), unabashedly whimsical packaging, and cruelty-free formulations.

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In the formal living room, the sofas are by Soane Britain, and a Scala Luxury cocktail table is topped with a Jeff Koons Balloon Dog. The stools are by Mary McDonald for Chaddock, and the tables are by Donghia (left) and Dessin Fournir (right). The 19th-century French marble mantel is from Jamb, the chandelier is by Charles Spada, and the curtains are of a Jim Thompson fabric.

The custom rug is by Beauvais Carpets.

Johnson’s master bathroom has a custom counter and mirror by Urban Archaeology and a faucet by Waterworks. The stool is from Carl Moore Antiques, the sconces are by Ralph Lauren Home, and the pendant is by the Urban Electric Co.

In the master bedroom, the bed is by Jasper, the sofas and chairs are custom, the 19th-century Carrara marble mantel is French, and the 1970s chandelier is from Jean-Marc Fray. The curtains are of a Scalamandré silk moiré, and the artwork (left) is by Jill Moser.

necessarily make for a harmoniously appointed abode. In central living and dining atrium. At one end is a formal the five and a half years it took to build and furnish the cou- living room whose contemporary touches—midcenturyple’s new home, McDonald often found herself tempering modern Orthoceras fossil lamps, a Jeff Koons Balloon Blandino’s more-is-more impulses. “I had to exercise a fair Dog—accessorize a pair of pink velvet Soane Britain Venbit of editing so they could have all these fun, fanciful col- dome sofas, a nod to the colorway of Too Faced’s signature ors and patterns in their home,” she packaging. Across a vestibule is says, “without ending up with too Blandino’s lavender office, an ode much of everything in every room.” to Elizabeth Taylor’s famous PingThe project was as complicated Pong diamond rings, which Johnson bought at Christie’s in 2011 as a as it was ambitious. After riding gift for Blandino (he also proposed out two years of permit nightto him with a ring inspired by Taymares, Blandino and Johnson also lor’s trio of baubles). There is a had to contend with a neighbor photo of Taylor in the room, along who snuck onto the property right JERROD BLANDINO before they began demolition of the with chairs upholstered in a lavensmaller, older house and poisoned der tweed from the same factory 11 Torrey pine trees (an endangered where Chanel gets its fabric (“You species) that were blocking his ocean view. They spent a can’t sit in them, because it’s not upholstery grade,” Blanfortune trying to rehabilitate the trees and were able to dino says). Johnson’s office is peacock blue and resembles save almost half of them. Once the main drama was over, an old-world library.

Not all of the spaces—there is also a gym, an underground McDonald, working with the architect John Ilkcagla, set about realizing the couple’s dream of a home with histori- garage, a massage room, a pale pink gift-wrapping room, cal French-style interiors with a modern twist. two separate master bathrooms and connecting closets, two A grand entryway featuring a marble staircase flanked guest bedrooms, and a separate guesthouse, to name a few— by a custom de Gournay wallpaper with a pastoral land- get an equal amount of use. In fact, to hear Blandino and scape leads to a column-lined marble hallway and a McDonald tell it, most of the furniture in the home remains

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antique desk in Blandino’s office; the vintage mirror is by Karl Springer, the antique French sconces are from Galerie Glustin, the de Gournay wallpaper is custom, and the pair of chairs are in a Scalamandré checked silk. A guest bedroom features a bed by McDonald for Chaddock, a pair of vintage tole palms, and Julian Chichester nightstands; the walls and ceiling are sheathed in a Schumacher striped paper.

in mint condition a year and a half after the couple officially moved in. The dining room’s custom black-lacquer table that seats 10 has, to date, never been used.

“I go, ‘When are you going to use this?’ And [Jerrod] goes, ‘I don’t know if I can. I really don’t want anyone to mess up my house,’ ” explains McDonald. There are also two full kitchens, each with its own La Cornue stove. The spare was intended as a chef’s kitchen, so Blandino wouldn’t have to see the mess that comes with food preparation. “He’s particular,” McDonald says. But the space has yet to be used. “We planned to hire a chef when we moved in,” Johnson says, “but the room seemed too delicate, so we decided not to.”

Lest anyone have the mistaken impression that Blandino is the only “particular” one, consider the media room, the sole space for which Johnson insisted on having a say. Over a period of eight months, McDonald had the walls coated in 17 layers of green paint, in part because Johnson was never quite satisfied with the color. But it was worth it, because now it’s his favorite space in the house—plus, he jokes, “It’s the only room where I feel like I can actually sit on the furniture.”

All of this particularity came with a price, of course. “For the first two and a half years, we tried to stick to a budget [for the house],” Johnson says, “but once we threw it away, I began to enjoy the process more.”

To be clear, neither man is to the manor born.

Johnson and Blandino both grew up nearby in the towns of Yucaipa and Walnut, respectively.

Blandino describes his upbringing as “total middle-class suburbia,” while Johnson’s household subsisted on a very modest income. “We got evicted one Christmas Day,” he recalls. “It was a constant struggle for my family to even afford electricity.” The couple met through a friend in 1995 and have been inseparable ever since.

If their current home has a grandeur in keeping with the level of financial success they have achieved, it is also a manifestation of the same sense of playfulness and wonder that infuses their every endeavor. While the house was being built, “We said a prayer in every room and put a cross and a Smurf inside the walls before they put up the drywall,” Blandino confides. “I grew up loving Smurfs, they’re lucky for me, and I thought, If I were a kid dreaming of this house, I would put some Smurfs in the walls.” ◾ For more images of this home, go to elledecor.com/mcdonald

A kitchen’s range is by La Cornue, the hood is custom, the stools are by Brabbu, and the pendants are by Soane Britain. The custom diagonal-striped marble oor is by Noteworthy Marble & Tile. For details, see Resources.

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THE ULTIMATE A-LIST COUPLE, JONATHAN AND LIZZIE TISCH, BRING THEIR UPTOWN GLAMOUR DOWNTOWN WITH A BOLD AND WITTY NEW VILLAGE PAD DESIGNED BY HAYNES-ROBERTS.

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In the living room of Jonathan and Lizzie Tisch’s Greenwich Village pied-à-terre, which was designed by Timothy Haynes and Kevin Roberts, the 1960s sofa by Robert Haussmann for de Sede is in a Ralph Lauren Home silk velvet and the 1970s Tobia Scarpa Soriana chairs are re-covered in a Foglizzo silk-screened leather. The vintage Fernand Dresse cocktail table is from Galerie JeanLouis Danant, the custom side tables are topped with vintage André Arbus lamps, and the artworks above the sofa are

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The Tisches in their living room. Lizzie, wearing an Ashish dress, is seated on a Mattia Bonetti chair from Paul Kasmin Gallery. The 1970s Harvey Probber sectional is covered in a Casamance faux fur, the custom rug is by Beauvais Carpets, and the artwork is by Dave Muller.

A pair of vintage Carlo Mollino stools from Donzella flank a 1970s glass-topped Carrara marble console from Bernd Goeckler. The custom Roberto Giulio Rida mirror is from L’Art de Vivre.

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halfway. When the Manhattan couple-about-town decided to buy a downtown apartment as the weekend complement to their uptown residence, the do-it-right-or-don’t-do-it-atall duo immediately got down to business. Their first goal: Make it feel different. “Uptown, we’re in a prewar building with these crazy proportional rooms—the space is beautiful, very grand, and designed to within an inch of its life,” says Lizzie. “Downtown, I wanted it to be more loftlike.”

The A-list couple enlisted the help of their longtime design team, Timothy Haynes and Kevin Roberts, who previously worked on their uptown apartment and their residences in Palm Beach and Bridgehampton (all three of which were featured in ELLE DECOR ).

“They’re perfectionists, and they love the process,” Roberts says. It doesn’t hurt that Jon, as he’s known to friends, and Lizzie are design aficionados. He is the chairman and CEO of Loews Hotels, and she is a fashion lover

of the highest degree. Recently, she launched a business, LTD by Lizzie Tisch, that sells exclusive, limited-edition items from designers and artists such as Lingua Franca and Ashley Longshore. Together, they are also major supporters of the arts: When New York’s massive new nonprofit cultural venue the Shed opens this spring, it will feature two areas—the Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Skylights event space and the Tisch Lab—generously underwritten by the couple.

Their design radar is always switched on. “Lizzie is constantly coming in and saying, ‘Look at this jewelry I saw in Paris, or this coat I spotted on the runway,’ ” Haynes says.

“Or Jon will stay at a hotel in London and notice a material used there that he plans to use at the Loews.”

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living room, a 1960s Robert Haussmann sofa gleams in its sapphire silk velvet by Ralph Lauren Home. Over it hangs a favorite acquisition chosen by these avid contemporary art collectors: Ricci Albenda’s twin paintings Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right.

Throughout the airy lair, uptown luxury rubs shoulders with downtown flair. And there are touches of humor, from Dave Muller’s artwork resembling a Led Zeppelin record (which hangs over a Harvey Probber sectional) to the master bedroom’s black, silver, and frosted sconces that look more like balloons than light fixtures.

“Every piece in their home is interesting and funny,” says their friend, TV personality Kelly Ripa. “But at the same time, it also feels relaxed. I’ve never once walked into their apartment and caught my breath thinking, Oh, no. What if I accidentally spill something on the floor?”

A downtown perch is definitely something new for Jon,

who grew up on the Upper East Side, where he lived as a child inside his family’s Loews Regency hotel (friends have joked that he is the “male Eloise”). But it is growing on him.

“Our two New York City residences may be just 50 blocks apart, but they are very much two different worlds, and that is one of the features that we find so compelling,” he says.

If uptown is a place to focus on work, then downtown is where the couple spend their time relaxing and exploring new neighborhoods. “We feel like we got on a plane and traveled for the weekend,” he says.

It’s less exotic, perhaps, for Lizzie, who lived in Greenwich Village after graduating from college. For her, having an apartment downtown feels like a homecoming, but better. “I don’t bump into 15 people I know, like I do uptown,” she says.

“There’s something kind of nice about being a little bit of a stranger in your own city.” ◾

Every piece in their home is interesting and funny, says their friend Kelly Ripa.

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The custom table in the dining room is surrounded by 1970s Romeo Rega chairs from H.M. Luther. The 1970s Sandro Petti chandelier is from Meubles et Lumières, and the artworks are

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The bed in the guest room is dressed with E. Braun & Co. linens and a red blanket from Clic Gallery. The 1960s Italian chair is from Naga Antiques, the custom carpet is by Beauvais Carpets, and the vintage Stilnovo ceiling light is from Kerson Gallery.

The custom master bed is covered in a Rosemary Hallgarten wool velvet, the vintage François Monnet chair and Emmanuel Babled sconces are from Galerie Yves Gastou, and the 1940s FontanaArte stools are in a Moore & Giles leather.

The custom vanity in Jonathan’s master bath is fitted with a Kohler sink, the shower fittings are by Fantini, and the picture light is

by Ayre. For details, see Resources.

For more images of this home, go to elledecor.com/tisch

The living room of Mary Celeste Beall’s home in Knoxville, Tennessee, which was designed in the 1960s by architect Hubert Bebb. A pair of vintage armchairs are covered in a Gastón y Daniela fabric, the midcentury lounge chair is by Gerald Jerome, the brass cocktail table is from the 1970s, and the rug is by Edward Fields. The wall paneling is original, and the wall sculpture over the mantel is by Greg Copeland. OPPOSITE: Beall at the entrance to her home.

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MARY CELESTE BEALL, OWNER OF THE FAMED TENNESSEE RESORT BLACKBERRY FARM, BRINGS STYLE AND AN ADVENTUROUS COLOR PALETTE TO THE RENOVATION OF HER FAMILY’S MIDCENTURY HOME IN TOWN.

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children, Blackberry Farm will always be home. Her late husband, Sam Beall, who died three years ago in a skiing accident, transformed his parents’ little inn at the foot of the Great Smoky Mountains into a sublime destination.

Guests—including stars such as Kelly Clarkson and model Lily Aldridge— might spend the morning fly-fishing or learning to make cheese before heading to an intimate Emmylou Harris concert or a meal by guest chefs like Grant Achatz and Alain Ducasse. This year, the agro-elegant resort expands with the 5,200-acre Blackberry Mountain, 94

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Mary Celeste and Sam built a traditional farmhouse residence on-site in 2008, but it’s another project, a midcentury Knoxville estate completed just months before Sam’s tragic death, that showcases Beall’s eye for contemporary art and color—and her unshakable joie de vivre.

Built on nine wooded acres near the Tennessee River in the mid-1960s, the house was empty and reeking of must when the couple arrived in 2014. The Bealls had actually looked at the property 10 years earlier and passed. But in the interim they’d welcomed three more children, and commuting 45 minutes from the farm to Knoxville schools and activities had become exhausting.

Plus, the house was designed by Illinois-born architect Hubert Bebb, who brought modernist sensibilities to nearby Gatlinburg in 1950 and built downtown Knoxville’s golden-orbed, towering Sunsphere for the 1982 World’s Fair. Bebb’s modest stone facade hides an interior lit by two stories of glass leading to a deck and terrace, a reverse f loor plan, and expansive walls for displaying art collected locally and on holidays, including

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In February, Beall expanded her legendary Blackberry Farm resort with Blackberry Mountain, an ambitious new ecotourism destination nestled on 5,200 acres of protected land in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains.

The grounds feature hiking and mountain-biking trails, a lodge, and a restaurant beneath an old fire tower (above) with 360-degree valley views. blackberrymountain.com

The living room’s vintage sofa is by Mel Smilow, and the armchairs are in a Kravet velvet. The vintage George Kovacs lamps are from Montage. OPPOSITE: Beall’s 1971 Mercedes-Benz 280SL convertible is parked outside the house, which is clad in Tennessee fieldstone.

A pair of Marge Carson poufs nestle under a circa-1970 Karl Springer console in the living room. The midcentury Frederick Cooper lamps are from ABC Modern, the grasscloth wallcovering is by Winfield Thybony, and the artworks were purchased in Italy.

Parisian artist Daniel Gastaud’s fanciful, color-saturated homage to Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, which is rendered in feathers.

That piece, which anchors the dining room, inspired much of Beall’s quick, vibrant renovation. “I easily could have gone all neutral,” she says. “But I thought, Why not make it fun and happy and energetic and take risks?”

To wit, she preserved stainless steel cabinetry in the kitchen, kept the dining room’s chinoiserie wallpaper, and refreshed the wood trim and paneling with a warm mahogany hue. Next came confident colors and flourishes: a foyer in creamy lacquer, a wall of ocean-blue grass cloth, a swiveling, disco-era brass cocktail table.

could have gone “I all neutral, but I thought, Why not make it fun and take risks?

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The sink and vanity in the powder room are original to the house, and the wallpaper is by Florence Broadhurst.

The needs of the five Beall children— Cameron, 21; Sam, 16; Rose, 14; Josephine, 10; and Lila, 6—meant nothing could be too precious. For the dining chairs, Beall chose a deep red velvet relief fabric by Jonathan Adler that’s durable enough for nightly meals. The kids’ bedrooms mix heirloom objects, like handmade furniture and Portuguese textiles, with Pottery Barn bedding and Target pillows.

“It’s joyful,” says Barrie Benson, a friend and interior designer based in Charlotte, North Carolina, who contributed initial ideas. “It feels like a true family house, and it’s the side of Mary Celeste’s personality that is playful and fun and a little bit crazy.”

It’s a side perhaps few Blackberry fans know. After Sam’s death, she had to care for her children and tend to her own grief while assuming her late husband’s role as Blackberry Farm’s proprietor. Her new lodge at Blackberry Mountain, which incorporates locally sourced wood and sandstone into a modern aesthetic, represents the resort’s latest evolution. It honors the past and looks forward, much like the family’s city home. “This house has such great energy, and I know Sam loved it,” Beall says. “It has wonderful memories.” ◾ For more images of this home, go to elledecor.com/beall

The master bedroom’s custom bed is topped with Michael Aram ombré pillows.

The armchair is custom, the rug is by Stark, and the walls are painted in Benjamin Moore’s Peach Parfait.

For details, see Resources.

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AFTER A CALIFORNIA COUPLE’S HOME IS DAMAGED BY FIRE, THEY TURN TO MARK D. SIKES—THE INSTA-FAMOUS DECORATING PHENOMENON—TO HELP REBUILD AND REVIVE THEIR SPIRITS WITH PICTURE-PERFECT ROOMS THAT HAVE NO BAD ANGLES. PHOTOGR APHS BY DOMINIQUE VORILLON

DESIGNER M ARK D. SIKES, THE SON OF A MINISTER, GREW

up first in central Illinois and then in Nashville, where, needless to say, he attended church every Sunday. Afterward, at lunch with his family, he could recount what every member of the congregation was wearing and where they were sitting, early evidence of the highly tuned visual sense that has turned the now California-based designer into a decorating—not to mention social-media—star.

Sikes, whose signature blue-and-white interiors are unabashedly pretty (his 2016 design tome for Rizzoli was titled Beautiful: All-American Decorating and Timeless Style), describes his Midwestern childhood as “a grounding 98

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experience.” He was surrounded by aunts and was especially close to his grandparents. “It really gave me a sense of what a home is—not what it looks like, but what it feels like.”

The family’s move south further enhanced his education: “People in the South really care about their houses,” Sikes says. “I learned a lot about entertaining, gardens, what makes a house beautiful.”

He originally planned to be a dentist and then switched his college major to business. He started out in retail and climbed the corporate ladder at Banana Republic, which brought him west to the company’s San Francisco headquarters. He says the skills he learned there—“how to execute

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BY JULIA REED

In the entry of a Portola Valley, California, home designed by Mark D. Sikes, the 19th-century Dutch mirror and console are from Lucca Antiques. The wooden chair and antique rattan fish trap are from Rose Tarlow Melrose House, the vintage rug is from Nickey Kehoe, the flooring is fumed white oak, and the walls are in Benjamin Moore’s Steam. In the living room beyond, the piano is by Steinway.

OPPOSITE: Hedges in Carolina cherry laurel frame the front facade of the shingled house, which was originally designed and then rebuilt by the architect Kathy Scott.

The living room’s striped sofa (background) is by Jasper and the armchair by the mantel, the client’s own, was re-covered in a Kerry Joyce fabric. The wingback chair is by Lucca Antiques, the pharmacy lamp is by Paul Ferrante, the curtains are of a Robert Kime fabric, and the walls are painted in Farrow & Ball’s Clunch with trim in Steam by Benjamin Moore.

The artwork above the mantel is by Amy Kaufman. OPPOSITE , FROM TOP: The indoor-outdoor dining room’s custom table is by Lucca Antiques, the chandelier is by Paul Ferrante, and the console is from Erin Martin Design. Sikes in the breakfast room, where the chairs are by Aesthetic and the vintage rug is from Hollywood at Home.

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In a guest room, the custom bed is topped with RH, Restoration Hardware linens and pillows from Nickey Kehoe, the Hollywood at Home armchair is in a Sister Parish print, and the window shades are of a Rose Tarlow Melrose House fabric. OPPOSITE , FROM TOP: The master bedroom’s custom bed and chair are upholstered in Kerry Joyce fabrics, the desk is by Engle & Deutch, and the large artwork is by Amy Kaufman.

The curtains are of a Penny Morrison fabric, and the walls are in Farrow & Ball’s Pale Powder.

creativity,” how to manage big teams—have been instrumental in his success as a designer.

When he made the leap about eight years ago, after starting a popular design blog and having his own Los Angeles abode featured in House Beautiful, it was not that big of a jump. And he hasn’t abandoned retail altogether—he designs a line of clothing sold on his website and has worked with Reese Witherspoon on her Draper James stores.

Sikes’s background stood him in especially good stead when he was asked to design the Portola Valley, California, home of Deke and Lori Hunter. The couple adored their shingled house, which they built in 1999. When a 2014 fire forced them to gut and rebuild, they tapped the original architect, Kathy Scott of Walker Warner Architects, who opened up the space so that it was less about raising a family (their kids are grown now) and more about entertaining.

“The old version was more compartmentalized,” Scott says.

“We created an easier flow.” The kitchen was expanded, a breakfast room was added, and heart-pine floors were switched to a paler oak.

As the construction commenced, close friends of the couple recommended Sikes as the perfect designer to bring good vibes—and great style—to the project. “We were so sad about the whole situation and really needed some positive energy,” Lori says. “After meeting Mark, we knew he was the right fit. He shared our design aesthetic with a bent toward creating comfortable, welcoming spaces for our friends, family, and pets. He guided us to make decisions E L L E D E C O R 103

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so that the project came together quickly and completely— which was really important to us after having to move out for more than two years.”

For his part, Sikes understood that Lori’s home “is her life,” and that she is also an avid gardener and cook. “The gardens are sensational,” he says, adding that “we used the outdoors to dictate what we did inside.” The goal was to incorporate moods and a predominantly green-and-blue palette that blurs the lines between inside and out and create a “very natural environment.”

In the living room, the existing deep coral–patterned rug drove the scheme, which still gets green and blue accents and curtains in Dandelion Clock linen from Robert Kime, one of Sikes’s design idols. The breakfast room is lined with shelves filled with cookbooks and antique cheese molds; a steel door–fronted cabinet holds serving pieces.

In the bedrooms upstairs, Sikes used much the same colors to create a common thread, but muted them slightly: “The higher you go in the house, the softer and lighter the tones get.”

Among Sikes’s other design heroes are Mark Hampton, for his “timeless, all-American sensibility,” and Bunny Williams, who has been his great mentor. He says he hopes his own all-American style is imbued with some of Kime’s English layering and a touch of the bohemianism of the late Italian designer Renzo Mongiardino. But despite those cosmopolitan touches, Sikes has never forgotten his roots—nor would he want to. “When I worked at Banana Republic, the big ideas were safari, chinos, cashmere, and white shirts,” he says. “Now, for me at least, it’s big white houses, gardens, and blue and white.” ◾

Behind the house, an expansive parterre is filled with climbing roses, cutting beds, and water features.

OPPOSITE: In the pool area, which is bordered by Limelight hydrangeas, the Sutherland chaises have cushions in a Perennials fabric. The antique lantern is from Terrain.

For details, see Resources.

The gardens are sensational,” “ Sikes says. “We used the outdoors to dictate what we did inside.”

For more images of this home, go to elledecor.com/sikes

SURF & TURF OLIVER M. FURTH ASSEMBLES A CALM AND COLLECTED DREAM HOUSE ON THE MALIBU COAST FOR A HOLLYWOOD TALENT AGENT AND HIS TWO TEENAGE SONS. AS TOLD TO INGRID ABR A MOVITCH

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In the living room of a Malibu, California, home designed by Oliver M. Furth, the Umberto Asnago sofa for Arex is from the Future Perfect, and the vintage Carlo Mollino armchair and Pierre Guariche slipper chairs in a C&C Milano fabric are from Obsolete. The custom cocktail tables are by Christian Woo, the Tibetan rug is from Mansour Modern, the Akari oor lamps are by Isamu Noguchi, and the surfboard is by Kelly Wearstler.

A Rogan Gregory pendant (one of a pair) hangs in front of a living room ďŹ replace clad in stacked slate tile from Walker Zanger. The vintage Hans Wegner armchairs were purchased at a Wright auction, and the aloe-leaf ceramic sculpture on the mantel is by Eric Roinestad.

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single when he bought this house in Malibu.

He is an agent for Creative Artists Agency who represents a lot of comedians, such as Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Mindy Kaling. He is very outdoorsy and has two teenage sons. It’s a contemporary house on five levels, designed by architect Stephen Kent, with a beautiful roof terrace and views to the ocean and the Santa Monica Mountains.

The first time I visited, he had just moved in.

He was sleeping on a mattress on the floor, and there was not a single chair. I immediately went out and bought him a few crucial pieces. I did 90 percent of the decorating in 90 days, which meant relying on a lot of vintage pieces and contemporary furnishings we could get fast.

Michael is in the storytelling business, and here was an opportunity to tell his story. He is very straightforward. This is not a house to impress—it’s a home to live in, casual and confident. I wanted to go against the cliché of the blue-and-white beach house. Materials were key, and nothing could feel precious. I used a lot of leather and hand-dyed linens.

The first big purchase was that sofa in the living room; the chocolate leather reminded me of a baseball mitt—which was perfect, because Michael is such a Dodgers fan. I knew it would hold up to the salt air, and you can put your feet up on it. The rug, based on a Roman design from the 1930s, reminded me of water, in an abstract way. The furnishings are quite minimal, although I couldn’t resist adding that Kelly Wearstler surfboard; it is shaved Russian birch and was crafted by a master surfboard maker.

At the Fog Design+Art Fair in San Francisco, I spotted a pair of avant-garde pendants by the fashion designer, sculptor, and surfer Rogan Gregory. I loved the shapes and that they are made out of surf board foam and alabaster.

They have great curves that soften the hard angles of the house. So much of decorating is like cooking: Sometimes you add an ingredient, and it completely changes the dish. ◾

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by Adam Silverman.

LE F T: In the dining room’s entry, a vintage rattan stool from Harbinger sits beside a Michael Wilson console from JF Chen.

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ABOVE: On the fifth-floor sunset terrace overlooking the Malibu coastline, the vintage teak-and-steel table and chairs are from Mecox, the George Peterson bowl is from the OK store, and the ceramic planters are by Bzippy & Co. RIGHT: The floor plan of the main level. OPPOSITE: The master bedroom’s BDDW headboard is upholstered in a gray linen by de Le Cuona, and the bed is dressed in Frette sheets, an antique silk throw, and a vintage pillow from Hollywood at Home. The bedside table is from the Future Perfect, the vintage lounge chair is by Paul Tuttle, and the Jason Koharik sconce is from Collected By. The rug is an antique Khotan, and the Dougall Paulson tapestry over the bed is from Blackman Cruz. For details, see Resources.

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Aniline Red 1350, $75 per gallon. benjaminmoore.com

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Blueprint S470-5, from $26 per gallon. behr.com

Karma C2-635, $75 per gallon. c2paint.com

Night Watch PPG 1145-7

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Rangwali 296, from $110 per gallon. farrow-ball.com For these images, Floto+Warner used nontoxic, waterbased liquids to re-create the paint colors.

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RESOURCES Items pictured but not listed are from private collections.

TRUTH IN DECORATING PAGES 48–51: Ryan Korban, ryankorban

.com; Danielle Colding, Danielle Colding Design, Inc., dcdny.com.

ANATOMY OF A HOUSE

Interior design: Sasha Bikoff, sashabikoff.com.

PAGES 66–67: Armchairs and ottomans: Scalamandré, scalamandre. com. Armchairs and ottomans upholstery: Lelievre, lelievreparis.com.

Cocktail table: Vladimir Kagan, vladimirkagan.com. Rug: Stark, starkcarpet.com. Side chairs upholstery: Scalamandré. Wallpaper: Scalamandré. Wallcovering: Scalamandré.

Bed upholstery: Lelievre. Dining chairs upholstery: Scalamandré.

Dog portrait: Newel, newel.com.

ED DESIGN HOTELS PAGES 69–70: Interior design: Rita

Konig, ritakonig.com. Architect: Marc Appleton, Appleton Partners LLP– Architects, appleton-architects.com.

Hotel: No. 850, number850.com.

DANIEL’S KITCHENS PAGES 72–73: Daniel Boulud of Restau-

rant Daniel, danielnyc.com.

A PERFECT PALETTE

Interior design: Mary McDonald, marymcdonald.com. Architect: John Ilkcagla, EBTA Architects, ebta.com.

PAGES 76–77: Wallcovering: de Gournay, degournay.com. Chandelier: Dimitri Stefanov, rockcrystal chandeliers.co.uk. Desk chair: De Sousa Hughes, desousahughes.com.

Chairs: Mass Beverly, massbeverly .com. Sconces: The Urban Electric Co., urbanelectric.com. PAGES 78–79: Sofas: Soane Britain, soane.com.

Cocktail table: Scala Luxury, scala luxury.com. Stools: Chaddock, chaddockhome.com. Tables: Donghia, donghia.com; Dessin Fournir, dessin fournir.com. Chandelier: Charles Spada, charlesspada.com. Curtains fabric: Jim Thompson, jimthompson fabrics.com. Rug: Beauvais Carpets, beauvaiscarpets.com. PAGES 80–81: Counter and mirror: Urban Archaeology, urbanarchaeology.com. Faucet: Waterworks, waterworks.com. Stool: Carl Moore Antiques, carlmoore antiques.com. Sconces: Ralph Lauren Home, ralphlaurenhome.com.

Pendant: The Urban Electric Co. Bed: Jasper, michaelsmithinc.com. Chandelier: Jean-Marc Fray, jeanmarcfray .com. Curtains fabric: Scalamandré, scalamandre.com. Artwork: Jill Moser, jillmoser.net. PAGES 82–83: Wallpaper: de Gournay. Sconces: Galerie Glustin, glustin.net. Chair fabric: Scalamandré. Bed: Chaddock.

Nightstands: Julian Chichester, julian chichester.com. Wall and ceiling covering: Schumacher, fschumacher.com.

Range: La Cornue, lacornueusa.com.

Stools: Brabbu, brabbu.com.

Pendants: Soane Britain.

118 E L L E D E C O R

THE RIGHT STUFF

Interior design: Timothy Haynes and Kevin Roberts, Haynes-Roberts, Inc., haynesroberts.com.

PAGES 84–85: Sofa fabric: Ralph Lauren Home, ralphlaurenhome.com.

Chair fabric: Foglizzo, foglizzo.com.

Cocktail table: Galerie Jean-Louis Danant, galerie-danant.com.

PAGES 86–87: Dress: Ashish, ashish .co.uk. Chair: Paul Kasmin Gallery, kasmingallery.com. Sectional fabric: Casamance, casamance.com. Rug: Beauvais Carpets, beauvaiscarpets .com. Stools: Donzella, donzella.com.

Console: Bernd Goeckler, bgoeckler antiques.com. Mirror: L’Art de Vivre, lartdevivre.com. PAGES 88–89: Sofa fabric: Old World Weavers, scalamandre.com. Ottoman fabric: KnollTextiles, knoll.com. Carpet: Beauvais Carpets. Chairs: H.M. Luther, hmluther.com. Chandelier: Meubles et Lumières, meublesetlumieres.com.

Artworks: Jessica Lichtenstein, jessicalichtenstein.com. PAGES 90–91: Master bed upholstery: Rosemary Hallgarten, rosemaryhallgarten.com.

Chair and sconces: Galerie Yves Gastou, galerieyvesgastou.com.

Stools: FontanaArte, fontanaarte.com.

Stools upholstery: Moore & Giles, mooreandgiles.com. Bed linens: E. Braun & Co., ebraunnewyork.com.

Blanket: Clic Gallery, clic.com. Chair: Naga Antiques, nagaantiques.com.

Ceiling light: Kerson Gallery, kerson gallery.com. Carpet: Beauvais Carpets.

Sink: Kohler, us.kohler.com. Shower fittings: Fantini, fantiniusa.com.

Light fixture: Ayre, ayrelight.com.

KNOXVILLE KNOCKOUT

Interior design: Mary Celeste Beall, Blackberry Farm, blackberryfarm.com.

PAGES 92–93: Armchairs fabric: Gastón y Daniela, gastonydaniela.com.

Rug: Edward Fields, edwardfields.com.

PAGES 94–95: Armchairs fabric: Kravet, kravet.com. Lamps: Montage, montagemodern.com. PAGES 96–97: Poufs: Marge Carson, margecarson .com. Wallcovering: Winfield Thybony, winfieldthybony.com. Wallpaper: Florence Broadhurst, florence broadhurst.com. Pillows: Michael Aram, michaelaram.com. Rug: Stark, starkcarpet.com. Wall paint: Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com.

SIKES APPEAL

Interior design: Mark D. Sikes, markdsikes.com. Architect: Kathy Scott, Walker Warner Architects, walkerwarner.com.

PAGES 98–99: Mirror and console: Lucca Antiques, luccaantiques.com.

Chair and fish trap: Rose Tarlow

Melrose House, rosetarlow.com. Rug: Nickey Kehoe, nickeykehoe.com. Wall paint: Benjamin Moore, benjamin moore.com. Piano: Steinway & Sons, steinway.com. PAGES 100–101: Sofa: Jasper, michaelsmithinc.com. Armchair fabric: Kerry Joyce, kerryjoyce textiles.com. Lamp: Paul Ferrante, paulferrante.com. Curtains fabric: Robert Kime, robertkime.com. Wall paint: Farrow & Ball, farrow-ball.com.

Trim paint: Benjamin Moore. Artwork: Amy Kaufman, amykaufman .net. Table: Lucca Antiques. Chandelier: Paul Ferrante. Console: Erin Martin Design, erinmartindesign.com.

Chairs: Aesthetic, aestheticdecor.com.

Rug: Hollywood at Home, hollywood athome.com. PAGES 102–103: Bed linens: RH, Restoration Hardware, rh.com. Pillows: Nickey Kehoe. Armchair: Hollywood at Home. Armchair fabric: Sister Parish, sisterparishdesign .com. Window shades fabric: Rose Tarlow Melrose House. Bed and chair fabric: Kerry Joyce. Artwork: Amy Kaufman. Curtains fabric: Penny Morrison, pennymorrison.com. Wall paint: Farrow & Ball. PAGES 104–105: Chaises: Sutherland, sutherlandfurniture.com.

Cushions fabric: Perennials, perennialsfabrics.com.

lamps: Isamu Noguchi, noguchi.org.

Surfboard: Kelly Wearstler, kelly wearstler.com. PAGE 108: Pendant light: Rogan Gregory, r-and-company .com. Fireplace tile: Walker Zanger, walkerzanger.com. Ceramic sculpture: Eric Roinestad, erstudiola.com.

PAGE 109: Dining table: Blackman Cruz, blackmancruz.com. Dining chairs: Denmark 50, denmark50.com.

Chair fabric: Holland & Sherry, hollandandsherry.com. Chandelier: The Future Perfect. Sculpture: Adam Silverman Studio, adamsilverman.net.

Rattan stool: Harbinger, harbingerla .com. Console: JF Chen, jfchen.com.

Artwork: Cole Sternberg, cole sternberg.com. PAGES 110–111: Outdoor table and chairs: Mecox, mecox.com. Bowl: The OK Store, ok-the-store.myshopify.com. Planters: Bzippy & Co, bzippyandcompany.com.

Headboard: BDDW, bddw.com. Headboard fabric: De Le Cuona, delecuona .com. Sheets: Frette, frette.com.

Bedside table: The Future Perfect.

Sconce: Collected By, collectedby.com.

Tapestry: Blackman Cruz.

SPLASH OF COLOR PAGES 112–115: Jeremy Floto and

Cassandra Warner, Floto+Warner, flotowarner.com.

SURF & TURF

Interior design: Oliver M. Furth, Oliver M. Furth, Design and Decoration, olivermfurth.com.

PAGES 106–107: Sofa: The Future Perfect, thefutureperfect.com. Chairs fabric: C&C Milano, cec-milano.com.

Cocktail tables: Christian Woo Furniture, christianwoo.com. Rug: Mansour Modern, mansourmodern.com. Floor

CORRECTION

Due to an editing error, the fabric credits were omitted from an image in the January/February Table of Contents (page 16). The fabrics are Echino by Kravet Couture (kravet.com) and Nellcote

by Schuyler Samperton Textiles (schuylersampertontextiles.com).

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NOT FOR SALE

Let Them

EAT CAKE Each month, ELLE DECOR asks an artisan to create a unique item for us. At the end of the year, these pieces will be auctioned off to benefit the charity of each maker’s choice.

In ancient Roman wedding ceremonies, a wheat or barley cake was cracked atop the bride’s head for good luck. These days, couples have more decorative— and delicious—baked options with which to celebrate their matrimonial bliss. Take this intricate creation by the Hong Kong–based restaurateur and designer Bonnae Gokson, who was inspired by the classic Chinese cheongsam. “My mother was immaculately dressed with her cheongsams when I was growing up,” recalls Gokson, who owns the chic, Calvin Tsao–designed Sevva restaurant in Hong Kong and recently published her second book, Weddings, Butterflies & the Sweetest Dreams. “It is one of the most elegant ways to dress.” You may be tempted to match your gown— or decor—to your dessert.

—Vanessa Lawrence

PRODUCED BY BENJA MIN REYNAERT 120

PHOTOGR APH BY ANDREW CHESTER ONG, COURTESY OF BONNAE GOKSON

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