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CONTENTS The entry hall of Michael Aram’s home in New Delhi, India, features an Indian chintz wallcovering and a one-of-a-kind solid bronze key gate by Aram, page 116.
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EDITOR’S LETTER 33
POV Introducing the Black Artists + Designers Guild, 60 seconds with John Edelman, L’Avenue opens at Saks Fifth Avenue, and more 44
SHOP TALK A trio of design powerhouses open a home-goods store, Tamam, in New York City’s East Village 46
ESSAY A lifetime of design inspiration comes from a classic 1928 children’s book. BY SADIE STEIN
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WHAT’S HOT The best design discoveries 54
TRUTH IN DECORATING Designers Lee Ledbetter and Fawn Galli talk outdoor furniture
ED STYLE 59
SHOWCASE Flaming rubies from Van Cleef & Arpels 64
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collection is fit for a Taurus. BY DAVID SCOROPOSKI
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apartment, Jonathan Adler goes for broke with his latest renovation. BY SIMON DOONAN DESIGNER JONATHAN ADLER
Top gear for outdoor cooking and alfresco dining.
DANIEL’S KITCHENS
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Upscale chips and dip.
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BY DANIEL BOULUD
CURVES AHEAD
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ANATOMY OF A HOUSE Retail guru Bruce Pask hits refresh on his Long Island, New York, retreat.
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ED TRAVELS Houston’s art and design scene reaches new heights. BY CHRISTINA OHLY EVANS
BY NATASHA WOLFF
ED LIVING 75
ZODIAC TABLESCAPE Aerin Lauder’s debut
FEATURES 84
VILLAGE VANGUARD After 25 years in the same downtown Manhattan
for entertaining.
star-studded clientele.
BY GISELA WILLIAMS DESIGNERS CASSANDRA KARINSKY AND WILLEM SMIT
BY VANESSA LAWRENCE DESIGNER ESTEE STANLEY
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From a spiral stair to rooms filled with vibrant colors, this Brian J. McCarthy– designed Hamptons home is filled with the unexpected.
PARIS INTRIGUE
Over the last 30 years, Michael Aram has created a subcontinental world in New Delhi that’s entirely his own.
Alessandra Branca channels the 18th-century splendor of Catherine the Great in de Gournay’s private client atelier in Paris.
BY WHITNEY ROBINSON DESIGNER MICHAEL ARAM
BY NANCY HASS DESIGNER BRIAN J. McCARTHY
BY PENELOPE ROWLANDS DESIGNER ALESSANDRA BRANCA
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Expats Fred and Rosena Charmoy transform their Marrakech home with a modern new layout made
Decorator Estee Stanley’s Los Angeles home is her calling card—and a magnet for her friends and
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The living room of Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan’s downtown Manhattan apartment features an eclectic mix of vintage, modern, and Adler-designed pieces. PHOTOGR APH BY DOUGLAS FRIEDMAN
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EDITOR’S LET TER The living room in Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan’s New York City apartment.
Members of the Black Artists + Designers Guild.
A Catherine the Great–inspired room in Paris by Alessandra Branca.
The Charmoys’ shaded terrace in Marrakech.
Vivid colors and happy faces in New Delhi.
Estee Stanley’s colorful breakfast nook.
Whitney on location in New Delhi.
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editor (my first shelter-magazine boss!), used to say that when winter ends and it’s time to go back outside, people are starved for color. While the world keeps changing, that fact will never change. In the months leading up to April, muted tones seem to follow us everywhere. I’ve never been shy about my penchant for a preponderance of color, no matter the season, which is why ELLE DECOR is anything but beige. (To the minimalists out there, please refrain from writing in!) With spring upon us, we present our April issue, a love letter to the outdoors and the color wheel. It was conceived during a collision of brilliant projects that were surprisingly in sync with one another. First, there is the apartment of retail power couple Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan, which they have transformed into a psychedelic rainbow pad of pure drama (page 84). Then we go west to Los Angeles to visit Hollywood’s design den mother Estee Stanley (page 110), whose clients include Ellen Pompeo, Lea Michele, and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. After that, we’re off to Marrakech, North Africa’s color capital, to see the home of Rosena and Fred Charmoy (page 100), then to Paris to take in the genius collaboration of decorator Alessandra Branca 30
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and de Gournay in an apartment inspired by 18th-century decadence (page 106). And no issue dedicated to color and the outdoors would be complete without a trip to India, the land of infinite hues. Photographer Miguel Flores-Vianna takes us into two worlds Michael Aram has created (page 116), first in a building dubbed the Dakota of New Delhi and then to his haveli on the outskirts of the city. Trust me, you’ll love these inspo photos for years to come. In addition, we grill like Gwyneth Paltrow (page 66); Aerin Lauder sets a Taurus-inspired table (page 75); decorator Fawn Galli and architect Lee Ledbetter show us the year’s best outdoor furniture (page 54); a store brings Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar to New York City’s East Village (page 44); and we spotlight the Black Artists + Designers Guild, a new directory of black architects, decorators, fine artists, and more (page 33). This magazine should always prioritize exposing its readers to the diverse, inclusive, and creative world we inhabit. It’s time to take a step outside.
Whitney Robinson, Editor in Chief elledecor@hearst.com
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INTRODUCING THE BLACK ARTISTS + DESIGNERS GUILD, A NEW DIRECTORY SHINING A LIGHT ON SOME OF THE INDUSTRY’S TOP TALENTS. PORTR AIT BY AL ARIC S. CA MPBELL FROM LE F T: Jomo Tariku, Sheila Bridges, Lisa Hunt, Rayman Boozer,
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POINT OF VIEW Black Artists + Designers Guild launched to much fa n fa re in the design world. Founded by Brooklyn-based ceramist a nd r ug de sig ner M a lene Barnett, the BAD Guild (as its members affectionately call it) is a directory of black creatives, including artists, architects, interior designers, and artisans. As a person of color, Barnett explains, she has struggled to get her work noticed—and many black colleagues had a similar experience. “We want to be part of the industry and the conversation, and to be recognized and respected for our contributions to art and design,” Barnett says. Indeed, BAD immediately struck a chord: Since its launch, 77 members have signed up, including interior designers Sheila Bridges, Joy Moyler, Rayman Boozer, and Leyden Lewis; furniture designer Jomo Tariku; and artist Lisa Hunt. While both professionals and the public can use the directory to discover design talent, the guild is also evolvi ng i nto much more t ha n an online resource—it has become a creative community for its participants, and it soon plans to offer mentorships for students. This year is already shaping up to be one of positive change for BAD, with events and retail collaborations in the works, a pop-up exhibition at the High Point furniture fair in North Carolina, and a planned print publication. We recently invited several members of the guild to ELLE DECOR ’s offices in the Hearst Tower, where photographer Alaric S. Campbell— himself a member—took the portraits for this story. At right, he and his colleagues share news about their current projects. badguild.info 34
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Charter Members of the BAD Guild Malene Barnett The founder of BAD Guild is working on a solo show of her clay vessels, inspired by the mud architecture of northern Ghana and Mauritania.
Rayman Boozer This New York– based decorator designs both residences and commercial projects, including Verizon Media’s executive offices.
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The ED A-List decorator and creator of the iconic Harlem Toile fabric has residential projects in Brooklyn and New York’s Hudson Valley under way.
A Brooklyn portrait photographer with a bold, dynamic point of view, Campbell is directing the forthcoming documentary series ArteRotica.
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Hunt is a New York fine artist focused on pattern. Her minimalist prints are in Saatchi Art’s latest catalog honoring Women’s History Month.
A go-to decorator for such celebrities as Leonardo DiCaprio and John Mayer, the New Yorker is working on a massive residence in Portofino, Italy.
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Leyden Lewis
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The architect and designer fashions interiors for apartments and houses. He is currently at work on a multifamily real estate development in Brooklyn.
Originally from Ethiopia, Tariku creates evocative wood furniture inspired by his East African heritage. Now based in Virginia, Tariku launches his latest Jomo furniture collection this month. jomo
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The dining room at L’Avenue, the new restaurant at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York. BE LOW: Le Chalet bar and lounge.
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John Edelman THE CEO OF DESIGN WITHIN REACH TALKS NEW LINES AND SOFAS MADE FOR TALL PEOPLE. What’s your favorite piece from DWR’s spring collection? JE: It has to be the Sommer seating, and we had the pleasure of working on it with Danish designer Chris Halstrøm. She designed a 10-piece outdoor line and wound up achieving a new design goal: taking woven seating outdoors. What’s the secret? JE: A miracle synthetic fiber that, when buffed, mimics the look and feel of paper cord but holds up to rain. It’s also very comfortable. What else are you working on? JE: We’re bringing to life old sketches by the late Jens Risom of outdoor furniture that was never realized. 36
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We’re also doing another outdoor collection designed by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. How tall are you? JE: Six feet, four inches. What’s the best sofa for a tall person like you to stretch out on? JE: Our Lecco sofa, which we just launched. It suits every size. Personally, I like to remove some of the pillows and take advantage of the sofa’s overall depth. I think it’s the most beautiful sofa we’ve ever introduced. If you were to copy someone else’s design, which would it be? JE: The No. 2 pencil, although I think people would notice if we copied it.
Every city in Europe has at least one celebrity-magnet restaurant. In Rome, it’s Dal Bolognese; in London, Chiltern Firehouse; and in Paris, it’s Jean-Louis Coste’s L’Avenue. An applauded hot spot, that chic eatery has been a draw for the likes of Jay-Z, Beyoncé, and Rihanna. In February, for the first time, L’Avenue opened an outpost outside France, on the eighth and ninth floors at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City. Philippe Starck, who designed the version originale, created a distinct look for each of the floors, which are connected by a staircase. On floor eight is Le Chalet, a den of dim light, log beams sourced in Europe, and warm brown tones where customers can enjoy a quiet drink. Upstairs is, as Starck told us in an interview, “a cloud of ivory”: pastel furniture and shagreen-wrapped columns evoking the mid-1940s— perfect for both power lunches and Sunday brunches. “This entire place is deeply sexy, because it’s timeless and elegant,” Starck says. It’s only a matter of time before it becomes not one, but two hotbeds of celebrity activity. saksfifthavenue.com
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t hose t rad it ion s t h at I never fully appreciated until I beca me a w i fe a nd a mot her. When I was young, my mother would make something quick, and I would sit and eat before we rushed off to school. There wasn’t much talking, but even so, it felt like a moment of togetherness. My 20s were spent rolling out of bed on weekend mornings and into a local brunch spot; on weekdays, I would grab a coffee on the go. These days, my husband has a hectic schedule as a personal trainer, so he’s in and out quickly, but I make sure to feed him every morning. Our baby, Chase, always joins us, of course. Something I insist on, as a self-professed foodie, is to make the morning meal at least look like brunch, so it feels festive. I have a Saarinen table from Knoll with a black marble top and a white base, and I like to set it with this amazing china that my aunt and uncle bought for us in Rio de Janeiro. It’s not your granny’s china, that’s for sure: It looks very contemporary but still has a vintage feel. Everything else, including the table and chairs—which are midcentury-modern Scandinavian black ash—was inspired
by the style of this china. By setting a beautiful table, I feel as if I’m creating my own new family custom, and that’s a memory I want to instill in my baby. Breakfast sets the tone for the day, and while I know it’s a cliché, it really is the most important meal. Time with your family is something precious; I don’t ever want to skip that. —Paris Grant Grant is an interior designer based in New York City. parisgrant.com
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David Kaihoi playfully holds his son, Anders, aloft over a table set for lunch in his Manhattan apartment, to the delight of his wife, Monique, and daughter, Mirabelle. ELLE DECOR
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Dinner is more of an official gathering: When the clock strikes six, you’re there, ready to eat. For my wife and two young children, lunch is more laissez-faire—a bit of a grab-and-go, like a buffet. We toss the offerings of the day onto the table, and everyone takes what he or she likes. Some of us eat lighter than others, but in the end it’s nice to be able to choose. At home, the table is still Grand Central, with people coming and going, but everyone gets an assigned seat. When I was growing up, it was the same: We were all on the run, with baseball games and piano recitals. I have only fond memories of those fast lunches, and it’s one of the reasons my wife, Monique, and I strive to do the same now with our own family. We have one dining table, and we use it like a library table too, so it’s for both homework and meals. When
lunch is served, we sweep away all the books and crayons to make way for the food. During the week there’s work and school, so weekends are when we can truly get together to enjoy eating in the daylight. We aspire to make lunch as healthy as possible with salad, soup, and avocado toast, but we are absolute takeout-pizza superstars and not cooks by any means, so it’s a success if we can get something green on the table. Anyone who knows us knows that our menus do not impress, but we try to make up for it with lively conversation and a stylish, relaxed setting. If it’s not comfortable and the family’s not there, it’s not worth doing it at all. That’s our motto. —David Kaihoi Kaihoi is an interior designer based in New York City. He recently became business partners with ELLE DECOR A-List designer Miles Redd. reddkaihoi.com
CLOCK WISE FROM LE F T: Avocado toast is topped with sliced radishes, heirloom tomatoes, and freshly ground pepper. Kaihoi with Monique. A bowl of carrot-ginger soup and cake round out the meal.
CLOCK WISE FROM ABOVE: Cullman elevates a dinner of takeout sushi by serving it elegantly at her Upper East Side apartment. The decorator joins her husband, Edgar, and grandchildren at the table. The dining room’s walls are covered in an 18th-century Chinese wallpaper, which was restored by Gracie.
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meal for my family. This feeling goes back to my dad, who in 1950 bought the classic Brooklyn restaurant Peter Luger Steak House. Four members of my family ended up working there. My father would take my mother and me to all of the fancy restaurants in the city; I loved to watch him engaging with the owners and waiters—he would even try to poach waiters once in a while. I used to really enjoy cooking. When I got married, I bought the first Julia Child book and tried as many recipes as possible. Then I stopped when I went to graduate school. Now, I like easy. One of my favorite dinner options is Japanese food. I believe that no matter what is served, the important thing is sitting down together for dinner. Even when I was starting my business and my kids were
still in school, I made a point of having a family meal every night. I loved hearing about everyone’s day. My extended New York family always gathers on Fridays for Shabbat dinner. I can comfortably fit 24 in my dining room, but for more than that, furniture has to be moved around. It’s all worth it, though, because it’s important to make people feel welcome. The lineup comprises my siblings, my kids, my nieces and nephews, and my grandchildren. It’s a wonderful communal experience, and it teaches the kids how to sit at the adult dinner table. I believe if you don’t get family meals right, life will be full of regrets. —Ellie Cullman Cullman is an interior designer based in New York City. She is a grand master on the ELLE DECOR A-List. cullmankravis.com
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The interior of Tamam. LE F T, FROM TOP: Lovebirds hand-embroidered pillow by Clare Louise Frost, $240; Polly enamel charger, $46, and Melvin napkin, $65 for four, by Tulu Textiles.
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Primary COLORS THE 1928 CLASSIC CHILDREN’S BOOK THE YOUNG DECORATORS IS A SOURCE OF ENDLESS INSPIRATION. BY SADIE STEIN
apartment, the first thing I did was consult the book that has become my decorating bible. A classic of interior design, you ask? An archived issue of a favorite shelter magazine? Nope. For me, the ultimate guide will always be a 1928 children’s book, The Young Decorators. I’m not sure where this book came from; I imagine my mother picked it up at a library sale or perhaps a thrift store. All I know is that from the first reading (I was probably eight), it was deeply formative. The book, by Nancy McClelland, is the story of the four Baxter children, who are taught by their Aunt Anne how to decorate their respective bedrooms in the family’s brandnew house. Older sister Jerry opts for a grown-up pinkhued room, complete with a fireplace and crystal light fixtures. Jim goes for a nautical theme, painting his walls with sailboats and installing a rustic lantern. Jean wants her room to look “like a flower garden” and, in addition to a moss and rosebud–strewn wallpaper, chooses a grass-green rug and a stand for growing plants. Little George, meanwhile, paints his room to resemble the interior of a tent. The children also decorate their two bathrooms (with a night sky and painted tulips), which inspired me—at the age of 11—to stencil a very ill-advised frieze in my own family’s guest bath. How could I not? The book was intoxicating—aspirational in the truest sense. It contained all the drama of a makeover montage and the fun of playing with a dollhouse—an impression enhanced by the scale model each child creates for his or her respective room. In short, it was a perfect introduction to the pleasures of decorating. And like all good children’s books, it imparted its lessons without my being aware of it. It’s from The Young Decorators that I first learned about the concepts of scale and floor plans, the importance of comfort and utility, and that the word dado refers to the lower part of a wall. As Aunt Anne explains early on: “Why shouldn’t children design their rooms and learn what’s right and what’s wrong? Someday, they will be the builders and owners of houses themselves, and this experience will help them enormously.” All of this was part of the author’s mission. McClelland 46
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was a serious student of design who, as a journalist and author, was committed to professionalizing the field of decorating. Later the first female president of the American Institute of Interior Decorators, she was an expert in Colonial furniture—no shock, then, that the Baxter children are taken to the Met’s American Wing in the book. My current apartment building dates from 1928, and when I moved in, I decided to add a little Young Decorators flair. I used soft 1920s colors in the living room and chose an old-fashioned floral for the bedroom wallpaper; I also found a company that’s been making scalloped pull-down shades for the past 90 years. Generally, I tried to impose the same mixture of austere order that had entranced me as a child. Eventually, I realized that my interpretation of the Baxters’ home was not literal—rather, it was my take on how the book had made me feel. “All rosy,” as Mrs. Baxter observes at the book’s end, “like the child’s dreams of life.” ◾
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With its gentle geometry and earthy palette, the cottonbacked, 100 percent jute Rocky rug from Élitis (shown, from left, in Sauge, Terracotta, and Banane) evokes a sun-soaked landscape.
Whether you prefer inches or centimeters, this sterling silver tape measure (with a 15-foot-long tape) from Tiffany & Co.’s Everyday Objects collection is sure to make an often tedious task feel like a luxurious indulgence. 3″ sq., $1,250. tiffany.com
If you’re the type of person who likes to zig when others zag, you’ll appreciate this Oscillate accent table from Theodore Alexander’s Anthony Cox collection. Its marble top is supported by an acrylic base. 18″ w. x 16″ d. x 21″ h., $2,085. theodore alexander.com
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The work of 18th- and 19th-century British physician and botanical writer Robert John Thornton inspired this Silvia Furmanovich box, composed of wood marquetry, brass, agate, and quartz, from the designer’s debut home collection. 9.5″ w. x 6″ d. x 4.5″ h., $3,000. bergdorfgoodman.com
The design of the hand-painted Fromental silk wallpaper on the headboard of this Kiku bed, which is framed in Dedar’s Tabularasa fabric, was influenced by an Atelier Haviland ceramic and a painting by Katsushika Ōi. The bed is part of the new collaboration by Fromental for Savoir.
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Lee, thank you for letting us into your beautiful garden in New Orleans. Tell us about how you chose to furnish this outdoor room. LE E LE DBE T TE R: There is a tradition in New Orleans of painted-iron furniture because of the climate. Wood disintegrates in our humidity, or it gets covered in algae. The iron just works here, and it speaks to the tradition. FAWN GALLI: I love that your furniture looks contemporary. It’s a great foil for the lush gardens around the house. Does the midcentury architecture of your house, which is in a Victorian district, inform your outdoor design choices? LL: I have this vintage 1940s iron
The designers in the garden of Ledbetter’s 1963 house in New Orleans.
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25.5″ dia. x 27.5″ h.; $882. janusetcie.com
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is an interior designer based in New York City. Her new book, Magical Rooms (Rizzoli), also comes out this month.
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RED CORAL UMBRELLA 108″ dia. x 108″ h.; $3,940. santabarbara designs.com
MIRTO CHAIR BY ANTONIO CITTERIO 23″ w. x 21.5″ d. x 32″ h.; price upon request. bebitalia.com
LARGE SUNLOUNGER SOFA BY DAVID ROCKWELL 83″ w. x 32″ d. x 34″ h.; $5,568. roche-bobois.com
LOTUS SWIVEL CHAIR 32″ w. x 37″ d. x 38″ h.; price upon request. lee industries.com
TANGIER COCKTAIL OTTOMAN BY RICHARD FRINIER 52″ w. x 52″ d. x 15.5″ h.; $2,550. centuryfurniture.com
furniture designed by Billy Haines, which came from an estate in Texas. They’re wonderful large chairs with loose seat and back cushions. There’s also a Salterini ribbon table and chairs. Fawn, in the introduction to your new book, you describe growing up on a wooden houseboat in Northern California, then in a cabin your father built without electricity or indoor plumbing. What did that teach you about living outdoors? FG: It instilled in me a sensitivity to nature, specifically to how surreal and magical it is. You live in Brooklyn now. Do you have a need for outdoor furniture these days? FG: Yes, I have two gardens— front and back—and I also have a house in Connecticut. My favorite thing to have is a pergola; I have one at both of my houses. I love to entertain and dine outside. Many people like to refresh their interiors after a time. Are your clients as concerned with rethinking external spaces? LL: It’s generally the last thought on a project, because the budgets are depleted after the interiors. My clients usually stick with the original furniture plan— they don’t typically change anything outside. FG: My clients seem to like to change both. Are outdoor spaces an extension of the interior aesthetic? LL: Absolutely, they are. When I’m drawing a house from the ground up, I draw all the gardens and the furniture, which mirror the interiors. FG: For the most part yes, but they can also be different. Clients sometimes want these outdoor areas to feel like a different world—a surf lounge at the poolhouse, for instance, or a Bali teak experience. Which older styles of outdoor furniture are still relevant? ELLE DECOR
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TRUTH IN DECOR ATING There’s always been a Greek and Roman influence on outdoor furniture, like marble garden pedestals and urns. It’s just so timeless, but not the most comfortable. Do you swing more classical or contemporary? LL: I’m interested in both in my architecture and interiors. I find the most challenging projects are those that straddle the line between old and new. FG: I’m the same. What I do is mix traditional with modern to create something fresh, inside and outside. It’s about the mix. Which outdoor brands do you think do it best? LL: I typically buy vintage. FG: I order a lot of outdoor furniture from McKinnon and Harris because they have chic colors with piping. What does every outdoor space need? LL: Lounge chairs. FG: Hot tubs. LL: Swimming pools. FG: And lanterns! What is an outdoor furniture no-no? FG: When you go to some resort hotels, the stuff is so generic, like boardroom furniture for outside. LL: Anything made out of plastic or lit from within. Do you go for a colorful palette alfresco? LL: If I’m designing a superlush garden, then I’d rather the upholstery take a back seat. If it’s more of an architectural space, then I’d be inclined to bring in color. FG: I use a lot of color outside. Buttercup yellow piped with gray is something I’d do. Have you ever been so comfortable on an outdoor sofa that a thunderstorm isn’t enough to get you back inside? FG: Yes. I like to sleep on outdoor furniture, come rain or come shine. LL: No, but I wish I had. ◾
AMES CARIBE VIS A VIS GARDEN BENCH BY SEBASTIAN HERKNER 48″ w. x 28″ h.; $5,088. stillfried.com
TWIGGY GRID XL LAMP BY MARC SADLER HIGH LOUNGE CHAIR BY RONAN AND ERWAN BOUROULLEC FOR HAY 36″ w. x 29″ d. x 35″ h.; $445. dwr.com
DEE COFFEE TABLE BY PAUL MATHIEU 57.5″ w. x 30″ d. x 16″ h.; $7,800. ralphpucci.net
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T he pieces in Va n Cleef & A rpels’s new high-jewelry collection, Treasure of Rubies, however, have the greatest impact when worn. Drawing from the brand’s rich and longstanding devotion to the sanguine gem—rubies were among the stones first used in its patented Mystery Set invisible-setting design in
The Andaakar necklace, price upon request. Background fabric: Dedar Pàislig in Blu Oriente.
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Sixty necklaces, earrings, rings, and bracelets together contain more than 3,000 carats of rubies.
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earrings are gracefully curved hoops encrusted with rubies, diamonds, and cultured white pearls. A pair of Neha earrings (neha means “love” in Hindi) has conically shaped pendants, inspired by the bell form of traditional Indian jhumka earrings, that are detachable from their ruby-and-diamond studs—in case you prefer not to wear your heart on your lobes. vancleefarpels.com ◾
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contemporary fashion label Veronica Beard in 2010, Veronica Swanson Beard worke d a s a whole s a le buyer for the specialty store Marissa Collections, spending countless hours in the blank white cubes of designer showrooms. The experiences always left her wanting more. “I never loved just seeing clothes on a rail,” says Swanson Beard, who cofounded her company with her similarly named sister-in-law,
Veronica Miele Beard. “I wanted to know what was behind everything.” So when the label recently moved into new offices in New York City’s Union Square area, she made sure that the space helped relate the brand’s story. Visitors are greeted by a vestibule papered in a bananaleaf print by York Wallcoverings, Turkish kilim rugs, and dining chairs upholstered in a Pierre Frey leopard fabric. A sitting area–slash– shoe salon features a vintage marble cocktail table in the shape of
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a V and custom pink armchairs, much that it competes for attenwhile an office shared by both Veron- tion with the custom brass-andicas feels more like a chic living copper racks hung with Veronica room, with its deep CB2 sofas cov- Beard’s signature Dickey jackets, ered in a Schumacher f loral print polished blouses, and flirty dresses. and an abstract painting by Los The decor is reminiscent of the Angeles–based artist Jason Trotter. vintage furniture–filled retail inteFramed photographs throughout riors that de Neufville has created reflect the seasonal inspiration for for the label’s five stores (outposts in each collection. Sa n Fra ncisco “Our brand is and Pacific We want it to feel built on accessiPa lisades will ble, thoughtfully like you’re in someone’s be added t h is tailored clothspring). apartment. “We want it to ing that you can CAROLINA DE NEUFVILLE feel like you’re live in for any i n s o m e o n e ’s occasion,” says Miele Beard. “We wanted to make apartment, to have a homey feel,” de sure we’re welcoming people into an Neufville says. And just as with the inviting, fun space that reflects our design of a person’s house, the pieces personalities.” in the office—and retail locations— The two women collaborated with can always be updated should inspidesigner (and Swanson Beard’s best ration strike. “People are so serious friend) Carolina de Neufville, who about interiors, like they define you worked on store design at Ralph and are going to be forever,” Swanson Lauren for 12 years, to transform Beard says. “Two years from now, if the bare-bones rooms into an envi- we want to totally change it up, we ronment that is bold—but not so can do that.” veronicabeard.com ◾
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Pierre Frey Panthere Velours cotton in Brun. pierrefrey.com
A Jason Trotter painting and CB2 sofas covered in a Schumacher floral print in the office shared by the two Veronicas.
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For every enthusiast looking for the latest high-tech toy, like the voice-activated SmartGrill line from Lynx (just say, “SmartGrill, cook rib eye medium”), there’s a wave of outdoor chefs seeking the simpler pleasures of wood-fired cooking. “Take the good-old f lame-broiled image, and elevate it to three-star cuisine,” says Mark Stech-Novak, a chef turned kitchen designer who counts Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Charlie Palmer as collaborators and who recently outfitted the Apple campus’s kitchen. At home, he favors unadorned skewers— such as scallops, wrapped oysters, or foie gras—on a konro Japanese charcoal grill, which reaches superhot temperatures and imparts food with the smoky flavor of binchotan charcoal. But for clients who want to push the limits, he has sourced such purpose-built delights as a Cuiralâtre 18th-century-style French rotisserie that uses a weight to turn suckling pigs over a flame, and five-figure Josper charcoal ovens for searing Spanish-style steaks. It’s all part of a desire to return to a more primal way of cooking, he says, a deliberate contrast to our plugged-in world. Chef and author Lora Zarubin also takes a low-tech approach to cooking outdoors, which can be as simple as building a fire, setting down a grate, and placing a well-seasoned carbon-steel frying pan— she prefers de Buyer, but any steel pan will do—over the flame. “Vegetables love fire,” she says, and some, like calçots, or Spanish scallions, taste best when placed on the grill and allowed to char. “Cooking with fire is about having to use your senses, your intuition,” Zarubin says. “We selfishly do it because it makes all food taste better. That’s why we bother.”
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In the outdoor entertaining studio of Bruce Pask’s weekend home in Bellport, New York, the dining area’s tablecloth and chair slipcovers are from Merci, and the pendant is made from bamboo and wicker fish traps.
RETAIL GURU BRUCE PASK FRESHENS UP HIS LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, RETREAT WITH HELP FROM HIS SET-DESIGNER BROTHER. BY NATASHA WOLFF PHOTOGR APHS BY M AT T HARRINGTON
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ABOVE: Pask in the living room of his home,
which he renovated with input from his setdesigner brother, Scott. The Shabby Chic sofa is by Rachel Ashwell, the walls are in Benjamin Moore’s White Dove, and the artwork is by Hugo Guinness. RIGHT: Art books fill the metal bookcases from Design Within Reach that flank an original brick mantel. 72
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shake shingles, and forest-green shutters. At first, he had no plans to renovate. But then his twin brother, Scott, a three-time Tony Awa rd–w i n n i ng set desig ner, arrived with suggestions. “He told me to remove the wall in the breakfast nook,” Pask says. “Once we took it down, we realized what else was possible.” Scott persuaded his brother to open up the cottage and paint the
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inside white. “Getting in air and light to make it brighter was key,” Scott says. On the ground floor, the kitchen was reoriented to create an openplan entertaining space. Linoleum was ripped up to reveal vintage wood planks, which were restored along with the beadboard walls on the main floors. Upstairs, the hallways and master bedroom were sheathed in Dutch designer Piet Hein Eek’s trompe l’oeil Scrapwood wallpaper. Meanwhile, one of the home’s bathrooms is lined with postcards, fashion-show tickets, backstage passes, and invitations patched together to assemble a wallpaper of sorts. Pask, who travels often to Scandinavia, f urn ished the house with f inds from his journeys. “I’ve absorbed a lot of that aesthetic,” he says. In the master bedroom, he also added a Two Gray Hills Navajo rug from his native Arizona—his first big purchase 20 years ago—to the mix. “I like things that have lived a life and have texture and history,” he says. Pask shares the house with his partner, Joey Pizzi, a choreographer who most recently worked with Rob Marshall on Mary Poppins Returns. The couple now spend most weekends here watching movies, reading, doing crossword puzzles, and seeing friends—always with a fire roaring. In the summer, when the plantings and gardens are in full bloom, they invite friends to gather on the bluestone patio outside the former storage shed that Pask renovated into a covered outdoor living space with a sitting area, dining table, and sleeping loft. There is also an outdoor grill where he can often be found preparing dinner: A favorite meal is chimichurri skirt steak with herbs from his garden and summer corn. After all was said and done, the house was nearly perfect, with just one detail missing: a front porch. So Pask added one. “I just love porch living,” he says. ◾
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purchased in Beijing hang above beds in the guest room. RIGHT: The powder room’s walls are plastered with memorabilia. BE LOW: In the master bedroom, the bench is by Ilse Crawford for Ikea, and the wallpaper is by Piet Hein Eek. For details, see Resources.
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Restaurant Daniel, when I ’m feel i ng peckish, I head to the garde-manger and sneak a favorite snack: a piece of cr u nchy bread w it h za’ata r d ipped i n spicy romesco, a nd another piece topped with a spoonful of tapenade. Nothing wakes up my palate like diving into the mezze jar. The following recipe is for a cracker and dip that riff on those flavors and are definitely an improvement on the American cocktail-party tradition of crudités and dip. Whether you’re entertaining at home or starting the night with a cocktail and a small bite, don’t bother making a bunch of dips. Make one really great one that combines all the best f lavors.
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I love yogurt for dips and dressings; it is bright and lively and ties ever ything together well. Here, I mix an olive tapenade with grated red bell pepper, za’atar (a Middle Eastern spice blend), lemon zest, a healthy amount of olive oil, grated garlic, and parsley. When I start the evening with a drink, I want something crunchy and salty. Obviously, you can use any decent cracker, crisp, or fresh vegetable to dip, but sturdy homemade grissini get the job done nicely. These are by no means dull breadsticks, so they must be paired with a well-mixed cocktail. Give me an Americano (made of Campari, sweet
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vermouth, and club soda), and I’m happy. The slight bitterness and complexity of the Campari liqueur are a fine complement to the raw red pepper and salty olives. Mezze is a delicacy that’s scalable. We usually make a little more than we need, and with this dip, that’s good news. There’s concentrated flavor here, so think of it as an easy building block for other dishes: Use it as a cold sauce for wa r m g r i l led sh r i mp, chicken, or lobster, or spread some on a plate and assemble a composed salad of shaved radish, celery, and fennel. If there’s one dip to rule them all, this one’s got a lot going on and a lot going for it. Fresh, bracing, tangy—these are the Mediterranean flavors I’m always seeking out in my kitchen, and they are easy, crowd-pleasing, and guaranteed to start your evening off correctly. ◾ 80
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ZA’ATAR GRISSINI WITH YOGURTANDOLIVE DIP SERVES 6 FOR THE GRISSINI
1 pound 00 pasta flour 2 tsp. fine sea salt 1 T plus 1 tsp. sugar 3 tsp. active dry yeast ½ cup plus 1 T extravirgin olive oil 1 tsp. piment d’Espelette Fleur de sel 1 T za’atar 1. In a medium bowl, whisk
together the 00 pasta flour and sea salt. Form a well in the center of the flour and set aside. In a small bowl, whisk together 1 cup warm water, sugar, and yeast; rest 10 minutes, allowing it to foam. Add the liquid and olive oil into the flour well. Starting in the center, mix with a spoon, gradually pulling the flour into the liquid, then switch to mixing with your hands. Once the dough comes together, knead on the countertop for 5 minutes, dusting with flour if necessary until smooth. Wrap in plastic, and rest for 1 hour at room temperature. Then refrigerate dough for 1 hour or until ready to use. The dough can be made a day in advance. 2. Preheat oven to 325°F. 3. Divide grissini dough into quarters, removing one quarter from the refrigerator at a time. Using a rolling pin on a well-floured surface, roll out dough until thickness reaches 1⁄16 of an inch and dough is approximately 2 feet long and 5 inches wide. Place the sheet of
dough on a well-floured baking pan, and store in the refrigerator until all dough has been turned into sheets. Using a 2-inch ring cutter, cut the dough into even shapes. You could also use a knife to create square crackers. Lightly brush each cracker with olive oil, then sprinkle with piment d’Espelette, fleur de sel, and za’atar. Allow the crackers to rest, covered, in a warm spot for 15 minutes. Bake at 325°F for 10 minutes, rotate tray 180 degrees, and bake for another 5 minutes until lightly golden. Cool, then store in an airtight container for up to 4 days. FOR THE DIP
1 cup Greek yogurt (5 percent milk fat)
3 T olive oil Zest of 1 lemon 2 T za’atar ¼ tsp. finely grated garlic 1 T chopped parsley 3 T chopped black or green olives ¼ red bell pepper 1. In a medium mixing
bowl, combine the yogurt, olive oil, lemon zest, za’atar, garlic, parsley, and olives. Using a cheese grater, grate the red bell pepper directly into the bowl, and mix thoroughly. 2. Season mixture with
salt and pepper, and store in the refrigerator until ready to use.
WHAT TO DRINK “The ideal pairing for these spicy, peppery flavors is a fresh and slightly bitter cocktail, such as an Americano, one of Chef Daniel’s favorites. It’s a simple mixture of 1½ oz. of Campari and 1½ oz. of sweet vermouth, which is then poured over ice and topped with club soda and an orange-slice garnish.” —Raj Vaidya, head sommelier, Daniel
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Inside the new Menil Drawing Institute, designed by Johnston Marklee.
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frisson, as is the highly anticipated expansion of the Holocaust Museum by Mucasey & Associates, Architects. Beyond the arts, Houston’s sensorial explosion extends to the hospitality sphere too, with the launch of the five-diamond Post Oak Hotel at Uptown, an ultra-luxe 250room property by Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta that caters to the traveling aesthete. With a dramatic lobby decorated in Frank Stella paintings and a museum-quality collection containing pieces by Robert Motherwell, Alex Katz, and Howard Hodgkin, a stay there whets the appetite for art in all its vibrant forms. An interest in design-led spaces has also infused Houston’s leafy neighborhoods, with the long-held preference for sprawling homes being displaced by luxury lifestyle condominiums among a certain set. One of the most exciting residential projects in the works is Giorgetti Houston, a collaboration between the venerable 120-year-old Italian furniture maker and local architecture and interiors firm Mirador. The horizontal seven-story mid-rise marks Giorgetti’s first foray into branded residential living, and it will have just 32 exquisitely appointed apartments, each with bespoke maple, marble, leather, and fabric finishes. “The building will be representative of the Giorgetti Italian lifestyle,” says Giovanni del Vecchio, managing director of Giorgetti. “Each of the flats will be a timeless work of art.”
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There is something in Houston for art enthusiasts in nearly every genre. Houston’s retail scene is equally robust, with a newly opened design shop, Paloma & Co., cofounded by ED A-List decorator Paloma Contreras, and showrooms including the highly curated CASA, which is bringing standout Italian furniture by Poltrona Frau and flooring by Listone Giordano, among others, to Texans with an appreciation for artisanal, high-quality craftsmanship. Classics endure, of course, and Houston is the place for a pair of perfectly made custom boots by sixth-generation maker Maida’s. While the French calf leather used by Maida’s is sourced from du Puy and d’Annonay—the same tanneries that supply Hermès—the silhouettes, embroidery, and embellishments are a cowboy’s delight. This same authentic approach is being felt in foodie Houston, where chef Ford Fry is tweaking traditional Tex-Mex classics at Superica in the Heights and serving made-to-order fried chicken and Gulf seafood with killer cocktails at his retro-cool La Lucha. Nowhere is the transformation of the city felt more than at Central Market, a supermarket on steroids–cum–cooking school that features a 70-foot-long seafood case, more than 2,500 wines at any time, and a delicious rotating “passport series” that highlights the cuisines of countries around the globe. With Houston still rebuilding after the devastation of Hurricane Harvey and soon to edge out Chicago as the third most populous city in America, it has a sizable responsibility to become one of the country’s most important cultural centers. Luckily, in Texas, size isn’t an issue. ◾
1. Outside the Glassell School of Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, designed by Steven Holl Architects. 2. Epidemic! Presents: Step and Screw! (2014), by Trenton Doyle Hancock, on exhibit at the Menil Collection. 3. Inside the Post Oak Hotel at Uptown, designed by philanthropist and Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta. 4. Custom leather boots and a belt from Maida’s. 5. A rendering of the Giorgetti Houston residential building, on track to be completed by 2020. 3
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In the living room of Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan’s Manhattan apartment, the settee is by Vladimir Kagan, the green chair is by Joe Colombo, and the vintage cabinet in the back corner is by Aldo Tura. The patterned chairs, cocktail tables, side table, and acrylic foot are all by Adler. The palm-tree lamp is by Maison Jansen, the pendants are custom, and the curtains are of a Création Baumann velvet. OPPOSITE: An original marble mantel in the living room holds a collection of vintage Italian glass figurines. The tuffets, sconces, and sculptures are all by Adler, and the artwork over the mantel is vintage.
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still in the same Greenwich Village apartment, but in 2001 we doubled our square footage when we acquired the adjacent unit. Though he is still clay-spattered, Jonathan has made a few subtle tweaks to his résumé: We’re talking furniture designer, retail magnate, design icon, hotel visionary, and interior decorating mega-force. Last year, we decided it was time to perk up our pad. We started by playing musical chairs with the available space: Our old bedroom became my home office, the living room became our bedroom, my office became the dining room, and so on. The construction was meshuga. Clutching our rescue mutt, Foxylady, for succor, I retreated to my new
In Doonan’s office, an Eero Saarinen Tulip chair pulls up to a desk by Adler. The vintage Italian armchair is from a ea market, and the chandelier, lamp, footstool, and rug are all by Adler. The artworks include a portrait of Doonan by Happy Menocal and one of Foxylady by Mimi Vang Olsen.
The foyer’s console, table lamp, bust, and bird bowls are all by Adler. The mirror is by Oliver Sanchez, the vintage chandelier is by Sciolari, and the rug is a Beni Ourain from Morocco. The artworks are vintage, and the walls are in Benjamin Moore’s Simply White.
office, where I watched as Jonathan gesticulated like Herbert von Karajan and workmen tore the place apart. Once the dust settled, Team Adler trooped into our reconfigured home bearing a cavalcade of newly designed furniture, pillows, and lamps. Jonathan’s buzzwords were as follows: bold, glamorous, and memorable. It was about amping it up, not dialing it back. Our clubby library has a luminous David Hicks wallpaper on the ceiling and features a fringed sofa in a decadent Proustian velvet. The new living room is filled with a Vans-inspired checkerboard rug grounding two newly reupholstered Vladimir Kagan settees in an ivory bouclé. Unexpected juxtapositions were key, as exemplified by a life-size vintage Italian ceramic poodle—a nifty gift from Michael Kors—resting on giant Tiffany boxes, staring hauntingly into a Gothic cheval mirror in the corner of our revamped dining room. The greatest hits from a quarter century of hunting and gathering also found a new life in our spiffed-up pad. Our frothy mix of iconic vintage trouvées includes a Paul Evans four-poster bed, a Fornasetti screen, a flea-market bust of Michael Jackson, and an Ed Paschke portrait of
Everything is there “because we love it.” Sly Stone. And there is sentimental stuff, too: the Bjørn Wiinblad chalice we bought on our first trip to Denmark in 2002; a Prince head from one of my Barneys window designs; and a kinky vintage Pirelli calendar designed by Allen Jones, a Portobello Road find. Further layering was accomplished with new Adler designs: glam-rock beaded artworks, cheeky needlepoint pillows, and Surrealist porcelain vases, some of which sprout ostrich feathers. Jonathan’s vast and varied oeuvre—he now works in myriad stylistic idioms—merged seamlessly with our older finds. How come? The truth is, there are no supporting actors in our new place. Everything is a star. Everything is there because we love it. How did it feel to be a spectator of this transformation? Watching it come together was astonishing and delightful. The look Jonathan achieved is glamorous, life-enhancing, and really rather fabulous, and I can say that because I had nothing to do with it. As I watched him work, I kvelled with pride. Here was my potter, throwing every ounce of his creative chutzpah into the reimagining of our home. Jonathan had started with an atom and then, 25 years later, kapow! The big bang! So what’s it like to live in it? You could be forgiven for assuming that we, with our giant Lucite pills and our trippy visuals, live like hedonistic rock stars. Au contraire. The truth is, we lead a cozy, down-to-earth existence. (The Yiddish word is haimish.) Regardless of how eccentric or theatrical the vignette, there will always be a place in our home to plop down your Jonathan Adler handcrafted porcelain mug. ◾
ABOVE: The dining room table is by Knoll, the dining chairs and
table lamps are by Adler, and the hand chair is by Pedro Friedeberg. The wallpaper is by Ashley Hicks for Groundworks, and the painting is by Sante Graziani. BE LOW: In the master bath, the custom tub is by Apaiser, the vintage table is by Aldo Tura, the medallion is from an Hermès boutique, and the wall and floor tiles are by Artistic Tile.
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In Adler’s office, which doubles as a dressing room, the vintage blue chair and ottoman are by Pierre Paulin, and the desk chair, rug, and chandelier are all by Adler. The eye lamp is by Nicola L., the wallpaper is by Florence Broadhurst, and the photograph is by James Bidgood.
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A vintage Paul Evans bed centers the master bedroom. The armchair and ottoman, cocktail table, drinks table, nightstands, chandelier, and rug are all by Adler. The curtains are of a custom Kravet velvet. The artwork over the original mantel is by Geoff McFetridge, and the pieces behind the bed are by John-Paul Philippe. For details, see Resources.
In the entry hall of a house in Southampton, New York, designed by Brian J. McCarthy and architect Randy M. Correll, a custom console by Louis Cane holds a Hubert Le Gall lamp. The pendant and floor lamp are by Patrice Dangel, and the mirror is by W.P. Sullivan. OPPOSITE: A Georgia O’Keeffe sculpture is positioned under an elliptical stair in the stair hall. The walls are in a custom blue lacquer, and the white-oak flooring is from the Hudson Company.
CURVES AHEAD FROM A SPIRAL STAIR WITH A COORDINATING GEORGIA O’KEEFFE SCULPTURE TO ROOMS FILLED WITH VIBRANT SKY BLUES, THIS BRIAN J. M C CARTHY–DESIGNED HAMPTONS HOME IS FILLED WITH THE UNEXPECTED. BY NANCY HASS
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couple, who asked New York–based ED A-List designer Brian J. McCarthy to create a casual, beachy home for summer weekends in Southampton, New York, informality meant a grand East End–style shingled mansion loosened up with airy surfaces, sophisticated geometrics, and a sunny soupçon of color. “They wanted it to be fun,” says McCarthy, who collaborated with Randy M. Correll of Robert A.M. Stern Architects. McCarthy knew well the couple’s tastes, as he has done two other homes for them: a vast, Art Deco–inflected apartment in a refined 1920s building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan (which was featured in ELLE DECOR in December 2007), and the country home they escape to most spring and fall weekends, in Locust Valley on Long Island’s tony North Shore—the heart of Great Gatsby country—about an hour from Manhattan. “I knew they liked things to be strong and unfussy,” says McCarthy, who is known for his modern twists on traditional idioms and was a partner in the legendary firm of Parish-Hadley before going out on his own in 1992. “Working with them is always a spirited dialogue.”
Even before the house was conceived, it was fated to be born on third base: a two-acre plot on one of the most glamorous lanes in town, overlooking Agawam Lake and not far from the ocean. (The famed Bathing Corporation, a deceptively modest beach club with strenuously rigorous membership requirements, is also nearby.) The couple, who work in finance, wanted a place to come during July and August, where their two teenage boys could have plenty of freedom and access to activities. They intended to bring some art from their large modern and contemporary collection but didn’t want it to be the focal point. The entryway sets the vivid and uninhibited tone: The white front door opens to reveal a spare console by Louis Cane with bronze gilding along with a playful snow-colored Mongolian lambskin rug, but the eye is instantly drawn beyond, to the spectacular curved staircase. The rounded walls of the stairwell stand in stark contrast to all that white; they are custom lacquered in a brilliant lagoon blue. In the center is a white-oak pedestal topped by an edition of a hypnotic, spiraling Georgia O’Keeffe sculpture. One advantage that a new house has over an old one is a more modern layout, a blueprint that acknowledges how
In the family room, the custom sectional is in a Fabricut fabric, the walls are sheathed in a Venetian plaster, the rug is by Stark, and the curtains are of a de Le Cuona fabric. The artworks are by Josef Albers.
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The library’s custom sofa is in a Glant fabric, and the cocktail and side tables are by Nicholas Mongiardo. The custom chandelier is by Paul Ferrante, the curtains are of a tie-dyed fabric by Maki Yamamoto, and the rug is by Beauvais Carpets.
families live today. Instead of the closed-off formal rooms common in Southampton estates built in the early part of the 20th century, with the kitchen hidden far away, the downstairs has large spaces that flow into one another, allowing just enough privacy to enable intimacy. While the backdrop of most rooms is neutral—gentle whites and creams—McCarthy creates drama and intrigue with surfaces that are more complex than they seem from a distance. In the living room, for example, the walls are custom finished in a pale Venetian plaster with raised horizontal bands of gilding. The couple wanted to punctuate the calm with just the right amount of energizing, strong color. The family room has custom-painted walls in a deep sea-blue kuba-cloth pattern hung with a series of four Josef Albers prints in primary hues; the sofas are in the same rich blue. In the library, tie-dyed off white–and-blue curtains in handkerchief linen 96
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by Maki Yamamoto flutter in the summer breeze. In the kitchen, four rounded stainless steel stools sport alternating upholstery of citron and aqua leathers; the living room curtains are a warm but forceful orange. A bunk room for the boys has walls painted a warm black. “The homeowners were at first a little freaked out by that, but now they love it,” McCarthy says. Instead of florals, the couple made certain that McCarthy included plenty of geometric patterns, often in soft hues that make them feel approachable but uncompromising. The custom rugs, especially, with motifs that range from plus signs to sisal diamonds, convey structure without reading too harsh. But, as always in McCarthy’s work, there is room for dreams: In the master bedroom, dominated by a huge bone four-poster bed and views of the water, the carpet is a freeform mass of gentle blues and celestial ivories, inspired by a René Magritte sky. ◾
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boys’ room are by Charles H. Beckley, the nightstand is by Julian Chichester, the desk is by Bungalow 5, and the Jean Prouvé desk chair is from Hive. The John Robshaw wallpaper is from John Rosselli & Associates, the custom rug is by Madeline Weinrib, and the floor lamp is by Circa Lighting. ABOVE RIGHT: In the master bedroom, the bed is custom, the Marie Christophe chandelier is from the Lisa Fontanarosa Collection, and the artwork is by Ellsworth Kelly. RIGHT: In the wife’s master bath, the Kohler tub features Waterworks fittings, the pendant is by the Urban Electric Co., and the walls are painted in Farrow & Ball’s All White. ELLE DECOR
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Hive barstools with seats in Dualoy and Arnitex leathers pull up to a kitchen island topped with Statuario marble. The range is by Wolf, the custom hood is by RangeCraft, and the 1930s English pendant is from Balsamo. OPPOSITE: The living room’s sofa is in a Savel fabric. The armchairs, in a Pollack jacquard, and cocktail table (background) by Vosges are custom. The acrylic Fredrikson Stallard cocktail table (foreground) is from David Gill Gallery, and the pendant is by Charles Edwards. For details, see Resources.
EXPATS FRED AND ROSENA CHARMOY TRANSFORM THEIR HOUSE IN MARRAKECH WITH A MODERN NEW LAYOUT MADE FOR ENTERTAINING. BY GISEL A WILLIA MS PRODUCED BY SOPHIE PER A PHOTOGR APHS BY GAELLE LE BOULICAUT
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Fred and Rosena Charmoy on the pool terrace of their Marrakech home. The custom table and vintage rugs are from Kulchi. OPPOSITE: The house is in La Palmeraie, a neighborhood situated within a natural palm grove.
In the living room, the sofas and mirror are custom, and the sideboard, cocktail table, and brass standing lamp (left) are all vintage finds from the Bab El Khemis flea market in Marrakech. The Madeline Weinrib pillows and candlesticks on the mantel are from the El Fenn boutique, and the photograph of an elephant is by Carolin Becker. OPPOSITE: A bannister in traditional Moroccan tadelakt frames a pink-marble staircase in the entry hall. The chest is by Toufik Belaffari, and the mirror and sconce are from a Marrakech flea market.
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For one thing, it’s their job: The couple own and manage Boutique Souk, an event company in Marrakech that has planned such star-studded occasions as the model and actress Poppy Delevingne’s 2014 wedding to James Cook. But hosting guests and celebrations is also what the couple love to do. “When the Yves Saint Laurent museum opened, we must have had almost a dozen people in and out of our house, having dinner, crashing with us, stopping by,” says Rosena, who hails from Ireland. The couple met in Marrakech in the mid-aughts when Fred, originally from Paris, was overseeing a riad in the medina and Rosena was starting up Boutique Souk. “We began working and spending late nights together,” she says. “Finally, we just gave in and got married.” In 2008, the Charmoys bought and moved into a two-story modern stone house with a turret in La Palmeraie, an elegant upscale suburb within a natural, 54-square-mile palm grove. The kitchen was hidden in the back of the house, which was a problem considering how much the couple enjoy cooking; Fred is often in the kitchen whipping up gourmet meals and cocktails. On Sundays, the couple host long, lazy English roasts for their eclectic crew of friends, many of whom are participants in the city’s creative scene. “We never know how many people will show up for lunch,” Rosena says, laughing. They spent several years carrying dishes from the tucked-away kitchen to the dining room at the other end of the house until their friend Cassandra Karinsky, an Australian textile designer, pointed out the obvious: “She said that in Australia, the kitchen would be at the front of the house next to the terrace and the pool,” Rosena recalls. “We were like, Of course! But that now meant we had to renovate the entire ground floor.” The couple appealed to their wide circle of creative friends for help. “There is a really exciting community that is redefining the aesthetic of Marrakech,” Rosena says. “Whether it’s ceramics or textiles, they are creating artisanal things with an interesting modern twist.” E L L E D E C O R 103
In the kitchen, the floor is covered in Popham Design tiles, the cabinetry is from Ikea, and the range and hood are by Wolf; the counter stools are from Le Magasin Générale Marrakech. RIGHT: The floor plan of the ground floor.
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The headboard in the master bedroom is covered in a Pierre Frey linen, the side table is from Mustapha Blaoui, and the wall is painted in Farrow & Ball’s Down Pipe.
They ordered three patterns of tiles for the new kitchen and bathrooms from their friends Samuel and Caitlin DoweSandes, who own Popham Design (and whose own home was featured in ED in January/February 2019). Willem Smit, the dapper general manager of the legendary El Fenn hotel, took Rosena shopping for vintage furniture at the city’s Bab El Khemis market. He also ordered plant pots from Madison Cox’s ceramic workshop outside the city and filled them with olive trees. And in just one weekend, while the couple were away, Smit redesigned the living room, adding a midcentury console, a chaise longue, and a dozen throw
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pillows from the textile designer Madeline Weinrib, a partner with Vanessa Branson at El Fenn, where her designs are sold in the hotel’s chic boutique. And for the Charmoys’ terrace, Karinsky commissioned a local group of basket weavers to fashion a set of whimsical but sturdy rattan outdoor furniture she’d designed. Where the old kitchen was at the back of the house, the Charmoys created two bedrooms for their continuous stream of houseguests. Meanwhile, the top floor was turned into a master suite, with a terrace and a large dressing room filled with Rosena’s party gowns. “It’s almost like a separate apartment,” she says. “I just love the view from our bed of the palm trees.” When the renovation was finally complete, the couple marked the occasion—naturally—with a big party that coincided with Rosena’s birthday. “A whole load of friends flew to town,” she says. “We cooked a massive paella, and Fred made some amazing turmeric-and-ginger margaritas.” And of course, Rosena adds, “No one ever left the kitchen.” ◾ For more images of this home, go to elledecor.com/charmoy
On the terrace, the custom furniture, pendants, and Mauritanian oor mat are from Kulchi, and the ceiling is lined with eucalyptus. For details, see Resources.
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FOR HER NEW COLLABORATION WITH DE GOURNAY, ALESSANDRA BRANCA CHANNELS THE 18TH-CENTURY SPLENDOR OF CATHERINE THE GREAT IN A PRIVATE CLIENT ATELIER BY THE SEINE.
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In a showcase Paris apartment featuring fabrics and wallcoverings from Alessandra Branca’s new collection for de Gournay, the vibrant Catherine Salon is alive with pattern and color. The walls are sheathed in Flora, a hand-embroidered fabric featuring peonies and tulips. The banquette at the room’s center is covered in three shades of Sarafan, a hand-embroidered damask. ABOVE RIGHT: Red silk curtains with Foglia trim intensify the room’s palette. RIGHT: A recessed bar is backed in wallpapers featuring mineral motifs by Branca for de Gournay.
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the Winter Garden, Branca used a cool palette of creams, blues, and browns. The Elisavetha wallcovering, with its metallic and silk threads on India tea paper, was inspired by 18th-century court dress. Similarly, the motifs for Floret, the hand-embroidered window sheer, mimic the intricately patterned diamond buttons of uniforms in Catherine the Great’s court. The side chairs are upholstered in the hand-embroidered Faux Bois silk.
completed the first of four seasonal fabric collections for de Gournay, chose to start her series in the way that each year begins: with winter. Her fiery interpretation gives new life to that lackluster season. It’s a color-shot fantasy of 18th-century Russia, built out of the intricately embroidered textiles for which Branca is known. To realize the collection, the designer conducted deep research into the life of the Prussian-born Catherine the Great (1729–1796), who had an outsize influence on Russian design. Working with architect Charles Cameron at the Tsarskoye Selo palace and other sites around St. Petersburg, the empress “created an architectural iconography that became a standard,” Branca notes, one that melded Byzantine and neoclassical styles. Catherine left her stylish imprint on interiors, too, and even costume design. Branca’s new designs are on display in a private apartment above de Gournay’s flagship showroom in Paris’s Saint-Germain neighborhood. The space, which is used for private events and can be visited by appointment, comprises two formal living rooms. The first, known as the Winter Garden, has a coolish palette. The next one—the Catherine Salon—is alive with color, an eye-popping array of bright reds and blues. Craftsmanship here is on rich display; almost every surface seems to be thrillingly worked—from decoupage to emballage, gauffrage to gilding. “We wanted to celebrate these crafts and show their depth,” Branca says, noting that the rooms were originally conceived “for celebrating de Gournay’s amazing new embroidery workrooms in India.” There, cutting-edge techniques bring time-honored ones to life, with results that now sparkle just steps from the Seine—and that are ready to be adapted to any interior. ◾
A detail of the Catherine Salon’s hand-embroidered Flora wallcovering. LE F T, FROM TOP:
A chair seat is covered in a marbleized fabric decoupaged onto suede. Branca’s inspiration came from 18th-century Russian fashion and textiles. An artisan adds touches to the embroidered Elisavetha wallcovering. For details, see Resources.
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In the entry and smoking room of designer Estee Stanley’s Mediterranean-style house in the Hancock Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, the leather armchairs from Brenda Antin and wingbacks from Lucca Antiques are all vintage, and the black marble cocktail table is custom. The entry’s pendant is an antique lantern. OPPOSITE: Stanley in her dining room. The antique rug is from Lawrence of La Brea, and the wallpaper is by Morris & Co.
LOOK THE PART FASHION STYLIST TURNED DECORATOR ESTEE STANLEY’S LOS ANGELES HOME IS HER CALLING CARD—AND A MAGNET FOR HER FRIENDS AND STAR-STUDDED CLIENTELE.
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The living room’s sectional and jade table belonged to Stanley’s grandmother, the armchair (background) is from Brenda Antin, and the vintage armchair (foreground) is from Eccola. Both the cocktail table and mantel are custom, and the antique rug is from Lawrence of La Brea. The large painting is by Elisa Johns, and the artworks above the mantel are by Yoshitomo Nara and Mark Ryden. OPPOSITE: The dining room’s table is by BDDW, the vintage chairs are from Midcentury LA, and the pendants are from Brenda Antin. The photograph is by Mary Ellen Mark.
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their résumés or glowing references. Estee Stanley gets work because of her Los Angeles house. This is not to say that she lacks either credentials or a cavalry-strong contingent ready to attest to her talents. But it is the casually elegant interiors of the home where she has lived for the last 14 years in Hancock Park, a historic residential enclave in the city’s center, that usually seal the deal. Before she became an interior designer, Stanley spent more than a decade as a fashion stylist, working on music videos for the likes of Britney Spears, *NSYNC, and the Backstreet Boys and red-carpet looks for such actresses as Penélope Cruz and Demi Moore. Her entrée to interiors began with her previous Hancock Park residence, where she and her then–styling partner Cristina Ehrlich used a spare bedroom as an office. Clients would visit for fittings, and one day, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen told Stanley they loved her space and asked if she would help them decorate their new home. Despite having no previous decorating experience, she said yes. Stanley went house hunting with the Olsen twins in Bel Air, oversaw a full renovation of their home, and spent a year shopping with them for furniture. The process proved thrilling. She had become disenchanted with red-carpet work—“It felt like clothes were just getting thrown on people,” she says—and realized that the same trust she had built styling clients’ wardrobes translated quite literally into designing their rooms. E L L E D E C O R 113
Olive trees and chairs by Sotow frame the pool, which has gray limestone pavers from Country Floors. ABOVE: The master bedroom’s custom bed is dressed with Area bedding and a throw by Jenni Kayne. The armoire is by Christian Liaigre, and the artwork over the bed is by Mark Ryden. The walls are painted in DunnEdwards’s Swiss Coffee.
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“She pushes me to make bold choices that I would never make on my own,” says actress and singer Lea Michele, who is one such converted client. A year after moving into her current space, Stanley decided to remodel the Mediterranean-style building from a two-family residence into a single-family home. She lived there during the gut renovation, and this time, her friend Ashley Olsen offered to help her. “We stained a lot of the doors ourselves. Once the house was done, she and I would schlep sofas up and down the stairs,” Stanley recalls. “We would sleep here, and there would be no doors in the house. It was crazy.” Her home has morphed since then—for one thing, she was single when she first designed it, and she now shares the space with her producer husband, Bryan Furst, and their kids, Teddy, 10, and Flora, 7. About a year ago, she gave it a face-lift, installing new moldings and a fireplace and refreshing some of the furniture. The house now has an easy polish befitting its unfussy owner. Off the vestibule, a cozy smoking room (“I know plenty of people who smoke, and this is where they can do it,” she says) has a gallery wall, vintage leather wingback chairs, and a black marble cocktail table topped with Hermès ashtrays and glassware from Gearys in Beverly Hills. A floral painting by Elisa Johns anchors the living room, which also has a tan Brenda Antin armchair along with a curved sofa and jade table that both belonged to Stanley’s late grandmother. The long BDDW table in the dining room plays host to weekly Shabbat dinners. “Estee is a cool chick,” says actress Ellen Pompeo, a client and friend. “She is very strong, very confident, and very chic. Her home reflects all of these qualities.” Upstairs, the master bedroom is done in lilac-gray hues, including the custom bed by Stanley, and a former guest bedroom has been transformed into a walk-in closet wrapped in walnut and maple tones with a pop of blue from an Andy Warhol cocktail table. Both rooms are favorite places to hang out when Stanley throws a dinner party or hosts game night, as she tends to do at least twice a month. She loves entertaining—a few years ago, she hosted 150 people for an engagement party for her clients and friends Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel, covering her pool for the occasion and turning it into a dance floor. “Everyone knows this house is a fun place. They’re never going to be starving, and there’s always alcohol and at least 10 people here. I really like to mix crowds,” says Stanley, who grew up south of here in Newport Beach. “Los Angeles is such a weird town. It’s not easy to make great friends. I think it’s nice for everybody to be friends with one another.” That instinct for connecting others is the basis of her new business, the Eye, a Hollywood-style management agency for designers and architects, with partner Joanna August. She envisions the company as a middleman, taking care of negotiations and brand building so designers can focus on creating. The idea is to give those working in interiors an added legitimacy in an Instagram and Pinterest world. “People need to understand that hiring an interior designer is a luxury item. If you know that going in, there can be a sense of mutual respect,” says Stanley, who has a book coming out with Rizzoli in the fall. “Everything you look at every day was designed by someone.” ◾ For more images of this home, go to elledecor.com/stanley
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In the playroom of Stanley’s daughter, Flora, the tent, rug, beanbag, and mural are all by RH, Restoration Hardware. The chair, in a Pucci fabric, is by Cappellini, and the piñatas are by Confetti System. For details, see Resources.
A palm-tree candleholder by designer Michael Aram is placed beside an antique Nepalese tray ďŹ lled with marigolds and antique Indian brass objects. OPPOSITE: In the entry hall of the New Delhi, India, apartment Aram shares with his husband, Aret Tikiryan, the walls are upholstered in a traditional Indian chintz fabric, and the pendants are by Aram.
INDIA BY DESIGN OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS, DESIGNER MICHAEL ARAM HAS CREATED A SUBCONTINENTAL WORLD ALL HIS OWN. WRIT TEN AND PRODUCED BY WHITNEY ROBINSON PHOTOGR APHS BY MIGUEL FLORES-VIANNA
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The living room has a custom sofa and a cocktail and side table by Aram. The Anglo-Indian armchair (left) is antique, the Indian Art Deco chair (right) is upholstered in a vintage Punjabi wedding shawl, the custom curtains are by Brigitte Singh, and the shadow-box artworks are by Aram.
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ABOVE: In the master bedroom, the desk, brass chair, and lamp are by Aram. The French gilt chair has a seat in an Indian brocade, the antique mirror and silk rug are Indian, and Aram’s photograph depicts his eight-year-old twins, Anabel and Thadeus. RIGHT: Aram in his studio.
October, I’m braving the roundabouts of New Delhi in a Mahindra Scorpio SUV en route to visit my friend, the designer Michael Aram, at his apartment in Lutyens’ Delhi, a neighborhood named after its British architect, Sir Edwin Lutyens. Constructed between 1912 and 1930, the Lutyens Bungalow Zone, or LBZ, contains nearly 1,000 white bungalows, each resplendent with lush lawns, on its wide streets. At one time, some of India’s most powerful people, such as the prime minister and cabinet members, resided here. More recently, the bungalows have come under fire by groups who find them ghostly relics of a Colonial past and wish to see them replaced with more affordable highrise housing. Whichever side you fall on in that argument, there is no denying the LBZ’s continuing appeal: Prices for recently sold houses have exceeded $70 million. Apart from those gorgeous freestanding homes, there is a redbrick Anglo-Indian Colonial complex that was built by architect Walter George, a disciple of Lutyens, that boasts expansive apartments—one of which is occupied by Aram—with grand fireplaces and a leafy communal garden that is home to banana trees, monkeys, and peacocks. Aram has actually lived in three different flats in the building since he first landed in India in late 1988. As I walk through the wooden front doors to Aram’s second-floor home, which he shares with his husband, Aret Tikiryan, and their eight-year-old twins, Anabel and Thadeus, I pass two gates composed of hand-hammered key sculptures that Aram designed and an enfilade upholstered in an exquisite traditional cloth. I then spy the strapping ArmenianAmerican designer meticulously arranging another of his signature metal pieces on the open-air terrace—a trio of lily tables that could have been inspired by Monet. “Welcome to the Dakota of New Delhi,” he says, a reference E L L E D E C O R 119
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to the iconic apartment building on Manhattan’s Central Park West. (While India is his spiritual and design home, Aram was raised in Scarsdale, New York.) When he was starting his eponymous line, Aram says vendors would line up to show him all their copies of Western designs. “The pieces had pits and scratches and vial marks, but that’s what they thought the Western buyers wanted,” he says. Aram implored these craftsmen to
show him their handmade pieces instead to highlight their talents, rather than having their work seem mass-produced. In the early 1990s, that was his career revelation, and indeed, as I look around the house, his love of Indian crafts, photography, textiles, nature, and, of course, handmade metalwork is everywhere. At his factory in Noida, about a 45-minute drive from New Delhi, Aram now employs more than 200 craftsmen who make everything
The terrace is furnished with an antique wedding bed from Nagaland, Indian bamboo-and-jute chairs, and Lily Pad tables and a bronze sculpture by Aram.
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Women from the nearby village carry terra-cotta water jugs on Aram’s farm retreat outside New Delhi. OPPOSITE: In the dining room of the haveli on the property, the chairs, table linens, and plates are by Aram, and the artworks are by Lado Bai.
from his signature ginkgo-leaf centerpieces to a wisdom-tree sculpture (he’s even made pieces for Pope Francis). It’s where the magic happens. “We had some dedicated factories here and there,” he says. “I grew my business like my grandfather would have. We own everything we need. I own our warehouse, the retail stores in New York City and Los Angeles. I own the work at the factory.” To unwind, Aram drives two hours south to a small village where he also owns a gorgeous haveli, a place for respite and reflection. “It’s over three centuries old,” he says during a stroll on the hilly grounds. “According to village history, the site was first inhabited 600 years ago.” The property was previously owned by descendants of the inhabitants of the old village, who now live in the village below, and who pay us a visit around sunset. Their exquisite saris are a foil to Aram’s gleaming metal sculptures displayed throughout the property. Over masala chai, the talk turns to Alexander Calder, an artist Aram has admired his entire career. “Calder said he was going to do whatever he wanted,” Aram says. “He’s making door latches for his kitchen, toilet-paper holders for his bathroom, carpets for his living room, beds. I just want to make things. I just want to keep having fun, you know?” ◾
On the haveli’s loggia, the antique bench is from Kerala, the stools are by Aram, and the folk art is from Madhya Pradesh. ABOVE: Stone arches are filled with marigolds in the courtyard. The sculpture is by Aram.
A haveli bedroom’s chair, mirror, and pendant are by Aram. The rosewood dresser is Anglo-Indian, the oor’s Tantric motifs are hand-painted using natural pigments, and the artworks are by Raja Ravi Varma. For details, see Resources.
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RESOURCES Items pictured but not listed are from private collections. TRUTH IN DECORATING PAGES 54–56: Lee Ledbetter,
Lee Ledbetter & Associates, leeledbetter .com. Fawn Galli, Fawn Galli Interior Design, fawngalli.com.
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cocktail table, drinks table, nightstands, chandelier, and rug: Jonathan Adler. Curtains fabric: Kravet, kravet .com. Artworks: Geoff McFetridge, championdontstop.com; John-Paul Philippe, johnpaulphilippe.com.
SHOWCASE PAGE 59: Dedar, dedar.com. PAGE 60: Savel, savelinc.com. PAGE 62: Jane Churchill, jane
and candlesticks: El Fenn, el-fenn .com. Photograph: Carolin Becker, beckerharrison.com. PAGES 104–105: Kitchen tiles: Popham Design, pophamdesign.com. Cabinetry: Ikea, ikea.com. Range and hood: Wolf, subzero-wolf.com. Stools: Le Magasin Général Marrakech, magasin-general-marrakech .com. Headboard fabric: Pierre Frey, pierrefrey.com. Paint: Farrow & Ball, farrow-ball.com.
churchill.com. CLOSET CONFIDENTELLE PAGES 64–65: Veronica Beard,
veronicabeard.com. ANATOMY OF A HOUSE PAGES 72–73: Tablecloth and chair
slipcovers: Merci, merci-merci.com. Sofa: Shabby Chic by Rachel Ashwell, shabbychic.com. Paint: Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com. Artwork: Hugo Guinness, hugoguinness.com. Bookcases: Design Within Reach, dwr .com. Bench: Ikea, ikea.com. Wallpaper: Piet Hein Eek, pietheineek.nl. DANIEL’S KITCHENS PAGES 78–80: Daniel Boulud of
Restaurant Daniel, danielnyc.com. ED TRAVELS PAGES 82–83: The Museum of Fine
Arts, Houston, mfah.org. The Menil Collection, menil.org. Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University, moody .rice.edu. Holocaust Museum Houston, hmh.org. The Post Oak Hotel at Uptown, thepostoakhotel.com. Giorgetti Houston, giorgettihouston.com. Paloma & Co., shoppalomaandco.com. CASA Houston, casa-houston.com. Maida’s Custom Footwear, maidas .com. Superica, superica.com. La Lucha, laluchatx.com. Central Market, centralmarket.com.
VILLAGE VANGUARD
Interior design: Jonathan Adler, jonathanadler.com. PAGES 84–85: Settee: Vladimir Kagan, vladimirkagan.com. Chairs, cocktail tables, side table, acrylic foot, tuffets, sconces, and sculptures: Jonathan Adler. Curtains fabric: Création Baumann, creationbaumann.com. PAGE 87: Desk, chandelier, lamp, footstool, and rug: Jonathan Adler. Portrait: Happy Menocal, happymenocal.com. PAGES 88–89: Console, table lamps, bust, bird bowls, and dining chairs: Jonathan Adler. Foyer paint: Benjamin Moore, benjaminmoore.com. Dining table: Knoll, knoll.com. Hand chair: Pedro Friedeberg, pedrofriedeberg .com. Wallpaper: Ashley Hicks for Groundworks, leejofa.com. Bathtub: Apaiser, apaiser.com. Wall and floor tiles: Artistic Tile, artistictile.com. PAGE 90: Desk chair, rug, and chandelier: Jonathan Adler. Eye lamp: Nicola L., nicolal.com. Wallpaper: Florence Broadhurst, florencebroadhurst.com. 128 E L L E D E C O R
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Interior design: Brian J. McCarthy, Brian J. McCarthy, Inc., bjminc.com. Architecture: Randy M. Correll, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, ramsa.com. PAGES 92–93: Console: Louis Cane, louis-cane.com. Lamp: Hubert Le Gall, hubertlegall.blog. Mirror: W.P. Sullivan, wpsullivan.com. Flooring: The Hudson Company, thehudsonco.com. PAGES 94–95: Sectional fabric: Fabricut, fabricut.com. Rug: Stark, starkcarpet .com. Curtains fabric: de Le Cuona, delecuona.com. Sofa fabric: Glant, glant.com. Cocktail and side tables: Nicholas Mongiardo, mongiardostudio .com. Chandelier: Paul Ferrante, paul ferrante.com. Curtains fabric: Maki Yamamoto, maki-yamamoto.com. Rug: Beauvais Carpets, beauvaiscarpets.com. PAGES 96–97: Beds: Charles H. Beckley, chbeckley.com. Nightstand: Julian Chichester, julianchichester.com. Desk: Bungalow 5, bungalow5.com. Desk chair: Hive, hivemodern.com. Wallpaper: John Rosselli & Associates, johnrosselliassociates.com. Rug: Madeline Weinrib, madelineweinrib .com. Floor lamp: Circa Lighting, circa lighting.com. Chandelier: Lisa Fontanarosa Collection, lisafontanarosa.com. Bathtub: Kohler, kohler.com. Bathtub fittings: Waterworks, waterworks .com. Pendant: The Urban Electric Co., urbanelectric.com. Paint: Farrow & Ball, farrow-ball.com. PAGES 98–99: Sofa fabric: Savel, savelinc.com. Armchair fabric: Pollack, pollackassociates.com. Cocktail table: Vosges, vosgesinc .com. Acrylic cocktail table: David Gill Gallery, davidgillgallery.com. Pendant: Charles Edwards, charlesedwards.com. Barstools: Hive, hivemodern.com. Barstools fabric: Dualoy Leather, dualoy .com; Arnitex, arnitex.com. Range: Wolf, subzero-wolf.com. Hood: RangeCraft, rangecraft.com. Pendant: Balsamo, balsamoantiques.com.
WARM WELCOME
Interior design: Rosena and Fred Charmoy, Boutique Souk, boutiquesouk.com. Cassandra Karinsky, Kulchi, kulchi.com. Willem Smit, El Fenn, el-fenn.com. PAGES 100–101: Table and rugs: Kulchi, kulchi.com. PAGES 102–103: Pillows
Morris & Co., stylelibrary.com. PAGES 112–113: Rug: Lawrence of La Brea. Artworks: Elisa Johns, elisajohns .com; Mark Ryden, markryden.com. Dining table: BDDW, bddw.com. Dining chairs: Midcentury LA, midcenturyla.com. Photograph: Mary Ellen Mark, www.maryellenmark.com. PAGES 114–115: Outdoor chairs: Sotow, sotow.it. Pavers: Country Floors, countryfloors.com. Bedding: Area, areahome.com. Throw: Jenni Kayne, jennikayne.com. Armoire: Christian Liaigre, liaigre.com. Artwork: Mark Ryden. Paint: Dunn-Edwards, dunnedwards.com. Tent, rug, beanbag, and mural: RH, Restoration Hardware, rh.com. Chair fabric: Emilio Pucci, emiliopucci.com. Chair: Cappellini, cappellini.it. Piñatas: Confetti System, confettisystem.com.
PARIS INTRIGUE
Interior design: Alessandra Branca, Branca Interiors, branca.com. PAGES 106–107: Wallcoverings, banquette fabric, and curtains fabric: de Gournay, degournay.com. PAGES 108–109: Wallcovering, window sheer, side chairs fabric, and chair seat fabric: de Gournay. INDIA BY DESIGN
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Interior design: Estee Stanley, esteestanley.com. PAGES 110–111: Wingback chairs: Lucca Antiques, luccaantiques .com. Rug: Lawrence of La Brea, lawrenceoflabrea.com. Wallpaper:
Interior design: Michael Aram, michaelaram.com. PAGES 116–117: Candleholder and pendant: Michael Aram. PAGES 118–119: Cocktail table, side table, shadow box artworks, desk, brass chair, lamp, and photograph: Michael Aram. Curtains: Brigitte Singh, brigittesingh.com. PAGES 120–121: Bench, bed linens, table, and bronze sculpture: Michael Aram. Artwork: Arpana Caur, caurarpana.com. Photograph: Prabuddha Dasgupta, prabuddhadasgupta.com. PAGES 122–123: Chairs, table linens, and plates: Michael Aram. Artwork: Lado Bai, bhilart.com. PAGES 124–125: Stools, sculpture, chair, mirror, and pendant: Michael Aram.
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The rich colors, bold prints, and warm textiles of Morocco have long served as a mecca of inspiration for designers. So it’s not surprising that the artist turned textile designer Madeline Weinrib—who last year closed her eponymous New York showroom after two decades—has been spending time in Marrakech, where she is now a partner in the renowned boutique hotel El Fenn. The geometric beauty of Moroccan fireplace mosaics—known as zellige, with intricate tile patterns based on Islamic art— inspired this new handmade rug. It is woven out of repurposed vintage silk by artisans in India, whose ability to create a luminous palette mesmerized the designer. The soft fusion of colors—and cultures—represents everything Weinrib adores. “A rug is a very interactive piece in your home,” she says. “So the process itself needs to be collaborative.” —Samantha Swenson madelineweinrib.com
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