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I’m armed and ready with a veritable collection of trays.

I’m pretty convinced my preoccupation with them is their aesthetic, not necessarily their function.

Quiet Living How many trays does it take to serve up a summer shindig?

Hmm. I’m not quite certain. Honestly. I haven’t had people over in a long time, but I was inspired to serve up quiet living and lively design conversations in our summer issue.

Now, don’t be fooled. Quiet living doesn’t preclude feistiness, but it does capture design complemented by less contrast and emphasized by more environment.

Our cover story delves into a creative Houston couple whose better half is a tastemaker and owner of the beloved Round Top Inn. They’re consummate hosts who need no excuse to throw a bash! Project manager Elizabeth Echols describes her client as a freewheeling spirit who approached this renovation with an artist’s sensibility, running counterintuitive to the more traditional Texan home.

Another featured renovation takes place in Paris. Architect Lukas Rungger was tasked to design the second-floor unit delivering a soothing yet energetic pied-à-terre in a building dating back to 1868.

Architect Brad Lynch of Brininstool + Lynch embraces a neglected home with good bones and nurses it back to health, preserving one more midcentury home that might have been torn down.

Join Illze Muller in her musings over her family’s classic Cape Dutch farmhouse in South Africa. Her love of unpretentious style, as well as for the symmetry and the simplicity of the farmhouse, lead her to some really great design innovations while incorporating sentimental family antiques.

For our summer ARCHETYPES, we’ve invited Founder and Creative Director of Artemest Ippolita Rostagno and decorative artist Caroline Lizarraga to share their favorite serving trays that run the gamut. As artisans, these women take a unique perspective and bring a critical eye for the sublimely artful. And our ROUNDUP features living spaces that beckon you to “move the party outdoors.”

So, whether you’re enjoying gelato on Lake Maggiore or Naples, Italy (“Living Picture,” “Sea Sigh”) or sorbet in Paris, France (“La Lumiere Du Jour”) or good ole ice cream in Manhattan or Michigan (“Cloud Mine,” “Sole Asylum,” “The Plot Thickens”), pull up a seat at our table and embrace the warmth of summer and the joys of friendship.

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Hotel Los Enamorados Ibiza, Spain Far north on Ibiza into the wildest and most remote area of the island, Rozemarijn de Witte and Pierre Traversier have designed “Los Enamorados.” The laid-back boutique hotel is a cool and creative crash pad perched on the rocks, as beneficial as a parenthesis between sea and yoga, but also amazing, like this generous and inspiring couple. Most furnishings are from local crafts or Moroccan and Mauritanian markets. “We are passionate about flea markets from Los Angeles to Tokyo to Paris, without being afraid to leave the beaten path or eschew the avant-garde,” explains Traversier.

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DESIGN • LIFESTYLE • ARCHITECTURE F R A N K L I N, M I C H I G A N

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46 THE PLOT THICKENS These Harry Potter fans wanted an “unplottable” residence – a Potter term for a building that exists yet remains hidden

100 ENRAPTURED Homeowner Illze Muller’s fertile imagination is working overtime, reconceptualizing the family’s Cape Dutch farmhouse

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54 FAIR AND SQUARE Architect Lukas Rungger’s vision transcends the durability of this second-floor 1868 pied-à-terre D A N A P O I N T, C A L I F O R N I A

60 BESIDE THE POINT This sharp-witted spacious custom home is designed with cheeky whimsy M A L I B U, C A L I F O R N I A

68 X-RAY VISION Architect Brad Lynch of Brininstool + Lynch exercised his superpower ability to see through the aged neglect of this mid-50s original home by Alfred T. “Hap” Gilman S A N TA Y N E Z , C A L I F O R N I A

86 FREE RANGE Designer Rita Donahoe of Rita Chan Interiors kits out a ranch-inspired spread, with architect Dylan Henderson of Salt Architecture at the helm GREEN W I C H V I L L AG E , NE W YORK

94 CLOUD MINE Sporting an ethereal color palette and a decidedly minimalist milieu, this Greenwich Village apartment by NESTA STUDIO cuts a serene contrast to the concrete jungle just outside

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110 DRUMBEAT The pattern engineering of two creatives in this Houston home pulses with rhythm and groove W R O C Ł A W, P O L A N D

118 LIKENESS Vaguely out-of-time but insistently present, the work of artist Przemyslaw Lasak celebrates the deep, abiding power of the human form L A K E M A G G I O R E , I T A LY

124 LIVING PICTURE Snug in the Italian countryside, La Foleia casts its spell N A P L E S , I T A LY

SEA SIGH 132 Roman architect Massimo Adario revives a humble hillside home, awash in his custom-designed tiles, generating a subtly kinetic effect overlooking the Bay of Naples

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138 SOLE ASYLUM Native New Yorker and world traveler Robin Nijankin turned to interior designer Juan Carretero of Capital C Interiors to transform her High Line apartment into a modern Moroccan retreat CA P E T OW N, S O U T H A F R I CA

142 CITY CALM Former magazine editor Sumien Brink has created an artfully styled oasis within the city, using favorite objets gathered over the years PA R I S, F R A N C E

154 LA LUMIERE DU JOUR Designer Olivia Massimi revives a light-infused, Haussmann-era apartment, embracing a new narrative OPEN LIVING: PAGE 68 The far end of this main room features Keiko Hara’s Ma and Ki from her Verse series of paintings. Architecture by Brininstool + Lynch. INDOOR/OUTDOOR FURNITURE: KNOTTIES are a set of armchairs in waterproof rattan, comprised of sculptural knot forms.

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34 Old meets new in this dining room renovation by Anne Hulcher Tollett A N S O U I S, F R A N C E

40 A former brand ambassador for Ladurée – the historic Parisian pâtisserie famous for its colorful macarons – paints her vacation home kitchen the color of pistachio nuts PA L M B E AC H , F L O R I DA

59 A day without orange juice is like a day without sunshine C O P E N H AG E N, D E N M A R K

85 This home is the epitome of quiet living

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ARCHETYPES 36 ORNAMENTAL TRAYS Founder and Creative Director of Artemest, Ippolita Rostagno and decorative artist Caroline Lizarraga share their fave serving trays for summer soirées SWEET SPOT 32 Florals and pastels figure in this delicious product roundup 59 Timbur, a groundbreaking fabrication studio where Ania and Ezra Ardolino marry high-tech with handcrafted ingenuity MUSE 42 Brian Rutenberg may have failed as a magician, but he became a conjurer of another kind – painting ROUNDUP 72 PORCH SONG TRILOGY 83 PORCH AMENITIES LAST WORDS 160 A crossword puzzle

Sonoma County’s newest boutique hotel, designed by celebrated designer Jay Jeffers, features this grand hallway that greets guests with 14-foot ceilings hand-painted by artist Willem Racké with an Aesthetic Movement inspired by transferware from that period. The property’s original hostess stand remains, but with a reimagined look. themadronahotel.com ACHILLE SALVAGNI’S NEW COLLECTION: MILANO CHAIR in sheepskin with legs of pink, blue, and green lacquered parchment is a tribute to the history and geography of the city of Milan.

LANX TRAY, featured here in buttery blue and accented by a cast bronze bee, inspired by the bees found as a symbol of nobility throughout Rome. achillesalvagni.com

COVER: Newberry Architecture PHOTOGRAPHY: Julie Soefer (PAGE 110) Piney Point Village, Houston, Texas Designed to be one of the home’s most popular and comfortable gathering spaces, this informal seating area is a connecting space between the kitchen, dining room and outdoor patio, enabling guests to socialize with people who are in all three spots.

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While the buzz of the 59th Venice Biennale with its crush of collectors, critics and the merely curious is a heady experience, real life for any artist is the time spent in the studio. And sometimes a change of scenery can really recharge the creative batteries.

At a time in our history when being displaced is pronounced, the New York-based Mexican artist Bosco Sodi, of earthy, elemental paintings and objects made of sawdust, raw pigment and natural fibers, lives by his own convictions.

Casa Wabi – the work retreat and exhibition space for fellow artists Sodi has built on the white sand beach of Puerto Escondido, was designed by renowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando, with additional structures by local Oaxacan architects and welcomes such talents as Daniel Buren, Ugo Rondinone, Izumi Kato, and Lawrence Weiner.

There are film screenings and workshops for children, and concerts performed by local musicians.

Casa Wabi sits about 310 miles southwest of Mexico City, a long way from the champagne and celebrities swirling through La Serenissima. But when the party ends, the work begins.

Bosco Sodi’s work is currently on display on the piano nobile of the Palazzo Vendramin Grimani.

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new heights Negative space and neutrals make way for bright pops of color in this modern Chicago home overlooking the 606 TEXT KAITLIN CLARK PHOTOGRAPHY WERNER STRAUB

“We completely reimagined where all the art would be and played around with it,” says Kartheiser. Holly Hunt fabric envelops the large windows, and the rug is by Ashley Stark.

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sk any designer, architect or contractor for their idea of a remodel nightmare and chances are, they’ll respond with “scope creep.”

And this total gut renovation—which started as a simple basement makeover—is as creepy as they come.

“This was the biggest scope creep project,” laughs interior designer Amy Kartheiser of the massive four bedroom, five and a half bath remodel. “That basement started leading into the wife maybe not being happy with the way the kitchen looked anymore, then we started moving walls and talking about moldings and painting and new flooring stains.” Before Kartheiser knew it, the entire home was under construction during the peak of the pandemic.

“When we started talking about inspiration, they wanted their artwork to be front and center,” explains Kartheiser of the home’s overall aesthetic.

“They liked a little bit more of the negative space, like the walls, so our direction was to have the furniture and walls be secondary to the artwork.”

Center stage, indeed. Walking into the grand living room, one is immediately struck by the range of bright, colorful artwork dotting the walls, especially the show stopping piece above the fireplace that

Kartheiser picked up during one of her travels to Myanmar.

“It’s recycled magazine and the edging is about two or three inches around the whole perimeter, and it has so much texture and color, the homeowners just fell in love with it,” explains Kartheiser. “It’s beautiful from every direction.”

Black and white artworks hang by the large windows with thick black metal casing, nearly a work of art on its own, while another colorful piece lords over the secondary seating area, replacing a grand piano.

“We wanted to add just a little oomph to the space, instead of making it bare,” says Kartheiser. “So that’s where we came up with the table and the plush, pinky coral ottomans, which just adds a great pop.”

These fun ‘pops’ stand in contrast to the muted, galley-esque kitchen and adjoining wet bar swathed in a calming shade of gray blue.

“The island is super, super long to fit the kitchen, which you could almost consider a galley kitchen, but they have everything they need between those two areas,” says Kartheiser, adding that they brought up all the ceilings to make the kitchen cabinets look inset into the wall.

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“The glass doors really open up the space, so you have this whole entertaining area on the inside as well as on the outside.”

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1. Oversized French doors allow the indoor and outdoor spaces to blend.

2. A black console decorated with matte white pottery sits opposite the fireplace in the living room.

3. The home’s exterior was transformed from a traditional red brick to a stunning graphite gray while new landscaping and planters bring a breath of fresh whimsy to the front yard.

4.The family room and kitchen combo is an expansive space, with a long kitchen island for buffet-style meals, plus a wet bar with a coffee station. “We wanted to create a useful area for the way they like to entertain, so when you open up the longer cabinet to the left, there’s a wine refrigerator, a mixing area and roll-out drawers.”

Custom millwork lines the multi-purpose third floor “floproom,” as Kartheiser calls it, with decor gems, like the cheerfully bright hats on Lucite stands and an Eames lounge chair.

Off the roof deck is a versatile, multi-purpose room, with a custom pull-out couch with a custom console table to match. “It’s a multi, multi, multi-functional space,” laughs Kartheiser.

Kartheiser made the primary bedroom smaller to accommodate a larger walk-in closet. “We really wanted to create a serene moment for the client to relax in, so we added the balcony and planters to take advantage of the views. It’s perfect to go out there with a cup of coffee and read emails in the morning.”

Off the kitchen’s seating area, two wide, glass French doors open to a beautiful outdoor courtyard, outfitted with plenty of thoughtful touches perfect for entertaining guests.

“The glass doors really open up the space, so you have this whole entertaining area on the inside as well as on the outside,” she says. “The house used to be red brick and we painted the entire house a graphite gray and had all the flower boxes and outdoor landscaping put in.” A built-in grill area and gas firepit, which can be enclosed for additional table space, along with outdoor heaters, ensure that the courtyard can be used for three seasons (except for Chicago’s bitter cold winters).

“The homeowners love to entertain, and they wanted different options in different areas of the home so that they could move around the house,” says Kartheiser, alluding to the gorgeous rooftop patio overlooking the 606 walkway.

“They decided that they wanted to take advantage of their beautiful views and being up high, so the entire space was built out on top of their house to give them a completely new outdoor living experience,” she says, adding that from one side of the roof deck, you can see the dome of one of the local churches, and with a slight turn, you can view the entire city and skyline. “They have a whole bar and grill area set up there, so they can entertain just the way they love to, and the landscapers designed such a special area with tall wildflowers and shrubbery to add privacy where they felt like they needed it. They wanted it to feel a little wild, not like a perfect landscaped garden.”

A miniature water fountain trickles beside the sectional sofa and seating area, adding a moment of Zen tranquility. “Hearing that water moving brings such a special calmness to the space, especially when you feel like you’re high above the city.”

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A chandelier by David Weeks illuminates a custom table by AKMD and chairs by Hans Wegner in the open dining area of this northern Wisconsin home by Vetter Architects and Amy Carman Design.

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lay, relaxation and lots of laughs characterize life at Camp Spirit Lake, a family compound that includes two homes, a pair of boathouses and a detached art studio on a bosky bluff overlooking a picturesque lake in northern Wisconsin. “The owners are stewards of the area,” says architect, John Vetter, who designed several of the structures, most recently a modernist home he compares to a VFW hall at a Northwoods camp. “It’s a true legacy property that will pass from generation to generation.”

In addition to offering access to outdoor recreational activities like boating, swimming and bocce, his most recent creation includes a lower-level lounge with a luxe bar, a bowling alley, an 80s-style video arcade and a sauna. “(The new house) is a gathering place for our collective family,” the wife shares, noting there’s often 10 or 20 people there at a time.

Inspired by the iconic stone silos and barn foundations throughout Wisconsin, Vetter and project architect, Erik Walsh, designed the sprawling structure with rough-cut fieldstone walls accented by metal roofing, cedar siding and floor-to-ceiling mahogany windows stained in a dark graphite color that perfectly frame the expansive lake views – the first thing visitors see from the glass pivot door. “This house is highly experiential,” Vetter explains.

Involved from the project’s inception, Amy Carman and team collaborated closely with the architects, cladding the floors and many walls with rift-sawn white oak punctuated by an entire wall of graphitestained paneling that mirror the lake-facing windows. “(The wife) wanted it to be warm and true to its location,” Carman says. “It’s a modern interpretation of a lake house with knotty pine paneling.”

2 1: A sectional sofa by Molteni and matching lounge chairs by Cassina surround a custom cocktail table in the open, light-filled main living area of this northern Wisconsin home by Vetter Architects and Amy Carman Design. The rug is by Stark Carpet.

2: A sleek steel hood plays off the rift-sawn white oak cabinetry and quartzite countertops in the kitchen, which is outfitted with appliances by Sub-Zero, Bosch and LaCanche.

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Each of the three nearly identical primary suites includes a custom bed and nightstand by Amy Carman Design, a stylish, comfortable seating area and a spa-like bathroom. The bedding is by Matouk, and the bolster pillow fabric is

by Holly Hunt.

“IT’S A MODERN INTERPRETATION OF A LAKE HOUSE WITH KNOTT Y PINE PANELING.” —AMY CARMAN

Marble tile from Transceramica plays off white oak wall paneling in each of the three primary bathrooms. The sconces are by Allied Maker.

At one end of the lofty great room, a massive two-story fieldstone fireplace makes a stunning focal point for a contemporary sectional and a pair of modern club chairs. Steps away, a sleek chandelier illuminates a 12-ft.-long solid walnut dining table by Chicago-based craftsman, Michael Dreeben.

There’s additional seating at the steel-clad island with a white oak waterfall-style countertop. A blackened steel hood likewise plays off the veiny soapstone-like quartzite countertops and backsplash.

The bedrooms are equally well-considered. Connected to the main living area by a 150-foot-long corridor with rift-sawn white oak walls and a floor-toceiling, wall-to-wall window on either end, the virtually identical spaces each have custom furniture and cabinetry detailed with hand-stitched leather-clad drawer pulls, spa-like white marble bathrooms and private outdoor patios

overlooking the water. “There are a lot of down-to-earth finishes,” Carman says. “Everything feels relaxing.”

And surprising: The white oak shelving in an open lounge overlooking the great room conceals an office space, its walls covered with a navigator’s map. And in the level, a large-screen TV livestreams video from a camera at the boathouse, allowing the guests to watch the boaters from the comfort of the chocolate leather stools at the zinc bar counter.

Darker and moodier than the main level, the subterranean lounge’s heated concrete flooring plays off an 80-ft. wall clad in dark-stained tongue-in-groove paneling – a stunning backdrop for a fully functioning two-lane bowling alley, where the family enjoy friendly tournaments.

“The upstairs is sparse, spare and minimalist,” the wife explains. “And then you kind of go downstairs, and it’s a little over the top.”

Built with stonewalls to complement the main house, the boathouse includes a long dock and a rooftop deck where the owners enjoy watching the spectacular sunsets.

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Not to be overlooked, design coordinator, Brittany Vogt, designed a family logo that can be found in the tile of the lower-level bathroom and on posters, ceiling fans, letter labels and custom hatchets. “There was a simplicity to the design that we all really love,” Carman says. “Once we had that, we were off to the races.”

Enhanced by the new gathering spot, the home proved to be a godsend for the owners during the early days of the pandemic, when they spent most of their time there, often providing a refuge for family and friends. “When you open the front door, you literally feel your body relax, and I attribute that to the space itself and the importance of architecture and what that does to you on a cellular level,” the wife says.

“I feel very lucky to be in that box.”

3 1: Heated concrete flooring and stained tongue-in-groove wall paneling elevate the lower level outfitted, which includes a bar, an arcade and a fully functioning bowling alley.

2: Each of the three, nearly identical primary bedroom suites includes a posh seating area with a private covered patio overlooking the water. The sofa is by CB2.

3: White subway tile and a hexagon tile floor with a black and white mosaic of the family logo distinguish the lower-level bathroom. The light fixture is by Allied Maker.

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INTERIOR DESIGN PROJECT & CONCEPT:

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Old meets new in this dining room designed by Anne Hulcher Tollett of Hanover Avenue as part of an historic house renovation in Richmond, Virginia. Renovated by Tollett for an active family and laden with antiques, some found and some existing, this dining room is a case study on marrying contemporary pieces and old treasures that have been passed down. Originally a dark paneled room, the lacquered Ammonite Farrow & Ball paint brightened the space alongside fully reconstructed millwork. The old French chairs and a new bench surround a modern-style table alongside an antique sideboard found at auction. The antique urns, vases and Chinese dragons give nod to the family’s appreciation, as well as the slightly deconstructed rug, which gives a nod to traditional and brings the room together. Alongside the contemporary art by a local artist found by the homeowner, the room is crowned by a Mini Endless Double Pendant designed by Roll and Hill.

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STAR CHAMBER KIMANO ECLITTICA SAHARA NOIR ROUND TRAY “The pure elegance of the marble used to craft this piece is what struck me the most. Inspired by stars and nocturnal skies, I find this tray a timeless, multipurpose object: it can be used to serve drinks or as a decorative element in a bedroom.”

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BIRD-IN-HAND CERASARDA LE FENICI OVAL BLUE AND RED TRAY “Cerasarda perfectly represents the colorful spirit of the Sardinian Emerald Coast with its creations. I picked this Le Fenici phoenix tray, fully hand-engraved and hand-painted, for its vibrant decorations, which are ideal for a beach house.”

Once relegated to the dusty back corners of a cabinet, today’s trays are having a moment. With an emphasis on bold new shapes, colors and textures, new styles run the gamut from folk art-inspired to classical themes. Whether used to corral barware, house keys or personal essentials, they provide an artistic backdrop for life’s necessities. Keeping things organized is another reason to love this freshly curated collection chosen by Founder and Creative Director of Artemest and jewelry designer Ippolita Rostagno and decorative artist Caroline Lizarraga. – GWEN DONOVAN

CELESTIAL SPARK GIOBAGNARA SAN MARCO ROUND MEDIUM TRAY #2 “I love how Giobagnara was inspired by the suggestive decorations on the floors of the historical palaces in Venice for the creation of this collection of trays. It’s an interesting way to celebrate one of the most beloved cities of the world.”

Ippolita Rostagno’s selections available through Artemest.com

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AU NATUREL SLOW DESIGN 44 CERCHI-AMO MARBLE BEDROOM SET “I believe that the beauty of natural stone is expressed in this tray by Slow Design 44, a young brand that works with Italian artisans to create contemporary and sustainable home decor pieces. The tray can be divided into two different pieces or used as a single element, depending on your needs.”

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L’OBJET CROCODILE RECTANGULAR TRAY “Simple, sleek and sexy. It literally works with everything. I use this tray to hold different treasures around my house. Of course, since one of our specialty finishes is crocodile plaster walls, this tray sings to my heart.” l-objet.com

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NICELY SCALED FORNASETTI TRAY SERPENTE “A Serpent and Fornasetti! Yes, please.

I use Fornasetti pieces in the kitchen as a focal art wall. Fornasetti is the only designer I would adorn my walls with as a decorative artist! Effortlessly whimsical, quintessentially Italian, and endlessly chic. The perfect combination of art and function.” fornasetti.com

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ASTIER DE VILLATTE AND JOHN DERIAN Sue Fisher King is another stunning, unique store in San Francisco, where there are so many treasures. The collaboration between Astier de Villatte and John Derian has produced one of the most exquisite collections. This piece reminds me of Florentine marble.” suefisherking.com

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The color of Bendali’s kitchen resembles pistachio nuts.

When Paris-based Safia Bendali — a former brand ambassador for Ladurée, the historic Parisian pâtisserie famous for its colorful macarons — and her husband Bruce found themselves a vacation property in the impossibly picturesque village of Ansouis, 18 miles from Aix-en-Provence, she was determined to make a comfortable home keyed to the relaxed ambiance that pervades this corner of France.

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MAGIC ACT

Photo by Loren Bridges, courtesy of the artist

“I’m a failed magician who paints for a living,” explains South Carolina-born, New York-based artist Brian Rutenberg.

While he may have failed at his first career choice, Rutenberg certainly became a conjurer of another kind. His Banner of the World paintings, most recently on view at Forum Gallery in New York, sizzle with hocus-pocus.

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“They are,” he muses, “a transference of deception. We need deception, lying, to achieve a temporary sense of reverie and lucidity – one flash of clarity, even for a moment.”

Rutenberg grew up in touristy Myrtle Beach, where stunning natural beauty coexists with a carnival, honky-tonk atmosphere of arcades, souvenir shops and casinos. He learned to see literally from the ground by lying on the earth to take in the view. This perspective restricts what we see to foreground and distance; what is in between must be envisioned by the viewer.

The Banner paintings – which arose out of his desire for “a closer marriage between blinking, candy-colored neon lights and something more natural” – are, he explains, “a collision between the two worlds that makes a third thing.”

These new environments are lush and rendered in hallucinatory colors, with obvious references to woods, marshes, swamps and rivers that feel primordial. Rutenberg tricks us into the compressed, ground-level view by depicting what is close in thicker applications of paint, while distances consist of diluted, thinly laid pigments that seem to glow with an inner light.

The latter conveys an ethereality that feels otherworldly, even supernatural.

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In this way, the artist’s works recall Renaissance memento mori and vanitas paintings, which carefully arranged objects that referenced human mortality (a skull, a snuffed-out candle, a spilled goblet of wine) as a way of reminding us of the ephemeral nature of our existence in the face of the Divine and the natural world. At the same time, Rutenberg observes, they were very much about those human pleasures (food, wine, music, literature and so on) that artists depicted with a luscious sensuality.

Rutenberg invokes all this in an abstract modern way. “I place a lot of emphasis on the application of paint,” he describes, “on the deliciousness of paint. South Carolina is just the delivery system,” he adds of the specific locale that inspired them. “It’s really about sustaining that sense of pleasure and reverie, to bring us from the mind to the liquidity.” To that end, his carefully composed works lead the eye to that central light that emanates a trance-inducing state of wonder and magic.

Indeed, they feel ripe, fecund, mysterious and hot. “It’s that seductive wet blanket of humidity that makes you feel like you have to just give up and fall to your knees.” In the presence of these stunning, hypnotic works, that seems to be exactly the right response. forumgallery.com ~ JORGE S. ARANGO

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Franklin, Michigan

THE PLOT THICKENS Extraordinary clients need homes conjured from great imaginations. So when a theatrical couple wanted a dream home, they sought out architect David Iannuzzi and designer Elizabeth Fields.

“The clients are young and very spirited,” describes Fields, who knows them personally. “They’re artists, and we have a really wonderful connection.”

The brief was no small order. The couple wanted a home that felt modern while also fitting into a traditional Michigan community. Also on the list were central spaces for gathering with guests, with private areas set apart.

Drawn to the duality of both being there and not, Iannuzzi designed a cluster of pavilions surrounded by mature forest and rolling knolls so passersby might mistake them for one big building or simply a trick of the light. Even up close, the buildings appear to be in mid-transformation, thanks to exterior materials that include parallel cedar planks accentuating narrower sides, cement fiber panels on longer sides and dark, steeply pitched, striated roofs.

Guests enter mere steps from the entertaining pavilion with its soaring ceilings and banks of windows. But a hearth-like structure housing a double-sided fireplace prevents visitors from seeing inside right away.

Fields also sought to surprise as she spread texture and color throughout the house. For example, the fireplace enclosure is lined with planks that echo the exterior, which

are further echoed in a sizable piece of minimalist art Fields sourced through Detroit’s Library Street Collective that delivers a welcome burst of color.

Elsewhere, Fields customized a wallcovering until its florals became dramatically oversized. And a carpeted staircase cycles through different colors of the rainbow with each step.

The kitchen boasts a striking wall of verdant cabinetry.

“They were absolutely not going to do a white kitchen,” Fields notes. So she found a shade of green with just enough black to act as a neutral accent. Green also features in the energetic tile animating the primary bath. Fields relates that “reason and whimsy” dictated its placement, which she helped shape working alongside the tile layers. But the design is not wild color all the time. “There’s still a place for rest,” she adds. “It really is a curated balance.”

“What I value the most about working with Lizzy is that she’s involved the whole way through,” describes Iannuzzi.

Rather than wait for a baton-pass from architect to interior designer, Fields participates from the start, encouraging a truly integrated collaboration that has led them to work together on multiple projects. “We are really lucky to have one another,” Fields agrees. “I support David; David supports me.”

This bonhomie continued with the clients during construction. “They would sometimes text me or call me, and say, ‘We just went to the site,’ ” Iannuzzi remembers. “ ‘We can’t wait to live in this house.’ ”

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WITH CUSTOM CABINETRY AND STAINLESS STEEL ISLAND FROM VOGUE FURNITURE, LIGHTING CUSTOM DESIGNED BY FIELDS THROUGH PURE LIGHTING, APPLIANCES BY WOLF/SUB-ZERO AND FIXTURES BY DORNBRACHT, THIS KITCHEN REALLY COOKS.

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STAMP PENDANTS BY URBAN ELECTRIC, SOFAS AND CHAIRS FROM B&B ITALIA, AND ARTWORK BY PAUL KERNER THROUGH DETROIT’S LIBRARY STREET COLLECTIVE ADD COMFORT AND INTIMACY TO THIS GREAT ROOM.

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FIELDS CUSTOMIZED A WALLCOVERING UNTIL ITS FLORALS BECAME DRAMATICALLY OVERSIZED. “THAT WALLPAPER STARTED OFF AS A VERY TINY PATTERN,” SHE RECALLS. AND A CARPETED STAIRCASE CYCLES THROUGH DIFFERENT COLORS OF THE RAINBOW WITH EACH STEP. 52

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RIGHT: ENERGETIC TILE ANIMATES THE PRIMARY BATH. BOTTOM, LEFT TO RIGHT: THIS DRAMATIC GRADIENT STAIR IN A CUSTOM COLORWAY FROM THE OMBRÉ COLLECTION BY STARK CARPET LEADS UP TO THE CHILDREN’S BEDROOMS, HERALDING MORE COLOR TO COME. THE BEDSIDE TABLE AND SETTEE ARE CUSTOM DESIGNED BY FIELDS WITH VOGUE FURNITURE, FEATURING FABRIC BY OSBORNE & LITTLE IN TREVOSE STRIP — WITH CARPET BY KYLE BUNTING, A PENDANT FROM ANDlight, AND LINENS IN PETROLIO’S TIVOLI. DESIGNER FIELDS ENLARGED AN EXUBERANT FLORAL WALLPAPER FROM REBEL WALLS IN THE NURSERY.

THE B UILDING IN PA R IS DATES B ACK TO TH E 1600S . THE CUR R ENT S TR UCTUR E WA S ES TA B LIS HED IN 1868, A ND NOW, A FTER E NTER ING THR O UG H THE B LUE DO O R S INTO THE CO URTYA R D, THER E A R E 12 R EM O DELED UNITS INS IDE.

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FAIR AND SQUARE When ARCHITECT LUKAS RUNGGER first encountered a client’s pied-à-terre in a historic building in PARIS, he didn’t envision putting a round peg in a square hole. But when they mentioned the perfect design and durability of a nautilus shell, this FOUNDER OF NOA* NETWORK OF ARCHITECTURE

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W HE N R UN G G E R WA S C O MMISS I ON E D TO D E S I GN T HE S E C O N D-F L O O R UN IT T HAT OV E RL OOK S TH E C O URT YA R D, IT WA S C O MP L E T E LY BARE E XC E PT FOR A L OA D-B E A R IN G WA L L A N D A LARGE W E L C OM I N G DO O R . N OW, T HIS L -S HA P E D R O O M EXU D E S A S W I RL I N G E N E R G E T I C F L O W, R E F L E C T I N G T H E B E A U T I F U L PAT T E R N E D S P I R A L S O F A N A U T I L U S S H E L L .

R U N G G E R ’ S A P P R O A C H A L L O W E D T H E U N I T, W H I C H WA S O R IG IN A L LY PA RT O F A ROYAL H OU S E H OL D IN T HE 1 6 0 0 S , TO F L OW A N D ME E T TH E N E E D S OF A MO DE R N FA MILY W HO O F T E N T R AVE L S TO PARI S FOR W O R K IN T HE FA S HIO N IN DUS T RY, BU T W H O L I V E S I N ITA LY. “ T HE OW N E R S W E R E FA S C IN ATE D BY GE OM E TRY A N D PUR E C L E A N L IN E S , ” N OT E S R UN GGE R. “ W E FOU N D A WAY TO T R A N S L AT E T HIS PA S S IO N I N TO TH E D E S I GN . ” T HE N AUT IL US PAT T E R N B E C O ME S AN ARC H I TE C TU RAL E L E ME N T T HR O UG HO UT T HE A PA RTM E N T. FROM TH E B L E AC HE D OA K F L O O R S T HAT A R E S E T I N A FRE N C H HE R R IN G B O N E PAT T E R N TO T HE OAK S TAI RC AS E W I TH A DO UB L E C URVAT UR E , T HE L IV ING S PAC E S U N FOL D N AT UR A L LY.

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CLO CK W I S E U P P E R L E F T: T HE U NIT ’S M A I N C U RV E , DE L INE ATE D WITH F L OORING AND CEILING CHA NG ES , S EPA R ATES THE KITCHEN A ND LIVING A R EA S . TH E IN T ER IO R ’ S CO LO R S A R E I N S P I R E D B Y T H E PA R I S I AN ROOF DE SIGN — GRAY MARBL E IN THE FIR EPLACE A ND KITCHEN CO UNTER S , DA R K LEATHER FO R T H E SO FA A N D P EA R L G R AY F O R CU RTA I N S . T H E O P E N L IV ING ARE A IS HIGHL IGHTE D B Y A CHES TER S O FA B Y PO LTR O NA FR AU IN FR O NT O F THE FIR EPLAC E. T H E B LACK META L R O D O N T HE C E I L I N G I S B OT H A D E SIGN E L E ME NT AND A F UNCTIO NA L LIG HTING TR ACK. THE CURVING NAUTILUS THEM E IS ENHA N CED T H R O U G H D IFFER IN G F LO O R M AT E R I A L S : OA K WOOD AND TE RRAZZO. HUGE WIND OWS FR O M THE 1800S FILL THE UNIT WITH NATUR A L LIG HT, B R IG HTEN IN G T H E D IN IN G A R EA . T H E T ECHNI C A L LY C H A L L E N G ING, DOUBL E - C URVATURE STAIRWAY CO NNECTS THE LIVING A ND S LEEPING S PACES .

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CLO C K W I S E U P P E R L E F T: T HE AT T I C F L O O R F EATU RE S A BATHROOM AND A WAL K-IN CLO S ET FO R G UES TS . A S KYLIG HT IN THE ATTIC B R IG HTENS THE G U EST B ED R O O M. T H E S OA K I N G T U B I N T H E PRIMARY BE D ROOM WAS C ARV E D FR O M A S ING LE B LO CK O F BOTTICINO FIORITO MA R B LE. B OTH THE PA R EN T S’ A N D T H E CH ILD ’ S B ED R O O M S A R E C H ARAC TE RIZE D BY E XTE NSIV E USE OF OA K. R O UNDED CO R NER S A ND CURVED LINES CO M PLEMENT THE S LEEK OA K FU R N IT U R E IN T HE P R I M A RY B E D R O OM. THE RE AD ING C HAIR WAS DE SIG NED B Y HA NS J. WEG NER IN 1950. THE M A IN B ATHR O O M HA S OA K CA B IN ET S, A WA LL O F M O S A I C T I L E S F R O M THE F IRM BISAZZA AND A WASHBA S IN MA DE FR O M THE S A ME MA R B LE A S THE TUB .

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Ania and Ezra Ardolino

SOFA MATES The Novogratz Designer Collection available in custom pillows.

Clockwise Top Left: Family of Cranes, Zebra Marble, Feather Palm in Zebra Black, Daisy Bloom and Feather Palm in Dusty Rose theshadestore.com

STACK BY TIMBUR Ezra and Ania Ardolino met in college when he was studying architecture, and she, wildlife biology. A batch of years and three daughters later – after Ania worked in pharmaceuticals and Ezra taught design and digital fabrication at Cornell and Pratt – the couple now runs TIMBUR, a groundbreaking digital fabrication studio.

Timbur started small in New Jersey. “In 2009, I bought a CNC – a computer numerical control machine – and put it in my suburban garage in Atlantic Highlands,” notes Ezra. By 2013, he and Ania had purchased their first robot.

“We buy them secondhand from the automotive industry and repurpose them,” explains Ezra.

With pieces crafted using the studio’s signature stack lamination process, clients can make use of the Pantone Matching System of colors by number for discovering the ideal shade to enhance their home decor. (Shown here, a juicy orange palette from the last Design Miami. But who knows? You might want the Stack Stool in Teal, or perhaps in the Pantone 2022 color of the year: 17-3938 Very Peri).

Their sturdy Stack Seat is constructed from a plywood cylinder that is rotated forward with a machined seat scoop for comfort, while the Stack Stool can double as a side table.

Now, in addition to furniture, they’ve added tabletop trays in Baltic Birch plywood, produced with the studio’s stack lamination technique. Timbur products are available through Tuleste Factory, an art and design gallery in Chelsea, NYC. tulestefactory.com ~ALICE GARBARINI HURLEY

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This contemporary collection takes shape with digital design and robotics

COUP D’OEIL PALM BEACH, FLORIDA

INTERIOR DESIGN MATTHEW BOLAND OF MMB STUDIO GUESTHOUSE KITCHEN Engulfed in Sherwin Williams Energetic Orange

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TEXT NANCY RUHLING PHOTOGRAPHY KARYN MILLET ARCHITECTURE BOB WHITE, FOREST STUDIO INTERIOR DESIGN WENDI YOUNG DESIGN

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BESIDE THE POINT

D A N A P O I N T, C A L I F O R N I A

In the kitchen a humble country sink, a monolithic waterfall-style white marble island and wire-brushed oak cabinets – glazed over the stain to convey age – cohabitate in splendid harmony.

Industrial-style glass doors open to the courtyard.

THE MELDING OF STYLES IS SO SUBTLE, SO SUBLIMELY EXECUTED THAT AT FIRST BLUSH, YOU’RE LIKELY TO MISS THE ARCHITECTURAL AND INTERIOR DESIGN NUANCES OF THIS DANA POINT BEACHSIDE FARMHOUSE

There’s also a sense of cheeky whimsy throughout.

The most obvious example – and the one that gets conversation flowing like fine wine – is the six-foot-wide, hand-crafted glass octopus chandelier by Mason Parker of Mason’s Creations in the kitchen that looks as though it’s swimming in the clerestory.

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The custom residence in Dana Point’s gated community The Strand was designed by Laguna Beach architect Bob White in collaboration with interior designer Wendi Young, whose eponymous firm is based in Newport Beach.

The floorplan is arranged in two sections around a central courtyard.

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Designed to capture the glorious California sunshine, an oversized glass and steel pivot door brings light into the front entry. The board and batten paneling, painted a crisp contemporary white, imparts a vintage farmhouse feel, giving it a VIP welcome.

The flooring throughout the house is wide plank white French oak, which has a prominent grain.

“THE PIECES WE SELECTED, SOME FROM LOCAL ANTIQUE SHOPS, REFLECT THE PERSONALITY OF THE OWNERS, WHO HAVE A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR – THEY DON’T TAKE LIFE TOO SERIOUSLY,” YOUNG CONTENDS. “EVERYTHING SELECTED HAS AGE AND CONVEYS TIMEWORN LOVE.”

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The farmhouse/seaside feel is keenly felt in the wife’s office, which is an attached cottagelike wooden and windowed structure overlooking the internal courtyard. The space, entered through a simple wooden Dutch door that is at once rustic and sophisticated, is appointed with an antique desk and a new slender wingback chair upholstered in brushed linen. The window shades trimmed with perky ball fringe and the ceiling are glorious shades of seashell pink, a personal fave of the homeowner.

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The Architects and Designers Building is the premier source for luxury design, where you can shop hundreds of top tier brands to create the perfect environment for your next project. The designers in the building’s showrooms can show you the best selections from all over the world.

Located at 150 East 58th Street, the 12 floors and 40 showrooms feature luxury kitchens, baths, appliances, cabinetry, tile, flooring, carpeting, shading technology, lighting, bespoke furnishings, and more. The A&D Building offers leading architects, designers, and discerning homeowners the finest collection of premium brands to suit any style – from modern to transitional to traditional – under one roof. Explore the latest innovations for kitchens and baths and find everything you need to create the most beautifully designed and functional spaces.

FANTINI Inspired by classic boat cleats, Sailing, is a new collection of bath fixtures created in collaboration with Yabu Pushelberg.

The renowned design firm found its inspiration in Fantini’s own home on Lake Orta in Northern Italy. fantini.it

FISHER & PAYKEL Enhanced with new innovative technologies, the Series 11 DishDrawer features a knock-to-pause function and WiFi capability that allows users to start, pause or cancel a wash from their smartphone. fisherpaykel.com

MANDICASA Recently launched by Dario Snaidero, MandiCasa offers a curated selection of Italian designs including kitchens, bathrooms, interior doors and closets.

The Kappa kitchen shown here features handle-free cabinetry with integrated channel. mandicasa.com

B&B ITALIA With its flexible and inviting design, the Borea sunbed lounge is ideal for both homes and hotels alike. It is available in two versions: chaise lounge and sofa, each featuring a reclinable back. bebitalia.com

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CARLISLE With its dynamic zigzag pattern, the White Oak Chevron Flooring adds movement and a more spacious feel to any room. wideplankflooring.com

DRUMMONDS With its classic contours, the Serpentine bathtub is designed with both comfort and elegance in mind.

Made from hand-poured cast iron, it comes in Raw Iron, Primed or Painted exterior and is available with or without a skirt. drummonds-uk.com

TRUE RESIDENTIAL The newly launched 36” Refrigerator with a Bottom Freezer boasts a superior interior capacity and is available with both solid and glass door options. Shown here in the brand’s latest color, Sage. true-residential.com

J. GEIGER SHADING Inception Shades feature sleek aluminum hardware, versatile automation options, and a minimalist profile without visible wires or screws. New coupled configurations available up to 14’. jgeigershading.com

ARTISTIC TILE Drawing inspiration from the artful mosaics of Ancient Rome, the Triangolo collection renders classic marble species in contemporary geometric patterns. artistictile.com

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A chic vignette from the new Fulton Street Design Center.

Introducing Fulton Street Design Center, New Jersey’s hottest new design destination created by Alexis Varbero and curated for the trade. Schwartz Design Showroom is one of many resources available at Fulton Street with more to come. Interior designers enjoy access to over 300 leading manufacturers in furniture, textiles, wallcoverings, lighting, hardware, art and more... all under one roof. 732.205.0291 | schwartzdesignshowroom.com @schwartzdesignshowroom

PALECEK The natural texture and organic silhouette of the Andorra Wicker Pendant lie at the heart of Palecek’s enduring appreciation of the beauty of natural materials.

VERELLEN Uniquely architectural, each element of the Brisbane Coffee Table speaks to each other in a dynamic and playful way.

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PALECEK Made from marine grade synthetic rope on a powder coated metal frame, the Dockside Outdoor Lounge Chair can stand up to all the elements.

JIUN HO With its fine construction of linen yarns floating between a double cloth of organza layers, the ethereal Kami sheers filter light beautifully.

BAKER Both from the Baker Luxe Collection, the sculptural Ariana Table, crafted in an eye-catching grey quartz, pairs perfectly with the ultra-modern Declan Chair.

BERNHARDT The Wailea Swivel Chair and the natural stonecast Millim Bunching Table are surprisingly suitable for both indoor and outdoor use.

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We believe greatness requires enthusiasm. When it comes to defining the Caracole brand, our profoundest passion is to bring elegance and hope to the world through sensory living experiences. These words serve as our compass and our path to greatness. They define our ethos and weave the common thread that unites our product, people, culture and community, while creating a purpose for everything we do. Experience our entire collection of furnishings for the home via caracole.com.

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PINSTRIPE BED Cascading lines lend a bold backdrop to this updated take on the classic canopy bed. Architecturally-inspired design features Rich Walnut vertical slats, warmly contrasted by a Dark Chocolate canopy and posts accented with Champagne Gold brackets. Adding to its allure, the bed platform appears to float, for an elevated, modern look.

TOP SHELF BAR Luxury, understated: this sleek bar cabinet mixes form and function with innovation to elevate entertaining. Wellsuited for compact spaces or larger living interiors, its clean-lined design accentuates the natural beauty of printed spalted maple.

Features dual flip-top compartments that open to reveal storage with removable dividers, and pullout shelves on each side.

Touch-latch doors with built-in shelves for bottles and glasses neatly conceal more storage space inside, while casters make it easy to move.

DOUBLE-BOOKED BOOKCASE A well-crafted take on functional storage and display, this contemporary cabinet pairs warm wood tones with polished metal for a refined use of materials and finishes. Framed in a Warm Slate finish, its shadow box-like design features ample open space and adjustable glass shelves. On the right, its Sepia burl clad storage space is accented by Champagne Gold hardware, creating the appearance of an asymmetrical, box-within-a-box.

AIRFLOW CHAIR Our take on the classic Klismos style is reimagined in a fresh mix of materials and finishes. A fusion of wood, metal, and leather lends a contemporary light look in silver textured velvet. Adding visual interest and tactile intrigue: a pale gray leather strap supporting the seat and a winged outer back in fumed figured eucalyptus, exquisitely finished in Smoked Stainless Steel paint.

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CRUX Crossing glass panels are asymmetrically arranged along a rod, framed in thin Matte Black iron. Tubular bulbs suspend from various heights and are obscured by the ribbed glass texture, creating a shimmering display of ambient light. LA-based designer Mat Sanders manages to achieve a retro vibe in the modern configuration of simple circular and arcing glass panes with industrial flair.

STUDIO M Lighting was founded as a resource to engage the design community in a pursuit to develop avant-garde and luxury lighting products. With the support of Maxim Lighting Group, decades of manufacturing capabilities is made available to create unparalleled luxury lighting. With access to a wide range of materials and manufacturing processes, STUDIO M then attracted leading designers, including Nina Magon and Mat Sanders, to collaborate on award-winning product introductions. The lighting collections demonstrate an expertise in glass and stone fabrication as well as skilled metal and leather craftsmanship in an altogether new, unique, and exciting collection of lighting products.

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ZEPPELIN Encased in metal frames of Heritage Brass or Gunmetal, the Zeppelin series designed

by Nina Magon showcases the airy shapes of precision cut glass. While concealed LED lamps highlight the precision cut details of the suspended glasswork, additional LED lighting is recessed within the frame to provide ample light downward.

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CHARLOTTE ARMCHAIR Feel the warm embrace of the Charlotte armchair.

Charlotte’s comfort, durability, and beautiful design allow it to easily find its place in any room.

With an eye to natural forms, clean lines, and comfort, designer Henrik Pedersen has created a small armchair with a big personality.

A TRUE DESIGN ICON Take a closer look.

From the striking details to the graceful sweeps of its curves, the Imola armchair is a true design icon.

Roomy enough for you to curl up in, yet so elegant it doesn’t seem over the top, the Imola armchair is an instant classic and ready to make a statement in your home.

BoConcept has become a global leader in the design of bold, stylish furniture, boasting more than 300 locations in 65 countries around the world. Founded in Denmark in 1952, BoConcept differentiates itself by offering premium-quality, modern designs that elevate interior spaces to achieve their full potential. They remain focused on creating functional furniture for the urban consumer through partnerships with the world’s leading interior designers. boconcept.com | boconceptusa boconcept_official

MEET KINGSTON The organic shape of the Kingston Table radiates softness while the slightly tapered and inclined legs ensure a light, Nordic expression.

You can almost feel Kingston call for you to come sit down and enjoy Danish design at its finest.

BEAUTY AND FUNCTIONALITY The Bergamo Sofa is organic luxury made comfortable. Designed by Morten Georgsen, Bergamo reflects a passion for creating amazing functionality without ever compromising on beauty.

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CABTEC cabtec is a spinning, rotating organizing accessory that can be placed inside a cabinet, mounted inside a cabinet door, or placed on a worktop surface.

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STORAGE SOLUTIONS In small kitchens where we design to use every millimeter, cabtec maximizes storage space. In larger kitchens with ample storage space, the cabtec keeps your items in their place for quick and convenient access when you need them.

eggersmann, a 4th generation German company, is the oldest familyowned kitchen manufacturer in Germany. The 114-year-old firm is known for taking modern design to the next level with its unique line of exceptional cabinetry designs made of granite, marble, quartz and steel finishes. eggersmann has a reputation for sustainability.

Its certified wood veneers, lacquer finishes of high-gloss, textured, and matte finishes are available in unlimited color combinations.

Celebrated for its award winning state-of-the-art interior accessories, the company also enjoys a remarkable reputation for its flexibility in custom cabinetry sizing. eggersmannusa.com

CONCEALED STORAGE Instead of rifling through your cabinets, allow eggersmann to create a sleek solution by attaching cabtec to the door interior. Everything is organized and easy to find.

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BEALE SECTIONAL Airy and eclectic, our Beale Seating Collection fills your space with contemporary comfort. Casual, soft, and artisan-crafted with incredible Crypton® Home Performance Fabric, each piece showcases a relaxed-yet-modern aesthetic that elevates both small and spacious living rooms.

PETRA DINING TABLE Bold and beautiful, the Petra Dining Collection offers a one-of-a-kind dining experience. Carefully handpicked from remote regions of the Philippines, each tabletop is constructed from rare, naturally sourced materials and artistically mosaicked to form stunning surfaces.

Arhaus was family-founded in 1986 on a simple idea: Furniture and decor should be sustainably sourced, lovingly made, and built to last. Today, Arhaus partners with artisans around the world who share its vision, creating beautiful, heirloom-quality pieces that can be loved for generations. With more than 75 showrooms, a team of interior designers providing complimentary services, and a robust online shopping experience, Arhaus is known as a source for innovative design and endless inspiration.

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REMINGTON SOFA Sit back, relax, and sink into sophisticated comfort. The chic Remington Seating Collection showcases contemporary silhouettes, sleek edges, and low profiles for a welcoming gathering space. Craftsman-built in North Carolina, Remington’s customizable options allow you to define your aesthetic.

KENSINGTON DINING TABLE Classic and contemporary, the Kensington Dining Collection tells a story of craftsmanship in every piece. Built with character, each plank is crafted from sustainably sourced oak veneers and solid finish pine for a timeless, antiqued appearance.

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SAMAD is a leading producer and importer of handcrafted rugs defined by their exceptional quality and enduring style. Through their commitment to exceptional design and craftsmanship, SAMAD has produced some of the most sophisticated rugs available today. The boutique rug company offers a wide range of transitional, modern and traditional collections to suit every decor style. All SAMAD rugs are sustainably handcrafted with the highest quality materials, with hundreds of hands involved in the intricate rug making process. As a result, each rug is unique with its own distinct personality and charm.

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ORIGINS Youthful and effortless, our Mystique Collection takes the traditional art of rug making to the next level. From soft neutral tones to rich crimsons and ocean blues, Mystique designs play with subtle gradient shades that gradually shift between light and dark hues.

ZUMA Fresh off the loom, the popular Malibu Collection offers low-pile rugs that have a luxurious quality.

The use of wool and silk and an artful blend of colors provide a shimmering effect and lustrous finish.

HELGA The Nordic Collection rugs are inspired by the landscapes of the Fjords and embody the age-old concept of sophistication through simplicity. Hand-knotted with New Zealand wool, these rugs offer a high-low effect in the wool that creates texture and visual appeal.

VERVE The mood-evoking Panache Collection offers broad abstract designs brought to life through a painterly blend of colors ranging from subtle to bold. Panache rugs are hand-knotted in India with wool and hand-carved silk that creates a beautiful high-low effect, soft textural feel and shimmery look that plays off the light.

ALVARON Hand-knotted in India, the luxurious Savoy collection is handcrafted with hand-carded wool infused with metal threads. Each of these intricate designs offers an assortment of decorative motifs and multi-tonal color shades that blend seamlessly to create a harmonious aesthetic.

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A gently splashing fountain off the guest suite features a green tile backdrop that reminds us that nature is close at hand.

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This enclosed outdoor courtyard creates an exceedingly comfortable space for family gatherings, and the surfboard is a sure bet they’ll get their daily dose of surfing in.

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X-ray Vision MALIBU, CALIFORNIA

Architect Brad Lynch connected the guest house (left) to the residence and increased fenestration. The pool chaises are refurbished 1950s-era finds.

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Architect Brad Lynch of Brininstool + Lynch exercised his superpower ability to see through the aged neglect of this mid-50s original home by Alfred T. “Hap” Gilman

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We’ve all heard houses described as “having good bones,” but some

Brininstool + Lynch Mariposa House X-ray might require

vision to see them. Were it not for this acute ability to perceive beneath the surface, the fortysomething owner of this Malibu residence – a software exec with a wife and two young children – might have passed up the structure.

Designed in the mid-1950s by Alfred T. “Hap” Gilman, and added onto in the 1970s and again in 2004, it had not been well maintained and suffered from a multitude of infelicities: crumbling floors of slate tile interspersed with areas of carpet-covered concrete, two fireplaces set into stone walls that blocked spectacular views of the Santa Monica Mountains and, recalls architect Brad Lynch of Brininstool + Lynch, “an HVAC system on the roof that made it look like a shopping mall.”

His job, describes Lynch, was “giving the client the feeling they had when they came into the house, but making it livable for many years to come.” He started by taking off the roof and saving whatever wood beams could be salvaged. There were five rustic stone walls, but the two with fireplaces were neither structural nor original, so out they went.

The three remaining walls were disassembled so builder Kyle Williams could frame them properly and better waterproof them. Then, Williams adds, “I worked with the owner and Brad to place the rocks back in a way that recreated the original look.” This strategy increased fenestration along the rear facade, estimates Williams, by about 35%, which required extra steel support.

Lynch reconfigured the interior and, he notes, “We found ways to add onto it, making it more gracious and functional without being obvious,” such as extending both the kitchen and primary bedroom. They poured terrazzo floors throughout, running them outside around the pool with an acid-etched texture. This enhanced the indoor-outdoor connection.

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Then the team put the roof back on. And here is where a little X-ray vision would reveal an incredible feat: within its slim 7.5-inch profile, describes Lynch, “we packed in insulation, HVAC, electrical and plumbing, as well as a fire-suppressant system.” Everything had to be meticulously thought out, like a puzzle. It’s held up with the salvaged beams augmented by others – all made of Douglas fir. “I don’t like to have anything but lights in the ceiling,” adds Lynch, who left a larger gap between the slats on opposite lengths of ceiling to serve as supply and return vents.

Rooms are outfitted with contemporary furnishings and era-appropriate accents. Interior cabinets and millwork separate spaces along the length of the enfilade of spaces.

These, observes Lynch, “are all new, but with a nod to the midcentry modern design of the house. They evoke a feeling without being literal.”

The home turned out so beautifully that the client, for whom Lynch had done five previous projects (mostly in the Midwest), now spends most of his time here, nestled into a canyon and surrounded by lush gardens designed by Pamela Burton & Company.

Thanks to this sensitive reimagining, the bones of this Gilman jewel are actually stronger. And something you don’t even need X-ray vision to see.

Opposite: Lynch separated the walnut-clad Poliform kitchen from the living-dining area with a cabinet wall that doesn’t reach the ceiling. BEGA studio line drum pendants hang over the island. Above: New custom walnut millwork in the primary bedroom includes a built-in shelf behind the bed and nightstands with pull-out shelves. The painting is by Janis PozziJohnson. Left: The primary bath gives out onto a private courtyard and features a custom cantilevered walnut vanity with double sinks and a wall-hung storage cabinet.

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PORCH SONG TRILOGY When warm weather beckons, move the party outdoors

Whether you call it a loggia, portico, gallery, stoop or veranda, the porch is the place to be when the days grow longer and the weather turns warm.

The designers of these picturesque outdoor spaces shared their best ideas, as well as their favorite sips for those long, lazy days on the porch.

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1 DESIGNER: Tim Barber Architects PROJECT LOCATION: Studio City, CA DESIGN DETAILS: Our client wanted a new home, with porches and play space, and felt badly that the old home had to come down. She liked the idea of recycling the old house materials. The mangaris porch floor was sustainably harvested, the shingles, railing and trim were made from locally grown trees, and the paint is zero VOC. The swing – made from sustainably harvested Moni Mahogany by Cambridge Casual – builds community!

BOTTOMS UP! Mojitos, made from armfuls of fresh mint and limes from the garden.

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2 DESIGNER: Otto De Jager PROJECT LOCATION: Cape Town, South Africa DESIGN DETAILS: The Victorian semidetached cottage was built in 1899.

We added pots planted with indigenous spekboom, dubbed “the miracle plant” for its carbon-storing capabilities. There are fully-grown trees in each of the backyards of the alleyway’s row cottages, and each is a different species. Because of the outer fence it is hard for grass to grow in this space, so I put in a step entrance to make the space seem larger. I also painted everything white to add light, making this space an urban sanctuary filled with green plants. BOTTOMS UP! A well-made martini.

3 DESIGNER: Phillip Thomas, Phillip Thomas Inc. PROJECT LOCATION: Bellport, NY DESIGN DETAILS: This special property serves as a relaxing refuge for a multigenerational family. Comfort and function were at the top of the list so family members of all ages could enjoy the home without worry of anything being too precious or high maintenance. This porch area off the kitchen is the central gathering spot, so we really wanted the spaces to flow freely into one another, marrying the interior and exterior together seamlessly. BOTTOMS UP! The signature cocktail of this home is Planter’s Punch, with Jamaican rum, fresh lime, and sugar cane juice.

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DESIGNER: Beat Huesler, Christoph Omlin, Sabrina Equilino, Oppenheim Architecture PROJECT LOCATION: Muttenz, Switzerland DESIGN DETAILS: The Kirchplatz residence is a unique space that was a historic farmhouse transformed into a multiuse building, housing an office studio, two-story apartments and an independent residence in the back garden. The porch provides a fresh interpretation of a primitive modern space that still maintains the original design elements of the farmhouse. Nature will take over and complete the form created by the steel frame, with wild roses filtering the sunlight and connecting the building to the garden.

BOTTOMS UP! A Hugo with mint leaves from the yard.

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DESIGNER: Ken Fulk Project ARCHITECTURE: Ike Kligerman Barkley PROJECT LOCATION: Sonoma, CA DESIGN DETAILS: The porch was added onto this house. The oversize double-sided fireplace is unusual for a porch but nice to connect inside and outside. It grounds the whole house and adds substantial feeling to this small cottage. We used farm fencing as a guardrail so that it can withstand dog life. This porch orients towards a long view downhill over vineyards to the Russian River. BOTTOMS UP! Aperol Spritz.

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DESIGNER: Breegan Jane PROJECT LOCATION: Venice, CA DESIGN DETAILS: I found this Moroccan gate at one of my favorite stores, Badia Design. It is over one hundred years old, and I had it painted in a custom color to match my oversized planter and bench in my yard. I wanted an element that would create personality and show a distinct character as people drove by. I’m told by friends and family that they see this door all over Instagram in the background of influencers’ photos! The plants add an element of privacy. BOTTOMS UP! I love a cold glass of Veuve Clicquot champagne on a warm day. I keep it chilled with ice AND water, which keeps it much colder than ice alone.

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DESIGNER: Olga Hanono PROJECT LOCATION: Mexico City, Mexico DESIGN DETAILS: This terrace is a rectangular shape, so it was a challenge to include both a dining table and a lounge area. But we ended up creating a full outside living room that provides everything the family needs to enjoy wonderful moments together, including a fireplace and a TV area. The interiors are very connected to the exterior, with a bar inside accessible to the outside when hosting large events. The plants add an element of privacy. BOTTOMS UP! A glass of rosé!

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DESIGNER: Mary Patton, Mary Patton Design PROJECT LOCATION: Houston, TX DESIGN DETAILS: This was a new construction home, and the outdoor porch was part of the original plan. The clients love to entertain and wanted to make this a cozy, relaxing spot. For a cohesive look, we incorporated the same color scheme as the interior, which has light floors, black-and-white decor and a warm, darker-toned ceiling. Overall, the design was to feature a neutral palette while having fun and bringing in some whimsy with color. BOTTOMS UP! Vodka martini with a lemon twist.

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DESIGNER: Nina Magon, Nina Magon Studio PROJECT LOCATION: Houston, TX DESIGN DETAILS: Our client really wanted a versatile outdoor living space that could be used for both entertaining and enjoying time with the family by the pool.

Since the space was preexisting, we wanted to elevate it and give it a wow factor by incorporating luxurious Paola Lenti furniture in fabulous blue and purple. We wanted the outdoor space to be exquisite as well as comfortable and functional. BOTTOMS UP! I love an Apple Spritz!

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DESIGNER: Kovac Design Studio PROJECT LOCATION: La Quinta, CA DESIGN DETAILS: This vacation home, located in La Quinta’s fabled Madison Club, was designed for a sophisticated client who loves entertaining friends and family. The residence is composed of a main living space surrounded by guest casitas where visitors may retreat for a private escape. Each casita contains its own terrace and fire pit, as well as a bath with an indoor/outdoor shower, mini fridge, and bar to enjoy while taking in dramatic desert views. The terraces are separated by a sliding fence, which can be closed for privacy or opened to enlarge the space. BOTTOMS UP! In a desert retreat such as this, what could be better than a mojito, caipirinha, or glass of natural wine?

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DESIGNER: Janie Molster, Janie Molster Designs PROJECT LOCATION: Richmond, VA DESIGN DETAILS: I added this porch to my c.1905 house a few years ago. Originally a four-square simple farmhouse, the materials for the porch are in keeping with the original architecture.

We added gas lanterns for old-world ambience, and I love the contrast of the copper lanterns flanking the contemporary steel door. We often stage impromptu dinner parties on the porch or pull up extra side chairs for larger groups to gather for conversation and cocktails. BOTTOMS UP! Rosé all day is the perfect porch drink and is a nice tie-in to the pink accents just inside my front door.

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DESIGNER: Sumari Krige, La Grange Interiors PROJECT LOCATION: Stellenbosch, Cape Winelands, South Africa DESIGN DETAILS: The ultralarge veranda has been broken up into three intimate, separately furnished living and dining areas. A natural rattan couch, rustic wood and metal tables, industrial-style hanging dome lights and pitfired Chinese ceramic pots on rustic plinths are set off by bright yellow cushions. A round woven rug from Eswatini is layered with a Nguni cowhide. BOTTOMS UP! Gin and tonic! We now have a huge selection of boutique gin distilleries in S.A.

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quiet living Islands Brygge, Copenhagen, Denmark: VIPP DESIGN COMPANY owner Jette Egelund has made her home in a former pencil factory with a beautiful combination of personal belongings, classic furniture and design from her own company. The blue painting by Mexican artist Carlos Amorales, acquired from the Danish art gallery Nils Stærk, is a personal favorite. The daybed is from the VIPP furniture collection, while the large floor pot is by Danish artist Birgit Østergaard.

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DESIGNER RITA DONAHOE KITS OUT A RANCH-INSPIRED SPREAD I N S A N T A Y N E Z , C A L I F O R N I A

A V I N TAG E B E NC H AND HE IRL OOM PIANO S E T S A H O M E Y TO N E AS YOU E NTE R THE MAIN HOU SE .

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THE M UD R O O M IS O U T FIT T ED IN CUS TO M CA B IN ET RY O F KNOT T Y W H IT E OA K .

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THE RENOVATED GARAGE AND STUDY IS CLAD IN SHOU SUGI BAN SIDING.

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TEXT THOMAS CONNORS PHOTOGRAPHY GAVIN CATER INTERIOR DESIGN RITA CHAN INTERIORS ARCHITECTURE DYLAN HENDERSON/ SALT ARCHITECTURE

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THE NEW, AMPLY FENESTRATED GUESTHOUSE.

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T H E L I V ING ROOM IS MADE F OR L INGE RING WITH M A DE-TO -O R DER S ECTIO NA L A ND LO UNG E CHA IR S FR O M CO MMUN IT Y MFG .

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Authenticity varies by degree. There’s the period-perfect approach, in which furniture, fabrics and paint color are pegged to a specific time and style. There’s homage, hinting knowingly at a look of the past, but making no commitment to historical accuracy. And then there’s something else altogether, in which honoring the essential identity of a home – beach house, desert adobe, suburban bungalow – is what it’s all about.

When designer Rita Donahoe of Rita Chan Interiors was engaged to aid a Los Angeles-based couple furnish their Santa Ynez getaway – a nondescript, 1970s house transformed into a chic compound

by Dylan Henderson of Salt Architecture in Santa Barbara County – she knew immediately that the job required more than some smart shopping. Appreciative of the home’s ranch-like aspect (the previous owners had actually built and restored carriages on the property) and the surrounding acreage (which now includes a vineyard), Donahoe knew she had to tweak the current owners’ taste for the contemporary.

“The home didn’t really feel connected with the land or the Santa Ynez lifestyle,” she notes. Donahoe’s neutral palette is especially effective here, playing as it does with the abundance of natural light pervading the home. Earth tones underscore the fact that the house sits amid five acres in the shadow of the Figueroa Mountains. “We wanted to honor the fact that they had a modern sensibility but push them to something a little more rustic.” Not surprisingly, that did not include hanging a come-and-get-it triangle outside the kitchen.

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THE S UNLIT KITCHEN NO O K IN THE MA IN HO US E FEATUR ES A CUS TO M TA B LE O F R ECLA IMED WO O D A N D A N EYE-CATCHING PENDA NT FR O M A PPA R ATUS.

S I M P L E B U T SMART, THE RE NOVATE D K ITC HE N IN THE MA IN HO US E IS ENVELO PED IN NATUR A L, UNG LA Z ED Z ELLIG E TILE FR O M CLÉ.

“We’re not pretending that we’re riding horses and herding sheep,” deadpans Donahoe. “For me, it was all about materials. Leather, reclaimed wood. Paneling, but painted white. And vintage pieces for a rustic charm.”

Sustainability drove Donahoe’s sourcing. “We really tried to make sure we avoided the mass-manufactured, quick- ship scenario. Aside from vintage pieces, almost everything was made-to-order, and most of it was made in Southern California.” Donahoe turned to Nickey Kehoe and Lawson Fenning for key furniture pieces, and Peter Dunham Textiles for upholstery. And she practiced some repurposing on her own, salvaging a workbench from a former shop on the property and using it for a vanity in a guest bathroom.

Bringing in a long antique bench to anchor the entryway, and keeping an upright piano the homeowners had thought of jettisoning, all give the home a sense of being well grounded. Teasing out the home’s DNA while deftly avoiding cliché, Donahoe has created sophisticated spaces that express an unmistakable sense of place.

A L OV E LY, W I D E OPE NING C ONNE C TS THE DINING AR EA TO THE O UTDO O R S .

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A VINTAG E S TO NE PLA NTER G ET S A S ECO ND LIFE A S A POWDER R O O M SIN K IN THE MA IN HO US E.

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FOYER A GEOMETRIC MARBLE, STEEL AND GOLD-LEAFED BENCH BY A SPACE GALLERY AND A LIQUID SILVER-TREATED WALL MIRROR BY JENNY NORDBERG EXEMPLIFY THE TYPE OF BESPOKE, HANDCRAFTED PIECES NESTA STUDIO INCORPORATED INTO THIS GREENWICH VILLAGE APARTMENT.

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GREENWICH VILLAGE, NY A few years ago, after decades of weekending in Manhattan, Westchester empty nesters finally bought their own pied-à-terre in a newly developed Greenwich Village midrise – the fulfillment of a lifelong wish. “I’ve been visiting the city since I was young to see theatre, music, art and entertainment,” the client describes.

Impressed with the portfolio of interior designer Larysa Sendich of Nesta Studio, as well as with her professionalism and upbeat attitude, the new homeowners took the advice of a friend and hired Sendich to tailor the space to their personalities. In contrast to the deep-brown, green and maroon tones in their longtime single-family home, they envisioned a simpler, lighter design. “As you get older in life, you want less stuff,” she explains. “I wanted Larysa to stretch my imagination.”

Seeking to create a quiet respite in the heart of the bustling, often noisy city, Sendich selected a palette of soft colors rendered in subtle textures. Although neutral, the walls throughout, for example, are clad in a textural matte plaster that appears to shift in tone with the changing light. “It adds another layer, and the light bouncing off it kind of moves your eye around the space,” Sendich explains.

The shimmery walls contribute to the almost gallery-like feeling in the long foyer hallway, where a circular mirror with a silver application by a local craftsperson hangs over a handmade bench combining imperfect stone, steel and gilded wood – two of the many bespoke pieces woven throughout the home’s design. “I was lucky to work with a client who has such a great eye and appreciation of craft and art,” Sendich says.

Rather than adhering to convention by designing separate areas for living and dining, Sendich created a salon-style space with three distinct seating areas that better suit her clients’ needs. In a corner near the window, for example, a custom chaise in light blue creates a spot to relax and read, or to enjoy a casual meal at a small, wood-topped bistro table with vintage Swedish modern chairs.

Wallcoverings also play a key role. Linen-clad walls foster a calming ambiance in the primary bedroom, where custom oak side tables with ebonized frames flank a headboard covered in upholstered silk. Paired with an elegant, handblown pendant light in a cloud-like shape, a woven silk wallcovering likewise softens the weighty stone sink in the sophisticated powder room. “New York can be hard and difficult, and I wanted to create a calm space for them,” Sendich admits.

Indeed, the result gets high marks from the happy owners, who compare it to a high-end hotel. They are quick to give all the credit to Sendich, who never stopped until they were satisfied. When a custom chair didn’t sit quite right, for example, she sent it back for modifications straightaway. As a result, it – and everything else – is perfect. “This place has such a special feeling,” the client remarks. “I feel so happy to be here.”

SPORTING AN ETHEREAL COLOR PALETTE AND A DECIDEDLY MINIMALIST MILIEU, THIS GREENWICH VILLAGE PIED-À-TERRE

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POWDER ROOM A WOVEN SILK WALLCOVERING BY NOBLE OAT FROM MAHARAM AND A DELICATE, HAND-BLOWN GLASS LIGHT BY JEREMY MAXWELL WINTREBERT’S

INVISIBLE COLLECTION JUXTAPOSE THE BLUE DE SAVOIE MARBLE IN THIS UPSCALE POWDER ROOM.

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PRIMARY BATHROOM A FINE ART PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER LIK

AND ACCESSORIES FROM WATERWORKS ADD WARMTH AND PERSONALITY TO THE SUBDUED SPACE.

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LIVING ROOM A CUSTOM SETTEE ANCHORS ONE OF THREE DISTINCT CONVERSATION AREAS IN THE LIVING ROOM

OF THIS ZEN-LIKE PIED-À-TERRE. THE DINING TABLE IS BY PELLE, AND THE 1970S-ERA CHAIRS ARE BY RAINER DAUMILLER.

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GUEST BEDROOM SOFTLY ILLUMINATED BY CUSTOMIZED SCONCES ORIGINALLY BY ERIK “GUNNAR” ASPLUND FOR ASEA, CIRCA 1950, A CUSTOM HEADBOARD BY NESTA STUDIO

FOSTERS THE FEELING OF A HIGH-END BOUTIQUE HOTEL IN THE WELL-APPOINTED GUEST BEDROOM. THE HAND-KNOTTED SILK RUG IS FROM NASIRI.

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Homeowner Illze Muller’s fertile imagination is working overtime reconceptualizing the family’s classic Cape Dutch farmhouse

It may be mainly the complaint of folks who find the world whirling too quickly, but there is some truth to the fact that these days, the stuff of the past is more often jettisoned than cherished. Nobody wants Grandma’s dishes, or Dad’s old desk.

And when family history can be neatly contained digitally, an attic full of stuff seems unnecessary, if not excessive. But in the right hands, the past can be a living thing, a light that illuminates the present, not a burdensome shadow.

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TEXT THOMAS CONNORS PHOTOGRAPHY KARL ROGERS INTERIOR DESIGN ILLZE + WOUTER MULLER

Uitkyk, South Africa South Africans Illze and Wouter Muller – and their three grown children – live on a dairy farm that has been in his family since the 1820s. Their home is a classic Cape Dutch house, built by the brother of Wouter’s great-grandfather in 1840. “I love Cape Dutch architecture for its clean lines and unpretentious style, as well as for the symmetry and the simplicity,” shares Illze, who good-humoredly describes herself as “a housewife who fixes up sheds on the farm when I’m not gardening or dreaming up new designs.”

Dreaming up one of those new designs, Illze spearheaded a transformation of the family home from a place of formality and small rooms to one that is chic and spacious. She relocated the kitchen from the back of the house to a larger, crowd-friendly area closer to the action. “This is now everyone’s favorite room,” confides Illze, “where we spend most of our time talking, cooking and having a great time with our friends.” The reconfiguration also allowed for a greater separation between the home’s public and private spaces. Upstairs, she opened up an unused attic space, greatly expanding the usefulness of that floor, which now comprises a study, office and guest room with en suite bath. With no partition walls and the timber frame and thatched roof visible, this wide-open interior telegraphs an elemental sense of shelter.

Throughout the project, Illze was determined to respect the historical character of the house while making it functionally and aesthetically more congruent with contemporary life. Eager to create a closer link to the garden, she replaced three windows on the main floor with doors of the same size, which maintained the visual balance of the exterior. Illze exercised that same combination of imagination and respect for the past when she tackled an 1850s outbuilding that had previously served as a workshop and shearing shed. “It was one very long, big room, with attics at both ends, when it was built,” relates Illze. “Later, walls were added and a ceiling was put in. For the renovation, we took away all those things that were not original.” Window openings that had been covered over long ago were reopened and fitted with new, handmade frames. “Every hinge, lock, bolt, window and door that had to be replaced was made by hand, using reclaimed materials as much as possible,” notes Illze.

Change comes slowly on a farm, and now that Illze has transformed her family’s property so effectively and empathetically, chances are it won’t require much attention for a while. But when that day arrives, the design she dreamed up today will no doubt be appreciated as another telling layer of the farm and the history of the lives lived here.

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A mix of heirlooms and vintage finds anchor the roomy eating area of the kitchen.

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The cupboard – original to the house – displays a collection of enamelware collected over the years. The occasional tables were cut from a fallen tree in Illze’s garden.

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5 1 Daughter Annegret’s bedroom features a bed made of stinkwood and yellowwood. It’s been in the Muller family for 170 years. 2 Sofas from leading home decor store Weylandts share space with an antique tête-à-tête. 3 The simply outfitted primary bedroom features a vintage wardrobe painted black and an iron bed frame Illze bought at an antique shop 30 years ago. 4 The compact and visually dynamic study features a custom desk built with reclaimed yellowwood and a graceful concertina lamp made of solid brass with a nickel finish.

5 Swimming-pool cement was applied to the clay brick walls and floor of the primary bathroom, to keep everything dry. The concrete cupboard is detailed with stones from the property and uses bamboo blinds as doors.

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With the walls and ceiling gone, the shed is now a wonderfully roomy place, an enviably attractive guest quarters open to the highly pitched roof. When it came time to introduce a bathroom, Illze opted for a steel and glass element to separate it from the rest of the interior. “I didn’t want to put in something more permanent that is difficult to remove,” she explains. “Now I can easily change it again if I want to.”

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DRUMBEAT THE PATTERN ENGINEERING OF THIS HOUSTON HOME TO TWO CREATIVES PULSES WITH RHYTHM AND GROOVE

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OPPOSITE PAGE: BLACK STEEL FRAMING LINES THE MASSIVE, FLOOR-TO-CEILING WINDOWS AND DOORS OPENING TO THE BACKYARD, PATIO AND POOL AREA. “THEY HAVE ALL OF THIS PRIVACY OUT THERE, AND LIGHT WAS A REALLY BIG DEAL FOR THE HOMEOWNERS,” SAYS ECHOLS. “WE REALLY MAXED OUT THOSE WINDOWS TO HIGHLIGHT THE LAWN AND YARD.” THIS PAGE LEFT: ONE OF THE HOME’S FIVE TILE MOSAIC BACKSPLASHES, THIS KALEIDOSCOPE OF PINK HUES LINES THE KITCHENETTE WITHIN THE GUEST SUITE. TOP RIGHT: THE HOMEOWNER PROVIDED AN INSPIRATION PHOTO FOR THIS STAGGERED, TIERED BOOKCASE AND WORKED CLOSELY WITH ECHOLS’ TEAM OF MILLWORKERS TO BRING IT TO LIFE IN HER AIRY, FEMININE STUDY. BOTTOM RIGHT: LEATHER, DEEP WOODS AND NEUTRAL, EARTHY TONES DOT THE HUSBAND’S MORE FORMAL OFFICE WHILE THE ANTLERS WITHIN THE CHANDELIER ARE A NOD TO HIS LOVE OF HUNTING AND THE OUTDOORS.

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THE HOMEOWNERS LOVINGLY REFER TO THIS ALCOVE AS THE WHISKEY BAR, STOCKED AND PREPPED FOR GUESTS AND/OR A BASH, FEATURING A TOWERING WINE UNIT AND CRATES OF WHISKEY HIDDEN AWAY IN THE DRAWERS. A CUSTOM, RECTANGULAR ICE BUCKET IS CUT INTO THE COUNTERTOP TO KEEP BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE CHILLED AND READY TO IMBIBE, WHILE THE LIGHT FIXTURE WAS CUSTOM BUILT BASED ON A PHOTOGRAPH THE CLIENT FOUND OF AN OLD BAUHAUS PROJECT.

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THIS KITCHEN HAS A DASH OF EVERYTHING: VINTAGE FINDS, LUXE MATERIALS, CUSTOM MILLWORK AND PLENTY OF UPCYCLED WOOD WITH GRAINS THAT TELL A STORY.

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“SHE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT WITH HER BEDROOM,” NOTES ECHOLS OF THE HOMEOWNER, WHO DESIRED AN ULTRA-MODERN AESTHETIC OVERALL, WITH A HINT OF FARMHOUSE, AND ENLISTED A FRIEND TO HELP WITH ALL OF THE SOFT FINISHES AND FABRIC.

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hen tastemaker and owner of the beloved Round Top Inn set out to build her new family home in Houston overlooking the Bayou, she made one thing very clear: she was up for anything.

Like most start-from-scratch home construction, the owner’s vision for their home evolved as the project progressed from the initial cool-meets-farmhouse inspiration to a full-blown haven evoking a freewheeling spirit and cultivated artistic taste.

“The client was really inspired by the modern farmhouse, and she wanted to incorporate a lot of her artistic flair and love of color,” describes project manager Elizabeth Echols. “A lot of Houston clients stay traditional in their palettes and don’t necessarily enjoy the process of picking things out, but she treated her house as an art project, which opened endless possibilities of different layering techniques.”

One element that didn’t change, however, was the home’s function. The homeowners sought to cultivate a lived-in sensibility designed to immediately put guests at ease, while also withstanding the spills and accidents of the couple’s young children. As the owners are the consummate hosts who need no excuse to throw a bash, they needed large communal spaces with lots of seating to host family gatherings for holidays and celebrations.

One thing that the homeowner was not short on was ideas – for example, bringing a sample of a New Age-style, holographic deer-antler wallpaper to their very first design meeting. From then on – and for every weekly meeting thereafter during the nearly three-year endeavor – it was off to the artistic races.

“She really wanted to push the envelope,” explains Clint Johnson, principal at Newberry Architecture. “I mean, when a client comes to you with something like that holographic wallpaper, it makes the rest of being creative easy.”

In a reprieve from the usual white-box kitchens, the expansive, light-drenched space is defined by bold textures, technicolor treasures and custom pieces, starting with the oven hood, a vintage find from the client. “It’s actually an Italian altar with original pastel colors that really inspired her, and she knew she wanted to use it somewhere,” describes Echols, adding that she came up with using it as a vent hood. “So we flipped it upside down and then turned it into a vent, hollowed it out and made it work.”

The altar is flanked by white custom cabinets with glass panels and brass finishes on either side to complete a sense of flow and cohesion.

Another dazzling antique find is the hardwood flooring throughout the kitchen, with the few leftover panels repurposed in the upstairs wet bar, while several other varieties and shades of vintage wood grace the home to deliver bespoke, artisanal details.

INSIDE THE PRIMARY BATHROOM, THE VANITY’S NATURAL WOOD TONES ARE TOPPED WITH SLABS OF WHITE MARBLE AND ACCENTUATED WITH THE WHITE-AND-GOLD-TILED FLOOR.

INITIALLY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE MINIMAL GOLD VEINING IN THE POWDER ROOM TILE, THE HOMEOWNER AND ECHOLS SWAPPED OUT SEVERAL TILES FOR ANOTHER SET WITH WARMER AND HEAVIER GOLD PATTERNS. “OUR TILE GUY HAD ALREADY LAID THE FLOOR, BUT WE PUT OUR BLUE TAPE ON AND SAID, ‘POP THESE OUT’,” ADDS ECHOLS. “IT WAS FUN TO PLAY WITH THE PATTERN AND MAKE IT OUR OWN.”

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BRIGHT CORAL CABINETS ADORN THIS MINI WET BAR, OFF THE GAME ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR, TO MAKE IT “REALLY, REALLY FUN, DESPITE HOW SMALL OF A SPACE IT IS,” DESCRIBES ECHOLS.

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AS AN AVID HUNTER AND MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIAST, THE HUSBAND REQUESTED A DEDICATED SPACE WITHIN THE GARAGE TO SERVE AS HIS MAN-CAVE.

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Vaguely out-of-time but insistently present, the work of artist Przemyslaw Lasak celebrates the deep, abiding power of the human form WROCŁAW, POLAND

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Going against the grain is often an artist’s stock in trade, whether that means developing a new technique, exploring unusual materials or embracing an uneasy subject matter.

And while the likes of Kandinsky, Warhol or Damien Hirst rate high in “shock and awe,” individuality is not always steeped in transgression. Not every outlier is a radical, but that doesn’t mean they are running with the pack, either.

Przemyslaw Lasak has not taken an easy route. As a ceramist, he occupies a position several notches below painter in the art practice hierarchy. And as a figurative sculptor, he no doubt seems out of step to those for whom Damián Ortega, Kate MccGwire or Richard Deacon define the contemporary standard. But Lasak has set his own course. As a youth in Poland, he was taken with painting and drawing; the last thing he wanted to be was a “potter.” That changed after high school, when he enrolled at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław, which operates the only universitylevel department of ceramics and glass in Poland. “Wrocław has a great faculty, excellent workshops and teachers,” notes Lasak. “It was there that I majored in ceramics and connected with it for the rest of my artistic life.”

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“THERE IS SOMETHING STRANGE ABOUT ART,” LASAK MUSES. “WE ARE ABLE TO SACRIFICE EVERYTHING FOR IT – OUR LIVES, LOVED ONES, FRIENDS – JUST TO BE IN THE STUDIO AND CREATE. WE ARE CONVINCED THAT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS RIGHT.”

Passage, a large gouache on cardboard, hangs high in the voluminous studio.

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Lasak’s most significant forms are the life-size figures he makes from casts. Working in multiples, his first series was Mercenaries, for which he used his own body as the template.

“For me, a cast is a mannequin,” he explains. “It accepts everything. I can transform it and give it a different meaning.”

As a mute impression of a physical reality, a cast, he suggests, is both familiar and alien. “Although they are almost perfect reflections of ourselves, sometimes you have to look closely to see the original model in the cast. Because character is gestures, words, movement.” The artist’s latest collection is NIEwinne (NOTguilty/Innocent), which addresses the emancipation of women and the illusion of empowerment. “Women have to take to the streets again and fight for their rights, because some ‘wise’ men have decided that they know better,” he asserts.

Lasak, who has long been a professor at his alma mater, lives and works in an austere, functionalist compound approximately nine miles from the center of Wrocław. The property comprises a single-story, three-bedroom residence designed by Archicom Studio, and a separate ceramics studio conceived by Lasak himself. The studio is like a small factory, and the living space expresses an appreciation for spareness. Together, they seem a telling reflection of a man for whom work is truly paramount.

“There is something strange about art,” Lasak muses. “We are able to sacrifice everything for it – our lives, loved ones, friends – just to be in the studio and create. We are convinced that what we are doing is right.”

A chess set Lasak created for a stage production of the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Kraków.

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The living room combines cool contemporary furnishings – sofa and armchair by Zanotta, an Ingo Maurer lighting fixture – with an earthy hearth clad in runic tiles Lasak designed himself.

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LIVING PICTURE A view of the Villa Padiglione.

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The marble-floored salon of the Villa Ottagonale.

SNUG IN THE ITALIAN COUNTRYSIDE, LA FOLEIA CASTS ITS SPELL

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The furnishings in the frescoed salon of the Villa Padiglione epitomize the homeowners’ relaxed approach to decor.

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TEXT THOMAS CONNORS PHOTOGRAPHY MONICA SPEZIA INTERIORS GEMMA RICHARDS AND NICCOLÓ RIGNANO

L A K E M A G G I O R E , I TA LY Folly. A fine word for the unreasonable or capricious, it has, like dastardly or palaver, fallen into (dare we say it?) desuetude. Architectural follies, the built equivalent of the nonsensical, seem an expression of the past too. While contemporary examples such as Thomas Heatherwick’s Vessel in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards emerge from time to time, the temples, towers and pavilions that once graced the landscape of great estates are as out-of-time as the great estates themselves. But 45 minutes from Milan, in a forest of oak and chestnut trees, lie a pair of villas – aptly named La Foleia – whose neoclassical profile and small scale echo the whimsy and romance of another era.

Owned by Milanese natives Gemma Richards and Niccoló Rignano, the double villas were built in the 1980s and occupied for many years by a philosopher and a botanist. Separated by a small, human-made lake, one served as the couple’s residence, the other a retreat for reading and writing.

Master horticulturist Gianfranco Giustina, who has long maintained the gardens of Lake Maggiore’s Isola Bella and Isola Madre (owned by the aristocratic Borromeo family) was brought on to elevate the natural beauty of the property.

When a family alerted Niccoló that La Foleia was for sale, neither he nor Gemma were sure it was for them. After working and traveling around the world, the two had returned to their hometown and were happy in Milan, where they got into the hospitality business with a roster of vacation properties. “But once we saw the photos, we knew we should definitely go take a look,” admits Gemma. The former owners were now nonagenarians and had not been able to keep the villas or garden up as they once had.

“Even though it was really run down and we were seeing it on a cold, gray winter day,” continues Gemma, “the atmosphere was just so magical.”

Once they acquired La Foleia, the couple set about transforming the Villa Ottagonale (where the philosopher sat with his books and deep thoughts) into a second usable residence with two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a kitchen. While freshening up the Villa Padiglione across the water, they discovered fanciful frescoes that had been hidden for years behind bookcases. When it came to furnishing the revived buildings, Gemma and Niccoló opted for comfortable pieces of a traditional cast, most of which they purchased at the flea markets of the Piedmont. “These houses had such great character we didn’t want to put any modern, new elements inside,” shares Gemma. “We really wanted to maintain their energy and soul and integrate objects and furnishings that had been loved and used in the past.” When too well-loved, they gave their finds some TLC, such as reupholstering a Duchesse en Bateau chaise lounge with Pierre Frey fabric.

Luckily, the couple was able to entice Giustina to return and restore the garden he had so beautifully orchestrated years before. Today, lotuses and water lilies adorn the spring-fed lake, and cypresses and fruit trees form an artful frame around this unique compound. Dragonflies zip through the air by day, and come evening, herons alight. When the last of the sun forms a fractured mosaic on the water and a glass of wine brings gentle relaxation, one might believe that life could always be so. It is folly, of course, but what’s a little madness now and then?

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A modest nymph stands in an ivy-covered grotto on the lake.

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A sumptuous chaise lounge with a lakeside view.

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In the Villa Ottagonale, a handblown Venini chandelier, a flea-market chest of drawers and artwork salvaged from an old garage.

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The gardens that surround the villas were designed by noted horticulturist Gianfranco Giustina.

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Opposite: Table with brass structure covered in Vietri ceramic. Outdoor armchairs purchased from Demosmobilia, Chiasso. Planter designed for the project, covered in Vietri ceramic. Below: Benches inspired by those designed by Jørn Utzon in the Can Lis house in Mallorca, covered in Vietri ceramic.

All Vietri ceramic featured is produced by Francesco De Maio, based on a design by Massimo Adario.

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Above: Parentesi lamp by Achille Castiglioni for Flos. Alberto Burri’s prints. Original 1950s wicker bench and bamboo armchair (1959) by Bonacina 1889, by Tito Agnoli.

Vallauris Shell Lamp, France, c 1950. Kitchen covered in Vietri ceramic. Below: Prints by Piero Dorazio. Lamps by Joe Colombo for Oluce. Original 1950s coffee table with zodiac drawings on a golden background, and an original 1950s Bonacina daybed, both purchased at Demosmobilia. Flair ceramic vases from Milan.

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A little doesn’t always go a long way. An unadorned white wall or a single chair, positioned just so, can read like an end in itself, rather than an expressive moment or a sharp solution to a design problem. But there are times when a minimalist approach can be mighty pleasing, when restraint can be revelatory.

Overlooking the Bay of Naples with the island of Ischia in the distance, the getaway home of Roman architect Massimo Adario is part of a larger villa that belonged to his great-grandparents. Originally the house of the farmer who maintained the property – including its lemon tree grove – the structure had suffered neglect in recent years. Abandoned, it was crumbling when Adario acquired it. But, expert at residential design and sympathetic to history and context, he did not hesitate to revive it.

“The aspects that most fascinated me about this house, which has the typical structure of the ancient country villas of the Sorrento Peninsula, are the high roof vaults and the thick walls made of local stone,” shares the architect. “I highlighted these two elements, creating a light-blue band – which recalls the color of the sky – that regularizes the thick, irregular walls, while at the same time, enhancing the verticality of the interior spaces.”

The large, unadorned ceiling vaults, painted white, create both spaciousness and the sense of an enveloping canopy. The pervasive roominess of the home stems, too, from an almost sparse arrangement of furniture, which includes bamboo pieces by Tito Agnoli that reminds Adario of childhood vacations by the sea. Lighting pieces – including Achille Castiglioni’s Parentesi lamp and Joe Colombo’s Coupè – provide a more contemporary note.

Adario-designed tiles arrayed around the kitchen and across a bedroom wall (produced by the famed ceramists of Vietri sul Mare on the Amalfi Coast) generate a subtly kinetic effect, like light bouncing off water. The interiors open to a broad terrace lined with two long masonry benches and brass-framed tables topped with local tiles.

The home’s relationship to the outdoors, the surrounding landscape and the sea beyond is central to the impression it makes. Exercising a considered but light touch in these rooms, Adario defers to light and air, to scent and sound. This place, threaded with memory, seems almost elemental itself.

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Original bathroom fixtures designed by Antonia Campi for Pozzi Ginori.

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Bonacina 1889 bed, designed by Gastone Valsecchi and Gianni Minghetti. Headboard and two custom-designed movable side doors covered with Vietri ceramic. Portofino ceramic overhead wall lamp by Servomuto.

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Such original artwork is a crucial thread in the rich mosaic Carretero has created. Mesmerized by fine art photographer Karen Knorr’s dreamy image of a regal avian creature in a historic Moroccan castle, for example, Carretero placed it atop a copper-tinted mirrored accent wall in the light-filled living room. “The mirror expands the windows to the west side of the apartment,” he describes, noting it casts a beautiful reflection when the sun sets. The pebble-shaped, stone-topped cocktail tables are from Holly Hunt.

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LEFT: Artwork also elevates the cozy media room, where embroidered versions of Nijankin’s favorite rock album covers are displayed gallery-style over a plush sectional sofa that wraps the corner.

Each evokes nostalgic, even life-changing, memories. Leaning into the womblike environment’s lack of windows, Carretero covered the ceiling with a wood-veneered wall covering and enhanced the walls with a grass cloth ( both by Phillip Jeffries ) in the same tone as the sofa fabric and velvet draperies that close off the space. “Injecting it with this deep color gives you a sense of space,” he explains. Acquired at Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar, on the other hand, the area rug with its Arabesque pattern evokes a powerful sense of place.

During her regular meditation practice, lifelong New Yorker Robin Nijankin slowly rubs a mallet around the edge of a “singing bowl” to produce entrancing melodic sounds that are believed to promote healing and eliminate bad energy. “I’m sending the whole world good vibes,” she says, pointing to the throngs of people streaming by on the iconic High Line elevated park six floors below her. “[This technique] reaches my soul and clicks with my inner self.”

Exploring different cultures and religions has the same effect on Nijankin, whose travels through Morocco and Egypt inspired the design of her apartment in a new Chelsea development – the latest in a long list of neighborhoods she has inhabited over the years.

Taking the recommendation of an entrepreneur she met at a health and wellness resort, Nijankin asked interior designer Juan Carretero of Capital C Interiors to bring her exotic, spice-infused visions to life. “Robin is passionate, dreamy and romantic in her ideas,” Carretero describes.

The result is, in a word, atmospheric. Emblazoned with a handpainted tree mural, the private elevator doors open to a dazzling foyer with textural Venetian plaster walls and a gold-leafed ceiling that together took an army of skilled craftsmen weeks to create. “It transports you into somewhere kind of mystical and a bit spiritual,” Carretero notes, pointing to the reflection of the flickering candlelight in the gilded ceiling.

An equally pictorial, Moroccan-inspired wallcovering likewise reinforces the Moroccan motif in the elegant primary bedroom. “It’s like exotic Babylonian gardens,” Carretero describes. Fringed bedside pendants and elegant bedding add to the sense of opulence.

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has confidence in her abilities, she can’t say enough about collaborating with Carretero, who introduced her to new ideas and made the project a lot more fun. “He’s a fabulous man,” she says, recalling their many shopping excursions. “Every time I walk into this place, I’m just overwhelmed.”

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Illuminated by fringed hanging pendants from Artemest, a graphic wallcovering by Phillip Jeffries perfectly embodies the modern Moroccan concept Nijankin envisioned for her new abode.

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A botanical vignette with photograph by Clinton Friedman, artist Jane Alexander’s sculptures in the glass domes and ceramics from Ceramic Matters.

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Images of a collection of ethnic jewelry gifted by Sumien’s close friend Dr. Sue Robinson hang above a lifetime’s collection of much-loved books that continually inspire, but the pièce de résistance is the olive-green, deep-buttoned Chesterfield from Loft Living.

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Two Gregor Jenkin tables seat at least twelve friends for special dinners. Ever the stylist, Sumien has used bold flowering amaryllis to dress the table, and Etienne Hanekom Interiors devised an easy lighting solution for the lofty space.

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Colorful table setting with Sumien’s Flora and Fauna tea towel collection, mixed with French ceramics from Vallauris and Ngwenya glass.

It was a busy day in the heart of Cape Town when Sumien Brink – a former magazine editor with an unerring instinct for recognizing potential in a space – entered the incongruously named Impala House with its modest but beguiling pink marble foyer. The elevator opened directly into the space, stopping her in her tracks. “I was flabbergasted – I had no idea proportions like this still existed in the city,” she states.

But she wasn’t to be deterred, nor was interior designer Etienne Hanekom. He first installed Perspex corrugated dividers to create two bedrooms – a smart, inexpensive way to carve up what was previously an office with only rudimentary bathrooms and a tiny kitchen. To provide focus in the entry area, one of Guy Tillim’s striking photographs, taken on Avenue du Président Léopold Sedar Senghor in Dakar, Senegal, was enlarged to become “wall art.” Most of Tillim’s images are photographed in troubled parts of Africa and resonate deeply with Sumien, who remembers visiting Mozambique on blissfully carefree holidays as a child but being aware of simmering unrest and the start of the architectural decay that still exists today.

A self-confessed magazine junkie with an unstoppable weakness for books, Sumien has cleverly book-ended her living area with sturdy shelving and an outsize olive-green velvet sofa that invites hours of contemplation on fashion, architecture, interiors, art, ceramics – practically every subject under the sun. Each book and magazine is treasured and filled with memories of a lifetime in publishing.

Never inclined to collect just one of anything, Sumien has decorated her primary bedroom walls with a row of illustrations from Tina Berning’s book 100 Girls on Cheap Paper, and favorite Lucie de Moyencourt’s drawings of classic Cape Town landscapes line the back of the display dressers dividing the living room from the kitchen. An old poster of the The Butcher Boys by Jane Alexander is another clue of her collecting style – you’ll find a precious print on the wall in the living room and a sculpture under a glass cloche in a beautifully styled corner.

Etienne’s redesigned industrial stainless-steel kitchen is a welcoming and delightful jumble of succulents and plants that jostle for space alongside gleaming copper appliances and trusty frying pans. Sourced at a catering supplier, they are the perfect foil for piles of ceramics and inherited platters, pots and plates – enough to host a party at the drop of a hat around the long black Gregor Jenkin dining table. Etienne’s industrial lighting – gently looped black cords with exposed globes – makes the entire space glow at night.

It wasn’t long after this that Sumien began to pursue a lifelong dream of her own: she created her first range of handprinted Flora and Fauna pure linen tea towels to be printed and handsewn just in time for Christmas. Each one, a work of art, celebrates historical illustrations of plants and animals and comes wrapped in a handstitched gift “envelope.” A creative purist at heart, one would expect nothing less from this talented former editor who started out in fashion but dedicated most of her life to creating the beautiful pages of the country’s best-loved decor and food magazines.

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Primary bedroom with poetry throw from Karien Belle, Sumien’s guardian angel tapestry that “keeps me safe in the inner city” and portrait of Braam Brink, painted by his old friend and architect, Arno de Villiers.

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A large print of a Dutch woman adorns the wall of the smaller bedroom. It was originally downloaded from the free Rijksmuseum gallery and printed as a prop for a Plascon paint shoot to illustrate how you can make a huge impact on a low budget. The poetry throw is from Karien Belle.

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Etienne Hanekom installed corrugated dividers to create two bedrooms – an easy way to divide a huge space previously used as an office,

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and reminiscent of the yellow corrugated walls he used for the first time in the World Design Capital offices in Cape Town.

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Photo wall in the primary bedroom above the desk features the work of Brink’s favorite photographers: illustrations from Tina Berning’s book 100 Girls on Cheap Paper and a panorama of Table Mountain taken in the early 80s by her brother, Corrie Hansen.

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A striking work by Guy Tillim, Avenue du Président Léopold Sedar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal (2017) was blown up as wallpaper by Robin Sprong.

Vintage chairs are covered in gray linen; the carpet was purchased from the Milnerton Flea Market.

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A delightful jumble of succulents jostle for space in the kitchen alongside copper appliances and trusty frying pans, but Sumien’s linen tea towels are the living artworks in between. Etienne Hanekom Interiors bought the kitchen counters from a catering supplier.

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Clockwise Top Left Each one tells a story: a lemon squeezer from Delft and other carved wood, horn and bamboo spoons collected over many years. The African spoons were gifted by her friend Braam Theron. Collection of handmade tableware from ceramicists Mervyn Gers, Ceramic Matters, Frauke Stegmann (the gold lustre teacups), Hemelhuijs and The Mud Studio. Part of a collection of tea strainers that a friend, Braam Theron, made for his partner, Aida Uys, over the years. A collection of old knives, all with wooden handles worn with time. The woven goat head and necklace came from Crete a long time ago.

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PA R I S, F R A N C E

For all its historic charm, for all its impossibly romantic byways, Paris is really a modern city, whipped into shape in the 19th century by Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann at the behest of Emperor Napoleon III. The broad boulevards lined with seemingly identical apartment buildings didn’t win rave reviews from every quarter back in the day, but over time, they have come to signify the city as much as Notre Dame and the Louvre.

And for many residents, these sober buildings with their wrought-iron balconies are central to the notion of

la vie parisienne.

Custom treatment in the primary bedroom from Redfield & Dattner, specialists in creative hand-painted walls.

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Massimi collaborated with Absolverre Vitraux to revive the leaded glass window in the kitchen.

Located in the Seventh Arrondissement (home to a slew

“The clients wanted a flat with more convenience, but

of landmarks, including the National Assembly and the

also a more convivial space where it is pleasant to be with

Eiffel Tower), this property was typical of many relatively

the family,” shares Massimi. To satisfy those wishes, she

untouched Haussmann-era homes when designer Olivia

tweaked the home’s layout, bringing the kitchen from the rear

Massimi was engaged to revive it. Impressive but outdated,

of the apartment to a more central location, and incorporated

with a single bathroom and a kitchen never meant for anyone

minimalist metal-and-glass doors between the newly

but les domestiques, it demanded an updating.

constituted kitchen and the salon with its treetops view.

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The relocated and up-to-date kitchen features a substantial marble island and custom glass doors scaled to the apartment’s original dimensions.

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Throughout the apartment, Massimi sought to respect the history within its walls while making room for a new narrative.

Embracing the existing architecture and treating it as support for subtle mediation, Massimi allowed the past and present to speak simultaneously. In the kitchen, for example, she retained (but respectfully redesigned) a wonderful expanse of stained-glass windows and installed a very contemporary island crafted of walnut and marble.

For the most part, white walls and trim rule here, generating a restful, light-bouncing backdrop. But in the primary bedroom, Massimi opted for a custom treatment from Redfield & Dattner, specialists in creative hand-painted walls. Evocative of sunlight breaking through after a thunderstorm, the atmospheric blue-and-gold image adds a soothing depth to the space.

And while these crisp, uncluttered interiors are far from any decor Haussmann would have known, if he walked these rooms today, he would have no doubt still recognized the abiding style of his time.

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A bargain-hunted armchair, bamboo-topped coffee table from Caravane, and the now classic Castiglioni Arco lamp are key markers in this essentials-only living room.

Here, as elsewhere in the home, Massimi sought “to keep the soul of the place while making it respond to the souls of the owners.”

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In the dining room, iconic midcentury pieces – Hans Wegman’s Wishbone chair and a Serge Mouille pendant – contrast pleasingly with a gild-framed mirror and the richly worked molding on the ceiling.

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