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PAMELA LERNER JACCARINO

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SANDOW was founded by visionary entrepreneur Adam I. Sandow in 2003, with the goal of reinventing the traditional publishing model. Today, SANDOW powers the design, materials and luxury industries through innovative content, tools and integrated solutions. With its diverse portfolio of assets, SANDOW has established itself as the largest design media company in the world which includes the following brands: Luxe Interiors + Design, Interior Design, Metropolis, DesignTV by SANDOW; ThinkLab, a research and strategy firm; and content services brands, including The Agency by SANDOW – a full-scale digital marketing agency, The Studio by SANDOW – a video production studio, and SURROUND – a podcast network and production studio. In 2019, Adam Sandow launched Material Bank, the world’s largest marketplace for searching, sampling and specifying architecture, design and construction materials. Other SANDOW brands include definitive authority on all things beauty, NewBeauty; luxury sampling platform, Test Tube by NewBeauty; Leaders Magazine; and exclusive private airport newsstand network, MediaJet.

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Creative Pursuits

As I write my final letter to you as the founding Editor in Chief of LUXE Interiors + Design, I am filled with joy and gratitude. Twenty years ago, we had a vision for what a regional design magazine could be. We started, as I believe all great things do, with a small, passionate and industrious team. Quietly, we built LUXE from one region into the powerhouse it is today. As I reflect on its influence— and consider the thousands of projects, professionals and covers that I have had the good fortune to publish—I am immensely proud. Having an ace team around me was invaluable. I thank all the editors, art directors, writers, photographers and stylists who make our stories compelling and our pages shine.

Most of all, I want to express appreciation to the architecture and design community. I admire people who are in both a creative and business pursuit, and it’s the architects, interior designers, builders, landscape architects, craftspeople and artisans who have been a constant source of inspiration. Thank you for letting me share your work with our audience. There are many more voices in design to discover and publish. I welcome my friend and colleague Jill Cohen into the Editor in Chief seat.

As I have an eye to the future and step into my new role as Chief Creative and Content Officer for the soon-to-launch LUXE DESIGN GUILD, I am energized about creating a new platform that will champion design. I’ve loved my time at the magazine, and I am very excited for what’s next.

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Dream Weaver

DESIGNER KIT KEMP REFLECTS ON HOW HER LOVE OF INTERNATIONAL CRAFT IS AN EVER-PRESENT THREAD THROUGH HER CREATIVE ENDEAVORS.

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If the recent quiet luxury trend is meant to be a visual palate cleanser, Kit Kemp’s interiors are the most delightful and sense-stirring amuse-bouche you’ve ever had: color-forward, pattern-happy, and embellished with a true connoisseur’s love of global art and craft. As the co-owner and creative director of Firmdale Hotels, with properties in London and New York, Kemp welcomes guests into her bespoke, kaleidoscopic world everyday on a single premise: “Even the most jaded business travelers should find something in the hotel that piques their curiosity, offers a sense of whimsy and brings out their inner child,” she says.

Nestled among Tribeca’s cobblestone streets, in the heart of Manhattan, the Warren Street Hotel—her latest hospitality venture—is a celebration of contemporary art and international artistry. Here, Kemp has gathered works by an impressive globe-spanning coterie of artisans, including Argentine designer

Cristián Mohaded’s basketweave towers and Ugandan artist Sanaa Gateja’s paperbead tapestries that mingle alongside Christopher Kurtz’s stepping-stones table. But she especially has a soft spot for textiles. “It’s the love of the loom,” she confesses. “When you’re bringing in that handmade quality, it doesn’t matter if you’re a crafter in Scotland or a weaver in Guatemala, they all have a made-by-hand feel, and you can see the handwriting of the person who made it.”

Kemp believes every textile is threaded with the DNA of its birthplace, whether that’s India, Mexico or Estonia, and just the simple act of thinking about those places spurs her creativity. The influence of this imaginative approach is evident in her new collection of fabrics and wallpaper for British heritage brand GP & J Baker.

The line’s whimsical prints feature the folkloric plates of ceramicist Robina Jack, a potato-stamped grid honoring the work of Pop artist Joe Tilson, and a colorful take on an archival 1920s woodland scene, among others. Reflects Kemp, “To look at things that fill you with love and suddenly be able to create a fabric, cushion, or bedspread around them—Isn’t that the absolute best way to design?” kitkemp.com, gpjbaker.com

The cozy Drawing Room at the Warren Street Hotel designed by Kit Kemp. At right: Knight’s Tale and Runaway are among Kemp’s designs for GP & J Baker.

Previous page: Kemp, in The Orangery at the Warren Street Hotel, with her new textile collection and Robina Jack plates that inspired one of the patterns.

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Bright Light

HUGO TORO HAS BURST ONTO THE DESIGN SCENE WITH DAZZLING INTERIORS, BUT HE’S ONLY JUST GETTING STARTED.

WRITTEN BY CATHERINE HONG

Since last fall, interior design aficionados have been making a pilgrimage to an astonishing aerie on New York City’s Upper East Side. At just 700 square feet, the space is a fever dream of rich color and dynamic form featuring oxblood walls, a golden-glass chandelier, lily padshaped tables and a green-lacquered fireplace with ripples like the surface of a sun-dappled pond. Combining historic and contemporary elements beneath a handpainted barrel-vaulted ceiling, the interior is unlike anything else in the city.

Its creative mastermind is Hugo Toro, a rapidly rising young interior designer and architect who has designed some of the buzziest spaces in the UK and Europe. Later this year, the designer will unveil his second collection of limited-edition furniture at Paris’s Kolkhoze gallery and debut his first hotel project, Orient Express La Minerva, in Rome. The jewelbox room in New York—the Villa Albertine Atelier, located on the top floor of the landmarked Payne Whitney Mansion, which serves as the U.S. headquarters for the French ministry of culture—is the Franco-Mexican’s first project stateside.

“Fortunately, I am a bit hyperactive,” Toro says with a laugh. He’s in his elegant Paris office, outfitted with lush palm plants and artwork, including some of his own. “I sketch every single day and also paint for myself,” he adds, pointing to an easel with a canvas in progress. Toro takes pride in his 360-degree approach. “I like to do everything and create a full experience.”

Born in the Lorraine region of France to a French father and Mexican mother, Toro’s aesthetic influences are far flung, reflecting not only his dual heritage but also his time studying architecture in Vienna and Los Angeles. Intense color combinations and dramatic stonework are signatures of his interiors, but the primary thread linking all his work, he claims, is “narrative.” Toro’s forthcoming projects will certainly be no exception, possessing narratives all their own. “I don’t like to get bored,” he says. “What is important is to always create a new story.” hugotoro.com

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Eastern Appeal

DIVING DEEP INTO HISTORICAL CRAFTSMANSHIP, A NEW BRAND SCRIBES A LOVE LETTER TO THE LEVANT.

WRITTEN BY MONIQUE MCINTOSH

Creativity always thrives at the crossroads, where diff erent worlds entangle into something new. Perhaps no crossroad is as old and storied as the Levant. Its boundaries shift like sand over time, seeping south into Egypt, north into Turkey, and west into Syria—de ned by cultural currents over geographic lines. At the crux of continents, the Eastern Mediterranean region is marked not by centuries but by civilizations, fed by the historic Silk Road and Mediterranean shipping routes. Each chapter has carved new layers of art and culture.

In its honor, Levant—a new home line founded by childhood friends Süreya Köprülü and Naz Muessel—pays homage to this monumental legacy. Merging shared passions for history and design, their new tabletop collection showcases craft traditions molded by these intersecting cultures through millennia. “This mishmash is so elemental to the Levant,” says Muessel. “Our brand is about celebrating the beauty in overlapping cultures.”

Their mood board is both ancient and intimate, mixing archaeology with personal memories. With Köprülü being half

Turkish, and Muessel half Iranian, they “both come from a very mixed cultural background, and have spent time in the Levant,” says Köprülü. “We talk about things we had in our childhood homes, or comb through museum archives and snapshots from our travels,” adds Muessel, “or sometimes it’s discovering makers that we didn’t know existed.” The result is a stylish mix of ceramics, glassware and table linens. Imagine bowls made by Egyptian ceramic masters, platters featuring 16th-century blueand-white Iznik motifs, and gossamer Turkish lace placemats and napkins woven with playful patterns.

Rather than a sweeping modernization of historic handcrafts, the aim is to “reimagine them,” explains Köprülü. “Working with the artisans is very important to our process.” The duo plays with proportions, enlarging archival motifs to celebrate their intricate beauty, or adapting old techniques with new materials. In spirit, every piece they make becomes a living memory of the places that inspired them: the sacred sites of fallen empires, the passionate communities keeping old ways alive and the bustling ancient cities unfolding new stories. Together, they form “a more nuanced take on Eastern aesthetics,” says Köprülü. “We want to show people that there’s so much more to see.” thelevantshop.com

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Windows of the World

TRADITIONAL STAINED-GLASS TECHNIQUES FIND NEW LIFE THROUGH THE WORK OF A DIGITAL ARTIST.

WRITTEN BY MAILE PINGEL

While the ancient art of stained-glass windows has brightened our lives for a thousand years, its ethereal quality continues to captivate us today. Visitors still stand awestruck beneath the windows at Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s centennial celebration of the American Wing this fall will be a new Tiffany Studios stainedglass acquisition. But when it comes to the future, can stained-glass studios rooted in historic practices pivot to support contemporary artists interested in the medium’s capabilities? For one studio in France, the answer is yes

When an important stained-glass restoration is undertaken in Europe, it is often Ateliers Loire, located in Chartres, France, who is brought on to advise. Though the family-run workroom remains

committed to traditional techniques, it also has an eye on the future. “We want to appeal to emerging artistic trends so that we can be innovators in the field of glass,” explains Bruno Loire, grandson of the studio’s founder. But being asked to realize digital artworks was a first.

In 2022, Ismail Tazi, co-founder of Trame, a gallery focused on limited-edition pieces based on digital art, approached American generative artist Jeff Davis about a collaboration for a new series called, “Craft Nouveau.” His idea was to expand on the gallery’s unique model by pairing generative artists with artisans. “Technology and craft have always gone together, which surprises people,” Tazi explains. And he suspected Davis’ work could translate beautifully into stainedglass pieces made by Ateliers Loire.

After learning how stained-glass panels are constructed during an overseas visit, Davis developed algorithms that would determine the colorful grid patterns of each piece. He titled the collection “Optimism,” inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s writings about “optimistic tones” of color and the beauty of cast light. “These are the first stained glass windows designed entirely by a computer but produced with a technique that dates to the Middle Ages,” says Loire. It’s a partnership that’s not just giving digital art a foothold in the design world but safeguarding skilled handwork. “Through projects like this,” adds Tazi, “technology can help preserve our global common heritage.” trameparis.com

Above: A selection of works by generative artist Jeff Davis and storied workroom Ateliers Loire.

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DISCOVERIES

L’Atelier Paris

L’Atelier Paris specializes in exquisite, professional-grade and custom French cooking ranges, as well as full made-to-measure luxury kitchens inspired by Parisian haute cuisine. It is the only brand that offers completely custom kitchen ranges, representing the ultimate in bespoke craftsmanship. leatelierparis.com

Armac Martin

Grove features a refined collection of solid-brass T-bars, cabinet pulls, knobs and hooks inspired by the form of bamboo. Manufactured in England and finished by hand, Grove is available in Armac Martin’s portfolio of unique finishes. armacmartin.com

Legno Bastone Wide Plank Flooring

Make a statement in style, with worldclass flooring right beneath your steps. Legno Bastone Wide Plank Flooring products are timeless, resilient and long-lasting. Featured here is Teresa from the LaFamiglia collection. legnobastone.com

Fabricut

Kendall Wilkinson’s new Vignettes collection for Fabricut explores a curated selection of geometrics, botanical-inspired designs and more—including a staple organic cotton velvet and captivating trimmings. fabricut.com

DISCOVERIES

STARK x Missoni Home

Bring bold beauty to any space with this exclusive rug and carpet collaboration, which pairs STARK’s expertise with the iconic motifs of Italian fashion house Missoni. New arrivals coming Summer 2024. starkcarpet.com/missoni-home

Christopher Peacock

The Christopher Peacock Hepburn collection is tailored to suit your specific space requirements. Every cabinet is made to order, with custom colors and hardware finishes available. This beautiful primary suite designed by Jan Showers showcases the power of this bespoke offering.

Hamilton Sinkler

A new hardware collection by Andrea Schumacher, in collaboration with Hamilton Sinkler, reimagines the ironmongers’ clavos embellished with a modern, clean, yet detailed pull and plate. A consummate balance of strength and beauty in form.

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TERRA FIRMA

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Moroccan Mirage

With only five guestrooms, Rosemary takes the boutique hotel concept to a whole new level. Nestled in one of Marrakech’s oldest neighborhoods, the accommodations are the brainchild of the founders behind Lrnce, a digital lifestyle shop that celebrates handmade treasures. The property brings the marketplace to life, with hand-painted tiles and original artwork featured throughout. After exploring the city, guests can cool off in the plunge pool or lounge on the communal patio. rosemarymarrakech.com

Japanese Icon

Hotel Il Palazzo first opened its doors in 1986 in Fukuoka, Japan—designed by the late Shigeru Uchida, a Japanese interior designer, and Aldo Rossi, an Italian architect—marking the country’s first design-driven hotel. Nearly 40 years later, the building’s blend of Italian and Japanese influences recently underwent a thoughtful redesign that not only preserved Rossi’s original architecture but honored the pair’s shared philosophy of eschewing trends or expected hotel-like characteristics. ilpalazzo.jp/en

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English Charm

Rich British meets contemporary cuteness at the Manor in the Cotswolds. The Italianatestyle estate holds more than 300 years of wonder and lore, for its which inspired Alice in subtly referenced the tale the use of bold color, pattern and whimsical touches. Beyond its guest rooms, spa and restaurant, the estate boasts natural springs and

history meets contemporary cuteness at Cowley Manor in the Cotswolds. The Italianateestate holds more than 300 years of wonder namely for its gardens which inspired Wonderland Designer Dorothée Meilichzon referenced the tale through the use of color, playful pattern and whimsical touches. its guest rooms, spa and restaurant, the boasts natural springs and gardens galore. cowleymanorexperimental.com

Clockwise from top right: Prism Martini Glass in Bordeaux / $200 for set of four / l-objet.com Ward Price upon request / julianchichester.com Blake Sofa / $3,695 / jaysonhome.com Airy Voile Quilt Set in Sky / Eydis starkcarpet.com Ned Articulated Floor Lamp / $400 / us.pooky.com Bagatelle Key Tassel in Scarlet Rose by Timothy Corrigan / Price upon request / samuelandsons.com

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Kemp Desk / . Airy Voile Quilt Set in Sky / From $339

Tassel in Scarlet Rose

“The key to the design was openness. We wanted to bring the outdoors in, especially on the main level, and allow for outdoor areas on different levels of the home.” Adam Steiner, Cornerstone Architects

Creature COMFORTS

BOASTING ULTRA-SLEEK FINISHES AND LIFE-LIKE SHAPES, THIS CLASS OF LIGHTING DESIGNS IS ANYTHING BUT ORDINARY.

PRODUCED AND WRITTEN BY KATHRYN GIVEN AND S ARAH SHELTON

BY LESLEY UNRUH

BALANCING ACT

With successful showrooms in Los Angeles and Dallas, Garde’s newest location in New York City introduces a roster of global makers, including Paul Matter, a lighting studio based in India whose Floor Lamp Version 1 is pictured. Anchored by a cast-brass bulbous base, the lamp’s curved body is capped with a frosted glass head. Inspired by dot and line drawings, the resulting design is a seemingly weightless, floating statement piece of otherworldly familiarity. The backdrops, arches and pedestals shown throughout are painted Benjamin Moore’s Rockport Gray and Balboa Mist. gardeshop.com, benjaminmoore.com

PHOTOGRAPHY

CELLULAR LEVEL

For Yonathan Moore’s Spore Sconces—the shapes of which are borrowed from biological and astronomical forms—the interpretation is in the eye of the beholder. The FrenchIsraeli designer chose a cherrywood frame to house textured, chemically-engineered aluminum foam that resembles a crystalized membrane through which warm pools of light are diffused. Moore, who has a background in photojournalism and graduated from Colombia University with a Master of Architecture, draws upon his past vocations when designing new pieces in his Brooklyn studio, where he utilizes both traditional and digital fabrication methods. tulestefactory.com

GRAMERCY GRAMERCY

Elevate your entry with Gramercy—a collection seamlessly blending timeless elegance and modern innovation in the front door, interior door, & cabinet hardware pieces. With captivating mixed metal options and intricate design, Gramercy makes a sophisticated statement for your home.

POINTED OUT

Texas-based interior designer Paloma Contreras’ partnership with Visual Comfort & Co. continues to deliver timeless-with-a-twist designs. Pictured here are the Orsay Sconces—the uplight model is shown in hand-rubbed antique brass while the downlight is in polished nickel (a bronze finish is also available). The collection features a suite of styles, all of which sport Orsay’s austere and architecturally influenced lines. Like Contreras’ approach to interiors, the sconces are a chameleon in both contemporary and traditional spaces alike. The metallic wallcovering is Quilt in Chroma by Arte. visualcomfort.com, arte-international.com

DUAL IDENTITY

For Palma’s first stateside collection, which debuted at Verso Gallery’s Hamptons outpost, the Sao Paulo, Brazil, studio set out to experiment with non-traditional materials and compositions juxtaposed against basic shapes. That concept is realized in the atelier’s Esfera Table Lamp (shown), where a sharp, conical linen shade rests atop a rounded aluminum body and stainless-steel base. Upon closer look, you’ll see the textured body is covered in aluminum candy wrappers, creating a lunar effect. verso.nyc

SINUOUS SUSPENSION

Behold the Dream in Calligraphy chandelier by Feyz Studio. Founder and principal Feyza Kemahlioglu found inspiration in the rich cultural history of her native Istanbul, namely the city’s ever-present Ottoman calligraphy. Viewed in profile, the chandelier’s undulating brass curves evoke the gliding lines of the written word. Its hand-blown glass globes are arranged with intricate hand-carved embellishments made from meerschaum, a claylike material traditionally used to make smoking pipes. wexlergallery.com

SERPENTINE SILHOUETTE

Midcentury master Italian designer and architect Gianfranco Frattini created the Aspide Table Lamp for Gubi in 1970 (its name comes from Aspis, an antiquity term for snake). Five decades later, Gubi has reissued the piece and its reptilian shape and mirrored, chrome finish continue to resonate with the aesthetic sensibilities of today. A true desktop workhorse, the lamp’s body can be rotated into several configurations and the light source can be directed downward for reading or upward for an ambient glow. The metallic wallcovering is Quilt in Chroma by Arte. dwr.com, arte-international.com

Design with dimension

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MOODY HUES

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Global Views Lemieux Et Cie Creased Rolled Bowl

Moe’s Home Collection Excelsior Sofa in Warm Taupe Excelsior

Four Hands Cave (Artwork) by Jess Engle

SENSORIAL LIVING

An embodied home is one that ignites all our senses—sight, scent, sound, and feel—and connects us with our own natural world. It’s all about bringing the outdoors in, leaning into layers and textures and creating an experiential atmosphere to welcome us into a relaxed and personal place for living.

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VISUAL MOVEMENT

Incorporating curves into interior design enhances the aesthetic appeal by introducing softness and fluidity into the space. We are utilizing curved elements in upholstered furniture, art installations and case goods for a contemporary and welcoming atmosphere.

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Celadon Art Beach at Ebb Tide

Caracole Luna Sofa

Palecek Miramar Wall Decor

Visual Comfort & Co. Melange Elongated Sconce

Whet your appetite for a kitchen refresh with bold spaces that marry British craft with American ingenuity.

photo: stacy zarin goldberg.

Sense & Sensibility

NODDING TO ENGLISH TRADITION WITH A MODERN SWERVE, TODAY’S KITCHENS REACH NEW HEIGHTS OF CHIC.

WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY GRACE BEULEY HUNT AND SARAH SHELTON

Brass-toned details, including a Waterworks tap, Top Knobs hardware and an antique painting, lend traditional flair to this Massachusetts kitchen designed by Kristen Rivoli. A Wolf range and a leathered granite backsplash and countertop from Metropolitan Stone are the ultimate cook’s companions.

An image of a classic English kitchen torn from a magazine provided an exciting challenge for Massachusetts-based designer Kristen Rivoli, who in her own words, “typically designs more modern and transitional spaces.” The fact that her client was a serious chef with contemporaryleaning tastes made the brief an even more interesting puzzle to solve.

To bring together both aesthetics, Rivoli looked first to the millwork, teaming up with Kevin Cradock Builders on a cabinetry program that nods to Old World furniture with its inset style and hand-painted finish,

while touting modern flourishes like curved panel lines and glass upper cubbies. A standout feature is Rivoli’s custom-designed hutch, whose drawers enclose a drop-down device charging station, cat challs for the husbands’ sundries and everyday cutlery and dishware for meals at the adjacent breakfast nook. “We did a lot of research on early English kitchens and one constant was that there was always a standalone hutch,” notes Rivoli.

Ultimately, crafting a modern chefs kitchen in the tradition of an English country home allowed for the best of both

worlds. “My client’s initial inspiration brought about so many great details–from the exposed hinges, to the large, farmhouse-style sink, and all of the warm brass hardware,” notes the designer. “But the functionality of the space, and the lighting and sexy furniture, it’s all very modern,” she continues. Unified by a t imeless material envelope of ebonized mahogany and leathered granite, the space is equal parts style and function. “Walking into this kitchen is like putting on a beautiful gown,” reflects Rivoli. “It instantly changes how you feel.” kristenrivoli.com

The breakfast nook beckons with its Saarinen table and chairs illuminated by an Apparatus pendant (below). The family room-facing end of the kitchen island encloses pull-out Sub-Zero beverage refrigerators; a fixture from The Urban Electric Co. hangs above (left).

photo: jared kuzia, styling: hudson moore.

LAUNCH LIST

FRESH FINDS FROM EUROPE’S LUXURY KITCHEN AND BATH COMPANIES BRING SOPHISTICATED FLARE STATESIDE.

MISE EN PLACE

If you need to store it, Poggenpohl has a place for it. Their new Caleidoscope system series provides an in-drawer modular configuration for all one’s kitchen needs, from utensils to produce to spices. With a choice of oak wood in light or dark variations, leave it to German e ciency to satisfy a cook’s hunger for organization. poggenpohl.com

POSH PLUMBING

With a passion for timeless British fi xtures, Lefroy Brook’s fan favorite Ten Ten collection is now available to accommodate U.S. plumbing systems. Having launched in 2016 in the UK, the line, rich with industrial details, spans taps and showers and is available in silver nickel, polished chrome, antique gold and polished brass. usa.lefroybrooks.com

ISLAND TIME

O cine Gullo is expanding their iconic, Italian-made metal kitchens into an exciting new category: islands. Aptly named Isola (the Italian word for island), the freestanding units are fully customizable with options for gas or induction cooking and add-ons like a lava stone barbecue, pasta cooker, sink and undercounter cupboards—all while functioning as the central hub of the kitchen. The new o ering spans fi ve di erent sizes. o cinegullo.com spans fi ve di erent sizes. o

After collaborating on several swoon-worthy kitchens, interior designer Amanda Chando and kitchen designer Tanya Smith-Shiflett teamed up on a collection of furnitureinspired cabinetry in a tight, customizable edit of door styles and paint finishes. When a repeat client approached the duo to renovate the kitchen of their new Maryland vacation home, it procured the perfect opportunity to debut the collection, specifically, the Wren cabinet door panel painted Farrow & Ball’s After Hours.

But the knockout millwork—a tailored riff on traditional English cabinets—isn’t the only

talking point. Below, Chando and Smith-Shiflett share the material power players.

Walnut Wood. TSS: The slatted walnut hood cover was an early decision, and it definitely pushed the kitchen design in a more modern direction. It’s the perfect warm wood stain, which Amanda sample matched from an antique chair. The walnut pulls and interior cabinet drawers are another modern detail. They are just as beautiful and special inside as they are out.

Textured Tile. AC: We toyed with refinishing the floors but ultimately decided to go with

something totally different: a slip-resistant subway tile from Fireclay Tile in a herringbone pattern. The backsplash is a clé zellige chosen because it’s reflective and brings in light while also withstanding messes. (These clients are originally from Europe—they like to cook and entertain!)

It’s a popular style of tile, but here the idea was to have them be another layer of te xture, joining the wood, brick, brass and quartzite. And of course, there’s the great House of Hackney wallpaper to tie it all together. uniquekitchensandbaths.com; detailsanddesign.com

Hefty brass Armac Martin hardware pops against custom cabinetry and clé zellige tile.

A Lostine stool ties in the walnut detailing throughout the kitchen. The double height cabinets enclose a full-service coffee station.

photo: stacy zarin goldberg.

HOME AWAY

Embracing the American barn tradition in Westport, Connecticut, makes room for Moroccan-inspired magic, and an easy escape.

WRITTEN BY STEPHANIE HUNT PHOTOGRAPHY BY ERIC PIASECKI/OTTO STYLING BY HELEN CROWTHER

Architecture: Mark Finlay, Mark P. Finlay Architects Home Builder: Jeff Andrews, Auburn Landing, Inc. Landscape Architecture: Susie Aldrich, Surrey Style Designs LLC

umble and timeless, barns are the apple pie of American buildings—and an architectural form long admired by the owners of this Westport, Connecticut, retreat.

“We’d always talked about building a barn one day,” recalls the wife. But it wasn’t until an adjacent listing became available that their “one day” dream began to take shape.

Having lived in the idyllic coastal town for nearly 30 years, the couple had witnessed a trend of “tear down, build back big” enough times to know that they “didn’t want that to happen next door,” she reflects. When the neighbors put their property on the market, they purchased it straight away. “We sat on plans for a while, then one day said, ‘Now, how about that barn?’ ”

Next, they turned to their longtime collaborator, architect Mark Finlay, who, with general contractor Jeff Andrews, erected a destination structure that sits in pleasing conversation with their historic primary home while speaking a modern language all its own. “The initial concepts were so awesome that it gave us the confidence that this could really work,” the wife shares. “My style is funky and Mark likes to think outside of the box, so working together is always creative and fun.”

In this case, thinking outside of the box resulted in a soaring, two-story main volume which contains a kitchen, dining and living areas and an upstairs bedroom loft flanked by an expansive sun-room wing. Together, the assemblage makes for a dwelling equal parts everyday getaway, private guest house and entertaining paradise. “I always plan for a space to be as versatile as possible,” shares the architect. “This is a one-of-a-kind structure that you can puff up or puff down depending on its use,” he continues, noting that it can easily accommodate 60-person gatherings.

Linked by a sit-down, pass-through bar, the garden room is an exceptionally festive setting for entertaining. First conceived as a covered porch, it was ultimately glassed in with oversize, thinframed windows so as to be usable year-round. “It has all the comforts of an interior space while feeling immersed in the outdoors,” Finlay shares. “The landscape serves as the walls.”

And the landscape is an experience unto itself, executed in concert with landscape designer Susie Aldrich. “We used hedges, paths and evergreen

shrubs, as well as an entrance fountain courtyard, to create unique spaces that flow together and invite you to explore,” she says. Aldrich’s team included installer Isai Guzman and crew, who handled all site work, even crafting “a charming swing on an old stately tree” to draw the eye from the courtyard to the park-like lawn beyond. “The views through the barn windows are just spectacular,” Aldrich notes.

Outdoors and in, the project is an exercise in balance. Creating a harmonious sense of proportion (hefty beams lightened by amply sized windows), juxtaposing textures (wood ceilings countered by creamy plaster walls), and spatial gestures like lowering the ceiling height in the second-floor seating area and bedroom all work to give the contemporary dwelling an inviting intimacy. “The tall ceilings and expansiveness are the polar opposite of our old Colonial,” says the wife, noting that the barn still remains “comfortable, cozy and a joy to be in.”

It was equally a joy for the wife, a seasoned interior designer herself, to decorate alongside Finlay’s studio. “Because this is not our primary home, I got to play with crazy colors and let our travels impact many decisions,” she notes. One trip to Morocco while construction was underway proved particularly fruitful. After scouring markets from the Atlas Mountains to Marrakech, she returned with inlaid wood furniture, colorful art, rugs and fabrics—and additional inspiration for tile and millwork selections to be recreated stateside by Finlay’s arsenal of tradespeople. “Mark is laidback, with a great sense of humor. I’d come up with some wild idea, and he’d say, ‘Okay, here she goes again!’ but would make it work,” says the wife, pointing to design surprises like the six-lantern rigging in the great room, which was inspired by a fixture she spied in Malibu’s Casa del Mar hotel. Amid such vibrant whimsy, a material palette of bleached white oak, Connecticut fieldstone and hand-forged iron provides a clean, versatile canvas. Nostalgic features including sliding barn doors, outward-opening windows and a cupola at the pinnacle of the articulated ceiling pay further homage to the trusty farmyard form, infused here with fresh verve and Moorish flare. In all, the dwelling reimagines barns as places of indulgence to be shared with many or savored in seclusion. Notes Finlay, “My clients love being able to grab a cup of coffee, walk a few steps from their house, and feel like they’re on vacation.”

Artisanal metalwork boldly accents the oak-clad great room, from the hand-forged iron balustrades and beam strapwork by Artisans of the Anvil to painted metal casement windows. The double-story hearth is composed of Connecticut fieldstone from O&G Mason.

Above: A Joe Tilson artwork crowns a limestone mantel from Formations in the living area. Rattan chairs from Casa Gusto and an armchair covered in a Lewis & Wood textile gather around an antique coffee table from AOI Home.

Opposite: Six Vaughan Designs lanterns on custom rigging define the dining space composed of a table by The Bright Group and Casamidy seats. The RH end chairs are slipcovered in a Schumacher fabric. The rug is from Chateau des Souks.

Palecek stools saddle up to the bar in the sun-drenched garden room. C&D Upholstery created the bespoke sofa adorned with a Classic Cloth textile and upholstered the Minton-Spidell armchair in a Namay Samay fabric.

Above: A series of Joe Tilson works add bold color above a Spanish console from Antique Row flanked by a chair from The Antique and Artisan Gallery. Replete with a zinc top, the adjacent bar is party-ready.

Opposite: Floor-to-ceiling windows frame views of a water feature just beyond the garden room.

The inlaid chairs and coffee table were purchased on a trip to Morocco. A Serena & Lily rug grounds the space atop porcelain-tiled floors. The sculptural cards table is from Kathy Kuo Home.

Right: A Moroccan zellige tile from Country Floors on the walls and flooring of Tabarka Studio tile make for an exciting material mix in the powder bath. Above the bespoke brass console sink is a mirror from Mecox Gardens framed by Porta Romana sconces.

Opposite: A nook in the secondstory seating loft procures a cozy conversation spot. Textiles include a Vaughan Designs print for the Roman shade and a Calvin Fabrics cloth for the window seat cushion. The chairs and table are from The Antique and Artisan Gallery.

Above: The green tones of the guest bath’s wallpaper from C&C Milano are echoed in the mirror and vanity millwork by Mosaic House. The vessel sink is from Pittet Architecturals, the sconce from Paul Ferrante and the art is by Annie O’Brien Gonzales.

Opposite: An Oly Studio bed topped with a Les Indiennes quilt and swag of Chelsea Textiles fabric is the star of the dreamy bedroom. An RH armoire provides storage. The Serena & Lily rug and Fermoie wallcovering bring textural layers.

Now & Then

Memories mingle with the present in a reimagined San Francisco family home.

WRITTEN BY MONIQUE MCINTOSH

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOSE MANUEL ALORDA STYLING BY LUCY BAMMAN

Architecture: Brooks McDonald, Brooks McDonald Architecture Interior Design: Leah O’Connell, Leah O’Connell Design Home Builder: JB Ferrarone, Plath & Company

By the foyer staircase, an octagonal white oak entry table by designer Leah O’Connell displays a John Derian for Astier de Villatte vase. Prestige Mills’ Templeton runner softens the stair treads, while a Roman shade made with a Décors Barbares fabric adorns the window.

It all started with a leaky roof— unwanted water seeping into the walls of a pre-1906 earthquake Edwardian in Pacific Heights. Not only did the elements imperil the original 1899 millwork, but they also endangered a lifetime of memories for the owner. This abode is her childhood home and the place she and her husband raised their two college-aged sons. Repairs and updates were needed, but any renovation had to remain faithful to decades of family nostalgia. They entrusted the extensive remodel to designer and long-time family friend Leah O’Connell, who treasured her own youthful memories of the house. “This family and home have forever been in my orbit, so the project was close to my heart,” she shares. Joined by architect Brooks McDonald and general contractor JB Ferrarone, she approached changes with a tender eye to the past. “We had to take this house down to the studs and put it back up exactly as it would have been—but a little better,” the designer adds. The work included replacing the original box sash windows with faithful reproductions—doublepaned models this time for better insulation. The interior baseboard, trim and decorative handcarved millwork received the same meticulous treatment, with worn and damaged pieces “removed, refurbished and reinstalled,” Ferrarone says. “Anything that needed to be built was an exact replica of the original.” Less-than-authentic features that were added by prior generations, like the dining room’s shutters, were also recreated out of sheer affection. “For the family, those shutters have always been there,” O’Connell shares. “There were many sentimental choices like that because they hold a lot of memories.”

New features accommodate the family’s current lifestyle while remaining sympathetic to the original architecture. “We wanted to keep the story the house was already telling and build on that,” explains McDonald, who specializes in such sensitive rehabilitations of historic San Francisco homes. To enliven dinner parties, a new emerald wet bar was incorporated into the dining room, concealed behind the Edwardian wainscoting. Reconfiguring the damaged roof also reclaimed more usable garret space for a new guest bedroom and lounge. But the angled ceilings were preserved, along with window-lined reading nooks tucked under the eaves. Removing the

original servant stair made room for an expanded kitchen and breakfast area. Yet the new cabinetry still hums in architectural harmony, with “custom Shaker-style drawer and door fronts that mimic a British style,” the architect describes. Grayed blue paint completes the space’s vintage-tinged quality.

Overall, the palette “leans into historical colors,” O’Connell notes. Walls feature parchment whites and faded blues and greens. Wallpapers embrace heritage motifs, particularly the dining room’s dramatic hand-painted landscape of redwoods, horses and herds of bison. The unfolding vistas nod to the family’s equestrian passions, especially the wife’s love of Western-style horseback riding.

A medley of past and present also reverberates through the furniture. Family heirlooms are peppered throughout, most notably a beloved dining set and collection of oil paintings inherited from the wife’s grandmother. To this, O’Connell brought traditional English pieces, like the living room’s roll-arm sofa, because “I love how they feel formal yet entirely approachable,” she says. To contrast, more contemporary additions like the breakfast nook’s tapered chairs introduce midcentury modern silhouettes. “It’s all about the mix,” the designer explains. “You have to add something new to create interest.”

Swaths of archival florals, stripes and plaids bring more eclectic layers, each imbued with their own histories—like the 18th-century Indian floral on the upholstered headboard and matching lampshades in the couple’s bedroom. Or the cheerful Swedish star area rug animating the breakfast room floor. Pattern play is a signature for O’Connell, who is also known for her own historically inspired textile line. She incorporated a few of her designs, some with nostalgic origins like the primary bedroom’s delicate floral drapes inspired by her great-grandmother’s baby dress. Her version tweaks the original scale and proportion, but the tender sentiment endures as “Textiles are my love language,” the designer says. Indeed, love emanates throughout the home, melding together memories of loved ones lost with new comforts for the present generation. The project also became a memento of the designer’s friendship with the wife and an ode to the city they both adore as proud fifth-generation San Franciscans. “We’ve grown up with these old San Francisco homes our whole lives,” O’Connell says. “For this one, I love that we kept its history and the memories that have happened there while bringing it into a new century.”

Kitchen cabinets painted Farrow

& Ball’s Oval Room Blue frame

the breakfast room, where a Leah O’Connell Textiles rug grounds

a Nickey Kehoe table and Julian Chichester chairs. The armchair is covered in a Radish Moon fabric.

Right: Highlighted in green, a concealed bar is seamlessly integrated into the dining room. Antique Portieux Vallerysthal blue milk-glass goblets and glassware by Baccarat and Simon Pearce fill the shelves.

Opposite: Hand-painted wallpaper surrounds the reimagined dining room. Fixtures by The Urban Electric Co. illuminate the antique furnishings, set atop a rug from Eliko Rugs by David Ariel.

Above: Brunschwig & Fils’ playful Bibliotheque wallpaper envelops the powder room, accented by a Gio Ponti for Gubi mirror and Hector Finch light fixture. A Kallista faucet adorns the vanity’s marble countertop.

Opposite: Farrow & Ball’s Pale Powder softens the bedroom of one of the sons. The bed is upholstered in a Larsen fabric; underfoot is a Stark carpet. A chair from Sonoma Country Antiques, vintage stool and Lumfardo sconce offer a cozy spot to read.

Above: A wall of zellige tiles from clé adds textured charm to the sons’ bathroom, complementing a travertine vanity and Waterworks faucet. A Rejuvenation walnut mirror and delicate Solana sconce by Blueprint Lighting complete the space.

Left: Leah O’Connell Textiles pieces fill the couple’s bedroom, from a Heathcliff rug to drapery and a bench featuring the Lolly motif. A Soane Britain print is used for both the headboard and the Stephen Gerould lamps’ shades. The nightstand is by Chelsea Textiles.

Body & Soul

With a fresh take on figurative art, Los Angeles painter and sculptor America Martin captures the human spirit with flair.

WRITTEN BY MONIQUE MCINTOSH | PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARIANNA JAMADI

The body is rich terrain for America Martin. Every gesture, movement and expression is akin to “a landscape that is forever changing” in the eyes of the native Angeleno. She excavates each nuance for her paintings and sculptures, mining newfound wonder from the oldest of muses.

Martin’s fascination with figurative art blossomed from a childhood discovery of Vincent van Gogh’s portraiture work in an art book. “I felt like I was reading a language I could understand, one that I wanted to start speaking immediately,” she recalls. This passion led her to start taking life-drawing classes at 10 years old.

Now, Martin has shaped her own corporeal lexicon. In her paintings, bodies emerge from pools of color, bordered by sinuous lines “that are the bass drum of my art,” she explains. “They make a figure feel light or heavy, or convey pride or waifishness.” Her sculptures follow a similar expression, with flat planes of metal and stone contoured around negative space.

Martin’s subjects reveal the anthropological curiosity that underscores her work. One piece may evoke ancient monolithic Mayan sculptures, Greek mythical gods or Colombian indigenous art (nodding to her own Colombian roots). In another, she might cheekily reimagine an English medieval tapestry or 19th-century paintings by Édouard Manet or Paul Gauguin. Other figures, like those of mother and child, transcend time and place.

In her studio, a 10,000-square-foot former drapery warehouse illuminated by skylights, Martin works on a large scale, flitting between massive paintings in progress. Compositions develop from sketches, whether derived from live model sessions or pure flights of fancy, “on those days when I just want to paint a woman that looks like a mountain,” quips the artist.

She utilizes both acrylic and nontoxic house paint, which allows for generous applications. “I like how oils and acrylics fight on the surface; they crack and drip,” she notes. Throughout the process, she’ll trade big brushes with oil sticks to create thinner lines. Each piece feels finished “when there’s a match between spirit and form—that’s when they hum,” she says.

Recent motherhood has only deepened Martin’s awe of the human figure. “Having a child is like seeing a Leonardo da Vinci architectural drawing,” she reflects. “Perfect. Brilliant. The best thing you’ll ever make. But, as an artist, I’m still hungry to create new work.”

Artist America Martin (opposite) draws on one of her large canvases with charcoal to create dark, gestural lines. She often chooses house paint (below) to add broad sweeps of color to oil and acrylic pieces like The Pilgrimage (left). A collection of artworks (bottom) mixed with inspirational material leans against a wall of her L.A. studio.

Architecture: Scott Payne and Aaron Belzer, Farmer Payne Architects Interior Design: Jennifer Hoey Smith, Suede Studio Home Builder: Preston Ziegler and Jared Larna, Sawtooth Construction Inc. Landscape Architecture: Ben Young and Ashley Boand, BYLA – Landscape Architects

Unbridled SPIRIT

On an Idaho horse property, a streamlined dwelling puts a modern spin on historic structures.

WRITTEN BY MAILE PINGEL | PHOTOGRAPHY BY GABE BORDER

A steel door crafted by Sawtooth Construction Inc. marks the entry to this Idaho home’s primary bedroom wing. Throughout are reclaimed European white oak floors from Burchette & Burchette and windows and doors by Sierra Pacific Windows.

This house is a breath of fresh air,” says architect Scott Payne. Set on a swath of grassy flatland shared with foxes, owls and elk, the property offered the opportunity to do things a little differently. Working in collaboration with interior designer Jennifer Hoey Smith, Payne realized a home that takes its inspiration from a mix of historic buildings, ranging from 19th-century mining and farm structures in nearby Triumph, Idaho, to European estates. The result is idiosyncratic and a bit unexpected for the area.

At first glance, the residence looks as though it has existed for a long time. “The massing is broken into four parts, like we found an old building and added to it,” Payne notes. “Yet it feels minimal and modern thanks to clean lines and sun-bleached tones in the wood and stone.”

Enhancing the constructed-over-time illusion is a series of gabled and flat roofs that top rooms focused on views of the Pioneer Mountains. Rather than going for two stories—with 5 acres to work with, there was plenty of room to spread the building out—Payne, alongside project architect Aaron Belzer and general contractors Preston Ziegler and Jared Larna, played with ceiling heights to give each room added character. H-shaped, one wing of the dwelling contains the foyer and guest suite while the other holds the primary bedroom and kids’ suites, which are designed to close off from the rest of the house.

Connecting the wings is the great room. “The emphasis of this home is that main social area,” Smith notes. “It feels grand but also modest.” Again, the team played with common precepts: Rather than lining up the great room’s kitchen-diningliving areas like birds on a wire, they rounded the concept, pulling the kitchen to the side of the other two spaces. “Everyone gathers around the island no matter what, so putting it at the center makes it extremely efficient,” Belzer explains.

An alfresco cocktail area and fire pit off the kitchen along with a barbecue patio adjacent to the living and dining areas extends the great

room outside. “It’s a great flow for parties,” Payne says. Another playful element is the cedar hot tub made to look like a water trough at the end of a boardwalk off the family’s sleeping wing. “It’s a fun detail—you can walk out barefoot,” Belzer notes.

Because this is a house for entertaining, “It needed to be cozy but also elegant,” Smith says. She achieved this look by selecting materials like antique floorboards from France and rustic hewn timbers to live alongside clean-lined elements. She also added a host of equestrian touches, from the saddle detail stitching on the kitchen barstools to the rein-like leather accents on the space’s pendant lights. More nods to country life can be found in the dining room’s rope chandelier and the living room’s sheepskin sofa.

Natural textures continue in the primary bedroom, a vaulted space with a plush wall-to-wall headboard. “It’s really very private,” the designer says. Above the bed is an abstraction of Pablo Picasso’s quote, “If I paint a wild horse, you might not see the horse ... but surely you will see the wildness!” The adjoining bathroom provides views of the barn and said horses, portraits of whom hang on the walls.

“The house feels livable for every day, but it also has some spectacular spots for social occasions,” Smith continues. Many of those are found outdoors, designed by landscape architect Ben Young and former project manager Ashley Boand. “The challenge of the Western landscape is often reckoning the grandness of a site with the desire to create intimate spaces,” Young explains. Their goal was to blend the grounds with the architecture while keeping a sense of openness and connectivity to the adjacent views. “We let the meadow unfold out from the patios, allowing the eye to wander,” he says. “Yet this isn’t a house in the wilderness, so more domestic and traditional plants, like hydrangeas, made sense too—they’re showy but simple, especially in white.”

“There’s an incredible sense of place here,” Payne says of the result. “As soon as your tires hit the driveway, you hear crushed stone and feel like you’re on a property somewhere in Europe. It’s an absolute disconnect from everyday life.”

Above the great room fireplace, a photograph by Kene Sperry overlooks Verellen armchairs, a vintage shearling settee from Eneby Home and a custom coffee table by J. Inlow Art. The lamp is by BDDW, and the rug is Stark.

A Brightbound fixture illuminates a walnut dining table by Rovan Hand Crafted Furniture and Gubi chairs upholstered in Dedar bouclé. Behind the Verellen sofa is a custom record rack by Geology Studio.

“The house feels livable for every day, but it also has some spectacular spots for social occasions.”

–JENNIFER HOEY SMITH

Right: Leather-and-steel stools by Croft House pull up to the kitchen island’s quartzite countertop from European Marble & Granite, over which hang Allied Maker pendants. The faucet is by Dornbracht.

Opposite: American Clay plaster defines the Wolf range’s custom hood. Brown Dog Woodworks crafted the white oak kitchen cabinetry, which is adorned with Rocky Mountain Hardware pulls.

DINING CHAIRS

RAW CONCRETE TRESTLE DINING TABLE & RAVOLI ROPE DINING CHAIRS