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Designer Michelle Morgan Harrison brought drama to the living room with a wall of antiqued mirrored panels and glamorous materials like the silvery white sofa fabric and the combination of a silver-and-white patterned fabric from David Hicks and a metallic linen from F. Schumacher on the chairs.
Beneath the ancient beams: a gleaming white marble bath.
A breezeway connects the house with the garage.
The screened porch, another nod to rural life, is a lovely place to spend some twilight time.
The master bedroom is all architecture and serenity.
Beams hold the racks for pots and pans.
A built-in kitchen alcove repeats the colors and patinas found throughout the house.
The new home's shape says "barn"; while fenestration and amenities speak of the comforts of modern life.
Gentle wood patinas and the colors of nature suit the dining room.
Davis says she chose materials that look as though they belong here, as in this cozy retreat behind the living room.
Davis and Owens designed the rectangular steel fireplace surround and log carrier.
The resurrected old Dutch barn already had the lofty heights and massive oak beams with a patina only time can impart.
A plush white rug grounds a daughter's colorful bedroom.
Carlos Blanco's large round painting of a Venezuelan tepuy.
Barcelona chairs and upholstered Midcentury benches add verve to a serene master bedroom.
The master bath features a large oval tub by Oceania.
Design elements are present even in the pool.
Artemide's Mercury ceiling lamp illuminates the fluid, cantilevered chairs and square table of the breakfast area.
The double-height living room'€™s neutral color palette serves as a backdrop to dramatic artwork.
Rafael Barrios's seemingly weightless sculpture is a focal point of the living room.
The patio features Royal Botania furniture.
A casual dining area.
The modern fireplace.
Dining room furniture features fabric from Loro Piana and William Yeoward.
Adriana'€™s love of symmetry and angular design are evident in both the house'€™s exterior and the landscaping.
In the living room, colorful twin cocktail tables by French artist Yves Klein are set against a lush white alpaca rug from Peru.
The leather bench with hand-carved chair backs, designed by Dubini, is jaunty but "€œnot very comfortable,"€ Adriana Gabaldón admits.
A closer look at a Klein cocktail table.
Alive with urban energy, Sigfredo Chacón'€™s installation New York Drippings frames an intimate dining area with a round table and upholstered chairs and lit by a vintage crystal chandelier.
Fronting on the Chacón painting, a leather bench and a multicolor rug by Nanimarquina form the centerpieces of the house'€™s main entrance.
The sunroom is Ruderman’s go-to space for relaxation and reflection.
The kitchen is stylish but no-nonsense, perfect for this ­serious cook who loves to entertain.
Lush landscaping abounds.
Every exterior feature, especially the outdoor entertaining spaces, was given the same attention to detail as the interiors.
The paneled library is classically styled, with both masculine and feminine touches.
The home’s facade is grand, inviting and traditional.
The porch is one of Ruderman’s favorite spots because, she says, it reflects who she is as a designer.
The porch is casually furnished with wicker and wrought iron.
Architectural details, like the coffered ceilings, abound throughout.
Another view of the interior “skylight” in the foyer.
A sitting area surrounds an antique mantel in the living room.
The palette is intentionally neutral, providing contrast for curvaceous seating and richly textured accessories.
Curated with care, the furnishings in Linda Ruderman’s home are evocative of the designer’s signature traditional style. Period and custom pieces wedded with well-chosen antiques lend her rooms an elegant authenticity.
The master bedroom is an oasis of calm for the homeowners. “It’s great when you can make something beautiful but it’s also great when it doesn’t overstimulate the senses,” says Morgan Harrison.
Gray leather sofas invite relaxing in the TV room.
Faux Carrara wall and floor tile wraps the master bathroom.
A calming palette of creams and blues envelops the living room, which gets a touch of extra drama from the glints of light bouncing off the starburst ceiling fixture and the convex mirror over the fireplace.
Contemporary accessories complement the foyer’s classic herringbone-pattern wood floor.
Chrome and yellow-vinyl barstools add sunny warmth to the modern kitchen, where skylights bring in natural light.
Waterworks fixtures dress up the gentlemanly master bathroom.
In the master bedroom, a framed banner unearthed at a tag sale recalls days spent on the Cape. Shelves burst with books and antique night tables keep essentials at hand. Restoration Hardware’s Frette linens and Ralph Lauren custom pillows cozy things up.
The dining room’s silvery hues shimmer in numerous reflective surfaces, including an entire wall covered in antique mirror. The homeowners entertain frequently, so a large round table was of utmost importance to offer plenty of seating for guests and help ease the flow of conversation.
Faux-bookshelf wallpaper by Brunschwig & Fils gives the reading room added personality.
Ralph Lauren Home’s Sudan Weave wallpaper wraps the kitchen above Carrara marble countertops. Decorative painter Topher Carnes executed the graphic floor.
A cozy library off the kitchen sports club chairs covered in Lee Jofa fabric and a coffee table from Bungalow 5.
A gold rabbit from Bunny Williams's BeeLine Home collection adds a whimsical note.
The bar table is from Lillian August.
More clever juxtapositions unfold at one end of the living room, where Byrd Swift’s vibrant painting teams with an antique tea table and family heirlooms including a rose medallion bowl and silver candlesticks.
Symmetry, as in dual corner cupboards, twin ladderback chairs and matching upholstered dining seats, fosters a calm and serene air in the dining room. The Ralph Lauren fabric for the chairs and drapes was repurposed from the Rooms with a View show house sponsored annually by the South Congregational Church in Southport.
An antique table anchors the entry. The bar table is from Lillian August.
Like his mentor Albert Hadley, Rogers is skilled at blending styles and eras. The living room’s lookalike French Chesterfield couches came via a local estate. The custom pillows are by John Robshaw.
The designer collects blanc de chine figures.
Driftwood lamps and a hide pillow lend an organic touch to the custom headboard and nightstands in the master bedroom.
Eastman turned a crystal punchbowl into a vessel for orchids atop the coffee table.
Metallic and organic mix in the living room’s mercury-glass lamp with cork lampshade.
The bookcase, rescued from a consignment shop, has traveled with Eastman to all her apartments, taking on a different color each time.
Clear designed the sitting-area chairs, inspired by a pair she spied in an antiques shop.
“Every room should have a surprise,” says designer Joyce Clear. The master bedroom has several, from its unique headboard to its steel bench covered in Donghia fabric to the seafoam hue of the bedding.
A sectional sofa and antique bench dominate the living room in Tiffany Eastman’s Stamford apartment. Asian touches in the lacquered side table, metal bamboo chairs and a Chinese Chippendale mirror lend age and sophistication to the new space.
A textured paper lends a three-dimensional effect to the powder room’s wall.
A Robert Motherwell lithograph hangs above the Nakashima sideboard.
The dining table, which expands to seat two dozen, has an apron of gold coral onyx embellished with metal filigree in an echo of the entry stair.
A collection of pieces from browngrotta arts, in Wilton, sets off a Clark-crafted chest.
The Arts and Crafts influence takes a contemporary turn in the staircase crafted by Gregory Clark with its serpentine banister and filigree-inset newel posts. The homeowner, an accomplished craftswomen herself, made the felt throw rug.
The raised circles in the custom J.D. Staron rug evoke the stones one might collect during a walk on the nearby beach.
A money plant sandwiched between glass forms the top of a side-table crafted by Clark.
Pendant lights help make a focal point of the family room’s seating arrangement.
The family room is in the new addition at the rear of the house. Reflective surfaces in the coffee table, side tables and lamps spark a room that’s all about comfort. Soft neutral tones and traditionally designed furniture promote relaxation.
Antique bell jar lamps above the dining table hold candles whose light is romantically reflected in a sheet of antique glass set into the dining table top.
The master bedroom carries out the designer’s serene design scheme with pale-blue walls, white bedding, Lucite bedside tables and symmetrical bookcases.
The living room’s calm personality speaks with soft brown walls and unfussy window treatments.
Saturated colors in carpet and upholstery, dark blue silk window treatments, mahogany paneling and an emphasis on warmth and comfort create what designer and homeowner Katherine Hodge calls her “winter room.” Pops of color enliven the small space.
The home is a symmetrically proportioned center-entry Colonial Revival built in 1928.
A Corbin Bronze sculpture stands guard on the landing.
The designer’s choices play off the Zebrino marble fireplace surround and bronze mantel designed by Kaehler.
A silk-and-wool Tibetan rug warms the upstairs bedroom, where bedside tables by Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams flank an A. Rudin bed.
Sheer woven curtains offer privacy but let the light in.
Vintage chairs by Milo Baughman upholstered in glazed linen from Holly Hunt surround a custom table by Martha Sturdy from Baker Furniture.
The custom hair-on-hide coffee table/ottoman by Kyle Bunting makes the living room a kick-off-your-shoes space, where the owners watch football games or have cocktails by the fire.
Roseff furnished the living room with textured neutrals, adding patterned pillows for visual interest.
The colors of the open kitchen’s custom glass backsplash from Ann Sacks inspired designer Eric Roseff’s furniture choices such as the barstools upholstered in cloud-colored all-grain leather from Edelman
"Bubble baths revive me," says the designer, praising her master bath with its smart black-and-white theme.
Nearby, a handcrafted wood seat joins a medley of textures.
Snakeskin-printed sheers dress windows in the office, where Eastman works at a glass-topped desk.
Eastman painted the entry mirror with white lacquer to highlight its design.
Her living-room desk is positioned to capture views of the old stone walls she loves.
The dark cherry library was made more feminine with a jolt from green-lacquered walls and rich velvet accent chairs.
A tub enjoys dramatic views and its own proscenium arch.
The spectacular staircase mixes verticals, horizontals, and diagonals with wood both rough-hewn and polished.
Custom millwork, such as the master bedroom’s cabinets and mantel, is one of the house’s signatures.
The house’s rich oak flooring is most evident in the open kitchen.
Some of the fieldstone for the central hearth was taken from the property.
The Michael Taylor dining table sits atop a stone base.
Looking perfectly comfortable in a wintry setting, this Redding home takes its design cues (and even some of its building materials) from nearby Connecticut barns.
A Pottery Barn Teen cupboard with cutouts, lavender drapery fabric from Duralee, and a John Robshaw quilt give eleven-year-old Emma’s room an edge.
Vintage orange chairs complement Kerri’s artwork with a bit of extra punch in the television room. The ottoman is another custom D2 Interieurs design.
A palette of cool blues creates a soothing atmosphere in the master bedroom.
Colorful accessories pop in the living room, where walls of Benjamin Moore’s Jet Black set off the crisp white trim and shelves.
A custom table by D2 Interieurs holds sculptural pieces in the dining room, which Kerri sometimes uses for client meetings.
Silver travertine replaced the red-brick surround of the fireplace in the family room. Glick redid the cocktail table with walnut stain, stripped the sofa of its fussy skirted upholstery, and added a new sisal rug and gray velvet lounge chair from Lillian August.
In the master bedroom, Glick achieved both serenity and glamour by covering the ceiling with crushed-mica wallpaper and outfitting the custom headboard in silk and mohair.
Dark-green granite counters gave way to white Calacatta marble in the kitchen. Glick swapped out a country pine table for the contemporary dark-wood table and surrounded it with streamlined chairs in white leather.
Designer and homeowner Susan Glick replaced the cozy dark tones of her living room with dusty grays and amethysts. A sofa that once wore olive-colored fabric was reupholstered in gray velvet and paired with new custom-made wing chairs.
Metal chairs from Design Within Reach surround an intimate breakfast area in the kitchen.
A painting by Kerri Rosenthal sets off the daughter’s already-colorful space.
A rustic table from Parc Monceau looks right at home against the bold wall color choice the homeowner made.
Original wood floors in the kitchen were sanded and stained. Nickel hardware complements the stainless-steel appliances and basket-chair barstools.
A wall painted in Farrow & Ball’s London Clay sets off the master bedroom’s custom-upholstered bed.
The horizontal paneling, gray grasscloth, pale upholstery, and vivid turquoise accessories give this home its beachy-casual feel.
An eye-catching "X" brings visual interest to the kitchen peninsula. Contemporary stools make an arresting juxtaposition with the old wood.
Refurbished pieces like a French settee look right at home on the antique-finished oak floor of the sitting room.
A cluster of baubles hanging from the coffered ceiling and a console with scrollwork details elevate the dining room to what the homeowner calls the "most beautiful room in the house."
Bold textiles and a contemporary coffee table from Jonathan Adler add energy to the "teen room," where the family’s three children can do homework or hang out with friends.
Dark-blue walls and a mix of textiles create an upscale "man cave" for the son.
The hand-finished paneling of the library gleams against grasscloth-covered walls.
The house’s T shape gives the rear elevation architectural interest.
Pale gray walls lend the living room a calm feeling; an old iron gate topped with glass serves as a coffee table.
The wife’s favorite shade of blue and a soft-underfoot jute rug bring a casual vibe to the family room.
Sliding glass doors between the breakfast room and an office let light flow through the house.
The ceiling is high but not atrium-like. "I just really didn’t want it to feel like a McMansion," the wife says.
Antique chairs surround a custom table that expands with pie-shaped leaves to seat the homeowners’ extended family.
The simple landscape plan includes a New England beech tree that offers a shady spot for the family’s two black Labs.
Rocking chairs line up on a porch that overlooks the pool.
The foyer sets the home’s genteel tone with an antique demilune, one of the pair the homeowner and designer Julie Nightingale scored at a French flea market, and an antique Swedish daybed from Circa Antiques in Westport.
The refined country motif of the master bedroom includes a Cole & Son wallpaper, linen damask shades, and heirloom-quality furniture.
The designers tamed the double-height foyer, bringing warmth and drama with a Cole & Son wallpaper and oversize antique lantern.
A mix of antiques, high-quality reproductions, and new upholstered pieces give the living room its comfortable, traditional feel.
Chinoiserie lamps lend whimsy to a porch outfitted in rattan furniture dressed with practical Sunbrella-covered cushions.
The stone-and-shingle Arts and Crafts-style residence holds a medley of historical references, along with quirky details that make it seem like a century-old home rather than a contemporary spec house.
William and Mary-style chairs encircle the table in the dining room, where a collection of Blue Willow china purchased on eBay adds a colorful punch to the antique hutch.
To accommodate additional seating, one end of the great room was bumped out to create a niche for a second sofa. The tiered chandelier from Restoration Hardware and Pheasant Feather table lamps by Bunny -Williams complement the room’s scale.
Designer Amy Aidinis Hirsch gave the living room a more spacious feel by adding the white paneling.
The homeowners’ art collection includes this painting, by the Brazilian artist Vic Muniz, that hangs in the foyer.
The sunroom’s custom chairs and ottoman wear sturdy, but pretty, fabric by Perennials.
A spectacular tapestry by Pae White is displayed above the living room sofa. To the right of the sofa hangs the intriguing Proposal 15, a painting by Los Angeles artist Alex Olson.
The master bath incorporates a sculptural tub and limestone floor.
A Bourgeois Bohème chandelier with hand-blown globes-hung at precisely the right point-illuminates the stairwell. The landing’s quiet reading spot includes an Oly Flowerfall chandelier.
The ornately framed mirror hails from a previous residence. Paired with a graphic Stark carpet and Holly Hunt chairs, it adds an elegant note to the master suite’s sitting area.
Gray-blue makes a serene palette for the master bedroom; the tiered chandelier is by Oly.
The second-floor master suite opens to a terrace providing a heavenly respite for parents.
A generous bluestone terrace also runs along the kitchen, easily accessible for al fresco dining and entertaining.
The sunny kitchen serves up a bounty of storage, with upper and lower cabinets and niches in the island. For snacks, the kids belly up to the island; casual meals take place in a breakfast area just off the kitchen.
Leather chairs and handsome paneling give the billiard room club-like ambience.
On the living room wall, an abstract wood sculpture by Jeremy Holmes nods to the fluid movement of the home’s central staircase and railing.
Nesting tables and versatile animal-hide cubes ensure family-room functionality. Designer Dale Blumberg framed the bookcase "to make it more like a piece of art," she explains.
Mirrored Urban Electric sconces, a sparkly Arctic Pear chandelier by Ochre, and a shimmery Phillip Jeffries wallcovering give the dining room as much appeal by day as by night.
A granite exterior with custom limestone detailing gives the house presence
The architect enclosed what had been an open connection to the garage, incorporating beams and stones to create a lofty secondary entry the family uses regularly.
Architect Jeff Kaufman forged space for a floating staircase that winds its way to the top floor. Its dramatic ascent is accentuated with custom-designed railings by Dave Hind of Hamilton, Ontario.
The bench at the base of the stairs was discovered by the homeowners, who restored it to its natural state by stripping off coats of old paint.
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