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These kind of sum up how I feel about 2020,” says Martha Hunt of the explosive abstract paintings by Daisy Parris that hang in her New York City apartment. “They’re really intense.” The vibe is otherwise serene at the home of this supermodel, who, on a recent morning, could be found curled with her puppy, Coco, on a sofa. From that perch, with Lower Manhattan framed by corner windows, she has weathered much of the pandemic. Her coping mechanisms? Hard-core nesting—and a lot of plants. It’s a new thing for the peripatetic Hunt, who was named an ambassador for Bulgari, the Italian jewelry house, last summer. Since moving to New York from her native North Carolina in 2007, she recalls, “I’ve lived all over. And I’ve always had a bag…

Chimneypieces are always to blame,” Will Fisher says when the subject turns to redecoration, specifically the recent rethink of his own London drawing room. Though he was “quite wedded” to the existing white-marble-and-siena Georgian mantel, his wife, Charlotte, was ready for something brawnier. Temptations, after all, abound given their business: Jamb, a Pimlico Road institution that they founded in 2001 and that specializes in chic reproductions of historic fireplace surrounds. He balked, she persisted, and the couple eventually installed a gutsy English limestone antique, with a wide frieze of overlapping leaves and perky acorns. The swap sparked a room-wide revamp that took place during the city’s pandemic lockdown. “If you’re going to be confined within four walls,” the dealer says in his defense, “you might as well set about reimagining…

At La Samaritaine, one could always find everything. So insisted the Paris department store’s famous slogan: On trouve tout à La Samaritaine. And now, one can even find the most stylish place in town to spend the night—or the week, as discerning travelers will no doubt be tempted to do. Recently reimagined by LVMH, the Right Bank retail complex just welcomed a dazzling new neighbor, the Cheval Blanc Paris hotel, located on the Seine-facing side of the 1928 Art Deco building by Henri Sauvage. “Our intention was to transform the iconic Parisian building without disregarding its existing design heritage,” says Peter Marino, who was tasked with conceiving the lobbies, four restaurants, the Dior Spa, and 72 rooms and suites. In keeping with his long-standing work for LVMH, the AD100 architect…

SOFT SPOTS The eyes, we’re told, are the windows to the soul. And shouldn’t the windows also be a reflection of one’s eye? Hunter Douglas thinks so. This year, the leading maker of custom window treatments launched two new collections as part of its Design Studio Featured Artist series of soft goods. One, conceived by San Francisco textile maestro Seema Krish, is an homage to traditional craft, with seven motifs inspired by her travels. (Pictured, top left and bottom right, are Floret and Waves.) And Marcie Bronkar, a fine artist based in New York City and Los Angeles, has updated historic motifs in her refined array, which includes Amaryllis (bottom left) and Menagerie (top right). Both lines come in drapery, side panels, and Roman or roller shades. hunterdouglas.com COMING SOON……

Handbag designer Tyler Ellis is the daughter of American fashion icon Perry Ellis and television writer and producer Barbara Gallagher, and much like her late father, she has a taste for what might best be described as modern classics—a deftly calibrated mix of simple, timeless lines and contemporary panache. The style applies not only to her own luxury creations—a staple of Hollywood’s endless red-carpet parade—but also to the chic, breezy Brentwood home she shares with her husband, investor Benjamin Shriner. Seduced by the property’s French-inflected, classical-meets-Deco architecture and its abundant Italian cypresses, the two purchased the house five years ago and called upon its original architect, William Hefner, and Ellis’s longtime interior designers, the Los Angeles–based AD100 firm The Archers, to reinvent the place to reflect the young couple’s taste…

All products have been identified by the designer of each residence. Items similar to vintage and antique pieces shown are often available from the dealers listed. Contact information was up to date at time of publication. HAPPY TRAILS PAGES 92–103: Interior design by Hallworth Design; hallworth.com. Landscape design by Terremoto; terremoto.la. PAGES 92–93: In the kitchen, District tile in Burnt Sugar Glossy Crackle; waterworks.com. Terra-cotta tiles; chateaudomingue.com. Rojo Cehegin marble and Antique Majolica tile; compasstone.com. Cubby shelf; nickeykehoe.com. Pierre Jeanneret stool; galeriehalf.com. PAGE 94: In poolhouse, root table and stools; nickeykehoe.com. PAGE 95: Poolside, wood stumps; angelcitylumber.com. Lounge chairs; ecooutdoorusa.com. PAGES 96–97: In living room, vintage Frits Henningsen chair; denmark50.com. Custom chandelier; blackmancruz.com. Vintage Erik Karlström chair; liefalmont.com. Vintage Philip Arctander chair; jfchen.com. On custom sofa, Volterra linen, in Barley,…

“I wanted to give Martina a contemporary version of her childhood home by the great Renzo Mongiardino, albeit with my own paltry skills and my own paintbrush in place of his army of craftsmen.” —Ashley Hicks Most often renovation seems to focus on modernization and removal of the past, but the many sensitive updates featured in this issue are refreshingly respectful, even reverential, of history. Looking over the final issue, I am also struck that there is a truly exceptional, long-standing bond between client and professional in each remarkable project. Cover star Kirsten Dunst has known her interior designer Jane Hallworth since she was only 18 years old, and this is the second residence they have collaborated on; the aubergine kitchen is a stunner and certainly destined for Pinterest boards…

Tariq Dixon isn’t fazed. While the pandemic has presented new challenges for designers, the creative polymath behind the furniture brand Trnk has been in problem-solving mode, shifting his business toward more conscious consumption and livability. Coming from Baltimore, the Harvard alum recognizes the privilege of creating one’s own space. “Growing up very poor, the priority was just having a shelter and a roof over our heads,” he explains by phone from his Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, apartment, where he’s surrounded by two chairs made with the Nova Scotia–based firm Studio Anansi—part of a collaboration launching this month. After moving to New York, Dixon gained a newfound appreciation for the home. In 2013 he cofounded Trnk, an online vintage design shop that has since evolved into a curatorial platform and retailer where works—his…

TRUE TO FORM Conceived in collaboration with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, Brizo’s new Frank Lloyd Wright Bath Collection translates the American icon’s tenets of organic architecture into a striking new collection of fixtures, from a rain-can showerhead reminiscent of Prairie-style eaves to cantilevered lavatory faucets with sideways spouts that release a cascade of (what else?) falling water. brizo.com THE FULL SENSORY EXPERIENCE So much more than mere airflow, Gaggenau’s 400 Series Vario Downdraft ventilation system appeals to the ears, nose, and eyes. Advanced noise reduction keeps it running extra quietly, so as not to drown out conversation, while optimized air management intuitively detects odors and steam, automatically kicking into action so that chefs can breathe easy. Best of all, its sleek design integrates seamlessly into spaces of all kinds,…

“Seed pods, microbes, fungi, intestines… it’s all a jumble,” says the New York–based artist and designer Liam Lee, describing the inspirations for his curious textiles and furniture. The brightly colored, freaky forms—it takes a moment to realize—are made from hand-dyed, needle-felted wool. “I think of them as drawings, almost,” says Lee, who first experimented with the technique (wherein serrated needles bind fibers together, building them up into a desired shape) a few years ago. What were initially small-scale textile works have since given way to three-dimensional pieces, the latest of which are slated to debut this November, as part of Patrick Parrish’s booth at New York’s Salon Art + Design fair. “Wool is such a seductive material because it can be really soft and supple but also very rigid and…

At school my teachers said I had my head in the clouds,” says Barnaba Fornasetti. “But in the end I found a way to make it useful as a business.” Of course, a healthy imagination ran in the family; he’s the only son of Piero Fornasetti. Since the 1930s, the Italian “designer of dreams,” who studied under and later collaborated with maestro Gio Ponti, had delighted the world with his accessories and furnishings, emblazoned with a fantasia of architectural, celestial, and witty trompe l’oeil motifs. Barnaba took the helm of the business when his father passed away in 1988, and in 2009 he spun that silly schoolyard commentary into yet another fantastical reality: He extracted a section of sky from an old landscape print in his parents’ bedroom and translated…

RAINBOW CONNECTION “This was about pushing the envelope of color,” says Will Cooper, chief creative officer and partner of ASH NYC. He is referring to the AD100 firm’s new line of bath fittings for Waterworks—a vibrant update to the brand’s beloved Highgate series. “We took a lot of time skewing this palette to a different place,” Cooper notes of the porcelain lever handles’ four joyful hues: Jade Green, Cerise Red, Citron Yellow, and Azure Blue. Adds Waterworks CEO Peter Sallick, “They tell a story and make you think because they’re unexpected.” It’s a story that continues in Baltimore, where the fixtures grace ASH NYC’s forthcoming hotel, at the historic Latrobe Building. Set inside this Italian Renaissance–style stunner, Cooper notes, the Waterworks pieces “are icing on the cake.” waterworks.com FLEXIBILITY TRAINING…

Ask David Netto about the ground-floor maisonette in London that belongs to close friends and he’s unforgiving. “Queen Anne architecture of the 1880s, that whole Gilbert and Sullivan thing, depresses the hell out of me,” the interior decorator says. The floor plan of the terrace house, a few blocks from Kensington Palace, shocked him: a central hall measuring more than 100 feet long and flanked by high-ceilinged square rooms, one side opening to a shared garden, the other facing the street. “It made me think of being in a hospital corridor during World War I and looking for your wounded son,” he observes. Despite pleading with the expat Americans not to go through with the purchase, “I was powerless to stop them,” Netto admits, throwing up his hands. “They know…

Soon after philanthropist Pamela Joyner and her husband, Fred Giuffrida, a venture capital investor, began amassing their seminal collection of African American art, it became evident that wall space would soon be at a premium. Instead of worrying about it, they decided not to let it deter them from carrying out a history-changing endeavor. Nestled in Presidio Terrace—one of San Francisco’s most storied residential enclaves—the couple’s four-story home is filled floor to ceiling with nearly 150 pieces from an ever-growing body of more than 400 works. Fifteen years ago, when they bought the 1909 neo-Georgian residence, Joyner hired local architect Dan Phipps to reset the bones of the 10,000-square-foot house. They also recruited Houston-based designer Philip Sheffield to help streamline its interiors. “What we sit on in the home is…