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JULY/AUGUST 2017 | HOUSE BEAUTIFUL the gorgeous rooms we feature in House Beautiful every month excite us for different reasons. But the most reader-reviled rooms in the magazine all share a single thing in common: blistering originality. Few of the negative e-mails, letters, and calls I receive are complaints about blue bedrooms, but rather about rooms with provocative displays of personality—wallpaper, art, personal collections. In short: a point of view. To me, the most refreshing rooms are the ones in which the owner’s individuality speaks louder than conventional beauty—the homes of people surrounded by their passions. As Gloria Vanderbilt put it: “Decorating is autobiography.” Recently, a caller berated one of our editorial assistants about an “ugly” wallpapered powder room we’d featured. It wasn’t to her taste. But that wallcovering made…

If you could imagine anything and— poof!—have it made, what would you conjure? For New York designer Miles Redd, wizard of colorful glamour and the latest It designer to launch a collection with Ballard Designs, the answer was inside—inside his home. “Most of the pieces are things I’ve collected over the years or adapted that are in my DNA,” he says, noting that he can find something he loves in any decade. “If you borrow from one piece, it’s plagiarism, but if you borrow from a lot, it’s research.” For Ballard, the popular Atlanta-based catalog company that’s now opening brick-and-mortar shops, Redd trotted out 26 favorites: a dining table that riffs on one Babe Paley had in the 1960s (“Bamboo tripods are so chic and witty!”); a decorative urn based…

“Without a variety of touchable textures, a room can be slick, boring, lifeless. Whether you live in a modern or traditional space, you need diverse surfaces for visual warmth—plush fabrics reflect light very differently than waxed floors or lacquered furniture, for example. I grew up steeped in history in Virginia, and I find it’s a bit like a Colonial home: A little peeling paint and worn mahogany help you feel at ease, like you can relax. Imperfection is a wonderful thing in any house.” A COZY BEDROOM BYGONE BEAUTY INTERNATIONAL VELVET EASY WAYS TO GET IN TOUCH • “Handmade baskets with paint flaking off add character. My mama bought me a green one, and it’s one of my prized possessions.” • “We use a lot of mohair—it absorbs color and…

Is it safe to say that your cl?ents love to live large? SUMMER THORNTON: Ha! They are a couple in their 60s with three grown children and one grandchild. They built this home as a weekend retreat with the hope that there will soon be additional little feet padding around. They also love to entertain and sometimes host as many as 20 guests. KATHLEEN HACKETT: So the thinking was, If they build it, the babies—and family, and friends—will come? Pretty much! It’s an 8,000-square-foot house on a peninsula in a lovely lake in Wisconsin—ideal for summer entertaining. Not only is there the great outdoors, but now there’s also the great indoors. There are fewer rooms than one might expect in a big house, but the spaces are ample. I’ll say.…

HOUSE BEAUTIFUL• JULY/AUGUST 2017 THE SYMBOL (T) = TO THE TRADE. “To the trade” means a manufacturer sells primarily to design professionals. Many design centers offer hourly decorating and shopping services that can assist you; some fabric shops, workrooms, and websites may be able to place an order for you as well. PAINT BENJAMIN MOORE benjaminmoore.com C2 PAINT | c2paint.com DONALD KAUFMAN COLOR donaldkaufmancolor.com DUNN-EDWARDS dunnedwards.com FARROW & BALL farrow-ball.com GLIDDEN | glidden.com PPG PORTER PAINTS ppgporterpaints.com PRATT & LAMBERT prattandlambert.com SHERWIN-WILLIAMS sherwin-williams.com FABRIC & WALLCOVERING BRUNSCHWIG & FILS (T) brunschwig.com CORAL & TUSK coralandtusk.com DONGHIA (T) donghia.com DURALEE (T) | duralee.com FERRICK MASON (T) ferrickmason.com GALBRAITH & PAUL (T) galbraithandpaul.com HOLLAND & SHERRY (T) hollandandsherry.com KNEEDLER FAUCHÈRE (T) kneedlerfauchere.com KRAVET (T) | kravet.com LEE JOFA (T) | leejofa.com MANUEL CANOVAS…

1. Afar and Amaro Pillows Handwoven in Ethiopia. Cotton. In Dusk. 18″ Sq., $135. 12″ H × 18″ L, $115. boleroadtextiles.com 2. Grace Dinner Fork and Knife Dishwasher-safe silver plate. In Orange. $108 each. devinecorp.net 3. Allium Urn Ceramic. In Orange. 16″ H. $28. themine.com 4. Este Flat Sheet Cotton sateen. In Botanical. $330 for Full/Queen. sferra.com 5. Loop Print Fabric Belgian linen-cotton blend. In Paprika on Oyster. $139 per yard. stevemckenzies.com 6. Zee Urchin Fabric By Richard Smith. Outdoor use. In Fire Cracker. Available through a designer. no9thompson.com 7. Floralform Dipping Bowl By R. Wood Studio. Handmade terra-cotta. In Red Clay Road. 5½″ Dia. $36. stevemckenzies.com 8. Mulberry Pocket Square Cotton-silk blend. In Orange. $65. penrose-london.com 9. Harvey Park Tower Étagère Metal. In Orange Blush. 16″ Sq. × 55″…

THE EXPERTS Decorating Wisdom Straight From the Pros ANNE CHESSIN traces her love of interior design to an unlikely source: Edward Hopper. For her senior thesis, the studio-art major found herself painting rooms in which architectural elements were bathed in daylight and shadow, à la Hopper. “The spaces he painted seem so simple, but his use of color and light was remarkable,” says the Connecticut native, who designed handbags at Coach by day while taking classes at Parsons School of Design and New York School of Interior Design by night. “Hopper had a huge impact on my discovery that design was what I was really meant to be doing.” HER FAVORITE THINGS 1. AQUARIUS WALLPAPER IN INDIGO “The kaleidoscope pattern is an interesting take on ikat.” eskayel.com 2. HER GOLD…

THE ESSENTIALS Solutions for the Busiest Rooms in the House California’s Orange County seems an unlikely place to embrace interior designer Raili Clasen and architect Eric Olsen’s modern farmhouse style. But the duo’s easy-living environments, like this kitchen-and-pavilion combo in a new home in Newport Beach, are connecting with O.C. families. Maximized for entertaining and indoor/outdoor flow, the kitchen has formidable square footage, but its takeaways—layered lighting, hits of pattern—can apply to any size space. —Kathleen Renda 1. Going Big At 25 by 20 feet, the open kitchen—“It’s as huge as a barn,” Clasen says—needed furnishings scaled for its size. Like the island: It’s 14 feet long, topped with a Caesarstone countertop in Blizzard, and outfitted with a Rohl restaurantstyle sprayer faucet and a Miele dishwasher. “It anchors the floor…

Introducing Domaine Blanc by Bernhardt In Domaine Blanc, a relaxed sandblasted veneer in a translucent dove-white finish is freshly paired with classic forms. Anyone who appreciates traditional elegance and a modern approach will enjoy living with these pieces. bernhardt.com Bring the Outdoors in with Thibaut’s Sunbrella® Fabrics Combine Thibaut’s signature style and color palette with lightfast and easy-to-clean Sunbrella weaves and you have an abundant array of soft and luxurious indoor/outdoor fabrics. These high-performance fabrics offer long-lasting beauty and durability, and can even be cleaned with bleach! thibautdesign.com 800.223.0704 Industrial Mechanics with Visual Intrigue Citizen by Troy Lighting intertwines physics and engineering to form functional art using a thick pressed-glass shade and a unique pulley system that powers and suspends a light at various heights. troy-lighting.com DESIGN FINDER / HOME…

Bonne Peche wallpaper, Pierre Frey. Mermaid Net fabric (used as tablecloth), Templeton.…

Over 20 Inches Have high ceilings and/or an enormous island? These are for you. Hang pendants 30″ apart, and 30″ to 36″ above the island to keep sight lines clear. Bastian Small. By Currey & Company. 23½″ Dia. $1,490. shopcandelabra.com Too big? This also comes in 24″ and 10″. Hadley Large. By Christopher Spitzmiller. 38″ Dia. $1,995. circa lighting.com Baron. 25½″ Dia. Available through a designer. charles edwards.com Gaines. 22″ Dia. $1,970. hudson valleylighting.com For smaller islands, use 2 or 3 medium pendants. 10–20 inches>> Lundy Hang. 12″ Dia. $2,216. urban electricco.com Gisele. By Mark Moussa. 11½″ Dia. $900. arteriors home.com Ambit 040. By TAF Architects. 15¾″ Dia. $350. muuto.com Windsor Glass Globe. 13″ Dia. $499. crateandbarrel.com Tavern. By Jamie Young. 10½″ Dia. $238. laylagrayce.com Under 10 Inches The key…

It’s sleepaway camp all over again! Did the clients request that vibe? STEVE HOEDEMAKER: Not exactly. They brought us on—myself as the architect, Tim as the designer—to overhaul some run-down 1930s and ’40s cottages on their waterfront property near Seattle. The idea was to accommodate as many guests as possible; it’s not unusual for them to host 40 family members and friends at once. We wanted to let everyone connect with nature while maximizing the property’s unbelievable views of Puget Sound. Then it hit us: summer camp. For me as a kid, camp was life-altering: the quiet of the woods, the freedom, and the opportunity to develop a different version of yourself. Why not try to capture that feeling? Especially since this family has teens who love the outdoors. Luckily,…

This is one of those classic Jersey Shore homes, isn’t it? JOE LUCAS: It’s actually brand-new—an updated version of the 1926 Shingle Style home that was here when the current owner bought the property in 2009. It’s down at the shore where I grew up, in Mantoloking, New Jersey, a family-oriented, multi-generational town where you ride your bike to the beach. My parents still live two houses over. As a kid, I played with the former owners’ grandchildren, who visited every summer from Chicago. I remember scarfing down chocolate cake in their pink Formica kitchen. CAITLIN KELLY: What prompted the teardown? At first, the client planned to partially renovate the original house. But then Hurricane Sandy hit. This town was f lattened by the storm—many homes were completely washed away.…