COZY 2013 INTERIOR DESIGN PICTURE

COZY 2013 INTERIOR DESIGN PICTURE

2013 "Easy & Casual" INTERIOR DESIGN

2013 "Easy & Casual" INTERIOR DESIGN

Designer Peter Dunham and architectural - Laidlaw transformed Medikir-anean-style stucco-louse in New-port Beach, California, into a cottage-style clapboard. The Dutch -"'• door was added to take advantage of sea breez It's painted Benjamin Moore Pacific Ocean Blue, a color that carries through the house..

2013 "Easy & Casual" INTERIOR DESIGN

 A window seat in lie living room is upholstered in Pacific Blue Lido cherjjat from Dunham's textile line  Unlined naturalization shades filter the light. The 4950's A reridli Wall lamp is by -Pierre Guariche.

2013 "Easy & Casual" INTERIOR DESIGN

"This was a dark room that was a bit stodgy and gloomy," Dunham says. "I thought, 'Let's go more cavelike.' So I paneled it in cerused white oak, inspired by Jean-Michel Frank." Anchoring the seating group is a storage ottoman with a cush-ion in Edelman leather from Dunham's store, Hollywood at Home. He designed the sectional sofa for the room and added vintage Peter Hvidt lounge chairs as a counterpoint: "You have to mix the notes. With all the solid upholstery, I wanted A wooden pieces that were bony and sculptural." Walnut and ebony mirror from Reborn Antiques.

2013 "Easy & Casual" INTERIOR DESIGN

A 10-foot-long banquette makes the dining area one of the most inviting spots in the house. Above it hang California plein-air paintings from the own-ers collection. How to Marry a Millionaire rush chairs from Hollywood at Home. Molador leather hurricanes with brass base from Mecox.

2013 "Easy & Casual" INTERIOR DESIGN

2013 "Easy & Casual" INTERIOR DESIGN

An armchair, a ceramic stool, an aged Persian rug, wallpaper, and Roman shades create a sitting room atmosphere in Susan Croul's bathroom. Dunham's KP Armchair in Carolina Irving Mimosa Vine, from Hollywood at Home. Ralph Lauren herringbone wallpaper.

2013 "Easy & Casual" INTERIOR DESIGN

Dunham designed the bed for the master bedroom; he hunglap-anese fabric embroidered in butterflies and wisteria from a set of curtains he found at an estate sale. "I love four-poster beds." he says. "They're so come-hither. A mattress and box springs on a metal frame does not say, 'Come lie on me or sit with a friend.'"

2013 "Easy & Casual" INTERIOR DESIGN

2013 INTERIOR DESIGN REVIEW "Easy & Casual"

2013 INTERIOR DESIGN REVIEW "Easy & Casual"

1. A 1920's Japanese hand-embroidered curtain panel from a Pasadena estate hangs behind the cane headboard on the four-poster in the master bedroom. 

2013 INTERIOR DESIGN REVIEW "Easy & Casual"

2. The living room mix: Dunham's contemporary sofa accented with pillows in vintage indigo Japanese textile; a wrought-iron coffee table by Parisian designer Jean Royere; and 1940s Swedish chairs covered in Clarence House's Rigato.

2013 INTERIOR DESIGN REVIEW "Easy & Casual"

3. The wood kitchen counter continues the modern nautical feel. "And with everything else white and stone, it adds a dimension of warmth," Dunham says. "It's much less cold to lean on."

2013 INTERIOR DESIGN REVIEW "Easy & Casual"

4. An Alexander Calder print and Sultan's Suzanni bedding by Martyn Lawrence Bullard inject a fanciful air in the guest room.

2013 INTERIOR DESIGN REVIEW "Easy & Casual"

5. The library's sleek white leather desk is stylishly paired with a sculptural oak Craftsman-style chair. 

2013 INTERIOR DESIGN REVIEW "Easy & Casual"

6. The deck sports vintage wicker chairs.

2013 INTERIOR DESIGN REVIEW "Easy & Casual"

7. A David Hicks-inspired banister enlivens the front hall. OPPOSITE: By the living room fireplace, the seating area is like "a cozy pub" on chilly nights. Ole Wanscher armchairs flank an ottoman covered in antique rug fragments. Jacques Adnet lamp. Christopher Farr rug.

INTERIOR DESIGN MAKEOVER 2013 "Timeless"

INTERIOR DESIGN MAKEOVER 2013 "Timeless"

A bar alcove in a Park Avenue apartment gets a cozy makeover with grass cloth, by Roger Arlington, on the walls. A 1940's Chinese Chippendale shelf holds glassware, opposite: Zuber's Moscova wallpaper was the first thing designer Tom Samet found. The original doors were faux-Sainted to look like cerused oak and dressed up with vintage doorknobs from the Plaza Hotel.

INTERIOR DESIGN MAKEOVER 2013 "Timeless"

INTERIOR DESIGN MAKEOVER 2013 "Timeless"

The charm is in the details, like the metal leaves on the Giacometti-style vintage end tables and the hand-stitched Larsen fabric on the two midcentury modern chairs. Club chairs are covered in a vintage suzani fabric. And most of the furniture is on sliders, so it's easy to push around. Sofa in Cowtan &Tout's Hadley. Love seat in Donghia's Pluscious. Curtains in Clarence House's Damasco. Car-pet by Sherrill Canet for Stark. Paint is Farrow & Ball's Skylight.

INTERIOR DESIGN MAKEOVER 2013 "Timeless"

CHRISTINE PITTEL: The wallpaper people must dance a jig when they see you coming.
TOM samET: I grew up in a 19505 house with a mother who loved wallpaper, and, yes, I love it, too. Here, it was a Zuber wallpaper that started it all. I've always wanted to do Zuber.

I'm generally a very informal decorator. I do country houses. and I'm always telling clients. 'This is not a Park Avenue apartment.' But now I finally had a Park Avenue apartment to decorate, in a Rosario Candela build-ing—with beautiful proportions and nice, big rooms—but it was very bland and run-down.

The client had just bought it. and one day we were in the car. I looked on my phone and found out where Zuber was, and we walked in, because I had this fantasy of a great Zuber paper for the dining room. I'd been living in Palm Beach and was in an aqua phase.

So the salesgirl opened up a book—there are hundreds, as you can imagine—and the first thing she showed us was this wonderful hand-tooled aqua-and-bronze paper. I said, 'That's it! This is going to set the tone for the whole apartment.' If you notice, there's a lot of aqua and bronze all the way through.

But you didn't stop there. I see grass cloth ... 

The Zuber paper was so expensive that I felt it really only needed to be at eye level, so we put bronze-colored grass cloth below the chair rail. The grass cloth continues out through the bar area and leads you into the living room, where the walls are pale aqua, to tie it all in. 

The living room was like a filing cabinet, with windows at just one end. I covered one wall with antique mirror—to suck in the light and reflect the view. The paint also has a sheen. And I found this vinyl wallcovering that was probably meant for a kitchen and put it on the wainscoting. It also had the good fortune of being aqua and taupe. 

I couldn't have plain paint down there! In fact. I didn't use any flat paint in the entire apartment. A long, rectangular room is tricky to furnish. 

What's your solution? 

There are three separate seating areas, plus an old-fashioned games table with chartreuse leather on the chairs. The chartreuse doesn't go with any-thing else, but it's so cool, it works. There's a love scat under the windows to anchor that wall, and a big sofa opposite the fireplace. Then a coffee table with two chairs—I'm not reinventing the wheel here. Andan intimate area in front of the fireplace, with twoclub chairs. 

CLASSIC INTERIOR DESIGN MAKEOVER 2013

CLASSIC INTERIOR DESIGN MAKEOVER 2013

Pattern-on-pattern, starting with Zuber's Moscova wallpaper, turns the dining room into an exotic fantasy. The furnishings could be the spoils from a connoisseur's Grand Tour: a Chinese ancestor portrait, an Egyptian Revival sideboard, a Swedis chandelier, an English table surrounded by English Regen chairs, and an American Empire mirror.

CLASSIC INTERIOR DESIGN MAKEOVER 2013

CLASSIC INTERIOR DESIGN MAKEOVER 2013

A curtain fabric hand-stitched with cherry blossoms, from Roger Arlington, and walls faux-painted to look like banana-leaf wallpaper give the master bedroom a fresh look. A 1970s beveled glass mitor is strong enough to stand up to those walls. Bubble glass lamp by Heath & Company. Faux-fur throw by Pierre Fry. Carpet by Diamond/Baratta for Stark. 

can see Myrna Loy leaning back, sipping a martini. 

You're right. It's very traditional 1940 furniture. The lines arc clean, uncomplicated. I didn't want the room to look like an unmade bed. You can grab a few cushions and fluff it up in eight minutes. Those valances take me back in time, too. 

With an old-fashioned scallop. The idea was to make it look as if they had been here for decades. just re-covered in different fabrics. I used the same curtains in the bar area, to fool you into thinking that window is part of the living room. And that bar also feels very 19405, with the mirrored cabinets. It was a dead space until we opened up the wall—my idea—to go into the dining room. 

Every room should have two ways in and out of it. It makes an apartment live bigger. More friendly for entertain-ing, with a better flow. And then we hung that great Chinese Chippendale lantern. It overpowers the space, but in a positive way. 

You don't forget that room, because of that light fixture. Before we hung it, I asked my client, 'How tall is your husband?' We just made it...with four inches to spare. Most people 'think small' in a small room. Don't be timid That Egyptian Revival sideboard in the dining room sat in an antiques shop for ages. I thought it was the perfect thing to balance out the wallpaper and tie in the traditional table and chairs. I'll admit, it's like parking a Buick in the dining room, but it really makes the space.

VACUUMS HIGH TECHNOLOGY 2013

VACUUMS HIGH TECHNOLOGY 2013

1 ACCESSORY
With no brush bar to get tangled around, hair goes right into the binso you never have to touch it! Fits most Dyson vacuums. Dyson Tangle-Fre eTurbine Tool, $70. dyson.com.

2 CANISTER
The compact, lightweight body is easy to maneuver (and store). The big2.5-liter dustbin means less frequen temptying. Samsung Twin Chamber Vacuum System, $319. samsung.com.

3 STICK
Its motorized brush roll helps pick up dirt, and the dual washable filters keep fine dust and dander from reentering the room. Electrolux Precision Brushroll Clean, $350. electrolux.com.

4 CANISTER
The internal compression system works like a trash compactor-it collects three times the debris of previous models.LG Kompressor PetCare Plus Canister,$400. Ig.com.

5 CORDLESS
That triangular head-with an integrated, motorized brush-is madefor corners. A single charge can lastup to 40 minutes. Rowenta Delta Force,$180. rowentausa.com.

6 ROBOT
Two cameras plus ultrasonic and infrared sensors scan ceilings, walls,and floors to prevent collisions. Afteruse, it"remembers"room layouts,so itcan function even in low light.LG HOM-BOTSquare, S800. lg.com.

7 SLIM
Designed to get ground-in dirt out of carpets and fine dust up from bare floors. The high center of gravity makes it easy to balance at any angle. DysonDC44 Animal, $400. dyson.com.

8 UPRIGHT
The dual-chamber bag system keeps suction high even as it ills up, while a sensor indicates when the carpetis as clean as can be. Kenmore IntuitionUpright, $300. kenmore.com.

9 CANISTER
Quieterand lighter than earlier models. And it automatically adjusts power to maintain the best suction for whatever surface it's on. Miele S8 Alize, $769.mieleusa.com.

POWDER ROOM INTERIOR DESIGN 2013

POWDER ROOM INTERIOR DESIGN 2013

"Why use a pedestal sink when you can transform a beautiful PIECE OF FURNITURE into a vanity? When there's space. I always put a chair in a powder room—so a lady can actually sit down and powder her nose." 

POWDER ROOM INTERIOR DESIGN 2013

"It's a tight. windowless space in New York, so artist Nancy Lorenz painted those MIRROR PANELS. It feels like you're looking out a window when it's raining."

POWDER ROOM INTERIOR DESIGN 2013

"I've collected ships for years. and . set of WEDGWOOD SHIP PLATES ,.)ked great in here. Hung on the diagonal, the round mirror above the sink softened a difficult corner. In my powder room, I always have both linen and disposable hand towels—for all the germophobes out there." 

POWDER ROOM INTERIOR DESIGN 2013

This room used to be 1950s pink. I couldn't handle IL so it was the first thing we painted when we moved in. I found a wonderful inos MIRROR, but my favorite thing is the engraving of a sea urchin, which once belonged to Albert Hadley."