In this playfully grown-up living room, designer Barbara Ostrom set in motion a kinetic balance of old and new, classical and modern, luxurious and lived-in. She transports guests to an avid art collector’s library, and crowns it with a ceiling inspired by Frank Stella’s minimalist paintings.
Color Your Dreams
Each spring, design lovers flock to a townhouse in New York’s Upper East Side to behold the annual Kips Bay Decorator Show House, open to the public until May 31, 2018. Vivacious, glamorous colorways are one of the strongest trends emerging from the event.
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- Sasha Bikoff imagines what Alice from Alice in Wonderland would have experienced had she fallen down the rabbit hole in the early 1980s world of Memphis design.
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- In this playfully grown-up living room, designer Barbara Ostrom set in motion a kinetic balance of old and new, classical and modern, luxurious and lived-in.
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- Designer Katie Ridder fashioned this elegant guest bedroom. Coral walls and red-stenciled borders reach into mid-century design and into girlhood memories to assemble a slightly familiar and sophisticatedly fresh place to relax and dream.
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- This enticingly draped and tented room, inspired by ancient Greek modes of travel, is designed by Alexa Hampton. She created an inspiring space by using touches of rose and an abundance of neoclassical elements.
The Sky’s Not the Limit
The pairing of blue and green often proves too tricky for us simple creatures, but Mother Nature has it down to an around-the-globe art form. These designers show us how it’s done, and they show off the timelessness of erudite blue and white while they’re at it.
A wall covering inspired by 17th-century Poussin landscape paintings transports the Kips Bay Show House foyer to another time. Designer Michael Herold created quite the impressive welcome for visitors, and added whimsy by way of striped seating and an Alexander McQueen butterfly-motif rug.
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- Mark D. Sikes created a magnificent boudoir with foyer and ensuite to nurture a princess’s imagination and intelligence.
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- Delicate decor items, like custom Gracie wall covering, porcelain flowers, paintings, and chinoiseries, fill this space with reflective, youthful beauty.
The Drake/Anderson design firm glorified this salon with deep-gold walls, achieved with upholstery by Jouffre and hand-sewn beads by Ankasa. With gold as the dominating hue rather than as mere accent, this grand room is luxurious, refined, and a touch unexpected.
Midas Touch
If you’ve dreamed of living amid luxurious modernity, these glamorous dream-come-true spaces will inspire. Their interplay of golden accents with bronze, copper, and rose gold finishes stand out in their composed way against neutrals, blacks, and whites. Hello substance, sophistication, and magic.
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- By using a palette of blush, gold, and black, and by layering smooth, unrelenting textures, designer Stefan Steil created this unmissable entryway.
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- Designer Wesley Moon created a contemporary version of a Gilded Age butler’s pantry. The wall covering is inspired by the medieval hymnals in the archives of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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- British designer Clive Christian transformed the Kips Bay Show House kitchen into a decidedly sumptuous space, with details like a marquetry hood, Baccarat crystal lighting, and Dacor appliances.
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- The dressing room and master bathroom by Marcia Tucker Interiors feature rose gold finishes and wood walls, which accentuate the warm and calming atmosphere.
