From a Marie Antoinette-themed room with faux python-covered walls to a monochromatic treescape mural depicting a misty morning dawn-themed hallway, designers from New York City to Greenwich unveiled their latest styles yesterday for the first-ever designer showhouse to benefit Greenwich Hospital.
A 10,000-square-foot 1928 French-manor-style mansion at 200 Stanwich Road got a complete makeover by 17 designers, a photographer and a muralist. Each designer was free to paint the walls, create moldings, bring in new furniture and paintings, redesign the windows, and even decorate the terrace to feature their work and create a new look for the traditional house.
Some of the designers made dramatic changes to their spaces. Some of the rooms of the dwelling went from family rooms to chic living spaces. The owners of the home, Richard and Ginna Kelly, have relocated while the Greenwich Designer Showhouse is being held. (more…)
Denise Little decorates her Troy home to showcase art — her art, her daughter’s art, her granddaughter’s art and the art of prominent artists such as Tom Palazzolo, Barry Rowe, John Glick and Camillo Pardo.
“My passion is art, so my approach to interior design is to not let my decor interfere with my art,” says Little, who is a painter, patron of the arts and promoter of artists.
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After Hurricane Ivan devastated her home in 2004, Barbara Rankin decided that she needed some help with putting it back together. It was then she heard about a talented local interior designer named Pamela Graham.
Ms Graham helped Ms Rankin not only to redecorate her home, but to completely rethink the design of her dwelling place.
Like all good interior designers, Ms Graham didn’t impose her ideas on Ms Rankin, but first spent a lot of time listening to her and finding out exactly what she wanted. (more…)
From room makeovers to gutter cleaning, your present can be time and expertise
If you’re stumped about holiday gifts, you can take a cue from a home-improvement project that changed Phyllis Leach’s life.
The Kansas City, Mo., woman returned home one day to find her screened porch was no longer a dumping ground for old magazines and the lawn mower.
Now it’s an attractive space where she drinks her coffee, reads her newspaper and plays with her beagle, Cooper. (more…)
