{Starting to wonder if these decorator show houses give an indication of  trends in residential desi

{Starting to wonder if these decorator show houses give an indication of  trends in residential design… or if it’s more of a “creative” experiment for most of these participating designers. I think last year’s Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse was so much better! So much pattern, and so much recycled ideas on here… See the rest of the spaces here.}1. Decorator Mark D. Sikes’s romantic dining room takes its gingham-and-rattan cues from spaces conjured by Italian style icons Marella Agnelli and Renzo Mongiardino. The natural-wicker furnishings are from Sikes’s new collection for Soane. Blue-and-white porcelains are mounted on wall brackets, and fringed banquettes hug the walls beneath exotic fabric panels. markdsikesinteriors.com  2.  A blast of shimmer and shine greets visitors to the showhouse, thanks to Drake Design Associates’ entrance hall, where the burgundy-red walls are spangled with hand-applied bits of Japanese mica. A Chippendale-style mirror is flanked by ultramodern sconces, and the lacquered console is by Hervé Van der Straeten. drakedesignassociates.com3. Silvery tones join touches of golden metal in Thom Filicia’s study. Though the soothing room is resolutely neutral, patterns and textures enrich and enliven, from the basket-weave carpeting to the diamond-motif curtain fabric to the hypnotic material stretched across the walls. thomfilicia.com4. Decorator Philip Mitchell transformed the showhouse’s elliptical stairwell into a glorious gallery of miscellany. Nearly 300 works of art—sketches, photographs, watercolors, plaster medallions, and the like—are clustered on the walls in a heady arrangement that nimbly blends fine paintings with the flea-market finds. Vases and objets d’art mounted on brackets fill gaps here and there. philipmitchelldesign.com5. “Europeans really live in their living rooms,” says Italian-born designer Alessandra Branca. Thus her Kips Bay space—graced with its original stone mantel—welcomes family gatherings amid walls covered in a striped voile. A card table with Liz O’Brien Editions chairs can be used for playing games, dining, or studying, and the banquette offers a comfortable spot for reading or lounging. A Robert Polidori photograph snapped at Versailles hangs over the mantel; the floral curtain fabric is by Braquenié, and the cocktail table is vintage Jansen. branca.com6. Designers Anne Maxwell Foster and Suysel dePedro Cunningham of Tilton Fenwick went Moghul-mod when developing a small lounge adjacent to the formal dining room. Karen Knorr’s photograph of a tiger stalking a 17th-century Indian pavilion faces an abstract painting, while the walls and floor sport textiles that recall the great Silk Road. Fun detail: the bristling passementerie that wraps the room instead of a standard molding. tiltonfenwick.com7. Chunky modern sconces top a Japanese-style wallpaper by de Gournay in Bennett Leifer’s lounge, which is located just off the kitchen. Artisans with whom Leifer often works contributed numerous accents, including the rock-crystal ceiling pendant, the custom-made silk carpet, and the angular illuminated side table. bennettleifer.com8. Designer Suzana Monacella of McMillen drew on her Brazilian roots for a zesty bedroom set beneath a ceiling painted to resemble Art Deco straw marquetry. The custom-made bed is flanked by display cases backed with a tropical-foliage wallpaper, the carpet recalls tribal basketry, and a toucan statuette stands on the wood chest of drawers. mcmilleninc.com9. Shades of amber, brown, gray, cream, and slate-blue make a restful but lush statement in a bedroom decorated by David Phoenix. The ceiling is clad in a metallic paper, while a Cowtan & Tout tartan was used to upholster the walls; another Cowtan & Tout fabric covers the sumptuous armchairs. davidphoenix.com10.  The palette is neutral but the impact is enlivening in Peter J. Sinnott IV’s sophisticated yet idiosyncratic bath. The floor of tiger-marble tiles from AKDO is complemented by a honed Carrara-marble wainscot and a faux grass-cloth wall covering, while the windows are equipped with Kravet sheers and framed by a Colefax and Fowler fabric. homeworksny.com. -- source link

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