{A true decorator in every sense of the word, Michael S. Smith, has been featured here a couple of t
{A true decorator in every sense of the word, Michael S. Smith, has been featured here a couple of times already. He even redecorated the White House for the Obama administration. Here, he revamps a Chicago penthouse in complex layers of history and personality. He channelled inspiration from the previous creators of the historic skyscraper the project was in: David Adler, the architect of so many great Chicago-area country estates of the prewar era, designed several apartments in the building and brought in his sister, the decorator Frances Elkins, to tweak his classical interiors with her characteristically chic Europhile hodgepodge. Smith harmonized this history with the client’s eclectic art collection, and the result is a sense of boldness (those light fixtures!) and sophistication that make the spaces sing.} -- source link
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