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Fall 2010
Urban Opulence
Atoosa and Ari Rubenstein’s
Flatiron loft undergoes a
dazzling and dramatic renovation
PUMPKIN armchair. Design: Pierre Paulin.
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Contents
Rock & roll memorabilia
and decadent color
treatment bring West Coast
flavor to a California
family’s 19th-century
brownstone in
Park Slope (p. 66).
50 Colonial Charm
A Colonial-era inn off a Connecticut town
green becomes a chic country home for
Accessorize for fall with unexpected
New York decorator Matthew Patrick
color, texture and pattern (p. 10).
Smyth and writer Jean Vallier.
56 Animal Kingdom
Gregory Speck’s natural habitat on the
Upper West Side is filled with creature
comforts and comfortable creatures.
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in the shops Iconic design
10 Light Refreshments 26 Grace, Space, Pace
Marianne Rohrlich’s bright picks for Tim Street-Porter reflects on the styl-
home accessories with fresh textures, ish reinvention of a classic British icon
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Light
Refreshments
It doesn’t take much to refresh a home for
fall—a jolt of pattern, a dash of texture or a dab
of color will do it. But choose wisely and be
careful not to overdo: An infusion can become
an invasion if there’s too much of it. At the end
of the day, calm is still comfortable.
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Alight
The Hawk LED
Light, designed by
Maria Larsson and
Maria Olevik, is
made of bone china
and stainless steel.
$6,000 at Anthropol-
Photo Process
ogie. 50 Rockefeller
A wallpaper pattern of photographs looking down on
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Modernized 212-246-0386.
Inoue. Rolls are 25-inches wide and 183-inches long.
The classic Wassily chair designed in 1925 by
$190 each from oandgstudio.com, 520-247-1820.
Marcel Breuer looks brand new in bright colors
like red, yellow or green leather. $2,020; from
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Cozy
Kinetic Static Pillow, 18-inches by
30-inches, made of wool and cotton, is
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Color Me
The Trip Trumeau two-drawer dresser painted
in multicolor stripes is $1,054 at the Future
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in the shops
On Time
Fall Foliage The Sliced Grandfather Clock is 3 inches tall and 17 inches wide; $40 at Mxyplyzyk.
The Lehti Tray, made of flexible metal Time Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle; or mxyplyzyk.com, 800-243-9810.
mesh, designed by Maria Jauhiainen, is in
the permanent collection of the Museum
of Modern Art. It is 11 by 12 inches; $950 at
Moss. 150 Greene Street (Houston Street),
mossonline.com, 866-888-6677.
Cheers
A pair of etched crys-
tal glasses, Night Owl
and Finch by Artel, is
$298; the mouth-blown
glasses are available at
Natural thefutureperfect.com,
The Blow-Up Citrus 877-388-7373.
Basket, made of bamboo,
was designed by the
Campana Brothers; it is
Table Dressing $112 at Alessi. 130 Greene
Silicone placemats called Damask Bordeaux are Street (Prince Street),
14 inches by 16inches. $22 each from lekkerhome.com, 212-941-7300 or alessi-
877-753-5537. shop.com.
Be Seated: The Squint Oswald Sofa is upholstered in a patchwork of colorful fabrics (the coloring and
patterns on each piece vary slightly). The 74-inch-long sofa has feather-filled cushions and costs $6,995 at the
Conran Shop. 888 Broadway (19th Street) or conranusa.com, 866- 755-9079.
a conversation:
Elissa Cullman
by rebecca morse
It was a failed attempt at a screenplay that
sent Elissa Cullman and the late Hedi Kravis
into the world of interior design; the producer
whom the writing partners approached turned
down the duo’s script, but was so inspired by
their sumptuous descriptions of rooms that
he hired them to refurbish his country house.
Twenty-six years later, Cullman & Kravis is a
world-renowned interior design firm famed A Fifth Avenue pied-
for its English-inspired aesthetic and its work à-terre designer
by Cullman & Kravis.
with art and antique collections. The co-author
of the seminal Decorating Master Class, Ellie
Cullman has appeared on Architectural Digest’s a mudroom! We all want an extra space with Best “instant fix.”
authoritative “AD 100” list for the last 10 years ample-sized cubbies for soccer cleats and golf Paint! A fresh coat of paint really makes a space
and has been dubbed a “Dean of American De- clubs, lots of hooks for extra coats (because in feel renewed and is a cost effective way to make
sign” by the magazine. The firm’s current proj- New York, our coats are our cars), a dedicated a major difference. Lampshades! Change your
ects include an Upper East Side space for the dog crate and the cat lampshades—especially if you have dark green or
duplex penthouse with 5,000 box and easy access to the laundry black ones in a room that needs more light. If you
square feet of outdoor space room. We are more than willing to change all of your shades to uniform off-white
and a shingle-style house in trade the house in the suburbs for linen, you will notice an immediate, uplifting
Sagaponack—as well as a room the cultural opportunities of New effect. There is also nothing more cathartic for
in the annually anticipated Kips York City, but it would be really me than to redo every book shelf and tabletop—
Bay Designer Show House, nice to have the extra room. I call it “Apartment Therapy.” Table tops, like
open this year from October bookcases, must be arranged and organized with
14 through November 11 at 106 How has the way we live as thought. Start by taking everything down, and
East 71st Street, a townhouse New Yorkers changed over the then carefully put it back, looking at each shelf
currently on the market for course of your career? and every surface as if for the first time. Keep in
Elissa Cullman
$28.8 million. Observer Home of Cullman & Kravis Like everywhere else, our lives mind that every tabletop deserves the same con-
talked with native New Yorker have changed in so many ways siderations as the floor plan of a room to create a
Cullman (whose father was the longtime owner because of technology. Flat-screen televi- cosmos of form, material and color.
of steakhouse Peter Luger’s) about inspira- sions, “Wi-Fi”, and “smart house” systems
tions—and designing for New York living. that are accessed from our Black Berrys have Favorite local shopping source or haunt.
altered our expectations and convinced us Here’s a designer’s secret: We absolutely love
How does your experience as a lifelong New that whatever we want can be instantaneously the antiques “supermarkets” in Stamford, Con-
Yorker inform your process? achieved—and with a minimum of interfer- necticut. Just a short train or car ride away, they
I approach every project from many points of ence in our lives. In home design, clients are are really worth the trip. [Ellie’s Stamford picks:
view, and my process is informed by my experi- asking for easy access to all of these. We often Antique and Artisan Center, Greenwich Living
ence as a designer, an art and antiques enthusi- install flat screens in every room, including the Antiques and Design Center, Hampton Antique
ast, a wife and mother and, of course, as a New living room in the over-the-mantle spot that Galleries, Harborview, Hidden Galleries.]
Yorker. As all of these, I truly understand that it was previously reserved for a precious piece
is often a challenge to live here. One enormous of art or for a fine antique mirror, not only be- Favorite catalogs or large chain home fur-
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every resource imaginable, space is at a pre- of an unused living room, but also because We’ve been ordering a lot from the new “inex-
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20 PINE
THE COLLECTION
The FiDi condo was tai-
G
ood style begins in the home—
and with fashion designers mov-
ing out of the closet and into the
furniture market, your living room may soon
vie with you for best-dressed. Those gyspy
pants might be eBay-bound, but a great
chair is an investment that lasts. Most
fashion designer’s home furniture lines
reflect their runway sensibilities, espe-
cially in the case of Jean Paul Gaulti-
er’s new collection for Roche-Bobois:
From the man who brought you Ma-
donna’s cone bustier comes a chair
with wheels, a wardrobe adorned
with a tattoo print (also on wheels),
a full-length mirror attached to an
industrial hand trolley and an alumi-
num-and-upholstered headboard on,
you guessed it, wheels. If you prefer aware: There are pod people among us. The last
your furnishings a bit more conser- sponsor unit, a 1,600-square-foot, two-bedroom,
vative—or motionless—Oscar de la two-bath penthouse listed at $2.149 million, re-
Consuelo
Renta’s sophisticated cocktail Castiglioni cently went into contract.
dresses translate into tailored for marni
The relative success of these branded devel-
upholstery and cabinetry fit
for a Park Avenue prewar. opments might be attributable to the immedi-
Buying in Bedford? Outfit your ate and clear definition that association with
entire life in Ralph Lauren, a fashion house’s style gives a building. Not to
from blazers to bedroom sets, mention the design itself. “From a real estate
cashmere to couches. Those
point of view,” says Shvo, “I felt that when you
dizzying Easter-egg Mis-
soni prints on your favorite go ahead and hire any great architect, yes, they
poncho also cover lamps might give you a pretty building but most of the
from Missoni Home, and
oscar de la
interiors end up being quite bland.” Jean Nouvel
for somewhere to rest your renta might disagree. Fashion designers do garner
Birkin on rainy days, try the
stronger name recognition than architects in
Hermès “Pippa” leather direc-
certain circles, especially with international buy-
tor’s chair: At $10,200, it folds
Product images and headshots courtesy of the rug company, roche-bobois, and century furniture.
up nicely (matching footstool ers. “With [20 Pine],” Shvo told Home, “we sold
sold separately). Boho Marni to a tremendous amount of foreigners because
loyalists never have to touch they come here and see a building designed by
ground again; the label’s sig- Armani, something they know and are attracted
nature florals dot its carpet col-
VIVIenNE to.” The concept is hardly foolproof. Real estate
lection for the Rug Company, WESTWOOD
which also offers wild and insiders agree that for the concept to succeed, it
wool carpet blends from needs to be the right brand for the right people in
Paul Smith, Lulu Guiness the right location. One that wasn’t? In 2005, Bel-
and Vivienne Westwood. fonti Properties proudly announced a stylish new
If Westwood’s trashy (lit-
building at 485 Fifth Avenue, with interiors by
erally) “Rubbish” rug or las-
Peter Som. Som, a succesful but smaller designer
civious lip pillow speak a little
too loudly, perhaps you’ll prefer without an Armani cachet or a clear-cut follow-
perching on the disciplined shapes of Armani/ ing, didn’t quite fit. Clearance sale! The property
Casa’s extensive furniture line or Calvin Klein’s is now a Hyatt hotel. Fashion, after all, can be
Curator Collection. After all, Calvin Klein sample fleeting. As Michael Shvo, who now considers
sizes might run a tad snug, but a Calvin Klein
himself semi-retired, put it, “A pretty dress is not
couch will always fit. — R.M.
a pretty dress on everybody.”
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in the kitchen
Culinary Art
Inspiration abounds for home cooks this
holiday season at the Museum of Modern Art,
where Counter Space: Design and the Modern
Kitchen is on display through March 14, 2011 (at
11 West 53rd Street, moma.org). The exhibition,
culled entirely from MoMA’s own collection,
explores interwar and postwar kitchen inno-
vations as well as views on the psychological
impact of the most-used room in a home. Works
like Tom Wesselmann’s Still Life-Kitchen (1968),
left, and objets de cuisine, including Peter Beh-
rens 1909 Electric Kettle, illustrate the drama
and the history of the kitchen.
Make your own kitchen a work of art with
marianne rohrlich’s selection of contempo-
rary unusual kitchen tools—small creations as
whimsical as they are useful.
Hands On
Rubber Peeler
Gloves have a rough
surface that peels
and scrubs
vegetables; $16 a
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This edition, entitled Raised Eyebrows/Furrowed Foreheads: Figure with Globe, printed at GEMINI G.E.L., was commissioned by
the American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum in support of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. John Baldessari: Pure Beauty will be
on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from October 20, 2010 - January 11, 2011. Please visit the Editions/Artists’ Books Fair
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Leading designers have long counted the work of 20th-
century French decorator and antiquarian Madeleine
Castaing as an inspiration. Until recently, though, it was
almost impossible to find examples of her 19th-century
inspired rooms anywhere but in old copies of the English
magazine World of Interiors and scattered throughout
various interior design books. Thanks to author Emily
Evans Eerdmans, we now have The World of Madeleine
Castaing, a wonderfully comprehensive work that tells
Castaing’s fascinating life story and provides many ex-
amples of her stylish and original take on turn-of-the-
century decorating.
In his introduction, decorator Jacques Grange ex-
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not only 19th-century homes, but that period’s literature
as well: She saw Balzac and Stendhal as unequaled deco-
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otherworldly and timeless mise en scènes. Eerdmans
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decorating her own home, Lèves, in the country outside
Paris. Lèves was taken over by the Germans during World
War II, though Castaing eventually managed to reclaim
the house. No photographs remain of its earlier décor, but
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resulting flawless loft is a riddle (a child lives here?): The answer is that any-
thing not stain-proofed can be wiped down, particularly the spectacular—
and indestructible—Corian pieces from WCA’s design arm, FTF Design Stu-
dio, atop which the Rubensteins’ daughter, now 2, can often be found danc-
ing with friends. “It’s the most decorative apartment in the building,” says
Roseann Repetti, “but it’s also where all the kids and families in the build-
ing go to play.” For now, at least. “We laugh because we are surrounded by
breasts,” laughs Atoosa about Bert Stern’s print of a topless Marilyn Monroe
and a similarly sexy piece by Ghada Amer and Rez Farkhondeh in the media
room. “I’m terrified that once my daughter continues on at school, this is go-
ing to be the place where kids are not allowed to come.” But it’s that avant-
garde style that most embodies the young family, who requested of WCA a
certain quirkiness for their home—though not enough to compromise resale
value. “They wanted to keep the space loftlike,” says Chin, who incorporat-
ed his signature core box concept by wrapping the powder room, pantry and
home office in rosewood enclosures extending from the kitchen. Attention
to lighting is another WCA signature; in the Rubensteins’ loft, huge win-
dows flood the space with natural light. “The window treatments are just
dreamy,” says Repetti, “elegant, linen-y and soft.” “Dreamy” might just be
the world to describe the entire space, where contemporary, cool minimal-
ism nonetheless evokes a livable warmth. Driving the success of the project
was the ease of communication between Atoosa and Repetti, who also has
roots in the publishing industry. That shared shorthand made the process
smooth, even for first-time renovators like the Rubensteins. “Your home is
something you don’t want to rush,” says Atoosa, whose quest for the build-
ing’s permission to install the custom Bocce chandelier delayed the project
for six months, “but we didn’t freak out about it. We wanted our home to be
exactly what we wanted it to be.” Sometimes that meant negotiating with
husband Ari. “I remember when Roseann and I were picking out furniture,
accessories and even some architectural details, I really had to drag him
to the point of ‘yes’ at moments,” in one instance to install remote controls
for the lighting. Now, however, each detail is beloved—and the few sugges-
tions not taken regretted. “You have the right partner in a project like this,”
notes Atoosa of WCA. “You really do have to take a leap of faith and real-
ize that they know what they’re talking about. [S]ome things that may just
seem extravagant ... make a huge difference in your quality of life. This said
by the girl that kisses ther chandelier’s remote control every night!”
B y a n n i e k e l ly
Like many busy New York decorators, Matthew Patrick Smyth enjoys
leaving the stresses of the city and driving out to peaceful Litchfield
County. With his partner, author Jean Vallier, he also maintains apart-
ments in Paris and Miami, but they are too far away for a quick week-
end escape. If he is lucky, he can add an extra night or two in Connecti-
cut by visiting clients in Greenwich and Westport en route.
Nearly eight years ago, Smyth came across his house in Sharon on
the Internet while searching areas near train stations for an easy com-
mute to New York. The town’s main street has many well-kept 18th-
and 19th-century houses on either side of a small green, and Smyth’s
“find” was set back a little on this road as it continues through the
p h ot o g r a p h y b y t i m s t r e e t- p o r t e r
town. It was probably a good thing he saw the house in winter, as its
run-down appearance was not hidden by summer foliage—allowing an
unvarnished look at the actual work that was needed. With a long wait-
ing period before the property could be bought, Smyth was able to get
all his plans and the necessary quotes in place so he could start immedi-
ately upon the deed being filed. Luckily, the house took only a short five
months to renovate.
Smyth learned that his late 18th-century house was once the Iron
Cauldron Inn, a hotel for teachers from the school next door. Since 1790,
when the house was built, the upstairs had been cut up into many different
rooms. After a hundred years as an inn, the Iron Cauldron became home
to families with lots of children. Smyth feels that he is giving the house a
rest, as it is occupied most weekends only by the couple, who enjoy it for
its peace and quiet. Vallier likes to write here, and the two can stroll into
town and enjoy the small village atmosphere without using their car.
During the restoration, there were surprises. A beautiful tiger maple
stair rail was discovered under a later-period wall, and the Palladian-style
p h oto g r a p h y b y t i m s t r e e t- p o r t e r
interview. Perhaps stuffed animals were an easier collection to gather. Speck can count 200
animals in his two-bedroom apartment and has another 200 displayed in his country house
in Virginia.
Touring the collection with Speck is like visiting with an aimable zoologist—he describes
each animal in detail, including its habitat and rarity. He is quick to point out that each one
comes from the U.S.A. Sitting on an entry table, “Bob,” the stuffed bobcat (“roadkill, I’m
afraid,” Speck explains sadly), seems almost alive. Unexpectedly, all the animals bear a pa-
tient, bemused expression, as if they are aware of their good fortune to have been rescued
from commercial store refrigerators and taxidermist storerooms. Speck plans to create a
museum someday, where his extraordinary collection of trophies can be seen in one place,
as remnants of the vanished tradition of hunting wild game. —Annie Kelly
In Manhattan, where space is at a premium, many families with zines. His corporate background may well explain the orderly preci-
young children abandon all hope of a glamorous adult life. Inte- sion of his work on his own home. The bright red kitchen banquette
rior designer Philip Gorrivan and his wife, Lisa, however, manage and chairs are upholstered in a sturdy child-friendly leather. The
to have the best of both worlds with an elegant Upper East Side living room is accessorized with books in neat piles on tables and
apartment and two energetic children, 11-year-old Isabelle and shelves—no brittle china and glass here with young children around.
8-year-old Charlie. Isabelle and Charlie have colorful rooms of their own, placed off
Philip Gorrivan’s career began in the business world, on the pub- the living room to create a distinct space for them to enjoy during
lishing side of Hearst magazines and later in venture capital. He be- playtimes not spent at the family’s sprawling Connecticut country
gan to decorate as a career when encouraged by friends who liked home. There, they go shopping with their mother in local farmers’
what what they saw when they came by the family’s home. “I always markets, accompanied by Leo, the family’s large standard poodle.
loved design and was always interested in building a business in that The apartment was purchased more than three years ago
field, and finally I had the opportunity to make this a reality,” ex- and took about a year to redo. It was two spaces quite recently
plains Gorrivan. Today, he is included in the lists of up-and-coming joined together, and Gorrivan reworked the combined apart-
designers, with work regularly included in all the decorating maga- ments so that they were more logically connected. The second
p h ot o g r a p h y b y t i m s t r e e t- p o r t e r
kitchen became a large, well-planned laundry, an essential room nearby photograph by Michael Wolf that can be seen from the
for a young family, and what was once a dining area is now a cozy entry. Gorrivan insists his poodle, Leo, was not the inspiration for
family room, enveloped by a sectional sofa upholstered in fabric the colors of the apartment. After all, he arrived after the family
designed by Gorrivan for Highland Court. The black lacquered had moved in. Somehow, though, he blends in perfectly with the
foyer provides a note of whimsy: “I always wanted to do an octag- browns and beiges of the main living room.
onal entry, and this element, although in its raw state, was what France, especially Yves Saint Laurent’s Paris apartment, was
sold us on the potential of the apartment,” says Gorrivan. “I was another strong influence for the apartment’s design, and Gorrivan
inspired by Dorothy Draper’s black laquered lobby for the Car- travels there whenever he can. His fabric line for Duralee/High-
lyle Hotel.” The sophistication of the entry sets the stage for the land Court recently appeared in the prestigous Maison et Object
overall tone of the apartment, as does the very personal choice trade show in Paris, and in fact, Gorrivan’s apartment could pass
of art. The wall behind the dining area in the main room is hung for a chic and modern place in the 6th Arrondissment. But he is
with a collection assembled by Gorrivan over the years. Old Mas- happy here in New York, especially now that he has found his true
ter drawings from the 17th to the 19th centuries mingle with a métier. —Annie Kelly
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Thinking for two is a natural way of life for art- Dia Center for the Arts and the Whitney. For During a five-hour meeting, the architect
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