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Art Opening
Next to the living room is the light-filled library with a new limestone fireplace and 18-foot-high ceilings. MacKenzie’s original drawings called for a bedroom above the library, but Anita and Robert eliminated the upper level to maximize light from two huge windows. MacKenzie designed the asymmetrical limestone fireplace surround to accommodate an existing chimney and create equal space on either side for bookshelves. Above the fireplace, crotch-mahogany panels are arranged in a flame-like pattern. “That whole elevation was meant to add a lot of texture and interest to the room,” MacKenzie says.
Sources:
Chairs and fabric: owner’s collection.
Pillow fabric (“BeBop’’/Pottery #2210/06): Pollack Assoc., 212/627-7766, pollackassociates.com, trade only.
Rug (custom, Tibetan Collection): Peerless Imported Rugs, 800/621-6573.
Coffee table: Susanin’s Auctions, 312/832-9800.
Mantel: Granite Innovation Inc., 312/226-9946.
Light fixture: Niermann Weeks, 212/319-7979, niermannweeks.com, trade only.
Painting (“Guantanamo Bay,” by Margarette Dawit); sculpture (“La Flor,” by Rangel Gomez): owner’s collection.
