Old Digs, New Threads(4)
Old Digs, New Threads
One thing that didn’t change in the makeover was his love of brown. “Before, I’ve used a deep chocolate, but this time I modulated it a little, painting the library almost a devil’s-food-cake brown that has more red and gray in it,” explains Stephen, who began his career as a residential interior designer. The color brown continues to play an accent role throughout the space. It’s in the graphic, ethnic-flavored fabrics on pillows, the original glazed leather on an old repro Louis XVI fauteil, the new linen velvet on an 18th-century Swedish chair by the stairs, the living room’s zebra rug, and the curtains—“I like to have a little substance and weight at the windows,” he explains. “It’s important to have one element that weaves it all together, and for me, that element is brown.”
Sources:
Love seat (“Charleston’’); upholstered chair (“Sasha’’ ): Lee Jofa, 800/453-3563, leejofa.com, trade only.
Drapery (“Dune’’/Pale Aqua #ED85004.715); love-seat fabric (“Malva’’/Duck Egg #ED85031-725); cushions on cane-back chair (“Malva’’/Seafoam #ED85031.721); Sasha-chair fabric (“Jarah’’/Flax #ED85084.110) trim on Sasha chair (“Constance’’/Coffee #ED85074.215); leaf-patterned pillows (“Origin’’/Mocha #ED85006.980); rectangular pillow (“Zephyr/ Cocoa #ED85023.290): Threads at Lee Jofa, 800/453-3563, trade only.
Cane-back chair (Swedish); floor lamp (by George Kovas): JED, 631/725-6411, jedny.com.
Top photograph (by Phil Stern); bottom photograph (by Thomas Struth): owner’s collection.
Painting: Carrie Haddad Gallery, 518/828-1915, carriehaddadgallery.com. Table lamp (“Gregory’’ by Christopher Spitzmiller); pair of garden stools: Mecox Gardens, 212/249-5301.
Lamp table (“Finlay Side table’’ by MacRae): through Lee Jofa, 800/453-3563, trade only.
Quill box: Randall Tysinger Antiques, 877/524-0080, trade only.
