Eastbourne, Bronxville

NYC, California & Connecticut!

Our client wanted her home to be more youthful, more hip. Margot was now sharing her apartment with her second husband, a younger man! The apartment is a very traditional "envelope" and most of her cherished pieces were Connecticut Country antiques. Our goal was to shake it up, change the mood to California Dreamin', blending Formal Country with ripe colors and contemporary style.

Several of Margot's relatives were established American Artists. Their works created a painterly ambience. Contemporary paintings that also exuded a painterly quality continued the theme and created contrast. New paintings by Susan English.

We started from scratch. The only decorating choice that had been made and executed was the luscious red wall paper in the dining room. There were a number of nice New England Antiques piled up in the center of the room and there were some truly lovely paintings, both antiques and paintings were our inspiration.