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Rain poured down as movers arrived to empty my Brooklyn home of its contents. Boxes of books went into the truck, along with furniture, kids’ school projects, and a lifetime of possessions. A month earlier, my husband, Joel Simon, and I had finally lined up a contractor after a long wait. “I am available,” Guillermo Grasso told us, “but only if the apartment is empty of everything, including you, in four weeks.” Frantic packing ensued, and we had a surreal moment of seeing our rooms once again a…
7 months ago
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Since founding her firm in 1993, New York–based interior designer Sara Bengur has won awards for her work and garnered projects from Washington, D.C., to the French West Indies to her native Istanbul. Still, when she heard about the New York Design Center’s Access to Design—a matchmaking program between clients and designers—she decided to give it a try. The last thing she expected was for the first query to come from a celebrity. And to instantly bag the job.But that’s exactly what happened whe…
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EDITOR’S NOTE: The design community is mourning the passing of the legendary Mica Ertegun, who died December 2 at the age of 97. For more than 50 years, the Romanian-born, New York–based interior design maven created elegant interiors for the top echelon of society in New York and abroad. Through the design firm MAC II, which she founded alongside her socialite friend Chessy Rayner, Ertegun created interiors that were austere, often exotic, and always tasteful. She was married to Atlantic Record…
5 months ago
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In September, a cadre of celebrities—Diane Keaton, Julianne Moore, and Gabrielle Union among them—settled into Louis XV–style seating at Brooklyn’s historic Navy Yard for a front-row glimpse of a most unusual catwalk. For his New York Fashion Week presentation, Ralph Lauren unveiled his spring 2024 collection in a barnlike setting with details—crystal chandeliers hanging from twine cords, draped swaths of canvas, rustic wood floors—evoking an artist’s loft. Soon, a fleet of models appeared in s…
4 months ago
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With its brick walls, wooden booths, and just eight tables, Sailor exudes the old-fashioned charm that makes it feel like it has lived on its Brooklyn corner for eons. But its small size and low-key charm belie the high-powered talent behind the restaurant that is currently one of New York City’s toughest reservations. The owner is Gabriel Sturman, whose Greenwich Village restaurants—including Joseph Leonard—have long been hot spots. The chef is April Bloomfield, ex-Spotted Pig, making her come…
3 months ago
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There is no mistaking the black leather–clad man who strolls into the bilevel gallery space at the top of Tiffany Co.’s Landmark, the brand’s iconic Fifth Avenue store. ELLE DECOR A-List Titan Peter Marino, the architect behind the interiors in the extensive 2023 renovation, arrives clutching two rare Louis Comfort Tiffany Cypriote glass vases. “Where are the pedestals?” he asks, his voice booming across the two-story exhibition space, as a search begins for a pair of custom silver stands that…
2 months ago
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Long before she was a centenarian style icon—instantly recognizable with her oversize oval glasses, frosted blue eye shadow, feather boas, and arms stacked with chunky bangles—Iris Apfel was a trendsetter in a different realm: the world of decor. Apfel, who died March 1 at the age of 102, started her decorating career in the 1940s and was the designer of choice for such private clients as Greta Garbo, Estée Lauder, Faye Dunaway, and Joan Rivers. With her late husband, Carl, she founded Old World…
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Molto prima di essere un’icona di stile centenaria - immediatamente riconoscibile con i suoi occhiali ovali oversize, l’ombretto blu, i boa di piume e le braccia tempestate di grossi braccialetti -, Iris Apfel è stata una trendsetter in un ambito diverso: il mondo dell’arredamento. Apfel, morta il 1° marzo all’età di 102 anni, ha iniziato la sua carriera di decoratrice negli anni ’40 ed è stata la designer di riferimento di clienti privati come Greta Garbo, Estée Lauder, Faye Dunaway e Joan Rive…
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The Jewish holiday of Passover kicks off this year on April 22 with two consecutive nights of seders—family dinners that begin with a retelling of the story of the ancient Israelites’ escape from slavery and follow with a multicourse feast in which matzoh ball soup often plays a starring role. The Passover table is also a celebration of spring—and at the center of the action is the seder plate, which holds ritual foods that express the themes of the holiday. For the design-conscious host, the…
about 2 months ago
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Above: Art consultant William Li helped designer Eddie Lee to pick the art by Stephanie Massaux for this Florida living room.As the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat once said: “Art is how we decorate space; music is how we decorate time.” A home without either art or music is a space without soul. But while it is easy to fill a room with music, finding art for your home is trickier. Should the art come first—or the decor? And even when you find a piece you love, it might still be out of reach. “Let’s…
18 days ago
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With its moving sidewalks and undulating glass canopy, the setting for Milan’s Salone del Mobile—the Fiera Milano Rho fairground on the city’s outskirts—has a space-age atmosphere that feels cinematic. So it’s fitting that a bona fide screen legend—director David Lynch of Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks fame—has designed the starring project at this year’s Salone. The installation “Interiors by David Lynch. A Thinking Room” debuted today at the 2024 edition of the fair—one of the world’s biggest and…
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