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DOUGLAS BRENNER: Did you know that the first house Elsie de Wolfe ever decorated is right down the street? MAX SINSTEDEN: Strangely, when the rental agent showed me this studio [...]

This brand spanking new Bay Area house could have easily become one big cliche of Spanish Colonial style, but not in the hands of designer Erin Martin, who graced it [...]

DOUGLAS BRENNER: If this map wallpaper had a 'You are here' arrow, where would it go? TOM SCHEERER: To the right of the hat-rack mirror, on the edge of Block [...]

DOUGLAS BRENNER: Your flow of rich, moody colors from room to room reminds me of the paintings Whistler called nocturnes, or harmonies. Is this far-fetched? ALEXANDER DOHERTY: It's amusing you [...]

DOUGLAS BRENNER: A lake house in Skaneateles--isn't this a sort of homecoming for you? THOM FILICIA: It is. I grew up nearby, in Syracuse, and we came here when I [...]

DOUGLAS BRENNER: That giant head of Juno--such a stunning incongruity in a tiny room. STEPHEN SHUBEL: I love things that are stylishly overscaled--the head is four feet tall. I bought [...]

DOUGLAS BRENNER: The name of your company, Euro Trash, must raise a few eyebrows. Of course, you mean 'trash' as in Dumpster-diving at grand hotels. ANNIE BRAHLER: It's kind of [...]

DOUGLAS BRENNER: The urban jungle! What was the impulse? STEVEN SCLAROFF: You get off the elevator and you're, like, trapped in this abysmal vestibule. There's barely enough room to greet [...]

Dusky green enfolds a serene retreat from the dazzling light off Cape Cod Bay in the living room of Kristin Hein and Philip Cozzi. The husband-and-wife team had Fine Paints [...]

DOUGLAS BRENNER: How is it that you settled on a black and white palette for a San Francisco Victorian? KEN FU LK: I'm notorious for using lots of color in [...]

DOUGLAS BRENNER: You've made a rather grand Tuscan-style house feel so warm and livable and inviting. JOE NYE: The place was more like a museum than a home. And the [...]

The colors in Jeffrey Bilhuber's Locust Valley, New York, house, Hay Fever, are inspired by colors in Early American houses. 'Every room in every house I researched was brilliantly colored,' [...]

DOUGLAS BRENNER: This whole place has an American-in-Europe mood. It's sort of Henry Jamesian--meditative, elusive, romantic. The Paris of The Ambassadors meets the Venice of The Wings of the Dove. [...]

Q DOUGLAS BRENNER: That fantastic chandelier looks like it's about to put its elbows on the table. A MADELINE STUART: It's all elbows! It's got a quirky personality that's sort [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DOUGLAS BRENNER: Even the spiffiest new spec houses can Feel raw and generic. This one is anything but. How long did it take you to give […]

DOUGLAS BRENNER: I've seen that little camel statue in other apartments you've done for yourself. Does it symbolize a nomadic life? ERIC COHLER: I'm a Bedouin at heart. And not […]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] At this year's Kips Bay showhouse, Bunny Williams mixed furnishings from her BeeLine Home collection with a dashing red Egg chair from Design Within Reach. Its curves glow […]