Holly Hunt designs a penthouse in Miami

Published as: PENTHOUSE VIEW Interior Design: Holly HuntText: Erika HeetPhotography: Nathan Kirkman Holly Hunt takes on few interior design projects, making her work on the penthouse at the Surf Club in Miami that much more extraordinary. The founder and CEO of Holly Hunt Design had a (mostly) tabula rasa to work with atop one of […]

An indoor-outdoor sanctuary in São Paulo, Brazil

Published as: Urban Oasis Interior Design: Juliana VasconcellosText: Erika HeetPhotography: Filippo Bamberghi It is relatively rare for a buyer to purchase a property without so much as a single physical visit, but these are rare times indeed. It is perhaps even less likely that the buyer, seeking an investment opportunity, falls in love with the […]

In Palm Springs, a healing retreat for art collectors

Published as: Art Springs Eternal Interior Design: Dorothy WillettsText: Erika HeetPhotography: Sam Frost The first thing one sees when entering a house in the California desert by Palm Springs designer Dorothy Willetts is the art: big, bold yellow and red flowers by Donald Sultan; the teal, butterscotch, polka-dotted and striped Reflections on Brushstrokes by Roy […]

This Dallas project takes an artful approach to rooms

Published as: All the Right Moves Interior Design: Joshua RiceText: Abigail StonePhotography: Cody Ulrich The partnership between interior designer and client is an exercise in trust. That’s especially true when the homeowners are looking for something out of the ordinary. “It was more traditional than our taste generally runs,” says the wife of the Dallas […]

A modern house in Michigan built for cocooning

Published as: Side by Side Architecture: Eric OlsenInterior Design: Bonesteel Trout HallText: Jeff TurrentinePhotography: Karyn Millet For close-knit adult siblings with large families of their own, the idea of living next door to one another—combining households, as it were, but with just enough space between homes to allow for separation and privacy when needed—has an […]

A modern waterfront home in Boca Raton by Marc-Michaels Interior Design

Published as: For All Seasons Interior Design: Marc-MichaelsText: Zlata Kozul NaumovskiPhotography: Jessica Glynn Designers and builders alike thrive on customer referrals and repeat clients. So Marc Thee was thrilled when clients who lived in a home he designed in Boca Raton, Florida, for builder Mark Timothy engaged him to design their new build, by Brenner […]

James Magni designs an art-filled canyon home for himself in Los Angeles

Published as: SOLO SHOW Interior Design: James MagniText: Abigail StonePhotography: Manolo Langis With only themselves to please, designers turn their own homes into laboratories in which to explore their ideas. James Magni delights in this process; moving every few years keeps his creativity fit. “When I think a home is in pristine condition, I go […]

Laura U designs a chic, contemporary house in Houston

Published as: New Order Interior Design: Laura UText: Heather CorcoranPhotography: Kerry Kirk There’s an added challenge that comes with being the second design team to touch a project, but when Laura Umansky, the founder of Houston-based design firm Laura U, signed on to add a layer of life to a contemporary home with a Texas-sized […]

Powell & Bonnell creates a majestic pied-à-terre in New York

Published as: Above Manhattan Interior Design: Powell & BonnellText: Jeff TurrentinePhotography: John Bessler The Toronto-based interior design firm Powell & Bonnell has been creating stylish, bespoke spaces for the last 30 years; principal designer Albert Limshue has been there for 15 of them. Over that time he’s developed close relationships with dozens of clients who […]

Color and supergraphics define a house in Virginia

Published as: Super Graphic Interior Design: Raji RM & AssociatesText: Carolyn HorwitzPhotography: Rikki Snyder Work backward—that’s what Raji Radhakrishnan had to do when she signed on to redecorate a contemporary home in Arlington, Virginia, for a peripatetic art-collecting couple and their teenage daughter. This was no ordinary assignment for the designer, who works out of […]