the designers make would-be odd bedfellows mix rather
than match. Says Monaco, "We appreciate the way color
has been used in the apartment to create layers as you
move through the space. There is a dialogue between
rooms. One room might be red and the next contain
accents of red, rather than each room being totally self
contained."
Each corner of the living
room contains a fresh
curiosity. A parchment
and gilt French console
cabinet displays early
20th century ceramics by
Finnish potter Axel Salto
and above it is a drawing
of zany faces by William
Carroll; a glossy black
grand piano is paired,
unexpectedly, with a
bright cobalt blue bench
and an oversized black
faux fur pouf. On the wall
is a cipher, a sculpture
resembling diagrams of
chemical compounds.
The living room, and indeed, all the rooms, are complex
and satisfying and there is not space enough in these
pages to exhaust their inventory. Suffice to say that the
living room is a percussion of color, texture and kinesis.
HYLAND
