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A successful lobby should be neither showy nor gloomy nor trite; in a grand building it must be imbued with functionality, durability, grace and a certain cheerful sense of authority. Paula Caravelli, commissioned to redecorate the lobby of a 12-story early 20th century luxury building designed by Pickering & Walker, has achieved all these qualities. The lobby���s previous incarnation endured for some thirty years before residents opted for a new arrival. Caravelli has risen beautifully to the challenge, lightening both the palette and the range of furniture to create what she calls a more modern sense of ���refined tranquility.��� Her pale, shimmering palette consists of beige, mauve and pale green, brightly accented with gold and bronze, deepened with the occasional piece of fine rosewood or mahogany furniture. The lobby���s shell, is, of course, Greek Revival, with finely elaborated cornices, niches, pilasters and wall panels. Caravelli chose to treat these potentially heavy architectural details with a light hand, tinting the walls a white that is just barely beige. In the center of the lobby HYLAND

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