Traditional English decor is juxtaposed with Floridian flamboyance in the study by Lucy Doswell Interiors. It gracefully pairs such treasures as the Philip and Kelvin LaVerne bronze coffee table that once belonged to Doswell’s grandmother with a custom lambrequin that calls to mind 16th-century palatial arches. But it’s the made-in-India wool kilim rug, based on Doswell’s sketch of a vintage Anatolian one, that has caused the designer the most anxiety throughout the tight schedule. “This is the first time we’ve custom-made a rug and not had time to have a strike-off made in advance for our approval or edits,” she admits. “We just crossed our fingers that it came out as beautifully as we had imagined it.”
Powder room by Lindley Arthur Interiors
Taking cues from the elegant Tom Scheerer–designed drawing room at the exclusive Lyford Cay Club in the Bahamas, Lindley Arthur Interiors set out to create a powder room that, at its core, is traditional, but because it is Palm Beach, it needed to be “something bold and glamorous that won’t fail to catch the eye,” Arthur shares. Along with Urban Electric Company and Charles Edwards lighting, Rosa Grecia tiles from Artistic Tile, and The Shade Store roman shades that fuse Namay Samay textiles with Samuel & Sons trim, Arthur layered in memorable vintage garden stools and contemporary artwork by Cate West Zahl. Her favorite aspect, however, is “without question, the Gracie wallpaper, specifically the peach ground, which set the tone for our overall scheme.”
Lounge by Danielle Rollins Interiors
As an ode to the iconic 1970s and ’80s designer Angelo Donghia, from Danielle Rollins Interiors’ Cocoa lounge is a neutral-toned assemblage of enthralling furniture and accessories, such as the custom Christopher Spitzmiller Sophie lamps with 23-karat-gold water gilt bases, the custom wire-brushed black palm wood Keith Fritz coffee table capped with Mayan sun clay tiles, and the Donghia Block Island armoire converted into a mirrored bar. “We are introducing a new fabric called Carlyle, inspired by batik prints, and it is used on a mammoth folding screen behind the ‘barmoire,’ on one of the Billy Baldwin slipper chairs, and on the accent pillows,” Rollins says. The vintage coconut husk console from Enrique Garcel, “hence the name of our room,” she adds, also commands attention. “A large oil abstract sits over it, with several pieces from my art collection for a personal touch, including works by Irving Penn, Helmut Newton, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Fernando Bengoechea.”
