Keeping the Faith
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Interior designer Victoria Hagan incorporated Arts and Crafts elements to blend with the architecture of a weekend retreat for a couple in Westchester County, New York. Though the clients weren't initially familiar with the movement, by the end "they'd fallen in love with it."
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A bronze chandelier with amber glass globes is reflected in a 19th-century giltwood mirror in the living room. Iron sconces by Holly Hunt. Stark carpet.
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In the entrance hall, a photograph by Harry Phister hangs over a settee designed by OttoâWagner.
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The living room's glazed walls feature a hand-painted frieze in a grapevine motif. A pair of painted beechwood Josef Hoffmann chairs, left, have their original velvet. Trestle table, right, Amy Perlin Antiques. Fortuny-fabric pillow on light sofa, David Duncan Antiques.
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A mirror, from Amy Perlin Antiques, was placed over the dining room fireplace that the wife initially felt was too busy. "Victoria said it wouldn't bother me when we were done. I learned to trust her advice." A 19th-century Ushak, from Sacco, covers a carpet from Beauvais.
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"When I design, I can kind of smell whether something is right," explains Hagan, who worked with senior designer Shelley Pocsidio on the project, the third Hagan has done for the clients. "We wouldn't have bought the house if Victoria hadn't liked it," the wife says.
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A circa 1900 Cotswold School dresser sits at one end of the second-floor hallway. At right, photogravures by Karl Blossfeldt are interspersed with 1930s sconces. Dark-bronze-and-parchment fixtures line the ceiling. The grass cloth wallcovering is from Schumacher.
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In the master bedroom, Hagan placed "graphic and clean" circa 1820 night tables and pewter sconces on either side of the bed and a Holly Hunt chair by the window. "The spaces are charming because it's an older house," she says. Glant linen wallcovering.
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The vanity in the master bath has glass legs, nickel detailing and a top of blue stone. Hagan accommodated the clients' desire for a whirlpool tub by reconfiguring the room. The floor is mosaic tile with a white diamond border of Thásos marble, from Waterworks.