Great American Homes: Kips Bay Decorator Show House

Great American Homes: Kips Bay Decorator Show House


   Text by Wendy Moonan
    Photos © Laurie Lambrecht

Kips Bay
Decorator Show House

New York, NY
 

A spring-like dining room confounds expectations of what such rooms should be. While glamorous, it has putty walls and green plaids to make it user-friendly and light-spirited.

Matthew Patrick Smyth employed geometric shapes, such as a plaid tablecloth and a grid of framed 1750 Paris maps, to contrast with baroque 1940s gilded iron French chairs and a French-inspired Murano glass chandelier.

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