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TOTALLY MODERN timelessness

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SOFA

CHAIRS

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SIDE TABLE (similar to shown)

SHEEPSKIN RUGS

CHANDELIER (similar to shown)

CRISSCROSS RUG (similar to shown)

ARTWORK

WALL

PAINT

RUG

DOOR PAINT

BLAZER

JEANS

SHOES

JACKET (on him)

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CHAIRS

TABLES

STOOL (center)

DOOR PAINT (similar to shown)

FLOOR STAIN (similar to shown)

ARTWORK (inset)

SCULPTURES

ROOM SCENTS

PUMPS (on shelf, left)

NAVY SANDALS

BLUE SANDALS

PUMPS (on stool)(Red and striped

sandals no longer available.)

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what’s an nglish garden anyway?

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the practical romanticsarah price

creative influences

preferred plants

a seasonal suggestion

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INSPIRED irreverence

It should come as no surprise that a man devoted to the pursuit of beautiful motifs

would have a bedazzling apartment. Consider: Temo Callahan spent the 1980s and

’90s as director of the legendary fabric firm Clarence House; in 2004, he launched the

pioneering wallpaper company Studio Printworks, where he commissions striking,

outré styles from contemporary artists like Rob Wynne and Kiki Smith. And

yet, after navigating the narrow streets of his gritty Manhattan neighborhood and

climbing the stairs of his unprepossessing building, visitors can’t help experiencing

a bit of a shock. A devil-may-care mix of magnificent wallpapers, art and objects

from his travels, Callahan’s small, nondescript rental is a veritable diamond in the

rough. “I’ve lived here for 29 years, experimenting with scale, color and pattern—and

collecting treasures from around the world,” he says. “This is my aerie.”

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WALLPAPER

BLUE FABRIC (on chair)

SISAL RUG

AREA RUG (similar to shown)

TRIM PAINT (similar to shown)

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As founder of the textile company DwellStudio, Christiane Lemieux is used to having plenty of artistic license. But when it came to her New York loft, yielding to what the experts—and the space itself—were suggesting ended up making all the difference.photographs by william abranowicz prop styling by kim ficaro text by monica khemsurov

working with an

architect

When Christiane Lemieux bought this 3,200-square-foot loft in Soho, she envisioned turning it into a London-style town house, employing the muted hues of her bedding and fabrics for DwellStudio. “I thought we could put in a bunch of moldings and cut it up into a classic six,” she says. But after she and her husband, Joshua Young, moved in, everything changed. “I realized that a loft is a very special thing, and I wanted to maintain its character,” she says.

Lemieux hired local architects Will Meyer and Gray Davis, of Meyer Davis Studio Inc., to return the apartment to its bones, using the pared-down, rustic-modern style of Belgian interiors guru Axel Vervoordt as a guide. Occasionally the architects’ penchant for bold statements clashed with the clients’ restraint, but it didn’t take long to come up with a solution both parties are proud of. “People think we did very little to it,” Lemieux says. “It feels like the soul is still intact.”

SofaS “big ben” from $3,800 each, Montauk

Sofa (212) 274-1552 Sofa fabriC rogers & Goffigon ltd. linen “country cloth Plain” in morel about $180/yard, e-mail designpro@

ddbuilding.com ChairS (similar to shown) “beecroft” $3,185 each, shabbychic.com fLoor Lamp naturally shed antler “forest and shade” $2,530 Room (212) 226-1045

bLue piLLoWS kirsten hecktermann velvet $130 to $150 each, and White piLLoW

Transylvanian images $250 Ochre (212)

414-4332 artWork robert swain acrylic polymer emulsion on canvas “untitled,” robertswainnyc.com for similar works by artist vaSe (on coffee table) Tse & Tse porcelain $110 Clio (212) 966-8991 round bottLe (on console) $290 Judy Jackson Stoneware

(212) 431-7631 Shade 54" x 96" flat roman $810 theshadestore.com WaLL paint #sk8, finepaintsofeurope.com for stores

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The ’60s painting by Robert Swain, a gift from Lemieux’s in-laws, inspired the colors for the whole apartment.

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