Florida Design Magazine Vol. 13, No. 4 Page 7
"FASHIONABLY AU COURANT",
 
 
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ABOVE: “Because there are no windows in the dining room, lighting became very important,” Turner says. A dazzling chandelier sparkles above the table, while backlighting emanates from floating wall panels.
 
 
Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. “I spent hours studying the floor there to get the details right,” Turner says.
Adjoining the foyer is a stairway, whose dramatic sweep creates a sense of grandeur that continues into the living room. Describing the space as “continental and eclectic,” Turner mixed moods, metals and materials under a softly illuminated recessed ceiling with a Murano chandelier in the center.
Tucked within a niche is a contemporary sofa wrapped in dark chocolate velvet and an antique gold mirror. A walnut cocktail table with gold-leaf details draws together a pair of lounge chairs covered in the same velvet, a zebra-patterned bergère and a carved-wood armchair.

Nearby, a secondary grouping offsets the dark tones of the main grouping. Here, a “window” of silver-leaf paned, antique mercury mirrors provides the backdrop for a sofa in ivory chenille and a glass-topped cocktail table with a silver-leaf iron base.
In contrast to the living’s room formality, the library offers a comfortable spot for reading and watching television. Cabinetry lines the walls, displaying books purchased at the Paris flea market, urns and other mementos.
Formality returns in the dining room, where a dazzling chandelier with strings of glass beads glows above an antique table.
After years of studied research, Turner’s ideas came to fruition in Hollingsworth’s Neoclassic interpretation. “It’s a refined version of my perception of the house,” says Turner of the finished masterpiece.

 
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