ABOVE
and NEXT PAGE: Frank Gehry’s bent-wood chairs
speak to the organic nature of the dining room, where
the “glass top of the table creates a wonderful
continuation of the reflecting pond beyond,”
designer Bradley W. Blair says. Outside, a pair of
terra-cotta sculptures, “Adam and Eve,”
also by Sharon, gaze at the water’s edge.
lacquered leather
trunk from China and a cocktail table made from
a 19th-century Thai prayer table, give the home
an Eastern air. Blair custom designed the sofa and
had the leather club chairs custom dyed in a complementary
mushroom hue. To the rear, a spiral stairway winds
its way to a loft.
A gallery leads from
the foyer to the main living areas. Here, oversized
works of art line the walls, creating the feeling
of entering a museum. “This is truly the spine
or nerve center of the home,” Blair says.