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ne of the best ways to add some spark and enthusiasm to your interior, especially when you plan to paint your trim almost everywhere, is an accent wall with a lively wallpaper pattern. One Manhattan condo owner called us in to paint all the trim, including crown molding, window trim and baseboards in a very dark green like rainforest foliage.
Established right here on Madison Avenue in 1886, Thibaut, Inc., is the oldest, continuously operating wallpaper company in the country. It was initially delivered by horse and buggy to homes and offices which craved the vibrant colors in sophisticated patterns. Over its impressive 140-year history, Thibaut has evolved into a luxury design house of fabric and furniture, plus wallpaper.
Crown molding, like a crown, rests atop something, in this case a room where the walls meet the ceiling. Painted a contrasting color to the ceiling and walls, it creates a neat and tidy frame for the entire room.
Fresh paint delivers so many advantages. From an emotional angle, it can lift one’s spirits, change the atmosphere of a room, make remote work more appealing in a clean environment and increase creativity and relaxation.
Park Avenue may be synonymous with glamour, luxury, well-known corporations and investment banks, but that was not always the case. Initially, it was Fourth Avenue and supported tracks for the New York and Harlem Railroad.
On the west side of Manhattan, Chelsea boasts some 200 art galleries, along with the upscale Chelsea Market, housed in a former Nabisco factory. The now mostly residential neighborhood was an initial center for the motion picture industry.
While initially a hood-like barrier of stone or wood to trap and direct smoke up a chimney in medieval times, fireplace mantles have evolved into aesthetic components.
Vintage anything lends a warm-n-fuzzy feeling. Whether it’s an old style coat, a red barn in the countryside or a wallpaper pattern in the Big Apple, nostalgia delivers a smile to the heart. It’s timeless and classic and just fun to wear or see or live with.
There was a time when interior residential design presented every room enclosed in its own walls with a door. Heating would have been one consideration, with fireplaces or heat sources in each room before central heating could reach all the spaces.
When you have a penthouse condo in Manhattan at a prestigious address, you want your visitors’ first impressions to be warm and gracious. The entry in this residence was blah, nothing to impress except perhaps the mirror which reflected to make the space feel larger.