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"Ask Miles Redd to define his stylistic modus operandi, and the effervescent interior designer delivers a precise but provocative answer: &amp;quot;I like to push the envelope\u2014but just to the edge.&amp;quot; Small wonder an adventuresome husband and wife decided his hallmark oomph could transform their 2,400-square-foot prewar apartment into something sensational. To that end Redd brought on board Dick Bories and James Shearron, a New York City\u2013based architecture team who, like Redd, take inspiration from stately 18th-century French manors as well as the suave houses designed in the 1930s by Chicago tastemaker David Adler.  The clients adore those references too. &amp;quot;And we love old Hollywood movies,&amp;quot; Valerie Colas-Thibouville says. &amp;quot;Even our wedding had a &amp;#039;30s theme, right down to the Cole Porter songs.&amp;quot; Not surprisingly, the project turned into a lovefest.   The most dramatic alteration was a redesign of the gallery, which stretched some 45 feet down one side of the apartment. Bories and Shearron cut the corridor into three sections: a long central hall lacquered deep blue and paved with a black-and-white-painted faux-marble floor, and two flanking mirrored vestibules. The gallery comes in handy as an extension of the living room for gatherings like an annual Swedish Christmas party (Colas-Thibouville&amp;#039;s husband is of Swedish and Danish descent) on St. Lucia&amp;#039;s Day, December 13.   The rooms may be brightly colored, but look closely at the subtle hierarchy of architectural details. &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s no reason to have the same heavy moldings in a kitchen as you would in a library,&amp;quot; Bories notes. Here doorknobs, hinges, and moldings are grand in the main entertaining spaces, while less-trafficked areas, such as the laundry room and baths, are given simpler treatments. Ceiling heights have been adjusted slightly here and there as well, the subconscious sense of shifting volumes reflecting that of a venerable country home.   Also evocative of a country house in the city is the decor, an inspired mix of eras and attitudes. &amp;quot;There are butch English pieces and fantasy finds, like the blackamoor in the entrance hall and the fanciful folding screen in the master bedroom,&amp;quot; Redd says. The paneling and bookcases in the library/dining room were copied from one of Marie Antoinette&amp;#039;s rooms at the Petit Trianon in Versailles, though in humble bleached white oak. The living room, on the other hand, boasts scarlet felt walls, windows hung with pale-blue silk lambrequins, and a sparkling mirrored niche. Talk about de-lovely. Click here to see the gallery for &amp;quot;A Glamorous Renovation&amp;quot;. Click here to see the resources. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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