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"Palm Beach Punch\nColor and Contrast Shake Up a Pied-\u00C0-Terre in Florida\n\"We created a clean, intelligent backdrop, then gave it some spin,\" Thomas Britt says of his spirited design for a couple's Palm Beach apartment. Above: Contemporary paintings\u2014by Jim Dine, left, and Sigmar Polke\u2014hang in the main gallery. Mirror from Amy Perlin Antiques.\n\"The client wanted pale coral, soft blue and white\u2014I thought, Great, let's do it,\" says Britt. The bold blue-on-blue antique dhurrie in the living room \"strengthens the palette.\" The painting is by L\u00E9ger. Cabinet, Amy Perlin. White sofa fabric, Glant.\n\"I didn't think the furniture should be super-formal,\" says Britt, who \"mixed it up\" with Chinese, 18th-century Italian and 1940s French pieces. \"They all find a way to speak to each other in the end.\" The 1999 painting is by Cecily Brown. Neoclassical chairs from Amy Perlin.\nThe dining area\u2014\"a simple continuation of the living room\"\u2014has an 18th-century chandelier (\"It's Italian and light in feeling\"), a Chinese altar table and a pair of blue-and-white ginger jars. Sunset Sea, 1958, is by Milton Avery. The sterling silver flatware is from Christofle.\nThe designer added wainscoting, molding and recessed bookshelves in the study. The drawing, left, is a 1964 Picasso. Studio 54, 1976, is by Andy Warhol. Navy pillow fabric and sofa and chair upholstery fabric from Manuel Canovas. Sofa from Avery Boardman.\nThe designer created a casual dining area on a terrace overlooking the Atlantic.\nBritt \"pumped the blue up\" in the master bedroom. \"The whole trick with these paint treatments is that you have to try them out in the actual space,\" he says, \"then check how the light reflects off the walls and the ceiling.\" The painting is by Larry Poons. Niermann Weeks bed.\n\"Tom is a force to be reckoned with,\" the wife says of Britt. \"He can make broad, sweeping gestures and small, intimate ones. The results are terrific\u2014convivial and full of splash.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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