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"Past Perfect on Fifth\nRefreshing Tradition with Bright Colors and Brio in an Apartment Above the Park\nCarleton Varney, of Dorothy Draper Company, brought his signature love of color into play in the Fifth Avenue apartment he designed for a theatrical family.\n\nIn the entrance hall is an 18th-century chest of drawers. Brunschwig Fils sconces.\nThe living room has \"lots of focal points,\" Varney says.\nThe wife \"has the ability to take a m\u00E9lange of things and montage them in a way that is eclectically electric,\" says Varney, who has designed six residences for the couple.\n\n Between two windows in the living room is a William Beechey portrait.\nA dining area offers \"a place to enjoy the view over tea or early breakfast.\" Stark fauteuil fabric. Mansour rug.\n\"I've always believed small spaces are more intimate in dark colors,\" the designer says of the library. \"Dark paneling or paint\u2014chocolate brown, burgundy, black\u2014all make tiny rooms cozy.\" Cowtan Tout singerie sofa chintz. Clarence House berg\u00E8re print.\n\"I've done so many bedrooms for the couple,\" Varney notes. \"We did blue and yellow here because they didn't have it in another home.\"\n\nA quiet sitting area. Brunschwig Fils chair fabric.\nA painting by Matisse hangs above the sumptuous bed. Armchair fabric from Stark. Einstein Moomjy rug."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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