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  • Witty and Whimsical Interiors
    Here's a peek at one of our favorite ELLE DECOR stories by Kate Hambrecht. —GloTruly delightful design often has a touch of the unexpected. Here are a few playful rooms—ranging from the tastefully clever to the just plain surreal—that surprise and amuse us with their originality.
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  • Witty and Whimsical Interiors
    Literature-loving interior designer Sheila Bridges commissioned this thoughtful wall treatment by Pintura Studios for the library of her Harlem apartment. The hand-painted quotes are from her favorite authors, among them Zora Neale Hurston, Emily Dickinson and Dr. Seuss; the sofa is upholstered in a Rogers & Goffigon linen velvet. ON ELLE DECOR: Great Ideas: Wall Treatments
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  • Witty and Whimsical Interiors
    The craft of decoupage artist John Derian is on full display in the handsome and unusual treatment he’s given the foyer of his apartment on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Derian created the vintage look with pages from old books, applied with Elmers Glue and water.
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  • Witty and Whimsical Interiors
    At the seaside Ibizan vacation villa of brothers Antonio and Ignacio Saorin, guests are never far from the residence’s recreational activities. This bathroom features a uniquely surreal porthole: Mounted into the mirror, it peers into the deep end of the home’s swimming pool.
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  • Witty and Whimsical Interiors
    In her living room, fashion designer Cynthia Rowley mixes a hay-bale bench by Gaston Marticorena and a horseshoe cocktail table with the ultimate accessory for entertaining in Manhattan: a baby grand piano shell that serves as a giant ice bucket for champagne.ON ELLE DECOR: Step Inside Cynthia Rowley’s Manhattan Townhouse
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  • Witty and Whimsical Interiors
    Decorators Jeffrey Alan Marks and Ross Cassidy offer a tongue-in-cheek nod to their beachy California neighborhood, Santa Monica Canyon, with a vintage Abercrombie & Fitch rowboat they’ve attached —upside-down—to their master bedroom ceiling. ON ELLE DECOR: Rooms with High-Seas StyleFor More Wit & Whimsy, visit ELLEDecor.com
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    Here's a peek at one of our favorite ELLE DECOR stories by Kate Hambrecht. —Glo

    Truly delightful design often has a touch of the unexpected. Here are a few playful rooms—ranging from the tastefully clever to the just plain surreal—that surprise and amuse us with their originality.

  • Words to Live By

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    Literature-loving interior designer Sheila Bridges commissioned this thoughtful wall treatment by Pintura Studios for the library of her Harlem apartment. The hand-painted quotes are from her favorite authors, among them Zora Neale Hurston, Emily Dickinson and Dr. Seuss; the sofa is upholstered in a Rogers & Goffigon linen velvet.

    ON ELLE DECOR: Great Ideas: Wall Treatments

  • One for the Books

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    The craft of decoupage artist John Derian is on full display in the handsome and unusual treatment he’s given the foyer of his apartment on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Derian created the vintage look with pages from old books, applied with Elmers Glue and water.

  • Pool Party

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    At the seaside Ibizan vacation villa of brothers Antonio and Ignacio Saorin, guests are never far from the residence’s recreational activities. This bathroom features a uniquely surreal porthole: Mounted into the mirror, it peers into the deep end of the home’s swimming pool.

  • Player's Piano

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    In her living room, fashion designer Cynthia Rowley mixes a hay-bale bench by Gaston Marticorena and a horseshoe cocktail table with the ultimate accessory for entertaining in Manhattan: a baby grand piano shell that serves as a giant ice bucket for champagne.

    ON ELLE DECOR: Step Inside Cynthia Rowley’s Manhattan Townhouse

  • High Seas

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    Decorators Jeffrey Alan Marks and Ross Cassidy offer a tongue-in-cheek nod to their beachy California neighborhood, Santa Monica Canyon, with a vintage Abercrombie & Fitch rowboat they’ve attached —upside-down—to their master bedroom ceiling.

    ON ELLE DECOR: Rooms with High-Seas Style

    For More Wit & Whimsy, visit ELLEDecor.com

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