From the Publisher
If you’ve noticed that this issue looks a little different, it is. Please
join me in welcoming our new Creative Director, Richard Zoehrer,
to the team. Richard brings a fresh eye, years of amazing experience and a sophisticated design sensitivity to the pages of the magazine as we take it to the next level and beyond. We are delighted to have him on board.
This month in Fairfield County Home we celebrate three different local homes each with their own distinctive approach to design.
Award-winning builder, E. M. Rose Building Company specializes in the art of fine home building for some of the best architects in the world. Known for creating custom multi-million dollar masterpieces, E.M. Rose Building Company and Moisan Architects of Woodbury CT show what can be achieved with a meticulous attention to detail, exceptional taste, uncompromising standards and superlative products. The result can be described as truly magnificent.
New York City-based designer Robin Baron brings elegance, sophistication and a sense of calm to a Greenwich couple’s home. With a restful color palette, luxurious fabrics plus clever design touches, the upper level of the house reflects the owners’ tasteful formality. But for a complete change of pace, see the English pub, complete with authentic bar, that Robin created for them in the basement—a reflection perhaps of their more lively social side.
Formal meets friendly, too, in the ASID 2007 Design Awards of Excellence winning dining room/family room by Hollie Sutherland, owner of Hollis Interiors. More and more, she sees a trend in home design away from austere formal spaces; her mantras these days are “livability” and comfort. The owners of this house liked traditional design but wanted it re-styled with a contemporary twist and kid friendly feel, so she brought in warm wood tones, combined different textures and fabrics and turned it into a beautiful but highly livable, “approachable” home.
And finally, on another celebratory note, we would like to take this opportunity to congratulate local interior designer, Lynne Scalo, recipient of the Best of Year Award from Interior Design Magazine, announced at their annual ceremony last November in New York City. This highly prestigious award is given for design excellence for projects around the world, and in winning it, Lynne joins a very impressive group of past recipients including Victoria Hagan, Gensler, Clive Wilkinson and Tsao and McKown Architects. On behalf of the entire team here at Fairfield County Home, Lynne, we are proud to have worked with you over the past few years—and proud that a Fairfield County based designer has shown the rest of the world what great design looks like!
Susannah Pask
Publisher
