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Mansions and Millionaires
Mill Neck, Long Island
If finding a room with interesting architecture is half the battle of exceptional design, then Eileen Boyd has won this one. Known for her brilliance in creating graphic color schemes and geometric furniture arrangements that paradoxically have soft edges, Eileen turned this octagonal living room of a Long Island Tudor Revival home from white, traditional, and predictable to handsome, current, and fashionable.
An unexpected Gustavian gray milk paint applied to the paneling and moldings creates a quiet envelope for a mélange of modern furnishings punctuated with exclamation points of saturated taxicab yellow. “I wanted to unify all of the paneling and moldings with one color so they wouldn’t compete against each other,” explains Eileen. “I relate color to music, and on their own, neither the gray nor the yellow works for me. But together, they are harmonious and complement each other perfectly.”
Centered on the room’s multi-paned windows, the seating area is a lesson in balance. A raw linen sofa with accent pillows in stone, yellow, and a bright, luminous blue captures the main focus. Flanking each side of the sofa, venerable tufted-back chairs are given a contemporary lift with yellow fabric and black frames.
Design:
Eileen Kathryn Boyd, Eileen Kathryn Boyd Interiors, 251 Main St., Huntington, NY 11743, and 225 E. 76th St., Suite 5C, New York, NY 10021; 631/427-6400, ekbinteriors.com.
Photographs by Bruce Buck
Text by Krissa Rossbund
Produced by Bonnie Maharam
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