The New York Times takes us inside the Gramercy apartment of playwright, director and Oscar-winning screenwriter John Patrick Shanley — and it is infused with COLOR! Shanley (of Doubt and Moonstruck fame) worked with interior designer Randy Florke to create a home that paid homage to his love of intense color and showcased his quirky taste for kitsch...
• The dining room was once a porch and was redesigned by Woods Mackintosh, a Chelsea architect and set designer.
• John Patrick Shanley in his living room painted with Benjamin Moore's Peppermint Leaf.
• The mustard yellow kitchen has blue-veined quartz countertops!
• The stairwell was painted by Sharon Molloy.
• The pink bathroom.
For more pictures and some insight into Shanley's LOVE OF COLOR check out The New York Times: The Color of Comfort and the slide show.
(Image: ©2009 Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)
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Mmm! The brilliance of his colors are wonderful!
Does anyone know where that Provencal chandelier comes from?
aye yie yie
You could never be depressed in a house like that - What a fun sense of style!
Fun, I love colors!
Oh my goodness! How much fun!
Emily
The stairway reminds me of Alice in Wonderland. The rest of the house fits in nicely. Talk about a great house to come home to on a cloudy day!
The dining room kind of reminds me of a gypsy caravan. Me likey.
http://www.grete-david.co.uk/mediac/400_0/media/DIR_155469/Gypsy~Caravan.jpg
i love that bathroom. i'd always feel like i was in a 60s movie if i lived there. i would definitely need a powder puff.
Just came back from Disney World... this reminds me of Minnie's house in the Toontown section. He'd easily get a job as a ... what do you call them? Imagineer (?)
I'm all for 'happy' colours but these, especially in combination, are verging on 'manic.' I'm glad Mr. Shanley loves his place, but all of those shouting walls would drive me bonkers.
I love this house.
Mr. Shanley has gone Green in the kitchen with the euro-style 'dishwasher' above the sink. The two rows of open shelving are actually drying racks for dishes you use every day. We have something similar so we only really use the dishwasher for dinner parties/family gatherings.
I hope this is a growing green trend in America's kitchens!
I'm puzzled about the countertop. The article refers to it as stone with deep blue veining. I thought quartz countertops were engineered stone (Zodiaz, Silestone, Caesarstone.) I've never seen quartz with veining or in a color like that shown. I wonder if he means quartzite? The countertop in the photo looks like a blue-veined quartzite from Brazil, Azul Macaubas, which is indeed "ruinously expensive." Any way to find out?