John Patrick Shanley's Love of Color The New York Times

John Patrick Shanley's Love of Color
The New York Times

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.

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Mmm! The brilliance of his colors are wonderful!

posted by LauraEvrard on July 30th 2009 at 2:03pm
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Does anyone know where that Provencal chandelier comes from?

posted by principessa on July 30th 2009 at 2:14pm
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aye yie yie

posted by TML on July 30th 2009 at 2:59pm
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You could never be depressed in a house like that - What a fun sense of style!

posted by bepsf on July 30th 2009 at 2:59pm
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Fun, I love colors!

posted by modrngirl on July 30th 2009 at 3:05pm
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Oh my goodness! How much fun!

Emily

posted by Emily Sneds on July 30th 2009 at 3:34pm
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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!

posted by Limeliteshines on July 30th 2009 at 3:45pm
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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

posted by bumblebeechicago on July 30th 2009 at 4:44pm
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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.

posted by nmkc on July 30th 2009 at 5:26pm
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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 (?)

posted by martita on July 30th 2009 at 6:44pm
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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.

posted by amed studio on July 30th 2009 at 9:43pm
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I love this house.

posted by spaceystacey on July 31st 2009 at 3:16am
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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!

posted by lella on July 31st 2009 at 12:01pm
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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?

posted by woodlynn on August 3rd 2009 at 3:13pm
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