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1 week ago | 
interiordesign.net | Stephen Wallis
In picturesque Prague, with its centuries-spanning medley of architectural styles, there’s no shortage of distinctive hotels for the 8 million or so visitors who descend upon the Czech capital every year. But it’s fair to say that there is nothing like the W Prague, which celebrated its official unveiling in March, following a near decade-long refurbishment and restoration of its protected heritage building, a swaggering art nouveau gem on Wenceslas Square, in the heart of the city.
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1 week ago | 
1stdibs.com | Stephen Wallis
Initial meetings between clients and the designers they’ve commissioned to create new homes often take place in an office, or maybe on a video call. For one multifamily vacation retreat in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, things kicked off with a clambake. A brother and sister who had been spending summers on the Maine coast since childhood reached out to their friends Will Meyer and Gray Davis, cofounders of the firm Meyer Davis, about designing a waterfront compound for their two families to use together.
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4 weeks ago | 
galeriemagazine.com | Stephen Wallis
Taking advantage of the Hamptons home’s double-height entry, a colorful multipart work by The Bruce High Quality Foundation spans the wall above a large Jean-Michel Basquiat painting paired with an antique Swedish Gustavian bench from Dienst + Dotter.
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2 months ago | 
1stdibs.com | Stephen Wallis
For Damian and Britt Zunino, the husband-and-wife team behind the New York City architecture and interiors firm Studio DB, creating their cherished weekend home upstate has been a journey — one that’s lasted well over a decade and counting.
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Mar 28, 2025 | 
startribune.com | Stephen Wallis
Part of human nature, it seems, is a Narcissus-like desire to gaze at shimmering surfaces that return our reflection and perhaps, as some cultures have believed, offer a glimpse of our true inner selves or even of spiritual realms beyond. Satisfying that impulse began thousands of years ago, from China to Anatolia to Mesoamerica, with hand-held mirrors made of polished bronze, copper or shiny stones such as obsidian and hematite.
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Mar 25, 2025 | 
seattletimes.com | Stephen Wallis
Part of human nature, it seems, is a Narcissus-like desire to gaze at shimmering surfaces that return our reflection and perhaps, as some cultures have believed, offer a glimpse of our true inner selves or even of spiritual realms beyond. Satisfying that impulse began thousands of years ago, from China to Anatolia to Mesoamerica, with hand-held mirrors made of polished bronze, copper or shiny stones such as obsidian and hematite.
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Mar 16, 2025 | 
1stdibs.com | Stephen Wallis
A couple of years after Blair Moore launched her interiors firm, Moore House Design, in New York City, the tumult surrounding COVID prompted her to reassess. Seeking a lifestyle change, she picked up and relocated to Warren, Rhode Island, a historic port town outside Providence that is near some of her family. “I was like, I’m moving. If my team follows me, great,” says Moore, who grew up on a cattle farm in Australia. “Some of my team did follow me, and we built our firm up here.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
galeriemagazine.com | Stephen Wallis
In the living room of a London residence that David Kleinberg Design Associates renovated in collaboration with architecture firm Donald Insall Associates, artworks by Sterling Ruby (left) and Tadaaki Kuwayama frame the view into the library where a mirror by Sam Orlando Miller is mounted above an antique mantelpiece.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
1stdibs.com | Stephen Wallis
Sometimes, a change of address is about wiping the slate clean and starting over with new furnishings and art. Other times, it’s more about bringing into a different setting things that you’ve long lived with and find meaningful, allowing them to be seen and experienced afresh. The latter scenario is a pretty apt description of a recent interiors project that designer Glenn Gissler oversaw for repeat clients on New York City’s Upper West Side.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
1stdibs.com | Stephen Wallis
Words like spare and restrained aren’t what first come to mind when describing Darren Henault’s richly layered, rooted-in-tradition interiors. The New York City–based designer, who calls himself a “king of pattern on pattern on pattern on pattern”—yes, that was four patterns!—is known for his artful combinations of not only pattern but also color, form and texture.
