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While Catherine works with color and pattern in many different styles, she loves interiors where you can't tell if a man or woman lives there. embroidered entirely in pearls by English artist Ann Carrington, which the couple commissioned years before Carrington became known. "Dean loves to move art around the house, so [the Muñoz Hernandez] piece ended up over the fireplace," she says. "It was getting overwhelming in there, and I said, 'Well, I'll just have to paint the room black to calm it all down.'" Dean balked at the idea of a black room but changed his mind after he saw the stunning effect. The gold background of the painting gleams against the dark wall, and Catherine added a pair of honey-hued Art Deco burl-wood chairs, a Klismos-style chair by The Wicker Works detailed in gold leaf, and a pillow in goldenrod velvet to brighten the mood. The family room, which opens off the kitchen, has an intimate, salon-like appeal with elegant wood paneling and art by Motherwell and Rauschenberg. The space is minimally furnished with vintage pieces in rich materials — a suede sofa Catherine snagged on Chairish, an Italian marble coffee table from Found, a Bill Sofield armchair in polished wood and mohair, and a gleaming nickel Eileen Gray drinks table from Knoll. "It's really nice at night, because everything glows," Catherine says. "It feels like you're in some kind of fun club. When the room was first finished, one of our cute neighbors came over and he said, 'Oh, this feels amazing. I'm not leaving.' We feel like that too — we sit in there every night." From top left: In the dining room, Julian Schnabel painting from McClain Gallery, Ralph Lauren console, and a French Regency chandelier. In the dining room, a vintage MasterCraft table and vintage Brno chairs. Willem de Kooning artwork from Heidi Vaughan Fine Art. Grasscloth on ceiling, raffia on walls, both Phillip Jeffries. Candlesticks from Found. Catherine Brooks Giuffre 48