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hangs over a red snakeskin Karl Springer console in the entryway, and he's devoted a guest bedroom to the hand-painted floral furniture and decoupage lamps his grandmother collected on her global jaunts. With so many different styles and periods, the designer looked to seating, beds, walls, and windows, to tie things together. "I was careful to make the upholstered pieces, drapery fabrics, and wall coverings cohesive so it wasn't just a jumble of random stuff," he says. Opposite page: Top left: A corner banquette designed by Shelby Wagner in Holland & Sherry fabric with Samuel & Sons fringe. Chinoiserie cocktail table from the estate of Sybil B. Harrington. Bottom: In the dining room, Gracie Tobacco Leaf wallpaper. Sideboard, mirror, and chairs belonged to Wagner's grandmother. Grange Hall ceramic bowl. Vintage lamps from The Lamp Shoppe. A guest bedroom with hand- painted antique furniture and framed botanicals from Wagner's grandmother. D. Porthault bedding; canopy fabric from George Cameron Nash. Custom chaise longue in George Cameron Nash fabric. Bunny Williams side table. Holtkötter floor lamp. Morgan, it seems, was in charge of the fun. He picked out a red games table from Cameron Collection for the living room, and an upstairs study (which they've dubbed Niven's lair) is an Africa- inspired hangout for watching TV while stretched out on a plush persimmon velvet sofa. "Niven is a little bit flashy," Wagner says affectionately. A cast-iron tub plated with chrome is Morgan's happy place, an evening retreat for streaming a show and trying out a new candle scent. When Wagner sent him to the stone yard to pick out countertops for the kitchen, Morgan chose a marble with busy green-and-gray veining — way too much for the kitchen, but just right for the bar. (Continued)