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Mr. Trotter's Drawing Room MARK ECKSTRÖM STUDIO ECKSTRÖM Listening Lounge AVERY COX AVERY COX DESIGN I nspiration: Jack Trotter from the drama The Gilded Age gave life to a room anchored in Old World references with an upbeat mood. As the character's ascent from footman to gentry reflects the reinvention inherent in American life, rich antiques (including a 19th-century stove and French Regency tables) mix with modern low-slung seating to reflect a space where curiosity is currency and success, its own stylish reward. Names to Know: Porter Teleo hand-painted wallpaper. Custom sofa, banquette, borne and pouf BH Home. Nineteenth-century French Majorca stove, From Paris to Palm Beach antiques. Maison & Co. French Regency tables and antique wallpaper panels. Carpet Patterson Flynn. The Shade Store draperies. John Cullen architectural lighting. Architect Frasier Martis. Styling Kate Ragan. I nspiration: A petite listening lounge is drenched in a luminous shade of robin's-egg blue, with strains of Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue" jazz track filtering through both palette and mood. American greats Albert Hadley and Billy Baldwin serve as touchstones to a space that reimagines American chic through a modern lens. Names to Know: Benjamin Moore Robin's Nest. Bolt & Hide custom sofa in Templeton fabric through Wells Abbott. The Shade Store window treatment. Paul Schneider silver luster lamps. Legacy Antiques mirror. Art from Conduit Gallery, Craighead Green Gallery, Blue Print, and CoCollect. Casci Plaster molding. Casa Branca linen velvet custom chaise by Process Home. Custom ottoman in mottled velvet from Kerry Joyce through George Cameron Nash. Mitered Millworks tiger-maple custom cabinet. Antique brass and glass Vaughan light fixture. Photography Patrick Biller Photography Stephen Karlisch "The inspiration is really personal. My mother painted the entryway of our family home in this very color, making it the backdrop of countless formative memories." — Avery Cox 86