Mario Buatta
Mario Buatta
Mario BuattaStaten Island is an American interior decorator. Born on Staten Island, New York in 1935, he attended Curtis High School, Cooper Union and Parson School of Design...
based design floor found house london painted wonderful
Well the floor is painted and ... it's a wonderful combination of things from Zion house in London and other things we found in books. It is based on a design probably done in marble, originally.
chairs create talk
I like all the chairs to talk to one another and to the sofas and not those parlor-car arrangements that create two Siberias.
adversity dust fine protective
Dust is a protective coating for fine furniture.
bright florida fresh house
This is Florida so it's a bright house with a lot of sunshine. The idea was to have soft, pretty pastels, very fresh and clear.
owner tough
It's tough on the owner and very tough on the contractor.
center dining drawing hall leads nice room sort
We put in a library, a dining room a drawing room and a bedroom, and a nice center hall which sort of leads off to all these spaces.