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The round Lillian August kitchen
table, which seats eight comfortably, has a distressed
wood top banded around the sides with metal. "You
can't scratch it, you can't kill it,"Weinstein says. The
chairs, covered in Kravet fabric, and the lighting
fixture reinforce the circle theme. The wall is spotted
with a series of Fornasetti plates featuring the litho-
printed face of Lina Cavalieri, a turn-of-the-century
Italian opera singer whose photo the designer came
across in an old magazine in 1952.
"I always wanted to be 'the' house. I just had
10 boys sleep over for Halloween,"the homeowner
says. "We entertain a lot — I'll host anything, any
time, and I tend to be more fun than formal:' In an
upstairs loft, the four kids have a common area
outside their bedrooms which allows them space to
chill, but entertain, too. A wall clad with reclaimed
wood is filled with pieces (all from Home Goods)
inspired by the kids, as Weinstein got to know them
during the project. Stain-resistant (and local) Crypton
fabric covers the sectional, window seat and pillows.
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