John Sparano of ICE Enterprises

Photo:KITCHEN This was a kitchen with limited space, so installing glass paned cupboards and staggering their lengths gave it a greater sense of depth. A soffit was created above the cabinets and finished with thick crown molding and a copper painted inset on the ceiling to further open it up.

Photo: KITCHEN  A farm sink would be too casual for this Parisian cafe inspired kitchen, so John had a stone installer fashion a sink entirely out of pieces from the same lot of granite- giving the whole counter top a lyrical flow. Doing so kept with the Parisian café look replete with black vintage cabinets and highly textured granite throughout.  The original linoleum was replaced with warm tone hardwood flooring to further push the café motif.

Photo:DINING ROOM The dining area was tied into the kitchen by continuing the textured paint on the wall and the black wainscoting. Two antique chairs were paired up with two modern chairs. Artwork was in black and gold. The Japanese silk cushion added a touch of color and some more international flavor. The second mismatched chandelier kept the formality while injecting a touch of whimsy.

 Photo: DINING ROOM Wall covering in the kitchen and dining room is a painted suede treatment from Ralph Lauren, cabinets from Oneil Cabinets installed by R2 Build and Design, granite from Stone Mart and installed by Planet Stone. Table and two chairs from Target, Hitchcock chairs, Japanese Obis, and Venetian Hand-stamped drapes provided by homeowner.

Photo: DINING ROOM The resident wanted to keep her dining room open because of the limited space in her apartment, so John employed a stark modern design and created another seating area with a coffee table that transforms into dining height and can moved to the center of the room and used with the bench. Coffee table from Urban Home, Bench from West Elm, vase with bamboo from In Mode and Eames style cradle rocker from Overstock.com, Artichoke light from In Mode. Textured burgundy grass wallpaper from Astek Wallcoverings.

Photo: LIVING ROOM In the living room John wanted to make the side chair a bold contrast the traditional sofa, so he found this unique Danish easy chair at Silica 3 and added a rust accent pillow from In Mode Los Angeles. Side tables from Target.

Photo: BEDROOM The bedroom was a very small square, so to give it some personality John added a subtle bed crown and black Lucite chandelier. The gold embroidery in the bed crown drape picks up the gold curtains on the windows. Bed from Urban Home, bed crown found at Satsuma Gallery, chandelier from H. D. Buttercup.

Photo:DINING ROOM The dining room needed to seat 14, and have a modern classic feel like the rest of the house. John found a long simply shaped dining table, put matching benches on one side to accommodate six, stackable midcentury chairs on the other, and two matching Mackintosh chairs at either end. Since the room had a great view of the outside, he had cushions made that tied in outdoor landscaping.