Billy baldwin

In time for a new decade, the AD Aesthete surveys the most influential American firms and decorators of the last hundred years

Living room in Mr. and Mrs. Lee Eastman's New York apartment designed by Billy Baldwin, with Mark Rothko painting above off-white sofa ; Paintings by Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline on the far walls

Billy Baldwin. What more do I need to say? Very few decorators can hold a candle to this master of interior design. His style could be quite contemporary, but he was just as comfortable with the traditional idiom. Many of his interiors were masterful displays of bold color, while others were outfitted in chic beige. I think the greatest compliment that can be given to Baldwin, though, is that his rooms were timeless. I consistently leaf through "Billy Baldwin Decorates" for inspiration. I…

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Decorators should never insist on throwing out everything the client has. Even when they are far from perfect, loved possessions add personality. In his final lecture Baldwin emphasises the importa…

“Be faithful to your own taste because nothing you really like is ever out of style.” I try to go …

In the 1960s and ’70s, photographer Horst and writer Valentine Lawford were the world’s preeminent aesthetic power couple, celebrating the chic lives of society’s most glorious swans and turning lifestyle journalism into a modern art form

The photo above is one with which most of you are familiar. It shows the Dallas living room of the Harding Lawrences which was decorated by ...

AT HOME WITH MARY WELLS LAWRENCE AND HARDING LAWRENCE, New York, An iconic blue and white room by iconic designer Billy Baldwin. I’m not…