Decadent Details | New Canaan Newcomers Club volunteers presided over dark chocolate rum raisin mini-Bundt cakes from New York’s Great Spirits Baking Company displayed atop a lotus-shaped candle holder from Pimlico and tucked inside delicate origami paper boxes.
Decadent Details | Farrow & Ball’s traditional wallpaper designs in light blue, silver and cream were used as gift wrapping.
Starry Night | The focal point of the living room was the starburst wreath overlaid with a retro mirror from Peacock & Beale; a curtain of silver and copper paillettes hangs in the entry.
Tasty Treat | White snowflake sugar cookies tempt in silver mercury glass bowls.
White Christmas | Instead of using a classic Christmas tree, DePierre wrapped a dogwood with white lights and a white silk garland.
All That Glitters | A festive array sits atop a 1956 Ico Parisi lacquered mahogany table. The teak Hans Wegner chairs date from the 1960s.
Simple Pleasures | DePierre placed white orchids in chunky glass squares and silver vases.
Riverscape | The barrel-vaulted ceiling mirrors the movement of the water and softens the linear architecture.
Simple Pleasures | DePierre placed white orchids in chunky glass squares and silver vases.
Merry Modernism>Branching Out | Champagne from New Canaan Wine Merchants in Crate & Barrel flutes rests on a silver-and-gold painted mirrored serving tray from Pimlico.
Merry Modernism>Branching Out | A close-up of the “starburst” wreath, which was spray-painted silver.
Merry Modernism>Branching Out | Fedele’s Paco Rabanne screen hangs behind a 1970s white lacquered wood buffet server with decorative hardware by Renzo Rutili.
Merry Modernism>Branching Out | A gold ornament and a gold bird added a touch of glitter
Branching Out | Slender boughs of white birch flank the Bridge House’s entry; DePierre filled the tall cylindrical vases with clear glass balls he purchased online.
This article appears in the December 2010 issue of Cottages & Gardens.