The Top Pins of 2014

A BDDW mirror hangs above an Alabastro marble vanity top from Gramartech in the master bathroom of architect David Howell’s Gramercy Park apartment.

A Schumacher blue velvet covers both a custom tufted sofa and a New Traditionalists chair in the seating areas of a traditional artist’s life in SoHo. The cocktail table is by Oscar de la Renta for Century Furniture.

In the living room of Jennifer Vaughn Miller’s Amagansett colonial, the family dog sits on one of a pair of tufted chairs from Ralph Lauren Home, which are covered in a gray linen from Holly Hunt. The 1890s Belgian commode is from John Derian; the antique oil portrait is from Barbara Trujillo. An 18th-century oak armoire from a convent looms above a sawhorse-base coffee table from Lucca Antiques and an ample Chesterfield sofa from ABC Carpet & Home. The custom cotton dhurrie is by Vanderhurd.

A custom banquette covered in a LuluDK fabric through Donghia and Oly Studio side chairs carve out a breakfast nook in a Greenwich home designed by Julie Nightingale. A Serena capiz drum chandelier, also by Oly Studio, is suspended above the table. The painting is by Paul Ecke.

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In the Greenwich Village apartment of Michelle Smith of Studio MRS, custom kitchen cabinetry is painted in Farrow & Ball’s Charleston Gray; oversize antique whisk fixtures light the room.

San Francisco’s leading event guru, Stanlee Gatti, gives us an exclusive first look into his studio, including his office where Lucas Michael’s The Dawning graces wall.

Garland by Carolyn Dempsey Design wraps the stair railing in the soaring entry of an elegant Greenwich home decorated for the holidays ; a lantern from Fashion Light Center is painted a Farrow & Ball light blue.

The kitchen in Jennifer Vaughn Miller’s Amagansett colonial features a carrara marble–topped island, dark wide-plank flooring and Wolf appliances.

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The ceiling in designer Cricket Burns’s daughter’s room pops with Benjamin Moore’s Hot Lips, almost a fuchsia, which is reigned in with Calypso Orange on the crown molding.

A potting room in the Connecticut carriage house belonging to home and gardening guru Katie Brown.

The master bath in this classic Hamptons beach house has marble floors and an enviable view of the ocean. The room’s freestanding footed tub is from Sunrise Specialty.

John DiPaolo’s Hanging Garden #15 and Stephen De Staebler’s Figure with Stunted Wing are powerful presences in the bedroom of this Russian Hill apartment.

Glass wall tile complement stainless GE appliances in the open kitchen of this Rowayton, Connecticut kitchen.

In the master bedroom of this Hamptons home overlooking Peconic Bay, a mohair-covered Jonathan bench sits at the end of a Dakota bed, both of them from Oly. The throw is from Calypso St. Barth and the rug is from Madeline Weinrib.

Designer Michelle Smith of Studio MRS houses her shoe collection in a formerly unused living room closet.

An Urban Electric pendant hangs above an antique Danish wingback chair from Lief in the library of a family-friendly residence in Silicon Valley.

Off-white linen slipcovered chairs help create the “casual, breezy vibe” the homeowners envisioned for their dockside retreat on the Connecticut River.

Odonata I, a photo diptych by Catherine Wagner, hovers above a vintage sideboard by Horst Bruening in the studio of San Francisco-based event and floral designer Stanlee Gatti. The conference table was designed by Gatti, and the cabinet is an original Florence Knoll.

In the East Hampton home of fashion executive Ken Wyse, a four-poster from English Country Antiques provides an inviting place to rest.

Encaustic tiles from Tile Source work well with the reclaimed wood used to create kitchen cabinets befitting a couple’s custom-built barn in Sharon, CT.

Architecture Firm Sagan Piechota envisioned the concept for this Monterey beach home as one of openness and expansiveness.

Kem Theilig’s mission in designing a home for best friend and gallerist Lisa Dolby Chadwick, including the dining room where John DiPaolo’s Revolver is hung a Lindsey Adelman chandelier is suspended over a Luna Design table, was to “create a setting for the exceptional art.’

A beautiful tulip arrangement as featured in Carolyne Roehm’s book Flowers.

In the master bedroom of a high-in-the-sky pied-à-terre in the middle of Manhattan, artist John Little’s Delcot hangs above a white leather Cappellini bed dressed in Serena & Lily’s Gobi linens, a Hemingway duvet cover from Matouk, and an Yves Delorme yellow cashmere throw.

A mohair sofa from Coup d’Etat sits under a drawing by Parisian artist François Bard in the Mission Bay residence of style guru Stephen Brady.

Serena & Lily stripes marry with Peter Dunham Textiles’ Starburst fabric in a young boy’s room designed by Lee Ann Thornton.

The winning project in the 2014 CTC&G Innovation in Design Awards in the category of Interior Design went to Kelly & Co. Design for morphing a working horse barn into a music studio.