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Photo: Eric PIasecki
Grand Entrance
"Blue seems to be a color that almost everyone relates to and I can't really think of a shade of blue that I don't like," says designer Gideon Mendelson. "In this foyer on the Upper West Side of Manhattan we painted the paneling a strong blue and inset it with a fun, painterly wall covering from Porter Toleo. The rest of the furnishings fade into the background, letting the design of the paper shine."