“I had this idea of all the holidays you can think of, but somebody had taken them before me,” said the designer Richard Mishaan about his dining room for the first Holiday House Hamptons, a show house with a festival theme opening Sunday. Not to be discouraged, Mr. Mishaan, one of 24 designers outfitting a 7,900-square-foot building in Bridgehampton, N.Y., painted his walls the sublime azure of a glacial lake, added bright blue miniatures of the “Venus de Milo” and “Winged Victory of Samothrace,” and declared the room a celebration of the French artist Yves Klein’s birthday.
Connect with us at @NYTimesHome for articles and slide shows on interior design and life at home.“I’m really crazy about art,” he said. “It really makes your life so much better and makes any environment so beautiful.” And because his budget didn’t accommodate the Klein sculptures, not to mention the framed Richard Serra and Cy Twombly works, Mr. Mishaan and his staff made all the art in their office. Much of the rest of the decor, including pendant lights, sconces, dining table, chairs and credenza, are Mr. Mishaan’s own designs. (The rug is by the Rug Company, the tableware by Lenox.) Show houses, he noted, are opportunities for designers to do “crazy, wacky things.” But he resisted any impulse to let his gaga flag fly. “I wanted people to understand it’s an elegant room and very much within reality,” he said. Presented by HC&G magazine, Holiday House Hamptons benefits the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. It will be open daily (except Tuesdays and Wednesdays) from June 23 to July 21 at 4 Fair Hills Lane, Bridgehampton, N.Y. Information and tickets: holidayhousedesignshow.com.
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