Kips Bay designer show house

If you have fond memories of your own childhood bedroom, check out the one Matthew Patrick Smith collaborated on with Gloria Vanderbilt. In an attempt to replicate the bedroom she had in the 1940s, the walls were painted a glamorous silver, books and a vintage vanity set were added and music she listened to at the time is piped in. Gloria even painted a quote on the wall: "I fell in love with the room and forever after tried to recapture it…" Patrick warns: "Writing on the walls can be risky. If not done well it could look a bit manic, but with some thought and care, it could transport the room to another level, which I think Gloria's passage does."

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