Emily Summers Design Associates

A serene lakeside scene for autumn reflections.

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T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings, the original decorator of this iconic post-war Dallas home, built upon architect Edward Durell Stone’s most audacious vision—a floating dining room. Taking careful note of shape and form, Emily added complementary barrel chairs and a Guillermo Kuitca painting.

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Architecture: Originally by Edward Durell Stone with extensive renovations by Buchanan Architecture

A treetop master bedroom features a Vladimir Kagan chaise, nicknamed the “Diva chaise.”

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Architecture: Originally by Bud Oglesby with extensive renovations by Larry Speck of Page Southerland Page, Inc.

In a study drenched in rich lacquered tones, Mies van der Rohe’s Brno chairs complement a rosewood pedestal table.

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A master bedroom showcases a Beatrice Wood vintage tea service.

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Architecture: Originally by Bud Oglesby with extensive renovations by Larry Speck

In the solarium of a Dallas Tudor, hand-painted wallpaper and a vintage chandelier define the space with timeless charm.

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In a pre-war Manhattan pied-à-terre, art meets elegance with a Frank Bowling canvas and sleek Marino di Teana library table.

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The living room design is a thoughtful dialogue between Siobhan Liddell’s canvas above the credenza and our custom shagreen waterfall coffee tables.

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A sunlit space of curated classics: a modernist wing chair by Edward Wormley, Cini Boeri’s Lunario coffee table, and rare twin sofas by Charles James, all anchored by Russell Buchanan’s distinctive half-circle table.

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Architecture: Originally by Bud Oglesby, with extensive renovations by Larry Speck
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Entertaining on the Round House Patio on Cheyenne Mountain.

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In the dining room, Gratz Industries chairs and an Ozone light fixture echo the architecture’s lines and forms—a tribute to architect Steven Holl’s original work, intended to embody the fluidity of falling water.

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Architecture: Steven Holl, revisited by Max Levy

Concrete interior planes of this Turtle Creek contemporary home offer a backdrop to the client’s extensive art collection, showcasing artwork by Liz Larner and Frances Stark. In the background, a vintage Art Deco desk is pictured with a Marc du Plantier chair.

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At one end of the custom dining table, with a lacquered top and cerused oak legs, hangs Anne Barrès’s 1982 Vibration. The table is encircled by Mattaliano Flea Market chairs.

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Architecture: Originally by Bud Oglesby, with extensive renovations by Larry Speck
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In this Dallas study, a Ross Bleckner painting is paired with a 1940s Italian settee — the ideal space for quiet reflection.

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‘Out of Africa’ but still reminiscing on an incredible trip! Swipe right to see a few friends Emily and her husband Steve met along the way.

With a Hélène Aumont chandelier and the enveloping Schumacher fabric, this tented room is an exotic escape.

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This Dallas penthouse game room features a chandelier over a 1930s-inspired custom billiard table with Doug Aitken’s circular photographs, 2 Disappearing Points to 1 (2004), providing contrast to the setting’s many lines and hard angles.

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Emily and all 16 family members took an incredible balloon ride over the African Serengeti.

For a Dallas living room, we commissioned artist to create a custom mural that embraced the home’s palette and curvilinear architecture, conceived by modernist architect Bud Oglesby. Swipe right to see the process underway.

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Architecture: Enslie “Bud” Oglesby
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An outdoor oasis in Palm Springs featuring sculptures and a basalt column, seen in the fountain, by Spanish artist Xavier Corberó. W***y Guhl’s iconic 1954 loop chair offers a seat from which to enjoy a methodical moment.

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A column-lined loggia in a Spanish Colonial-style Highland Park residence complemented by custom sconces, sculptural elements, and lanterns expertly crafted in Morocco.

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Making an entrance with Ai Weiwei’s “Bubble” (2008), which serve as a foil with the exterior views at Stretto house and its architecture, originally by Steven Holl and revisited by Max Levy.

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Architecture: Steven Holl and Max Levy

A Robert Wohlfeld live-edge walnut dining table sits beneath a Lindsey Adelman seven-globe Branching Bubbles chandelier. Clate Grunden Squiggle Weave lamps stand on Portia side tables flanking the Flexform sofa.

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Swiss artist Markus Raetz’s “Mimi” (1980) sits in the foreground, adjacent to a library featuring a six-part Margaret Helfand dining table adorned with Giselle Hicks ceramics.

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In a Palm Springs kitchen, a vintage 1967 Max Sauze Orion chandelier hangs over the island. The counter stools, designed by Harry Bertoia for Knoll, offer a seat from which to enjoy the outdoor garden view.

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Above the fireplace, panels covered in graphic Porter Teleo wallpaper shield the TV. Vintage Warren Platner seating flanks a Pierre Paulin coffee table atop a flokati rug. Marc Newson’s wicker chair completes the seating arrangement.

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In our Bermuda residence we carved into the living room fireplace plaster to display a unique Picasso Madoura Plate. Picasso partnered with the Madoura Studio creating a series of ceramics over 25 years.

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From her summer retreat in Colorado Springs, Emily Summers shares, “My favorite object in the Round House is the Spaghetti Vase by Gaetano Pesce. The brilliant Italian architect and designer died on April 3rd at 84.  He will be remembered as the ‘designer who broke the rules,’ and leaves a legacy of colored resin objects and unpredictable furniture designs. He called himself the enemy of the grid, a perfect complement to enhance our Round House.”

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Around the bend of a waxed plaster wall leading into the primary bedroom of a Dallas residence is a custom bed designed by our office, along with an adjoining cerused-oak dressing table and bench.

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