
I'm an American, I'm a New Yorker," says Robert Couturier, surrounded by his four shih tzus on a plush sofa at his Upper East Side apartment. "But if somebody asks me what I am, I would say I'm French. There are some things that stick to you like glue." Which is why, after his relationship of almost a quarter century recently ended, the Paris-born designer allowed his native country to inspire his next chapter.
That spiritual homecoming is perfectly manifested in his new Manhattan home-his 11th to date-which he filled to the brim with 18th-century French pieces, a style that characterized his childhood. "These are the smells I love, the books I love, the objects I love," he says, gesturing to treasures here and there, among them an incense burner that once belonged to Marie Antoinette, a sculpture of Madame du Barry's dog, and a painting by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun of a woman in mourning after the death of Louis XVI. "This is the first time in a long, long time that I'm doing a house exclusively for me, and I don't have to please anybody else but myself."
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Cozy Time
Brigette Romanek spreads comfort and sophistication with Crate & Barrel

Generational Wisdom
Studio DB's Damian and Britt Zunino give new life to his childhood home in a classic Manhattan loft

Sound and Vision
Teaming up with The Rug Company once again, Kelly Wearstler transforms music into dynamic new material

CULTURE CLUB
Neda Kakhsaz and Zabie Mustafa of Studio MUKA pay homage to their Persian and Uzbek roots in the couple's distinctly modern Los Angeles home

Labor of Love
For design duo Kim Hostler and Juliet Burrows, home is where the art is

Talk of the Town
In the heart of Milan, Molteni&C transforms a historic palazzo into a showcase for Italian craft

ripple effect
Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro for Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of Qatar, a new women's mosque in. Doha champions a spiritual and educational model for the wider Islamic world

LOVE LANGUAGE
In her new home in NYC, Celerie Kemble makes room for all the things and people she cherishes

Pastoral Poetry
Grace Fuller Marroquin adds new romance and lush beauty to a Hamptons home

Block Party
After doing its time in trend jail, this building material is back in fashion