CURTAIN RAISER

ELLE DECOR partners with designers Christine and John Gachot to refresh an iconic lounge at a New York institution, the Metropolitan Opera House.

- Helena Madden

LIKE MANY NEW YORKERS, CHRISTINE AND JOHN GACHOT HAVE an unwavering love for the Metropolitan Opera. The ELLE DECOR A-List designers have passed through the building's glass doors many times to see canonical operas like The Barber of Seville; their son Boris walked past the cascading fountains in the plaza outside every day on his way to performing arts classes at nearby Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School. So when ELLE DECOR called on the duo to redesign the Met Opera Patron Lounge, formerly known as the Eleanor Belmont Room, the answer from the Gachots was a resounding and enthusiastic yes.