2012 Hampton Designer Showhouse Dining Room

Through the elegant entry to the right you can glimpse a sea of color. Segueing from the refined aqua of Robinson’s room, we enter a bold ode to the oceanic hue. Local design team Jennifer Mabley and Austin Handler of Mabley Handler, focussing on projects in the Hamptons and North Fork, wanted to create a dining room for the Hampton Designer Showhouse that was fresh and fun, all about the relaxed yet stylish entertaining that is so ubiquitous in these parts.

2012 Hampton Designer ShowhouseInspired by the Jonathan Adler for Kravet Wabash fabric in Aquamarine they had seen in the spring but was not set to debut until fall, they convinced the manufacturer to get them enough for the room. This chevron pattern, on the chairs and curtains set the tone for the exuberant design.

Hampton Designer Showhouse

Echoing nature’s seaside scenes, many shades of blue work together to create a harmonious setting. The bright aqua of the Kravet Gentil dining chairs is tempered by the slighter deeper turquoise of the Madeline Wenrib Haveli cotton flat weave rug and balanced by the same shade (Pratt & Lambert‘s Azurean 22-5) in the panels of the coffered ceiling and wainscoting.

Hampton Designer Showhouse

The large silver-studded linen drum light fixture represents an exciting new collaboration between Michelle Hatch, above, whose beautiful pillows you may remember, and Bone Simple Design. The showhouse marks the debut of the new collection with more highly anticipated designs to come!

Hampton Designer Showhouse

I loved seeing the inclusion of the stately Dunes & Duchess chandeliers in Commodore of the Yacht Club blue. They really anchor the tablescape and coordinate beautifully with the Serena & Lilly Corsica placemats (we were lucky enough to receive napkins in this charming pattern in our Traditional Home gift bags!) and Juliska stoneware. Kravet’s classic Vase dining table is the perfect foil for all the color,

Kravet furniture in Mabley Handler designed 2012 Hampton Designer Showhouseas is their simple Remy two section buffet and Parsons Bench, upholstered in another of Adler’s new fabrics for Kravet – Super Nova. The walls, swathed in Phillip Jeffries’ Juicy Jute grasscloth in Blueberry, show off marine themed paintings by local artist Paton Miller.

2012 Hampton Designer Showhouse

The design team let the color do most of the talking but still styled small yet elegant vignettes including whimsical Jonathan Adler ocean themed accessories.

2012 Hampton Designer Showhouse

Identical Worlds Away etageres flank the buffet. Similar but subtly different styling keeps the visual interest going.

Traditional Home 2012 Hampton Designer Showhouse

I think so many people are afraid to mix many shades of the same color. This room is a great lesson in how to ground a space with light furniture, dark walls and let the panoply of coordinating colors carry the day.

9 thoughts on “2012 Hampton Designer Showhouse Dining Room

  1. I went to the showhouse on Thursday (my family had a dinner party the night of the open gala) and this room was striking, beautiful, and welcoming! Great design from a fab duo! Wonderful post!

  2. Thank you so much for the wonderful blog post on our room at the Showhouse! We can’t tell you how flattered we are, or how good it feels to have someone take as much care with photographing our room as we would! Your photos are gorgeous, and your write-up is spot on. Thanks for taking the time to put together such a lovely post :)
    Best,
    Jennifer & Austin
    Mabley Handler Interior Design

  3. LUV that “fifth wall” (ceiling) painted pale blue!!! franki (That necklace was “eye catching, too!) :)

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