fantasy space where vintage wine goblets seem to
float from a 75-year-old wine vine; a synthetic lawn
envelopes the walls; six-foot tall booths upholstered
in vertical stripes line one wall that’s covered in
faux moss and fluttering butterflies; cream parasols
hang from the ceiling; and LEDs inside jars create
the illusion of fireflies. The room also has an ethereal
quality thanks to an abundance of mirrors—on
the four columns in the center of the space, above
seating by the bar, and on opposite walls of the
room. “I was creating refractions, so you really never
have an idea of where you are in the space,” he
explains. “You are kind of here, kind of there, but
there’s a fluidity to it. You feel connected to the
space no matter where you are.”
But the real secret behind the whimsy project is
that Soriano completed the entire job in 18 weeks,
and for less than $300,000 (and that includes an
$80,000 sound system). “People look at the space
and they think we spent a ton of money. That clearly
was not the case,” he says. Soriano came up with
simple solutions—inverted clay pots from IKEA
were used to form a partition for the 15-foot long
acacia wood private dining table; shaggy pillows
on the center, four-piece settee are made from a Z
Gallery rug; and next to the fireplace in the “den,” a
$75 piece of wallpaper of a tree-lined walkway was
framed and illuminated to give the ffect of a picture
window. •
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