A Show House Made For The Movies

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Three magazines, three interior designers and three New York-based films add up to one striking show house.

For interior designers it's usually all about pleasing the client, but occasionally, decorators get to break out and have some fun. A show house, for example, presents a unique opportunity for designers to strut their stuff, and the Hearst-sponsored Designer Visions: Cinema Style show house is no exception. In three luxurious apartments, Veranda, House Beautiful and Town & Country have teamed up with Richard Hallberg, Phoebe and James Howard and Steven Gambrel, respectively, to create spaces inspired by the big screen.

ShelterPop stopped by the show house to tour the glam digs. Here's what we found:

Designer: Steven Gambrel for Town & Country
Movie: Six Degrees of Separation

Steven Gambrel and Town & Country chose Six Degrees of Separation as their inspiration for the T&C space. Gambrel imagined Flan and Ouisa Kittredge, the wealthy, art-dealing couple at the center of the film had moved into this midtown high-rise.

Gambrel decided that art collectors ought to have a pedigreed collection of art on the walls, and Steven Gambrel being Steven Gambrel, he called up Christie's and asked if he could borrow pieces from Denis Hopper's collection before they go on auction in November -- and they said yes. Seriously!

With its bright-hued walls, the persimmon study is classic Gambrel. We love the bright, over-sized bulletin board that he has created for the space. Love the look? The wall color is Bitter Orange by Ralph Lauren Paint.

While the public spaces of the Six Degrees of Separation home are saturated in color, the master suite is more subdued in shades of gray, black and white.

Confronted with an awkward space between the master bedroom and master bath, Gambrel created a mini-dressing nook. We love the DIY idea of hanging your necklaces and jewelry on the walls as decoration -- even if ours jewels aren't quite this glitzy.

Designer: Richard Hallberg for Veranda
Movie: Wall Street

Just in time for Gordon Gekko's return, Veranda asked Richard Hallberg to channel Wall Street for his design. Gekko being a Wall Street tycoon, the apartment is lavish in its furnishings, but tough at the same time.

Throughout the space contemporary and antique furnishings mix seamlessly in a palette of mostly black and white. The white cowhide rug above is one of many in the space.

Gekko's study is as black as his money-hungry heart. Hallberg, who was clearly having fun with his assignment stacked faux gold bars on his desk as a playful accent.

A pillow that reads "Money Never Sleeps" and a Warhol painting of dollar signs: Who else could live here but someone truly obsessed with the almighty dollar?

Hallberg's arrangements of vignettes, like this corner of the bedroom, are so perfect they are almost sculptural in their design. We love the combination of a super-mod side table with a feminine, traditional chair and a masculine black bench.

Designer: Jim & Phoebe Michael Howard for House Beautiful
Movie: Something's Gotta Give

Nancy Meyers's films are known for their gorgeous homes (in particular, their covet-worthy kitchens), so choosing Something's Gotta Give, a Meyers film, as your decoration inspiration is either fool-hardy or genius. Luckily, Jim & Phoebe Howard deliver a space that Meyers would surely approve: It drips with good taste and sophistication.

This study was designed for Harry with masculine wingback chairs and a bar stocked with Chateau Margot (not shown) opposite the desk.

No, this isn't Harry and Erica's bedroom, it's a guest bedroom and sitting room that the designers imagined might house visitors and grandchildren. The combination of the mirror, canopy and antique daybed give the room a decidedly feminine feel.

Even the bathroom is the picture of urban sophistication with a luxe Kohler tub and Anne Sacks tiles. We'd be thrilled to take a dip in this fancy tub!

On the west coast... The busy bees at Hearst must have had their hands full lately: The magazine empire has another show house open in Los Angeles. Esquire's Ultimate Bachelor Pad promises to be a 9,000-square-foot embodiment of masculine style.

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