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Opposite page, the nature-inspired
abstract wall covering in the tub
room was sourced from Eskayel.
Left, the all-new, high-ceilinged
bath in the center of the top floor
has a luxe look, with mirrored tiles
in the steam shower and a heated
floor of black and white marble tiles.
Bathroom fixtures throughout the
house came from Waterworks.
Influences abound, from Gloria Vanderbilt’s exuberant
maximalism and Lee Radziwill’s layered,
textile-forward interiors to “Alice in Wonderland,
Marie Antoinette, and ‘60s rock and roll.” Silverman’s
taste for exotic decor began when she
was exposed to world travel at an early age. She
accompanied her parents on business trips to such
places as Australia, Japan, Tahiti, Israel, and South
Africa. After studying fine arts and writing in college,
Silverman got a master’s degree in counseling
psychology at the University of San Francisco, and
moved to New York in 2013. She’d visited often
with her parents. “New York is where I really felt at
home,” she says.
The 18-footer does not feel excessively spacious
for Silverman and Plum, her Italian Greyhound
puppy, with a kitchen and art studio, along with
an office where Silverman sees clients, on the lower
level. A living room and library make up the parlor
floor, with a bedroom, dressing room, and baths
at the top of the house. It’s a far cry from the large,
contemporary house in Miami where she grew up.
"Since moving in here, I’ve made it a point to spend
time in every room and use every nook and cranny,
and I want guests to feel comfortable sitting wherever
they desire,” she says.
It is indeed a cozy house, as well as an imaginative
one. In these days of catalog shopping, when
interiors can feel entirely too much alike, Château
Cara – Silverman’s name for the Instagram profile
she’s used to document the project – stands out as
a wholly original take on modern bohemia, well
suited to its owner and her intuitive approach to life.