The master bedroom is an appealing montage of textures, with the bed, from the homeowners’ former residence, reupholstered in wide-wale corduroy and all dressed up in a coverlet and shams of luxurious silk. Diptych over the bed and painting over the desk are by artist Candice Eisenfeld.

“As interior designers, we were concerned with bringing the exterior materials inside,” notes Eric. “It gives a sense of unity, that the inside is not separate from the outside.”
To that end, when choosing a palette and also flooring and cabinetry materials, the Brons often repeated a blue iridescence and shades of brown, gray, black and rust found in the stacked stone, and the rust color of steel beams, coping and fascia.
Their use of stone is first evident at the entry foyer, where they abutted smooth polished dolomitic limestone flooring against rough stacked-stone walls. The limestone squares are laid in an elegant pewter and platinum checkerboard pattern. 
This flooring continues into the living room, where its subdued tones are enlivened by once-white pieces reupholstered in orangey-red cinnabar and wheat-gold velvet. The effect of bright colors and soft fabrics against a backdrop of roughened stone walls is dazzling. “I always tell people, ‘Fear no color—we can make it work,’” Dorothy laughs. In addition, she explains, “The stone walls create an exciting rugged background for color and luxurious materials. It’s a matter of contrast.”
 

The centerpiece of the “her” side of this his-and-her master bath suite is an oval free-standing soaking tub. Cabinetry is of cherry. Tumbled tile on walls, limestone flooring and the curry-gold marble countertops come from the homeowners’ own quarries.

An area rug here picks up hues of both the stone walls and the furnishings, and its geometric pattern was chosen as much for its compatibility with the home’s design as for its colors. “The carpet’s parallel lines carry out a sub-theme of the linearity of the architecture,” Dorothy says. “A lot of inspiration was taken from that linear motif, and you see that in subtle ways throughout the interior.”
For example, a massive entertainment wall in this multipurpose room has strong horizontal lines. Eric designed the redwood burl and American black cherry unit, cleverly hiding a big-screen TV behind a roll-down door. The sound system’s speakers also are unobtrusive and have an artistic quality. They are covered in shiny woven bauxite, or aluminum, and reflect the influence of a brushed-stainless steel ceiling beam in the entry hall.The need to serve utility and good design comes into play again in the dining room, where glare from a window at night threatened to obstruct a view of the outside. The problem was solved with draperies made of three materials. “All three layers are sheer, and when they’re closed, you can still see out,” Dorothy says.