Waldo Fernandez’s “salle de reception” features a 1950s Danish wood-and-lacquer card table on the original black-and-white marble floor. Designers were challenged with putting a contemporary spin on Greystone, the 55-room English Gothic mansion built from 1927 to 1930 for Edward L. Doheny Jr., wife Lucy Smith Doheny and their five children. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
The Greystone design showcase, open through Nov. 16, presents something quite novel: a show house that actually feels like a house, not a collection of over-the-top stunts. See rooms designed by Tim Clarke, Martyn Lawrence-Bullard, Suzanne Rheinstein, Windsor Smith, Rose Tarlow and David Phoenix, among others.
A one-of-a-kind 18th century Italian celestial globe adds an old world touch to the highly polished library by Rose Tarlow and David Phoenix. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
The morning room by Richard Hallberg and Barbara Wiseley of Los Angeles-based Hallberg-Wiseley Designers showcases 18th century French porcelain china, a vintage stone centerpiece on the table and a rustic wrought-iron chandelier. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Jack Fhillips’ grand salon ballroom includes a carved neoclassical fireplace flanked with more modern, streamlined sofas and topped with a painting by Bradford Stewart. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
A detail of the fireplace in the grand salon ballroom. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
The upholstery in West Hollywood-based Suzanne Rheinstein’s cozy garden retreat is covered in a subtle floral pattern from Rheinstein’s Hollyhock Collection for Lee Jofa. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
The master sitting room by Dallas designer Michelle Nussbaumer features a pair of carved Chinese daybeds by Ceylon et Cie Portfolio and hand-painted Chinese wallpaper by Paul Montgomery Studio. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Assorted botanical books add a genteel note to Suzanne Rheinstein’s garden retreat. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
A canopy bed with zebra-skin trim is the centerpiece of Brentwood-based Windsor Smith’s master bedroom. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
The master bathroom by Windsor Smith features a Sherle Wagner vanity and faucets, scroll armchair and zebra-skin rug. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Long Beach designer Andrew Virtue filled the writing room with antique chinoiserie. The 1690 William and Mary desk is complemented by 18th and 19th century sepia drawings as well as a few faux-sepia-toned photocopies in period frames. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
A round mirror reflects the petit salon in the second-floor foyer, which is set for tea. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
The gentleman’s atelier by James Lumsden of Los Angeles includes a Venetian bed from the designer’s collection. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Appliances by Dacor and cabinets and countertops by Acquisitions fill the family kitchen by Veranda. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
A carved wood canopy above the stove adds an artistic flourish to the family kitchen. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Santa Monica designer Tim Clarke took on Greystone’s paneled game room. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
A pair of decorative peacocks roost in Clarke’s game room. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Among the sights on the Greystone tour: the original Brunswick bowling alley featured in the final scene of the Oscar-nominated film “ There Will Be Blood.”
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