Windsor Smith debuts new collection

A former antiques dealer, interior designer Windsor Smith re-imagines classic English and American furniture for the California home in her debut collection. “Everything is a little taller, a little deeper, the lines are more relaxed and scaled to how we live today,” she says of her designs, which include, left, the lacquered Brittany Secretary, $12,000, with antiqued mirror doors, nickel hardware and a drop-down writing desk and the leather upholstered, nailhead-trimmed Directoire chair, $4,200. The line also has an innovative two-sided sofa and updated Georgian and Chippendale cabinets that can house flat-screen TVs. “Opulence is coming back in a more simplified way,” says Smith, left, in her Mandeville Canyon home. “I want it to feel like the cool kids have invaded the ancestral home.” The locally handcrafted pieces, custom ordered through Smith, take eight to 12 weeks to complete. www.windsorsmithhome.com