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MICHAEL MARIOTTI: Hi, everybody.
Welcome to my room at the New Jersey Designer Showhouse.
I'm Michael Mariotti.
This is the conservatory.
Let me tell you a little bit about the space and what I had
the challenges to work with, and what we did to make it
this glam organic space that it is today.
If you look at the ceiling, we had a really steep ceiling
here that felt very 1980s.
I used a wood bark panel that came in 4' x 8' sheets.
And I had them custom framed and then suspended in the
ceiling with fishing line to give a look
of a floating ceiling.
Very organic.
Then we have different elements in the room here that
are very glamorous.
Like this sofa here, the mirror behind us, very, very
cutting edge.
Just very refined.
So little touches of what you can do in your own home to
make it look really smashing.
If you go and you buy a sofa and it just comes solid with
your fabrics here 'cause you haven't custom ordered it,
here we did fabrics that color cued to the rest of our space,
that picked up on our draperies and our rug.
And by changing just three pillows, totally customized
the space by giving that pop of color.
And it reinforced the rest of the look of the room.
Inspiration for my room has to most definitely
be the drapery panels.
It's a taupe sheer with an embroidery to it.
And it's got little fuschia gingko berries on it, and I
used that as my inspiration.
And then I found my rug and all the different elements.
And if you look at the room as a whole, the room itself is
very neutral.
But by bringing the rug, the accent pillows here, and the
draperies, we got the punch of color that gives a little bit
of the glam style to it.
But it's not so over the top.
It's a very livable, it's a very comfortable space.
And the desk.
The desk is sick.
It's carved wood.
It's leather topped.
It's a pricy piece of furniture here, but I gotta
tell you, it's the accent piece that just
really makes a statement.
If I had to put a price tag on this room, it would definitely
be over $100,000, because of the different elements that I
used in here.
Thanks for coming to see my room.
ERIKA WASSER: How are you liking our New Jersey
Showhouse play list?
It's been amazing to be here.
And it's pretty cool to be able to
share it with you guys.
I am sitting at a desk that I've been told I
can't afford to touch.
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