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Since then, Broosk has honed a masculine yet cozy look that has
attracted clients from around the world. The blueprint for that style,

create a dining room and dressing room.
Broosk initially gave the apartment a theatrical, Victorian look with

he says. The walls are now coated with Farrow and Ball paints, in
shades drawn from classic English country homes. His large collection
of design books, once scattered, has been gathered up and neatly
stacked in the massive bookcase that forms a dramatic frame over the
head of his bed.
ABOVE: The entry’s Regency-style table is a reproduction, the sculpture was found
at the Portobello Road antiques market and an antique waistcoat hangs by the
RIGHT: In the drawing room, an 18th-century British painting, a custom-made
sofa upholstered in a Claremont velvet, a Regency chair, stools from Thierry
Gerber, and a leather armchair by Leone Cei & Sons; the mantel and Georgian
wood garlands are reproductions, and the walls are painted in Farrow & Ball’s
shaded white

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