In the master bedroom, the existing brown silk curtains and grass-cloth wall covering were punctuated with splashes of cinnabar, pomegranate, and fire-engine red, a color scheme that was inspired by the experience of driving through Tuxedo Park's massive stone gates and into a landscape of deep green mountains and dark cascades. "Suddenly you see these brilliantly colored rhododendrons and mountain laurel," Bilhuber says. "I thought, 'There you go, that's that.' It told me exactly what the house wanted to be."
Indeed, shots of purple, magenta, orange, and fuchsia run throughout, lending narrative and uniting the occasionally mad mix in improbable—wonderful—harmony. Bilhuber points out that Tuxedo Park is itself "a symbol of great American country-house optimism." Now that this particular house has come into its own, it too becomes "a story about confidence, and clients who understand it."
In the master suite, a vintage chaise is upholstered in a floral, the custom-made chair is covered in a hand-batiked fabric from , and the carpet is by .