But the clients have larger-than-life personalities, Evan says, and they deserved a house more like them. So he and Moirano, whose five-year-old firm is called EVAN EDWARD, got busy looking for bold pieces that make big impressions. In the living room, a curving gray velvet sofa is the closest thing to a conversation pit. With the sofa embracing an oval rug, the room seemed to eschew right angles. The arms of two fabulously mismatched 1940S armchairs — one Swedish, the other by the French designer ANDRÉ ARBUS — add curlicues. Then, the designers went on what Evan calls “a major COFFEE TABLE search.” The couple already owned one composed of a gold-leafed sheaf of wheat holding a round glass top. The designers wanted another table to complement it. Moving from flora to fauna, they found a “turtle top” coffee table by PHILIP AND KELVIN LAVERNE and convinced the clients to buy it. “We explained that it’s small, but it has a big impact,” says Moirano. The few items in the room that are rectilinear are broken up by corner-less patterns: The windows are covered in leopard print and the GARRISON ROUSSEAU parsons table in a horn veneer.
