Fashion designer Stacey Bendet, founder of @aliceandolivia, lives in technicolor splendor with her family in a palatial yet hardly stuffy apartment on NYC’s legendary Dakota on the Upper West Side. “I didn’t want there to be dead precious space; everyone hangs out all over,” says Bendet. “My kids do cartwheels and flips in here. I wanted it to feel lived in.” And it does, complete with heroically scaled artworks by Julian Schnabel and Francesco Clemente (image one), and three distinctly different children’s rooms (images nine and ten), each a tour de force of decorating. Bendet called on her friend, the interior designer Louise Kugelberg, to unite the vast space, which was previously two separate residences. “I guess it’s my own version of an international style,” says @louisekugelberg, explaining the home’s eclectic spirit. “There are Venetian chandeliers; 1930’s Spanish carpets that came from the Ritz Hotel in Madrid (one now resides in the spectacular primary bedroom, image three); contemporary paintings by Clemente and Jorge Galindo - and some by my husband, Julian Schnabel - and a 12-foot long dining table made out of hand painted tiles by Lola Schnabel.” Full story in September AD and link in bio. 📷 @douglasfriedman styling @michaelreynoldsnyc text Lynn Yaeger @babylynnieland