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A HOME FOR ART COLLECTORS

Architectural Digest features a recent New York penthouse gut-renovation and decoration project by Richard Rabel Interiors for the Director of the Morgan Library & Museum and his spouse, a Director at Christie’s. The missive was to incorporate their vast collection of art and out-of-print books.

   

 

ELEGANT ART FILLED APARTMENT

Habitually Chic, the widely popular luxury lifestyle site and a trailblazer in the world of design blogs, features a project by Richard Rabel Interiors. In it, her eye turns to the elegant gallery walls and describes the overall project as “one of the loveliest masculine apartments I’ve seen in a while”.

   

 

MASTERING LUXURIOUS EASE

InCollect, the international resource of fine furniture, art and design catches up with former Christie’s Senior Expert Richard Rabel to find out more about his remarkable combination of talents, his fascinating career trajectory and how he has mastered the art of luxurious ease.

   

 

PRESS CLIPPINGS

Deemed “the most photographed” interior at the 2019 NY Kips Bay Decorator Showhouse, Richard Rabel’s Entry Gallery and Lower Grand Staircase was featured by important publications including AD, House Beautiful, 1st Dibs Magazine and Elle Décor Italia amongst many others.

 
   

 

AT HOME WITH RICHARD RABEL

Sian, Lesley and Jeff stop by Richard Rabel’s NY apartment for a house tour and chat about his style, aesthetic, past lives, education, experience and how all this helps him achieve elegantly modern, and yet unfussy, interiors for his clients.

   

 

EL APARTAMENTO DE PAUL NEWMAN

Elle Decor España features the 21st century redesign and decoration project by Richard Rabel Interiors + Art of Paul Newman’s former bachelor crash pad in NYC. His design missive was to transform the cozy studio penthouse into a masculine and chic pied-a-terre.

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SOTHEBY’S DESIGNER SHOWHOUSE AND AUCTION

Imagine being able to decorate your home with any of the celebrated art from Sotheby’s. Richard Rabel Interiors did just that in the entry and gallery of this Designer Showhouse. Here his rendering for the “before” space and photo of his “after” space.

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A HOME WITH A SOUL

Kravet Inspired.News features an interior design project by Richard Rabel in Dallas, Texas. The completely renovated Georgian Revival mansion in Highland Park offered the designer the opportunity to synthesize traditional and modern elements without it feeling “fuddy duddy”.

 
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THE FRANKLIN REPORT CARD

The Franklin Report, the insider’s Bible to the top home service providers in NYC based on customer feedback, reviews RRIA. “This former Christie’s Senior VP designs stylish, refined interiors for clients who are serious about art“.

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AT HOME WITH RICHARD RABEL

Sotheby’s At Large Editor Alexandra Owens canvasses interior designer Richard Rabel on his design philosophy, tips for new collectors, why antiques, inspirational websites, shops he frequents and more.

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CITY’S BEST INTERIOR
DESIGNERS

New York Magazine’s Design issue, the resource guide and dream book of the city’s best in design, names richard rabel: interiors + art as one of the best interior decorating and design firms in NYC for 2013, 2014, 2015.

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WHAT’S YOU FAVORITE NEW
YORK CITY DESIGN SOURCE?

The Editors of the magazine asked New York based interior decorator Richard Rabel and other up and coming interior decorators, architects and builders to share one design source in the City.

 
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FIRST LOOK AT SOTHEBY’S SHOWHOUSE

Stacey Bewkes, the Editor of the incredibly popular design and lifestyle blog Quintessence, visits the Sotheby’s Designer Showhouse where she notes that Richard’s rooms have a “worldly and polished sophistication”.

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SPOTLIGHT ON RICHARD RABEL

Vyna St. Phard, Editor of High End Weekly interviews Richard about his professional experience and rooms at the Sotheby’s Designer Showhouse and notes his “exquisite and particularly keen eye for art and design”.