TODAY’S INTERIOR INSPIRATION comes all the way from Palm Beach, Florida, where Michael Simon Interiors Inc. draws us into a world of drawing rooms with faux-marble walls, marble and skylights and Napoleon III tole & porcelain chandeliers; antique neoclassical-style chairs and powder rooms with mirrored walls and satin panels, and rock crystal sconces . . .

{p.s.} Aren’t the desks on either ends of the sofas a lovely idea?

Above, taffeta curtains and a custom-made moiré wall covering.