“Since the art is bold, we kept the rest of the space fairly quiet,” Zoë Feldman says of the dining room of a residence in the historic Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., where she established her practice in 2004. That artwork, a study of trees in six acrylic boxes by Charles Gaines, inspired the gray-blue wall color and the understated design. “The clients opted for an informal dining space that could flex as both a breakfast room and a place for entertaining,” Feldman says. “The moodiness of the paint color helps accomplish that with a deep shade that can be dressed up for hosting.” Guests gather at a solid-ash dining table from Sun at Six, seated on 1960s Johannes Andersen teak dining chairs that Feldman acquired through 1stDibs, from which she also sourced the Silvio Piattelli Orbitale brass chandelier with three rotating arms. “The chandelier is an arty take on a pendant that is sort of reminiscent of a Calder mobile, and it moves and takes different shapes throughout the day,” says Feldman, who is dedicated to staying true to her core design concept in every project. “We design spaces with the star of the room in mind,” she says, “and in this case, it was the art.”