Welcome to the ninth annual edition of the 1stDibs 50.
Here, as in years past, we celebrate the design firmament’s brightest stars. A globally diverse group, they also vary stylistically as widely as the millions of treasures you find on 1stDibs. What unites these stellar talents? Boundless creativity and an educated eye; a dash of daring and an abiding love for beautiful things, whose quality, craftsmanship and underlying stories can activate spaces and animate the lives of those lucky enough to live among them.
Most important of all, their work abounds in comfort and conviviality. It’s our pleasure and privilege to spotlight the 2026 cohort of 1stDibs 50 honorees. Their spaces are not just lovely. They prove that the best interior design can feel like a warm and loving embrace.
Anthony Barzilay Freund
Editorial Director, 1stDibs
Explore each of our honorees’ rich profiles, and see the extraordinary rooms that embody their unique design perspectives.
— 1stDibs 50 Debut
AREA Interior Design
Sagaponack, NY
“Everything was chosen to feel easy and unfussy yet deeply considered,” says AREA Interior Design principal Janine Carendi MacMurray, describing this light-filled dining room showcasing a custom triangular table, a Thaddeus marble console table, a 1950s Maison Lunel brass chandelier and Maison Roche sconces from the 1960s. The painting, Black Scarf, 1996, is by Alex Katz.
Ashe Leandro
New York, NY
Known for their classic contemporary architecture and interiors, Ariel Ashe and Reinaldo Leandro gave a Gramercy townhouse’s living room a layered elegance, deploying a wood-and-cane armchair by Kaare Klint for Rud Rasmussen, a pair of Dagmar Model 54 shearling lounge chairs and an Atelier Benoît Viaene wood coffee table with the graceful curves of a racetrack.
Ashley Lavonne
Los Angeles, CA
In the family room of a Craftsman house in L.A.’s Hancock Park neighborhood, Los Angeles–based Ashley Lavonne — whose work emphasizes color, craft and form — combined a custom sofa with a 1940s armchair by Gunnar Göperts, a vintage Fritz Hansen chair and an artwork by Tiffany Alfonseca.
Bespoke Only
Accord, NY
Bespoke Only founder Melissa Lee blended vintage and antique pieces — Gio Ponti nesting stools, a 1930s Art Deco pouf by Jindřich Halabala and a 1940s burl-walnut side chair — in the living room of an Upstate New York house. The design approach, Lee says, “was deeply influenced by the natural beauty and cultural richness of the Hudson Valley.”
Billy Cotton
Brooklyn Heights, NY
Kelly-green lacquered walls envelop the office of a townhouse designed by Billy Cotton. Antique Victorian chairs recovered in Loro Piana fabric mingle with a bronze Valenti floor lamp and a giltwood mirror from James Worrall, which reflects a Charles X chandelier from Christopher Butterworth.
Bryan O’Sullivan Studio
New York, NY
Bryan O’Sullivan brings what he calls an “eclectic European point of view” to interiors. Vibrant orange accents are an unexpected delight in this Park Avenue dining room, where the London- and New York–based designer introduced a sideboard in leather and high-gloss lacquer, surrounding a table from his own collection with bespoke chairs covered in a Bevilacqua stripe from Fortuny.
Carrier and Company Interiors
New York, NY
Impactful silhouettes abound in the living room of an Upper West Side prewar apartment designed by Jesse Carrier and Mara Miller, of Carrier and Company. The stools, covered in a tan ostrich leather, stand on sculptural bronze legs, while the rear legs of the wingback chair and a vintage wood lounge chair stretch out in a most dramatic way.
Catherine Kwong Design
Lake Tahoe, CA
For Catherine Kwong, who works mainly in California and Hawaii, design is all about edgy elegance. In the breakfast nook of a waterfront Lake Tahoe house, both edge and elegance are displayed by the 1970s oak Razorblade dining chairs by Henning Kjærnulf and the chunky elm dining table.
Chango
Fire Island, NY
Susana Simonpietri ensured that no detail was overlooked in designing the living room of a beach house on Fire Island for repeat clients From the walnut coffee tables by Last Workshop and the triangular oak nesting tables to the wood-back curved sofa and the Julian Opie wall sculpture, every element is picture-perfect.
Charlap Hyman & Herrero
Los Angeles, CA
At first glance, the 1960s bent-bamboo Dirk van Sliedrecht side chairs seem to be the standouts of this living room by Adam Charlap Hyman and Andre Herrero. A second look, however, reveals that the Mel Smilow walnut slatted stacking tables, 1960s Italian iron-base chair and Serge Mouille sconce give those chairs a run for the money.
Clive Lonstein
New York, NY
An arresting Asher Liftin portrait commands attention in the living room of a West Village loft by South African–born Clive Lonstein. Industrial but sleek leather-wrapped Jacques Adnet armchairs are joined by understated barrel chairs in a cream-hued fabric. The 1950s striped ceramic lamp is attributed to the Swedish maker Rörstrand.
Damon Liss Design
Nantucket, MA
Incorporating clients’ existing artwork is a welcome task when these are modern masterworks. For homeowners with just such a collection, Damon Liss found space in their dining room for a Joel Sternfeld and a Jean-Michel Basquiat, along with a striking handmade chandelier by Katie Stout for R & Company, an Emmanuel Levet Stenne table and Patrick Naggar chairs.
Dan Scotti Design
New York, NY
“Disciplined and tailored” is how Dan Scotti describes his own pied-à-terre overlooking Madison Square Park, whose bedroom brings to mind a bespoke suit, enfolding the wearer in shades of gray. Distinguished accents — an oil on canvas by Jimmy Gilroy, Paul Frankl bedside cabinets, a vintage military travel case and a shagreen bust — complete this gentleman’s sanctuary.
David Jimenez Studio
Paris
David Jimenez filled this Paris pied-à-terre, located in a 17th-century building on the Île Saint-Louis that once housed a bustling decorative-arts atelier, with a rich mélange of art and objets that, he says, “reflect an ongoing dialogue between history and innovation.” Standouts include a black-and-white gouache on paper by Jacques Nestlé, a 1950s figurative plaster sculpture and rare vintage urns.
David Kleinberg Design Associates
Palm Beach, FL
David Kleinberg leaned into power, order and symmetry for the living room of a Regency Revival home owned by longtime clients. Garouste & Bonetti chaises flank an Yves Klein Monogold table, filled with shimmering gold leaf, while Thomas Ruff photographs, complemented by a pair of Murano mercury-and- smoked-glass lamps by Jean Marc Fray, flank the doorway.
Eli Dweck Designs
New York, NY
Eli Dweck’s clients wanted their apartment in the storied Carlyle building to have a young, contemporary feel, a vibe the home’s living room perfectly embodies. The bright greens of the Risham Hosain Syed painting blend beautifully with the pale blue of the 1970s chairs by Beka and the burnt orange of the I Piedi ottoman, whose three wood feet balance delicately on their tiptoes.
GACHOT
New York, NY
Christine and John Gachot brought refined glamour to the living room of a young family’s Park Avenue apartment with high-back tufted chairs by Finnish artist Gunnel Nyman, a 1930s wood-inlay cabinet and a pair of Maison Jansen patinated-brass and onyx side tables. Above the mantel is a 2003 painting by Louise Lawler.
Geremia Design
San Francisco, CA
In designing the parlor of an Edwardian house in San Francisco, Lauren Geremia allowed the room’s rounded shape to influence the spatial flow. A built-in demilune sofa partially encircles a 1980s Italian oval marble coffee table, above which hangs a Murano-glass chandelier. The chairs in the adjacent dining room are 1900s Swedish.
Giampiero Tagliaferri
Milan, Italy
The strong lines of the marble-topped coffee table and custom banquette seating in the living room of a Milan apartment by Giampiero Tagliaferri play off of the angles of the ceiling. An Esfera lounge chair by Ricardo Fasanello, metal-based poufs and Abatina and Magnolia table lamps — by Afra & Tobia Scarpa and Sergio Mazza & Giuliana Gramigna, respectively — provide curvy counterpoints.
Gramercy Design
New York, NY
Fittingly, Kyle O’Donnell, of Gramercy Design, introduced mood and mystery in the bedroom of the Upper East Side pied-à-terre of Stranger Things cocreators Sarah Hindsgaul and Matthew Duffer. Chocolate-brown-lacquered walls provide a backdrop for a custom bed, a Stephane Parmentier for Giobagnara Orion chandelier and a delightfully topsy-turvy Luigi Massoni for Poltrona Frau Dilly Dally vanity.
Hannah Ozburn Interiors
Charlotte, NC
Florals and flame-stitch fabrics abound in the glass-walled den of a house designed by Hannah Ozburn, who is known for her vibrant blends of pattern and texture. Here, a Moroccan painted star table holds court between two curved-back armchairs, while a pair of slipper chairs and 1980s-style cocktail tables invite conversation.
Heidi Caillier Design
Mill Valley, CA
The open living and dining room of a house by Heidi Caillier recalls the bohemian days of Marin County, seen through a contemporary lens. A George Smith lounge chair covered in a Holland & Sherry check offsets a vintage rattan lounge chair and a custom patchwork ottoman, whose turned wood legs echo those of the tiny three-legged cocktail table.
Hines Collective
New York, NY
Hines Collective created a gorgeously pet-friendly living room for Linda Schurr, the owner of Fuzzbutt Vodka, half of whose profits support dog charities. The team, made up of Devin Hines, Kerry Offsey, Natalia Ramirez and Lindsey Reese, covered the sofa in a performance fabric, for canine companions. To this they added a glass-topped bronze table, with legs that seem to drip like liquid gold, from Stacklab via Maison Gerard.
Irakli Zaria Interiors
Côte d’Azur, France
The sea served as inspiration for a villa in the French Riviera by Tbilisi, Georgia–based Irakli Zaria. The studio designed the sofa, which resembles a stone whitewashed by the sun, placing opposite it a pair of wood armchairs by Brazilian designer Zanine Caldas. Perched on the ceramic coffee table, a handmade bird vase appears ready to fly into the blue beyond.
Jeremiah Brent Design
Santa Barbara, CA
Magical light fills the bedroom of a house in Montecito on which Jeremiah Brent collaborated with his husband and occasional design partner, Nate Berkus, for longtime clients. Two 1931 sketches by Alexander Calder hang near a pair of 1950s French armchairs from Blend Interiors. Verdigris-bronze figurative table lamps from Gustavo Olivieri, meanwhile, add to the illuminated ambience.
Jessica Schuster Design
New York, NY
Ed Ruscha’s Liberty, 2011, and an abstract self-portrait by Jonathan Horowitz are very good starts for a budding art collector, who called upon Jessica Schuster to rework his Chelsea condo. The designer added artful furniture, including a Jorge Zalszupin swivel chair and ottoman and a circa 1969 Soriana seating set in gray and red by Afra Bianchin and Tobia Scarpa for Cassina.
Ken Fulk
Big Sky, Montana
Belying its name, Naughty Pines — the mountain getaway designed by Ken Fulk for architect Nancy Mack and rock drummer Chad Smith — is very, very nice. Case in point: the primary bedroom, with its David Burdeny photograph,pink Murano chandelier and lush layering of fabrics from Brentano, Evangeline, House of Hackney and Pierre Frey.
LC Studio
Rye, NY
Fun is the operative word for a tile-floored, open-air pool and tennis house designed by Lance Scott and Cecily Waud for adventurous clients. A purple-glass cocktail table from Galerie Negropontes provides an amusing centerpiece, while bronze and hand-blown glass hurricanes by Eric Schmitt, from Valerie Goodman Gallery, add just the right touch of whimsy.
LP Creative
New York, NY
Lauren Garrett endeavors to conjure what she calls “richly textured spaces that are at once evocative and livable.” This bedroom in a Soho loft certainly ticks those boxes. The Danish velvet slipper chair is covered in a smooth chocolate-brown velvet, and the 1960s burlap-and-metal table lamp and Böhlmarks brass floor lamp, both Swedish, combine hard and soft elements.
Melanie Turner Interiors
Tampa, FL
The client directive for their Gulf Coast home, Melanie Turner says, was “moody, unexpected and elevated.” Swathed in an inky custom mural, the bar delivers high design down to the last detail — from the Munna stools, dressed in a swanky velvet, to the textured-gold cocktail table and the opaline-glass-shaded lamp on the custom marble bar.
Molly Kidd Studio
South Dakota
The expansiveness of a sprawling great room with a double-height ceiling — located on a working cattle ranch — is tempered by Molly Kidd’s comfortable, chic design. Shearling chairs add warmth, a floor lamp provides a sense of movement, and clay vessels on a vintage wood coffee table ground the space with earthy materials.
Monica Fried Design
Southampton, NY
A “powerhouse woman,” as Monica Fried describes the owner of a modern home in Water Mill, deserves a powerhouse living room. This one is centered on an ash and polished-walnut Enzo Berti Sitar chair with a cord seat. Clean-lined gray sofas are balanced by a raw-edged black-wood coffee table — a nod to the natural world beyond the glass walls.
Nate Berkus Associates
New York, NY
Nate Berkus and his longtime design partner, Lauren Buxbaum Gordon, established entertaining areas in the spacious living room of a Hudson Yards penthouse with sweeping views. They placed Art Deco club chairs and a nickel table before a Jean-Michel Frank screen, grouped a 1960s Italian walnut center table with shearling stools and paired a Jens Risom sofa with a cantilevered lounge chair.
Neal Beckstedt Studio
Sag Harbor, New York
Neal Beckstedt tapped an abundance of sources for the sitting room of his own circa 1890 vacation home in the Hamptons — flea markets in Palm Beach and Paris, plus top antiques dealers who sell on 1stDibs. The 19th-century Howard and Sons Grafton armchair, for example, is from Drew Pritchard Antiques, and the 1920s Adirondack twig table came from Brunelli Designs. The live-edge slab sofa is Beckstedt’s own design.
Nickey Kehoe
Los Angeles, CA
Todd Nickey and Amy Kehoe share a design mantra: “simplicity without fear of flair.” In the library of a Santa Monica Canyon house, that flair is subtle, displayed by a wood-and-bronze Holzstern chandelier by Kalmar, a late Victorian brass and walnut lamp and George Smith sofas covered in a hazelnut cashmere velvet, soft as a canyon breeze.
NICOLEHOLLIS
Los Angeles, CA
Nicole Hollis says she selected pieces “with unique stories of incredible craftsmanship” for the living room of a house in Beverly Hills that opens to a view terrace. Hollis led with a Gio Ponti armchair in blue mohair and punctuated the space with a Studio Nucleo geometric multicolored table, a Timothy Schreiber three-legged glass table and a bronze drinks table by Misha Kahn.
Nina Farmer Interiors
New York, NY
Strong geometric forms dominate the living room of a Central Park West apartment designed by Nina Farmer for a serious collector of Art Deco–era design. A cabinet by Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann stands proudly alongside an Egyptian Revival fireplace decorated with pharaoh busts in one corner of the space, which centers on a bronze table by Philip and Kelvin LaVerne.
Noz Design
Brooklyn, NY
This undersea realm of wonder and color by Noz Nozawa doubles as a young New York family’s living-dining room. A glass bauble chandelier floats above lavender church pews in the dining area, while, in the living area, deep-teal chaises anchor near a bubbly glass side table and a blue contoured-wood console topped by — what else? — a whale fin.
Ohara Davies Gaetano Interiors
Southern California
“We set out to design a residence that feels as though it has gracefully stood since the nineteen twenties,” Ohara Davies-Gaetano says of partnering with architect Michael G. Imber on a new Spanish Revival–style home outside Los Angeles. A Savonarola chair stands guard in the entrance hall; the dining room beyond houses Biedermeier-style chairs and a turned-wood-and-iron chandelier from Formations.
OITOEMPONTO – Architecture & Interiors
Saudi Arabia
Artur Miranda and Jacques Bec, who run Portugal-based OITOEMPONTO, matched the grandeur of a reception pavilion and pool house in Riyadh with Joe Colombo Elda lounge chairs covered in emerald-green velvet, an armless Harvey Probber sofa, a T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings brass-legged mahogany coffee table and a Guy Bareff ceramic chevron sconce.
Peter Mikic
Gstaad, Switzerland
London-based Peter Mikic enlivened the dining room of a modern chalet in the Swiss Alps with bursts of crimson, from the Cédric Ragot for Roche Bobois chairs to the suit depicted in the painting by Sahara Longe. Above the console, which holds lamps by Hervé Van der Straeten, a painting by Hurvin Anderson provides a cool-color counterpoint.
RRP
New York, NY
When a client’s Upper East Side penthouse shifted from a family home to an empty nest, Lucien Rees Roberts and Erin Fredrickson rewrote the design narrative and made entertaining the focus. A walnut, marble and brass Charles Zana bar cabinet picks up the colors of the Albert Gleizes tapestry, and the plump sofas’ curves echo those of the Jeff Zimmerman chandelier.
Sasha Adler Design
Lake Forest, Illinois
Centering the living room of a family’s estate artfully designed by Sasha Adler is a 1940s French Moderne gilt-iron lounge chair by Jean-Charles Moreux. The piece’s painterly lines connect it with Picasso’s La Femme à la Fenêtre, mounted above a Louis Philippe marble gueridon. The Cubist geometries of the low tables also cohere with the essence of the painting.
Shawn Henderson Design
Hong Kong
The living room of a townhouse high above Tai Tam Bay is defined by “layered neutrals and aquatic blues reflecting the landscape beyond,” according to the home’s designer, Shawn Henderson. Sublime treasures — a rare 1950s Giuseppe Ostuni for Oluce floor lamp, ceramic table lamps by Peter Lane and an acrylic on linen by Bernard Cohen — are peppered throughout.
Stollar Fearins Welch
Montauk, NY
With the ocean as a backdrop, the lounge of a Long Island cliff house by Rachael Stollar, Erin Fearins and Ward Welch has a beachy feel. Michele Quan’s curtain of white disks faces off against an abstract painting by Paul Waters. Between them, Cassina’s modular sofa and a swivel chair from Lawson-Fenning join Murano-glass coffee tables in hues of citrine and topaz that shine like exquisite sea stones.
Studio Santos
São José dos Campos, Brazil
Brazilian design flourishes in the living room of a house in the state of São Paulo, the first project Miami-based Gregory Santos completed through his firm, Studio Santos. Classics include Jorge Zalszupin’s Brasiliana sofas and Ouro Preto armchair, plus Lina Bo Bardi’s Bowl chair, next to which the owner’s dog, Chita, enjoys stretching out. An 1800s Portuguese console and a Turkish terracotta table lamp add international interest.
Studio Sofield
Los Angeles, CA
A chrome Art Deco sofa and chairs by Kem Weber set the tone for the living room of a house dubbed Casa de Plata, which translates to “house of silver.” Designed by William Sofield and Emma O’Neill, the space is dotted with metal pieces, including a circa 1880 steel cabinet, Russel Wright deer andirons and a silver articulated crustacean sculpture from Japan’s Meiji period.
Waldo Studio
Austria
This library resides in a mid-19th-century hunting lodge in the mountains of Austria that designers Tom Bartlett and Sasha von Meister describe as a “layered home full of care, detail memory and art.” Among the layers are Frank Stella assemblages that appear to leap from the wall. Josef Frank sofas and Kaare Klint armchairs, on the other hand, feel stylishly anchored to the ground.
Young Huh Interior Design
New York, NY
On the Upper East Side, shapes, lines, textures and art conspire to exalt in a living room Young Huh washed in neutrals. A painting by Mary Manning and a sculpture by Joe Gitterman frame the room, in which a C-shaped chair and nesting mosaic coffee tables, all from Galerie Glustin, further refine the tranquil vibe.
Zoë Feldman Design
North Hampton, NH
Zoë Feldman ensured that the great room of a coastal New Hampshire family home wed a sense of place with an aura of design splendor, via Hans Bergström Cocoon lamps sitting atop an 18th-century English oak sideboard, purchased on 1stDibs, an alder coffee table and a sofa upholstered in burgundy cashmere. A bauble-like 19th-century French patinated-wood pedestal table provides a grace note.
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