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"Woody Allen\nOn New York's Upper East Side, an Old World Feel for the Writer and Director\n\"It's American and English country house style with a very soulful, forever feeling,\" Stephen Shadley says of the interiors he designed for Woody Allen and his wife, Soon-Yi Previn, in a Manhattan town house. Above: The entrance hall, as throughout, is filled with pieces Allen has owned for decades (see Architectural Digest, November/December 1972). Stark carpet.\nAn antique sign is set off by a vintage-style wallcovering in the living room. Glant solid sofa fabric.\nWorks by Robert Rauschenberg, left, and Ed Ruscha hang in the living room, along with naive paintings of Mickey and Minnie Mouse. \"The mix of modern art, found art with an edge of kitsch and sober, traditional furniture, like an old spa chair in wonderfully crackled leather, deepens the room's character,\" Shadley says.\n\"We'd stand at the entrance to a room; he'd plant his feet, and the room was arranged from that point of view. It was very cinematic. I'm always running around looking at every angle.\" The dining room. Chandelier from 145 Antiques, with Calvin shade fabric.\n\"It's a real writer's library,\" notes Shadley. \"It's a mixture of paperbacks and hardbacks, and they're all worn at the edges; you know, of course, he's read every one.\" On the mohair-covered sofa and the pair of circa 1930s French club chairs is an eclectic assortment of needlepoint pillows. Above the mantel is a circa 1840 American painted pine tavern sign attributed to Rufus Porter. Stark carpet.\nThe second-floor landing is richly decorated with a marble mantelpiece and a pair of plush red velvet armchairs. \"The house is not abnormally wide, but it feels so spacious,\" says Shadley. \"There are no halls; it's just room to room to room.\" Carpet from Stark.\nAn arrangement of framed samplers\u2014\"most of them 19th century,\" comments the designer\u2014hang on a wall in the master bedroom. Napoleon III architect's cabinet from 145 Antiques.\n\"That's where he works,\" Shadley says of a desk in a corner of the bedroom. \"He still types with his first typewriter. He types his screenplays\u2014that or longhand; he'd never consider using a computer.\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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