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This fashion veteran collaborated with design veteran Joseph D'Urso to create a perfect Pennsylvania private resort.

"I have a motto: Everything is possible," Lori Goldstein said. This experienced fashion stylist and designer created the slogan for her QVC clothing line, LOGO by Lori Goldstein, which is a single product line suitable for mix and match. But her fashion creed also applies to her home. "My taste is eclectic," she continued. "I firmly believe that if you like something, it will match other things you like."

The knack for this blending is obvious when you step into the Goldstein country house, this 1790s stone structure with additions from the 20th century sits on the two-acre mainline of Philadelphia. In the entrance hall, a tall, slender, emerald-green clock designed by senior modernist Tommi Parzinger, a sturdy and simple antique Japanese tansu cabinet and a zhuzhy from a local carpet store Modern zebra printed carpets share the space. Elsewhere, other furniture, artworks and objects of different eras and styles collide with each other, and somehow magically click: the Kelly Westler cocktail table next to Mies van der Rohe’s cocktail table; a pair of giant reindeer antlers and The shimmering crystal inlaid wall sculptures of Philadelphia artist Leonard Nelson in the middle of the last century are juxtaposed.

"It's like stacking clothes," mused Goldstein, a fashion stylist in the 90s and early years who worked with photographers such as Steven Meisel and Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair, Vogue Italia and W. Allow yourself to play. "

The purchase of this house a hundred miles from her Tribeca apartment in Mathieberwin, Pennsylvania seven years ago marked a major change in Goldstein's life and work. Goldstein recently started working for QVC, which involved the strict airtime schedule of the company's studio in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Soon, Goldstein realized that the hotel room would not cut it. "In my years as a stylist, one thing I learned is that there really is no place like home," she explained. "No matter where you are in an incredible place, when the shooting is over, you always try to take the next flight home."

As she did for her three previous homes, she turned to interior designer Joseph D'Urso. As one of her closest friends, D'Urso is a New York design celebrity known for the cool industrial chrome interiors he designed for customers such as Calvin Klein in the 70s and 80s. In recent years, he has been in semi-retirement—his studio has no website and rarely receives new clients—but he bravely started looking for a house. "Without Joe, I would not take any action," said the grateful Goldstein. "He knows what I like and my lifestyle."

As D'Urso recalled, his first impression of the house was "dull". Although he admired the characteristics of its original wooden structure, there is still the kitchen covered with bakelite, the unattractive grille on the living room windows, and the surprising lack of landscaping in the yard and around the swimming pool. But it is true that there is potential.

D'Urso designed a stylish and spacious kitchen with black and gray cabinets and removed the walls forming the independent dining room. He designed new built-in plug-ins and custom tables, overhauled the bathroom, and perhaps most notably, redistributed and redesigned the bedroom upstairs to match the characteristics of his friend. "Lori likes to take a bath," he explained. "So we turned the original master bedroom into what we call a bathtub."

"Lori knows what she likes, she believes she will go her own way," D'Urso said. "We built this house to suit her, her taste and lifestyle."

Goldstein agreed. "Since the pandemic, I basically live here full-time and I am very happy," she said. She pointed to the lush garden planted by D'Urso: laurels and locust trees, myrtle, boxwood, roses and native flowering plants, which seem to have existed forever. "This outdoor space has always been a lifesaver," she said. "It really feels like home."