"This is our homage to classic design," says Robinson, gesturing to the room around—and, thanks to a grand spiral staircase, above—him. As the designer speaks, his voice is drowned out by the chirping of colorful birds from inside the custom-made 12-foot cage he installed to house parakeets he's named Elsie (de Wolfe), Dorothy (Draper), Albert (Hadley), Sister (Parish), and Mario (Buatta). "It's the whole family," says Johnson with a laugh. Antiques and art from Robinson's own collection line
