Article: KEEPING UP APPEARANCES\DECORATED DESIGNERS MARC ROTH AND JAMES PFISTER BUILD A NATIONAL REPUTATION BY\PROVING OPPOSITES ATTRACT.(SPOTLIGHT)

Byline: JAMES B. MEADOW

Standing on the faux leopard-skin carpeting, you have several options.

You can turn left into the formal dining room, which features an army of candles and an antique armoire fitted with a diamond-dust mirror. Or veer right into the living room, suffused with Ned Jacob oil paintings, a life-size wooden Buddha, a Victorian fainting couch, Javanese hand puppets, and two pineapple-shaped lamps.

Or, head straight for the kitchen, which features a basket with five ostrich eggs, stained-glass butterflies hovering from the ceiling and a sign that once marked the corner of Third Avenue and East 30th Street in New York City.

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