eye on the prize; An inimitable decorator opens a store in Williamsburg.(Saved Gallery of Art & Craft by Ricky Clifton)

Byline: Sally Singer

For certain members of the artistic and fashion communities-folks with a yen for romantic eclecticism-there is no greater treat than to have Ricky Clifton pay a visit to their homes. Clifton, a downbeat artist/ decorator from Texas, can take any space and, with minimal adjustments (amethyst ceiling, Japanese lantern, nineteenth-century lithographs, wisteria-covered pergola), make it as magically original as its aesthetically obsessed inhabitants deserve. (His clients include the painter Philip Taaffe, Diane von Furstenberg, Marisa Berenson, and Christian Louboutin, for whom Clifton unearthed the Chinese "moon" shelves in the designer's New York boutique.) What has made Clifton such a cherished source of special pieces and intriguing suggestions is that he himself has never really been for sale: He collaborates only with people he finds cultured and amusing, and money is rarely discussed. You can't buy Clifton's taste.

That is, until now. At the Saved Gallery of Art & Craft, a gorgeous little shop in Brooklyn's rapidly gentrifying Williamsburg, one can purchase items from Clifton's collection of decorative art: Staffordshire ...