Tastemaker is the word that best describes Kelly Wearstler. She is a real innovator. No two of her rooms have ever looked alike. She has an incredible talent and ability to create each space uniquely glamorous and luxurious, injecting colors and applying bigger than usual accessories while keeping them well balanced. Ever since I saw her fantastic work for the first time, I admire her modern approach to luxury-regency style. Nothing is simple about her interiors, and her style is the ultimate luxury image of glamour and distinction.
Cassandra‘s post last week reminded me of these drawings I made last year for a
School final project. We, the students, were provided with an empty space with specific square footage to design our dream office. That was a very fun and interesting project. For my dream office the two most essential elements, style, and comfort had to go hand in hand. I decided to divide the space into four sections: my office, a conference room, the secretary/library room, and the reception. Below is what would be my office. I picked the Herman Miller executive chair, my all time favorite.
I’m a big fan of black and white checkered floor. They can transform any interior into a timeless classic beauty. Checkerboard floor or checker pattern dates back thousands of years as they started being used as a visual motif in many different ways from pottery to textiles, to ceramic to of course floors. It’s probably safe to say that the checkerboard pattern started as complex diamond patterns installed in intrinsically complicated ways that can date as back as A.D. 9. So the checkered floor comes from way back then as you can see, hence it’s more than timeless, it’s the real deal. Black and white checkered floor can be used in many types of home styles from painted floors found in more informal to stones or marble found in classic formal homes.
The Florida house of Veronica Webb, model, writer, and actress, is a perfect representation of Moorish Architecture. Only that this house is surrounded by Florida palm trees and an oasis of ponds. The architecture is by Bender & Associates Architects, and the interior design is by Todd Black. “It’s a contemporary home with strong Moorish influences,” project architect Matthew Stratton told AD.
Veronica Webb relaxes with her daughters in their living room. I love the use of the oversized modern art above the red velvet sofa. It breaks with the overly done and expected regal look of gold and red. The mixed-media artwork is by Teresita Fernandez.
A lot of wonderful things are happening to me these days. A blessing baby is on his way and with it the need for a bigger house. So we just purchased a house with this incredible view of New York City in New Jersey. This view is in every floor of the house. This may be the only perfect thing about the house since there are many things to be updated. Walls will come down, kitchen will be completely redone, floors will be refinished. I decided to make it fun and I’ll be posting every milestone.