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In this issue GAME CHANGER When the sports superstars Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird come home to nest, they need a bold retreat. Enter Mark Grattan. By Katherine Bernard Designed by Mark Grattan THE BELLE OF BEL-AIR A dose of va-va-voom—courtesy of Mary McDonald—turns up the volume at a historic California estate. By Camille Okhio Designed by Mary McDonald

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Subscribe to ELLE DECOR at elledecor.com/join CONTENTS SEPTEMBER 2023 24 E L L E D E C O R STEPHAN JULLIARD. FOR DETAILS, SEE RESOURCES THE STYLE ISSUE 74 GAME CHANGER When the sports superstars Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird come home to nest, they need a bold retreat.EnterMarkGrattan. By Katherine Bernard Designed by Mark Grattan 82 GILTY PLEASURE A rising French design talent lends brilliant luster to an apartment on Paris’s Right Bank. By Ian Phillips Designed by Pierre Gonalons A hand-painted de Gournay wallcovering is the star attraction in the drawing room of a Paris apartment designed by Pierre Gonalons (page 82). Custom furniture by Gonalons. 90 THE BELLE OF BEL-AIR A dose of va-va-voom—courtesy of Mary McDonald—turns up the volume at a historic California estate. By Camille Okhio Designed by Mary McDonald 98 NEUTRAL PARTY A Manhattan oasis that’s as luxurious as it is cool? That’s just what these two high-octane clients ordered. By Max Berlinger Designed by Michelle R. Smith 106 SLEEP, EAT, PARTY, REPEAT Wherever hostess Rebecca Gardner goes, good times follow—even to her Greenwich Village pied-à-terre. By Kate Bolick Designed by Rebecca Gardner 112 THROUGH THE FIRE After a catastrophic blaze, an art collector couple calls upon Jamie Bush to design a home that’s built to last. By Camille Okhio Designed by Jamie Bush
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28 E L L E D E C O R C O N T E N T S YOSHIHIRO MAKINO 36 EDITOR’S LETTER 39 WHAT’S NEXT The latest home introductions from top fashion brands 42 FALL LIGHTING SPECIAL These sconces, pendants, and chandeliers will make for a truly electric design scheme 46 THE AGENDA What’s shaping our tastes and topping our to-do lists this month 52 POINT OF VIEW What does “glamour” mean in the social-media age? One writer delves into the past to find out. By Thessaly La Force 58 JEWELRY BOX Our favorite new watches all put their best face forward 62 SHORTLIST Fashion icon Giorgio Armani shares eight things he can’t live without The stairwell of a home in Montecito, California, designed by Jamie Bush (page 112) is painted a custom yellow. Custom half-dome fixture by Spark Lighting.
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@as4d E L L E D E C O R 36 E D I TO R ’S L E T T E R FROM LEFT: MARCUS MORRIS; KELLY MARSHALL OUR COVER STORY THIS MONTH BEGAN, AS SO MANY THINGS DO these days, with a slide into the DMs. When U.S. Women’s National Team soccer superstar Megan Rapinoe and her wife, former WNBA guard Sue Bird, purchased a Manhattan apartment and found themselves in need of an interior designer, they tapped Mark Grattan for the job with a message that included an earnest call for “HALP!” What Grattan delivered is the same finesse that landed his own Mexico City apartment on the cover of this magazine in April 2021: a home that is as cool and well edited as it is livable, full of clever color combinations and sumptuous textures. It’s a testament to Grattan’s skill that Rapinoe and Bird’s aerie feels like a distillation and heightening of their tastes. And isn’t that what style is all about? Identifying your fascinations, obsessions, and pet interests, not just in the THE STYLE ISSUE service of a look, but also as a way of creating a home that is a true expression of who you really are? Grattan’s work for Rapinoe and Bird is a resounding answer in the affirmative to those questions. Elsewhere in this issue, we visit exceptional homes in Paris, California, and New York City. For our essay column, writer Thessaly La Force explores the meaning of “glam- our” outside of the filter of nostalgia that so often defines it. And just in time for the new season, we also survey the most exciting new furniture, lighting, and accessories for a home in need of a bit of autumn oomph. Enjoy. ◾ Designer Mark Grattan (left) with Megan Rapinoe (center) and Sue Bird at the couple’s home in New York City (page 74).
39 E L L E D E C O R THE BEST DESIGN DISCOVERIES By Parker Bowie Larson Photographs by Vincent Dilio Styled by Andy Harman CURB APPEAL Five fashion-forward home introductions hit the streets of New York City. Saut Hermès Teapot, $720; Creamer, $270; Teacup, $250. hermes.com
40 E L L E D E C O R W H AT ’S N E X T Duke Bar by Ralph Lauren Home Price upon request. ralphlauren.com Flora Tigers Quilt by Gucci $1,800 gucci.com Royal College Pillow by Loro Piana $925 loropiana.com Animalier Vase by Lucia Massari for DGCasa Price upon request. dolcegabbana.com
E L L E D E C O R 42 FA L L L I G H T I N G S P E C I A L GEMMA SCONCE: MICHAEL DRUCE; EAR BLOOMS: SIMON LEUNG; BANNER SCONCE: JOSEPH DE LEO; LURE R ADIATA SPRIG: DANIEL SEUNG LEE ALL AGLOW Light fixtures can often be pared back or minimalist, but the latest designs—like the sconces on this page—balance graceful forms with fresh finishes and colorways. Here, we share our favorite recent releases. Get ready to go for the bold. —Helena Madden Apollo by Studio 0405 $345 us.hay.com Tri Stars Sconce by David Rockwell $9,730 lasvit.com Ear Blooms 2 by Vincent Pocsik $4,200 objectivegallery.com Loire Small Sconce by Aerin $479 visualcomfort.com Lure Radiata Sprig 2 $10,500 pelledesigns.com Banner Sconce Price upon request. bluegreenworks.com Oscar Sconce Glass Shade $7,050 rwguild.com Gemma Sconce by In Common With x Sophie Lou Jacobsen $1,750 incommonwith.com Trifoglio Sconce Price upon request. achillesalvagni.com
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E L L E D E C O R 44 FA L L L I G H T I N G S P E C I A L NEO -VANIT Y PENDANT: CHELSIE CR AIG; GINKGO BLOSSOM CHANDELIER: BL ACK STEIL Crowning Glory Time to cast some light on the subject! The newest pendants and chandeliers do more than just illuminate a foyer or salon: Sculptural, elegant pieces also add a welcome dose of statement- making style to your home. Snap up any of these glamorous options for a truly electric design scheme. —H.M. Afloat by Luca Nichetto $4,405 lladrocontract.com Metal No. 2 Pendant by Mark D. Sikes $1,036 hvlgroup.com Ginkgo Blossom Chandelier Price upon request. rosieli.com PH Artichoke by Poul Henningsen for Fendi Casa Price upon request. louispoulsen.com and fendicasa.com Astrid Chandelier by Four Hands $1,450 perigold.com It’s Lit Pendant Price upon request. kathytaslitz.com Iriss Suspensions by Maylis et Charles Tassin Price upon request. theinvisiblecollection.com Neo-Vanity Pendant Light $4,000 kikigoti.com
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46 E L L E D E C O R W H AT ’S N E X T THE SHINMONZEN: SHUN JI YOSHIDA; DRIES VAN NOTEN: JEAN - PIERRE GABRIEL The bar at Kyoto’s Jean-Georges at the Shinmonzen, a restaurant designed by architect Stephanie Goto. The new Dries Van Noten beauty and accessories boutique in the French capital. SHOP:PARIS FINISHING TOUCH Belgian fashion icon Dries Van Noten’s designs are widely coveted. But Van Noten is also known for his impeccable interior design taste, as at his neoclassi- cal home in the Belgian countryside (with interiors by Gert Voorjans) and his shops on Paris’s Quai Malaquais. The new Dries Van Noten beauty and accessories boutique, which opened in July beside the brand’s men’s store, brings that lush, gimlet sensibility to a space dedicated to hand- bags, scarves, perfume, and more. Swathed in alabaster and ocher velvet, the boutique occupies a ground-level space in a 17th-century hôtel particulier that was once home to the prince of Transylvania. Today, visitors can find Van Noten’s wares in an environment that combines a 1970s Venini glass chandelier and a 17th-century Flemish tapestry with ease. We would expect nothing less from a master of the mix. —A.S. driesvannoten.com THE AGENDA What’s shaping our tastes and topping our to-do lists this month. EAT: KYOTO HAI, CHEF! Though Kyoto, with its plentiful temples, is widely considered the seat of Japan’s cultural heritage, the city has modernist bona fides too. For evidence, look no further than ELLE DECOR A-List architect Stephanie Goto’s elegant scheme for Jean-Georges at the Shinmonzen, the restaurant in a new boutique hotel designed by Tadao Ando. Local craft traditions, like the space’s shikkui plaster walls in deep crimson, and the raw beauty of natural materials, as in the bar made from a single slab of heavily veined Rosso Antico stone, inspired Goto’s interiors. “We wanted to keep everything very simple” but offer “whimsy and an unexpected quality” on a closer look, says Goto. Mission accomplished. —Asad Syrkett theshinmonzen.com
E L L E D E C O R 48 W H AT ’S N E X T MAISON GAINSBOURG: MICHEL L AURENT/GET T Y IMAGES; THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL: DOUGL AS FRIEDMAN; BOOK COVER: IL AN RUBIN STAY:NEW YORK CITY TO THE MANOR REBORN Tourists with a taste for Gilded Age New York will soon alight upon the Fifth Avenue Hotel, opening this month, from the ELLE DECOR A-List firm Martin Brudnizki Design Studio in collabo- ration with Flâneur Hospitality. Formerly the site of the home and carriage house of one Ms. Charlotte Goodridge, herself a doyenne of 19th-century hospitality, the project marries two spectacular buildings—the Mansion, a five-story Renaissance-style palazzo by McKim, Mead White dating back to 1907, and the Tower, a new 24-story glass column designed by Perkins Eastman and PBDW Architects. With 153 guest rooms and suites outfitted in Brudnizki’s signa- ture sumptuousness (think hand-pleating done by Parisian craftsmen) and a food and beverage program under the direction of chef Andrew Carmellini—the force behind local favorites like Locanda Verde and Carne Mare—this corner of NoMad is elegantly poised for a return to form. —Sean Santiago thefifthavenuehotel.com VISIT:PARIS CHEZ AMOUR This month, one of Paris’s most famed addresses—the Left Bank home of song- writer Serge Gainsbourg and his lover, actress and singer Jane Birkin, who died in July—will open to the public as a house museum. Their daughter, Charlotte, who owns the home, spearheaded the project. She kept the space, which she has renamed Maison Gainsbourg, exactly as it was when her parents lived there, down to the Gitanes butts in the ashtray. A nearby annex houses exhibition space, a bookshop, and a piano bar and café. —Karen Burshtein maisongainsbourg.fr Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg at their home in Paris. A guest suite (left) and a sitting area at New York City’s Fifth Avenue Hotel, designed by Martin Brudnizki. BOOKMARK DAZZLE ’EM The late jewelry designer David Webb believed that jewelry is an art form, as critical to culture as painting and architecture. The Art of David Webb: Jewelry and Culture, by the jewelry historian Ruth Peltason, chronicles Webb’s wide-ranging references, from a 19th-century chrysanthemum print by the Japanese artist Hokusai, which Webb reimagined as a coral brooch, to Gustav Klimt’s painting Tree of Life, which inspired a necklace of the same name. Most exciting for the architecturally inclined might be Webb’s interpretation of the Guggenheim Museum as a banded gold cuff. —Camille Okhio rizzoli.com
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E L L E D E C O R 52 P O I N T O F V I E W MIRROR, CHAIR, L AMP: COURTESY OF 1STDIBS; PL ATE: DEA/A . DAGLI ORTI/GET T Y IMAGES By Thessaly La Force Illustrations by Martin Cole R ecently, I bought an apartment that will require a complete renovation. Nothing fancy, though it won’t be cheap, and as with such endeavors, I’ve found it’s become an all-consuming project. For instance, I am now fixated on acquiring a vintage Uchiwa pendant lamp made by the midcentury German industrial designer Ingo Maurer. Crafted from bamboo fans, fabric, and paper and resembling the open petals of an anemone flower, the lamp is a beautiful relic of the 1970s. Maurer was called “the poet of light,” and his command of it deserves reverence. Partly because his Uchiwa lamps have not been produced since 1984 and partly because of the frailty of their materials, they are expensive. According to the Parisian dealer I’ve been emailing with, the lamp I want costs more than a year’s worth of childcare for my toddler. Much of its allure has to do with my having first glimpsed the lamp in the apartment of a New York fashion designer I had long admired. This was many years ago, An obsession with a rare vintage lamp helps one writer gain an understanding of glamour in the social-media age.
E L L E D E C O R 54 P O I N T O F V I E W KET TLE: GET T Y IMAGES but the impression it made on me still runs deep. She was throwing a dinner party. There were white anemone flow- ers on the table, and she had set out her mother’s silver. The designer’s taste was so idiosyncratic and singular that any attempt on my part to imitate it was likely a grave mistake. And yet, the Uchiwa lamp’s beauty took on a possessive quality for me, the way many glamorous objects do. It felt as though my appreciation for it empowered me with a sense of ownership over it. But as I became familiar with the lamp’s existence, I realized that it had, in recent years, taken on a new dimen- sion. It often appeared in the bland homes of wealthy people. Unlike the apartment of the quirky fashion designer, these interiors were conventionally tasteful and carefully consid- ered. Which isn’t always a good thing. As the late critic Dave Hickey once wrote: “Bad taste is real taste, of course, and good taste is the residue of someone else’s privilege.” What had become of glamour? Of the way an object (or a dress or a room) can create a beguiling sense of sophisti- cation and worldliness that makes us believe that simply by being in its presence, we’ve been elevated out of the tedium of everyday life? Glamour had become almost moribund in its consistency. Every wealthy home looked like everybody else’s wealthy home—Instagram-ready, with Ettore Sottsass mirrors and Pierre Jeanneret chairs and Ginori china and Japanese coffee kettles. I was reminded of the time I worked for a billionaire whose townhouse was filled with original pieces by Claude Lalanne and Charlotte Perriand. She com- plained to me of the musty smell of her Pierre Paulin sofa. Hadn’t that been part of its appeal? No. I soon discovered that for her, its worth was in its connection to the past, in its ability to telegraph exclusivity and rarefied taste. While working for her, I got the sense that it was boring being so extraordinarily rich. With money, no gratification was left unsated. Collecting hard-to-find, one-of-a-kind antiques offered an escape, however temporary, from the ennui. I’ve long suspected that we live in a moment that is a little too enamored with the past. As W. David Marx writes in his 2022 book Status and Culture, the internet has made it harder for the cool things to stay cool. “Retromania,” as Marx labels it, reveals our exhaustion with the endless cycle of the new that our hyperconnected age produces. It’s all too easy to figure out—with a scroll through Pinterest or a quick search on 1stDibs—what that 1960s cocktail table is called, who designed it, where to buy it, and for how much. The past is too accessible, which, in turn, destroys whatever opportunities we have to create in the present. Marx quotes the literary critic Harold Bloom, who wrote that “strong poets keep returning from the dead....How they return is the decisive matter, for if they return intact, then the return impoverishes the later poets, dooming them to be remembered—if at all—as having ended in poverty, in an imaginative need they could not themselves gratify.” The luxury market has also changed radically. Too many objects are mass-produced and mass-marketed. What we’re mostly paying for these days is a brand or a logo and rarely much else, something Dana Thomas explored in her 2008 book, Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster. So we revel in the past. We worship craftsmanship. We elevate the creator. We cling to nostalgia. I’m sure if I could afford an Uchiwa, I would still buy one. But I was able to let it go once I recognized what was behind my own obsession. I, too, wanted something that felt touched by history. That seemed as though I had discovered it and not stumbled onto it after a late night flipping through the internet on my phone. People have long filled their homes with antiques. But beauty—like glamour—is defined by more than just nostalgia. As I continue my hunt for the right lamp, I’m curious to see how much my affection for both can detach from the past. For now, my new apartment’s dining room holds a sense of possibility. Whatever I end up choosing will ultimately come with its own narrative, one that bridges the distance between the past and present in ways I won’t fully know until it’s there, an object firmly embedded in the texture of my life. ◾ Thessaly La Force is a writer living in New York City.
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E L L E D E C O R 64 TA L E N T CHAIR: ELIZ ABETH HELTOFT; PORTR AIT: CASPER SE JERSEN FOLLOWING THE THREAD How one fashion insider is turning a textile brand into the world’s first house of design. WITH THE HEELED-BOOT GAIT OF AN INDIE rocker and a perfectly imperfect mane of black hair tumbling past his shoul- ders, Bengt Thornefors seems an unlikely champion of upholstery- weight textiles. But looks, as everyone knows, can be deceiving. When the entrepreneurial Swede was appointed creative director, in 2022, of the nearly-200-year-old textile brand Sahco, he was tasked with mining the tension between past and present to create collections worthy of a true textile maison. As cofounder of the bedware brand Magniberg— which, like Sahco, is now owned by Kvadrat—Thornefors brings with him decades of expertise in the fashion industry, working early on in his career under Acne Studios cofounder Jonny Johansson and later making his way to Saint Laurent, in the mid- 2010s, with then creative director Hedi Slimane, himself no stranger to an alt- rock mindset. But interiors held a special appeal, and Thornefors’s proven ability to move seamlessly between worlds made Kvadrat’s CEO, Anders Byriel, take notice. “Anders is interested in art, he’s interested in culture,” Thornefors says. “I think he wants to learn more about other points of view.” A fresh perspective is exactly what Thornefors offers. For Sahco’s first press presentation at Kvadrat’s New York City headquarters, he approached the space as a white-box gallery, interweaving the fabrics— tailored into garment bags and hang- ing from rolling racks—with fine art photographs and furnishings from Swedish institution Svenskt Tenn. “I was a bit nervous. I’ve heard people say Jonathan [Olivares, the space’s architect] can be a bit hard to please,” Thornefors says. After the event, how- ever, Olivares texted his approval. The new collections have a heri- tage sensibility—decorative florals are a Sahco mainstay—refracted through a contemporary Scandinavian lens. Thornefors points to lime-green embroidery on a jet-black background, for example. “At the end of the day, we sell more than fabric,” he says. “We sell emotions.” —Sean Santiago Fabric samples from Sahco’s special- edition colorway for the Shigeru upholstery line. RIGHT: Designer Bengt Thornefors. FAR RIGHT, FROM TOP: A chair uphol- stered in a Shigeru textile; a swatch of Sahco’s Vivus textile. sahco.com
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E L L E D E C O R 67 B U I L D E R By Julie Lasky DOUGL AS FRIEDMAN COUTURE COOKING The kitchen can be much more than merely a room for dishing. In a San Francisco townhouse designed by Nicole Hollis, the marble-on-marble-on- marble kitchen, in pale purple-veined Breccia Capraia, makes a case that restraint can be overrated.
E L L E D E C O R 68 B U I L D E R SAM FROST D aniele Busca tells of a client who went hunting for rugs to match the artwork in his new kitchen. The New York City–based creative director of Scavolini USA, the Italian design company, was impressed that the painting hanging near the client’s island was a mustard yellow Picasso. “A Picasso in the kitchen,” he marveled. “That’s glamorous.” Long ago, the kitchen was the embodiment of domestic servitude—plain, functional, and unobtrusive. Now it’s evolved into the centerpiece of home life, taking on the coloring, materials, and textures of the room into which it flows. Today’s kitchen may be arrayed along a living room wall or suddenly pop up when you turn a corner of the family room. Either way, it’s expected to put its best face forward. This means out with naked appliances, in with statement lighting, rugs, and furnishings. Nothing helps a kitchen blend with its surroundings more than cabinetry. Appliances and gadgets are given millwork facades or enclosed within modules, as are nonculinary kitchen features like desks and wet bars. Busca says Scavolini offers custom containers for kitchen appliances that are up to eight feet wide with retractable doors. The most popular use is to hide the army of inven- tions that are helping us cook: the juice extractors, vacuum sealers, air fryers. “A lot of our clients don’t even want to see the sink anymore,” says Nina Magon, whose Houston design studio specializes in streamlined, modern looks. In many cases, sinks along with refrigerators are banished to the pantry so that her kitchens look more like entertainment spaces. “You don’t know if the room is the kitchen,” Magon says. Rich materials contribute to a feeling of modern luxury, whether they are natural stones treated to become more stain-resistant and durable or engineered surfaces that are long on practicality and charm. Onirika, for example, a collection of marble-inspired surfaces that Magon designed for Cosentino, can be vein-matched to create a floating appearance when the material is wrapped around a water- fall countertop. “You can’t do that with natural stone,” Magon says. Glamour also means distinctiveness. The Hamptons- based designer Timothy Godbold says he’s developed an allergy to generic kitchens—like the ubiquitous white mar- ble model lit by a trio of pendants over the island. “I don’t want my client ripping out their kitchen in five years when the trend is over,” he says. For a recent project, Godbold used marble with a camouflage pattern to cover the refrigerator, freezer, and ovens. “I’m really influenced by military style,” he says. (He even published a book on that subject.) The Luxe floor-to-ceiling features and finishes like brushed brass and chiseled stone combine to level up this Los Angeles kitchen by Mary McDonald. (For more of this house, see page 90.) effect was to make the appliances look more like sculpture. For Chicago designer Summer Thornton, kitchen glamour is about unexpected colors and materials. She did a red lacquer kitchen with oak cabinetry and plum-colored stone—hues that not only evoke dishes like pasta with tomato sauce but also disguise any messes. In another of her creations, a jade green Officine Gullo range takes up an entire central island. Thornton has even put hand-painted de Gournay wallpaper on backsplashes, behind glass. “It’s totally fun to make sure that the kitchen is speaking to the rest of the house,” she says. But even small gestures can make a kitchen more glamorous. Thornton suggests adding art (it doesn’t have to be Picasso) “or something that doesn’t necessarily feel that it belongs in the kitchen. I’m always for bringing in something old: a bowl, a vase, a lamp.” The goal is less starkness, more texture. But whatever you do in your is-that-really-a-kitchen? kitchen, make sure the vent is working properly. “There’s nothing worse than walking into a house and smelling food,” Godbold says, “no matter how good it is.” ◾
E L L E D E C O R 70 B U I L D E R Berkshire Brass Quartz Subtle brass veins bring understated elegance to a kitchen surface. Price upon request. cambriausa.com SmartTouch Kitchen Faucet by Jason Wu Add lightness to the countertop with this matte white fixture. $1,343 brizo.com Costa Emerald Tile Set some under-the- sea vibes with these glossy green tiles. $21 per square foot. tileshop.com Dual-Zone Wine Column True Residential’s new Bluestone colorway makes any bottle of vino shine. $14,000 true-residential.com Tipped A+B Tiles A backsplash with these graphic red- and-white tiles makes a striking statement. $30 per square foot. pophamdesign.com Fenimore Pendant by Ariel Okin This light blue pendant from Mitzi beautifully illuminates a kitchen island. $390 lightology.com HAUTE INHERE Turn up the heat with these glamorous kitchen upgrades. By Helena Madden
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73 E L L E D E C O R Isitanywonderthatthehomesinthis issuearesomemorable—andpersonal? Afterall,theybelongtoapairofsports superstars,aconsummatehost,aman- about-town,andmore.Comeonin.
74 E L L E D E C O R Sue Bird (left) and Megan Rapinoe in the dining room of their modern pied-à-terre, which was designed by Mark Grattan, in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood. Wallcovering by Élitis; artwork by Xavier Kelley. OPPOSITE: In the living room, the sofa, which is upholstered in a linen by Dedar and leather by Milton Sokol, the cock- tail table, and the mirror are all custom by Mark Grattan. Rug by Hechizoo Textiles. For details, see Resources.
By Katherine Bernard Photographs by Kelly Marshall Styled by Tessa Watson Mark Grattan crafts a bold retreat for two globe-trotting sports superstars come home to nest.
E L L E D E C O R 76 n 2021, Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe, one of the most decorated power couples in sports, found themselves in pursuit of a new kind of ornamen- tation: the interior design of their first home purchased together. For the former WNBA guard and the reigning U.S. Women’s National Team champion, the winning tip came from Rapinoe’s stylist, Karla Welch, who put her on to ELLE DECOR A-List designer Mark Grattan. Rapinoe slid humbly into Grattan’s Instagram DMs: “My fiancée and I just got a place in SoHo and need HALP!” The place in question was a 1,650-square-foot, two-bedroom pied-à-terre with high ceilings, sweeping views onto the city, and a rooftop terrace to boot. “New York is a really special place to both of us,” Rapinoe says. “Sue is from here. It feels like the place where we fell in love—it feels like home in so many ways.” Grattan was charmed by the soccer star’s effusion of emojis. “I typically let people sweat a little bit,” he says. This time, he responded the same day. Grattan knew he’d need “HALP!” with the project, his first residential design commission outside his own Mexico City home. (That apartment, in a Luis Barragán–designed building, was on ELLE DECOR’s April 2021 cover.) To that end, he brought on friend and frequent collaborator Chloe Pollack-Robbins, of Curious Yellow Design, to manage the job and keep things progressing on an admittedly compressed timeline. “I’m more of a storyteller,” Grattan says. “Chloe understands my glitches, my triggers, my mess. It was very easy to go into this with her.” Rapinoe and Bird were traveling constantly throughout the process, primarily living at their home in Seattle. When they were present, they recognized the strong teamwork at hand. “Athletes and artists aren’t that different,” Bird says. “There is a process. And you can’t skip steps, you just can’t.” The biggest undertaking was the open-plan kitchen, which Pollack-Robbins, while looking for utensils for take- out during a meeting early on, noticed was missing func- tional drawers. By the time the Brazilian quartzite was installed—a variation called Crystal Tiffany used for the countertops, backsplash, and a custom-built island—even the drawer pulls were bespoke. A deep emerald statement ceiling makes the living area feel organically grand, like living under a spectacular leaf. An illuminated lilac, like the underside of a sunlit petal, was Grattan’s unexpected choice for the home’s transitional areas, the hallway to the private quarters and the stairwell leading up to the roof. Rapinoe was initially wary, but the palette, while hard to grasp in theory, is beautiful in execu- tion. “I wanted to try a moment where it doesn’t work on paper,” Grattan says. “It works only in real life.” The project also allowed the designer the space, both literally and figuratively, to test new production methods. He successfully fabricated and installed a freestanding bent mirror behind the living room’s custom sectional sofa, a feat he’d been attempting for years. He also pulled in new pro- cesses from his work with Solange Knowles’s creative firm Saint Heron, collaborating with the artist Quincy Ellis of Brooklyn-based Fracture Studio to develop a resin material for the base of the triangular-glass-topped dining table, off- set by an orange velvet banquette with leather piping. The minty monochrome primary bedroom features wall-to-wall carpeting of which the bespoke bed seems a piece, rendered in velvet and chrome and dressed in a bed- spread made from fabric remnants of Grattan’s upholstered stool collection for the gallerist Cristina Grajales. Built-in nightstands and another instance of mirrored wall offer discreet functionality and a sense of grandeur at scale. The en suite bathroom is a peaceful dual-showerhead sanctuary inspired by Grattan’s recent travels in São Paulo, swathed in aqua-tinted Sicis mosaic tiles with floor-to-ceiling alumi- num shades dressing the windows. This apartment provides a homecoming for the couple in another important way: Bird retired from the WNBA in 2022, and Rapinoe announced in July that this year’s Women’s World Cup would be her last. Grattan’s work sets the stage for this exciting new chapter in their lives. “When- ever I think about retirement and the future, I think about our friends and family sitting on the couch, sharing joy with each other,” Rapinoe says. Bird echoes the sentiment, nodding to their one nonnegotiable—to install a television in the living room where they can gather and watch live sports. For two of the world’s greatest athletes, Grattan was game. ◾ Interior designer Mark Grattan in the living room.
The kitchen countertops, backsplash, and custom island are in Brazilian quartzite. Barstools by Mario Bellini for Cassina; Rombini tiles in Glossy Brun by Ronan Erwan Bouroullec for Mutina; fittings by Kohler.
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“New York is a really special place to bothof us. It feels like home in so many ways.” —Megan Rapinoe OPPOSITE: In the guest room–cum–office, the sofa is by Flemming Busk in a Dedar fabric. Rug from R Company; vessel by Nur Ceramics. LEFT: In the powder room, the wallcovering is by Élitis. Custom sink in red travertine; fittings by Studio Piet Boon for Cocoon. Vintage mirror, Fenestella. BELOW: The stairwell to the roof terrace is painted in Benjamin Moore’s Whisper Violet. Vintage cowhide stool; artwork by Xavier Kelley.
E L L E D E C O R 80 In the primary bedroom, the bed, bedding, night- stand, and mirror are custom. Rug by Fabrica; oak armchair from R Company; walls painted in Antique Jade by Benjamin Moore.
The primary bathroom’s walls are covered in glass tiles by Sicis. Showerheads by Studio Piet Boon for Cocoon; vintage chair by F.A. Porsche for Ycami.
A custom églomisé fire- place anchors the living room of an apartment designed by Pierre Gonalons on Paris’s Right Bank. Leather sofa and armchair by Pierre Gonalons for Duvivier Canapés; vintage armchair in a Métaphores floral; walls painted in Rusling by Little Greene; artwork by Jacques Villeglé. For details, see Resources.
83 E L L E D E C O R By Ian Phillips Photographs by Stephan Julliard A rising design talent lends brilliant luster to an apartment in Paris.
E L L E D E C O R 84 couple of years ago, the owner of this apartment was in France’s rural Auvergne region during the quiet week between Christmas and New Year’s. She took to browsing real estate ads online, deciding to visit some of her discoveries on her return to Paris. “I had no intention of moving,” she insists. “It was simply out of curiosity.” That was until she stepped inside this 1,900-square-foot duplex in a 19th-century building on the city’s Right Bank. She’d been drawn by a photo of an almost psychedelic motif of interlocking cubes in metal that lined the walls of the stair hall. “It looked like something from a 1970s nightclub,” she says. What appealed to her more, however, was the apartment’s atmosphere. “It gave me a really good vibe,” she recalls. “It was very cozy, like a cocoon.” Everything was in working order, and the layout largely suited her. Nonetheless, she called upon one of France’s hottest designers, Pierre Gonalons, for an update. He had recently made a splash with a series of strikingly staged exhibitions of his furniture and lighting collections in grand historic buildings in Paris and Milan. This September, he opens his first U.S. showroom, in New York’s DD Building, which he will share with French wallpaper manufacturer Atelier d’Offard. His creations are often characterized by an interplay of circles or curvaceous forms, as well as the use of finely crafted materials. A series of lights, for instance, is made from Murano glass with a speckled effect known as macchia su macchia, achieved by an age-old technique. For the owner of this apartment, Gonalons was the obvious choice to oversee its transformation. “There’s always something a little classical to Pierre’s work, which I thought would work well within this context,” she says. “We weren’t starting with a blank canvas.” Her main requests were to add a touch of warmth and a dose of color, and to create an aesthetic link between the staircase and the apart- ment’s other eye-catching visual element—a drawing room wrapped in a hand-painted, panoramic de Gournay wallcov- ering called Japanese Garden. “While the existing decor was certainly fun, it lacked coherence,” notes Gonalons. The project was in keeping with his creative interests. “I like it when there’s a bit of fantasy,” he says, “and I also love playing with things that are already in place. I’m a firm believer that you don’t need to get rid of everything when redecorating an interior.” Gonalons maintained the kitchen more or less as it was, keeping the stained-oak millwork and black marble counter- tops and repainting some walls a pale blue. He also opted not to change the gold-flecked runner on the stairs. In the draw- ing room, he installed a low-slung, L-shaped arrangement of ottomans and armchairs covered in a diamond- motif fabric of his own design. For Gonalons, it has not only a slightly 1970s optical effect but also conjures a couple of legendary interiors. One is Diana Vreeland’s riotously red Manhattan living room, and the other a room swathed in Indian printed cottons in Lee Radziwill’s London home. The de Gournay paper also inspired the palette. In the primary bedroom, he hung a honey-toned fabric on the walls. Elsewhere, he chose largely subtle paint colors, including a hint of pink in the sitting room. Gonalons’s most significant addition comes by way of the fireplace. The chimney breast was clad in large églomisé glass panels backed with a gradation of copper, brass, and silver leaf. The hue gets lighter from bottom to top. “My idea was to give the impression that a fire had burned the mirror at the bottom,” he relates. The metallic squares also provide a perfect bridge between the aurous tones of the wallpaper and the patterned staircase. The rest of his intervention was largely decorative, the primary bathroom being the only space he reconfigured, in response to a request for a tub. Yet he more than made his mark by incorporating a host of his own creations. For his client, the result is an extension of the home’s original coziness, with what she calls “a certain eccentricity to the decor.” These days, she likes nothing better than curl- ing up in the drawing room with tea. “When I first came, I thought I’d be living in a nightclub,” she says with a laugh. “In reality, things have turned out rather more sedate.” ◾ Designer Pierre Gonalons in the drawing room, in front of a de Gournay wallcovering.
Gonalons designed the custom banquette, twin tables, and chairs in the dining room. Pendants by Staff Leuchten; artwork by Pierre Seinturier.
86 E L L E D E C O R OPPOSITE: The walls of the stair hall are sheathed in polished and patinated brass plate in an interlock- ing cube pattern. In the kitchen, black- stained oak cabinets are topped with black Marquina marble. Fittings by MGS Taps.
89 E L L E D E C O R In a guest bedroom, the custom bed is in a Métaphores fabric and dressed in linens by Hermès. Nightstand by Pierre Gonalons for Moissonnier; rug by Pinton; artwork by William Wegman. “I’m a firm believer that you don’t need to get rid of everything when redecorating an interior.” –Pierre Gonalons OPPOSITE: A bathroom’s walls and ceiling are tiled in mirrors, which reflect a vintage opal glass pendant. Walls painted in Mid Azure Green by Little Greene.
By Camille Okhio Photographs by Sam Frost Styled by Amy Chin A historic California estate gets a va-va-voom redo at the hands of designer Mary McDonald.
91 E L L E D E C O R The family room of Jeremy Johnson and Jerrod Blandino’s home in Bel-Air, California, which was designed in 1927 by architect Gordon Kaufmann and renovated by designer Mary McDonald and architect Mike Holtz. Custom sofa and 19th-century French armchairs in Schumacher fabrics; cocktail table and stools by Chaddock; curtains of a Pierre Frey fabric. For details, see Resources.
ore is more, as the adage goes. That’s certainly always been the motto of beauty entrepreneurs Jerrod Blandino and Jeremy Johnson. The California-based founders of the makeup brand Too Faced have always relished excess, so perhaps it’s not surprising that for them, one home wasn’t enough—even when it is a maximalist mansion designed to their hearts’ content. Their 17,000-square-foot home in Corona del Mar, featured in ELLE DECOR in March 2019, has Chanel tweed upholstery and a malachite-hued library. It is where they spend their workweek running Toy Box Brands, a beauty brand lab they started after selling Too Faced to Estée Lauder in 2016. In early 2020, the couple bought a second home, in Bel-Air. After living in it for a year, they reached out to the designer of their first house, ELLE DECOR A-List talent Mary McDonald, whose fashion background lends her interiors a chic sense of color and pattern. “We create products that inspire people to live their best lives, so we need our own environments to make us feel like we are living that dream,” Blandino says. “Mary captures that desire so beautifully.” While they work in Orange County, the couple’s social life tends to be in Los Angeles. They wanted a second home where they could be closer to their friends, a place to relax and entertain. Their plan was to build a house from the ground up, but then they discovered the Bel-Air estate. The original owner was the lawyer of Alphonzo Bell, the founder and developer of the neighborhood. “Instead of pay- ing for his services, Bell gave his lawyer his pick of Bel-Air’s 600 original acres,” Blandino explains. And what beautiful acreage he chose, with views of rolling hills cascading down to the beach. Landscape archi- tect Patricia Benner planted a grove of California sycamores
93 E L L E D E C O R The tea room is envel- oped in a custom wall- paper by Iksel. Custom slipper chairs in a Casa Branca stripe; Dennis Leen armchairs in a from KRB NYC; molding painted in Brittany Blue by Benjamin Moore. OPPOSITE: The dining room’s oak table and Minton-Spidell chairs were designed for the project. Custom rug by PFM; 19th-century chandelier from Z. Sierra Antiques and Decorative; sconces by Ralph Pucci; curtains of a Holland Sherry linen; painting by David Bell.
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The Jasper sofas in the living room have custom slipcovers in a Schumacher perfor- mance linen. Armchair (left) by Baker; cocktail table by Maison Jansen; rug by Patterson Flynn; custom pink wall paint by Benjamin Moore; artwork (right) by Karina Gentinetta. “I am a classicist at heart, so I tried to retain as many original details as possible.” —MaryMcDonald
E L L E D E C O R 96 ABOVE LEFT: Bert Stern photographs of Marilyn Monroe hang at the end of the entry gallery. Louis XVI bergères; pendants by Formations; wallcovering by de Gournay. ABOVE RIGHT: The antique pendant in the front stair hall is by Carlos de la Puente. 19th-century Empire table; custom runner by Codimat. RIGHT: In Blandino’s dress- ing room, graphic tiles by Walker Zanger play off the shape of the octagonal cen- ter island. Custom pendant by Paul Marra; sconces by Jonathan Browning Studios; lamp by Visual Comfort; antique Venetian mirror. OPPOSITE: A custom oak bed pairs with floors painted to mimic parquet in the primary bedroom. Vintage French swivel chairs; custom wallcover- ing by Gracie; curtains of a Schumacher moiré.
on the great lawn to add to the mature sycamores already on-site. Forest pansy redbuds and crepe myrtles rustle outside the living room windows, while Chinese elms and hollyhocks surround the fountain in the garden. “We take a walk every morning and night throughout the property,” says Johnson. “It’s the most private, magical, beautiful piece of land in Bel-Air,” Blandino adds. Inside, the feeling of quiet grandeur continues. If the couple’s first home was a pure Francophile fantasy, with bold colors and prints in virtually every room, their Bel-Air home is quite calm by comparison. It was built in 1927 by the architect Gordon Kaufmann (who later helped to design the Hoover Dam) in an architectural blend of Regency, French country, and Italianate influences. McDonald pre- served historic features like moldings, wood paneling, and geometric floors. “I’m a classicist at heart, so I tried to retain as many original details as possible,” the designer says. That’s not to say the renovation wasn’t extensive. The primary bedroom suite was completely redone and expanded, and the kitchen needed an overhaul. Original elements that couldn’t be saved were replicated or reinter- preted, most impressively the floors in the primary suite, which were hand-painted to look like neoclassical parquet. The bedroom transforms from neutral-toned retreat by day to sparkling oculus by night. “The room has the most incredible views,” says Blandino. “You can see the twinkling lights of the city out of the windows.” Much louder is the Madeleine Castaing–inspired TV room, doused in rich raspberry hues with leopard walls. But most of the rooms speak more softly. The main living room has walls in the couple’s favorite seashell pink (Too Faced’s signature hue). “Instead of their preferred velvet sofas I persuaded them to try slipcovers, which they thought of as old-fashioned, in the living room,” says McDonald. She showed them a picture of what she had in mind—upholstery in a Chanel boutique—and that was the clincher. Now, box- pleated, cream-colored covers provide worry-free seating and can be removed to reveal pink upholstery underneath. In this way, McDonald created a home that feels like a getaway—as romantic as it is relaxed. Casual has never looked more glamorous. “This house has a warm and cuddly energy that lets us take a pause and be social,” Blandino says. “We even hosted a birthday party for our friend Madonna in the greenhouse!” ◾
By Max Berlinger Photographs by William Jess Laird Styled by Bebe Howorth For a pair of high-octane clients, designer Michelle R. Smith fashions a Manhattan oasis that’s as luxurious as it is cool.
99 E L L E D E C O R In the living room of Simon Huck and Phil Riportella’s West Village duplex apartment, which was designed by Michelle R. Smith, the mohair sofa is by Bellini and the chrome and mirrored glass cocktail table is by John Mascheroni. Stool by Andrianna Shamaris; custom rug by Patterson Flynn. For details, see Resources.
uring that strange and surreal pandemic spring of 2020, Simon Huck and Phil Riportella needed to move. The reason will be familiar to many couples who suddenly found themselves working at home during that time: Zoom. “We moved because of his Zoom voice,” says Huck, a quippy public relations and marketing guru who famously works with the Kardashians and is a familiar presence on their TV show and social media feeds. From across the room, Riportella, cofounder of the fra- grance and candle line Snif, issues a protest and then laughs. “I am loud,” he admits. The gregarious couple met seven years ago on Tinder and were married last November at the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles in front of a guest list filled with names like Chrissy Teigen, Hailey Bieber, and Kim and Kourtney. But on a recent summer’s day they were at home in New York, showing off their renovation. When they started their hunt for a new place, Ripor- tella scoured Zillow, leaving no stone unturned. SoHo, TriBeCa, the Upper East Side, Chelsea—you name the Manhattan neighborhood, they looked. For Huck, having room to spread out (and rooms with doors) was key. When Riportella finally found the solution, it was where they least expected it: right in their own backyard, in the same Green- wich Village building where they already lived. The ground-floor duplex had everything they were look- ing for—an ample 2,500 square feet, three bedrooms, and a wraparound terrace. The prewar building had all its charm intact but had received a thorough refresh a decade earlier by COOKFOX Architects and won awards for its sustain- able design. The apartment delivered the best of both worlds: the private and spacious feel of a townhouse with the ameni- ties of a luxury apartment building (gym, pool, doorman). It was not a surprise, then, that designer Michelle R. Smith was brought in to turn the house into a home. The ELLE DECOR A-List talent worked on the couple’s last apart- ment, their two homes in Montauk on New York’s Long Island, Huck’s office, and his brother’s house in Toronto. “Michelle’s our boss—we work for her,” Huck jokes. “And she came in and said, ‘I see what we’re going to do.’” Smith’s vision was to transform the West Village duplex with touches that are minimal but warm, streamlined yet sensual. While she retained the existing floor plan, Smith suggested practical and stylish tweaks throughout. For exam- ple, she leaned heavily on blond oak wood as a means of cre- ating visual cohesion, using it not just for flooring but for millwork ranging from the office’s open shelving to the den’s wall of hidden storage where it conceals a TV. Meanwhile, a new walk-in closet recalls a Madison Avenue boutique in miniature. “I wanted this house to feel like an exquisitely tai- lored Loro Piana coat,” she says. “We used all these cashmere colors, like cream and white, along with the oak.” Furniture adds a layer of texture to play off the surfeit of wood. In the living room, a sofa in plump oatmeal mohair is paired with a mirrored cocktail table. A green velvet set- tee and marble plinth side table in a corner of the dining room is where Huck takes his morning coffee. While neutral tones largely dominate, there are moments of drama to befit a pair of Real Housewives devo- tees. Take the Yves Klein–blue rug that runs up the stairs and anchors both Huck’s office and the primary bedroom. Huck had seen a runner in that color at a friend’s house and suggested it to Smith, who then (pun intended) ran with it. Art adds yet another dimension and was handpicked by the couple with an eye to works that are colorful and abstract. The kitchen, too, is a showstopper, with bold black-and- white-veined marble used not only on the countertops but also for the open shelves, which serve as the room’s focal point. Subway tiles creep up the walls and onto the ceiling, while a vintage stove is another showpiece. All this for a couple who admit they rarely—okay, fine, never!—cook. Huck and Riportella love to entertain, and their wrap- around terrace creates the perfect setting. At their parties, the brass table in the adjoining dining room overflows with catered delights. That relaxed attitude “is a Michelle thing, which I love,” Huck says. “Put your glass down, spill on it, stain it, let it be lived in. The more wear and tear, the better.” ◾ Simon Huck (left) and Phil Riportella in their living room. The artwork is by Paul B.
101 E L L E D E C O R In the dining room, a Brian Thoreen table is surrounded by Giancarlo Valle chairs. Vintage Swedish chandelier from Galerie André Hayat; custom rug by Patterson Flynn; artworks by Ammon Rost (left) and Michael Angel.
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Huck prefers to sit on a custom daybed while working in his home office. Vintage glass side table; custom millwork by the Hoti Group; painting by Jonathan Todryk. OPPOSITE: In the kitchen, Calacatta marble was used for everything from the shelving to the sink and floor. Vintage stool re-covered in wide-wale corduroy; ceiling light by Lumfardo. “I wanted this house to feel like an exquisitely tailored Loro Piana coat.” –Michelle R. Smith
E L L E D E C O R 104 OPPOSITE, TOP: In the stairwell, the artwork is by Joe Henry Baker. Pendant by Coil Drift; sheer Roman shades in a Rogers Goffigon fabric. OPPOSITE, BOTTOM: The dressing room’s green plywood chair is by M.A.H. Custom millwork and sconces by Studio MRS. BELOW: A bright blue custom Patterson Flynn wool rug edged in leather grounds the primary bedroom in color. Bed by Cassina; bedding by Garnet Hill; vintage Holophane sconces.
E L L E D E C O R 106 By Kate Bolick Photographs by Annie Schlechter Styled by Bebe Howorth Whereverhostessextraordinaire RebeccaGardnergoes,good timesfollow.HerNewYorkCity pied-à-terreisnodifferent.
The bedroom of Rebecca Gardner’s apartment in a 1926 converted hotel in Greenwich Village origi- nally designed by Emery Roth. Custom bed canopy in a Busatti linen with Samuel Sons fringe; antique Swedish chande- lier from John Derian; walls painted in Churlish Green by Farrow Ball. For details, see Resources.
he day is Thursday, maybe Friday, in Manhattan, and it’s early evening. Late summer, sultry. The week before, your phone had pinged with a text invite to a cocktail party at Rebecca Gardner’s Greenwich Village apartment. You’d only met her once, on an airplane. But the way she’d made that chance encounter sparkle inspired you to cut off work early and be here now, pulling open an ornate gold door on Fifth Avenue. That the 15-story prewar building began life as a hotel is fitting. Gardner is hospitality incarnate. This welcoming spirit is why, just over a decade ago, at the age of barely 30, Gardner founded Houses Parties, an events and interior design collective dedicated to her two greatest passions. Indeed, she so missed hosting during the pandemic that she added an e-commerce arm to her web- site, stocking it with anything “devotees of the elegant and unusual” might need for entertaining (and then some—as she likes to say, “I specialize in nonessentials”). When Gardner isn’t overseeing her 10-person firm and warehouse from her spacious home base in Savannah, Georgia, she’s here at her “teeny” pied-à-terre near Washington Square Park, staging parties for clients, or just for herself. Getting off the elevator, you hear the sexy, nostalgic strains of the band Pink Martini wafting down the hallway. The door is unlocked. Gardner greets you, smiling and cracking a joke, takes your bag, and sets it by the refrigera- tor. The word teeny has more letters than there are rooms in this apartment—just one little bedroom, a modest sitting area, and a kitchen so small you could blink and miss it. There is also a closet reimagined as a full bar, from which the bartender hands you a vintage crystal tumbler filled with the house drink, Earl Grey Bourbon Punch, icy cold. When asked to describe the place, Gardner says with- out skipping a beat, “turn-of-the-last-century brothel with a really fabulous madam,” then adds, laughing, “it is, after all, the size of a nipple.” The sitting room is painted “dirty lav- ender,” the two windows dressed in “egg-yolky” silk faille, and the floor covered in paprika carpet. At sunset, “the room looks like it’s on fire, and you feel like a great-looking leg might kick out from the curtains at any moment,” she says. Gardner hung the somber oil portraits of distant Eggleston ancestors (the photographer William Eggleston is a cousin) because “the South Texas gilt frames are so serious that they’re hysterical.” On a night like this one, 40 guests happily mingle, elbow to elbow. For more formal seated dinners she unfolds a table for eight in the bedroom. Gardner has staged events for as long as she can remember. Growing up in Corpus Christi, Texas, she planned her birthday parties all year long, piling on ideas until each year’s theme was more extravagant than the last, from “Pink Pigs, Green Frogs, BBQ Picnic Parade” to “Fashion Show Wedding,” which featured a local TV news broadcaster as M.C., friends stalking the catwalk (her par- ents’ driveway), and the birthday girl herself appearing at the end, a vision in white polyester. Once a maximalist, always a maximalist, though over time Gardner has arrived at a few rules for her private fetes. Strong drinks, low lighting (“I avoid overhead lights like the plague”), simple and delicious foods (“never canapés—too fussy—just bar snacks and cheese puffs”), no paper napkins ever, and—above all—comfort. Also, per the late, great writer Julia Reed, an element of danger: pitchers of martinis for empty stomachs, or adding attractive single guests for a competitive game of “pass the orange.” Guest list? Come one, come all (she keeps a running list of potential invitees on her phone). And how does she take a measure of a party’s success? “When someone calls in the morning and tells me, ‘I had a screaming blast, I feel like hell,’” she says. Which happens every morning after, like clockwork. ◾ Rebecca Gardner in her living room, in a Carolina Herrera dress.
109 E L L E D E C O R In a corner of the living room, a Room Board table morphs from a desk by day to a drinks table by night. Lamps, John Rosselli Antiques with shades by Carolina Irving Daughters; rug, Stark. “I make sure to have enough booze and music, and a sense of humor in case something goes wrong. A wad of cash helps too.” –Rebecca Gardner
E L L E D E C O R 110 Text your invite “Instead of a printed invitation, I usually send invites by text. I use Hi-Note to send them, a stylish messaging app. I’m always meeting people I want to invite. Come one, come all—that embodies New York City to me.” Choose your evening “I always host my parties on a Thursday or a Friday. People are more likely to let loose at the end of a workweek.” Host with finesse “The real key to a party is to make sure guests are comfortable. That takes work. You need to make thoughtful introductions and help guests feel special, with drinks in their hands.” Be prepared “Parties are live theater. I make sure to have enough booze and music, and a sense of humor in case something goes wrong. A wad of cash helps too.” Nibbles to noshes “I don’t like canapés (too messy). I have all these French baskets, and I fill them with bar snacks, cheese, things like that. If guests linger, order pizza.” REBECCA GARDNER’S PARTY 101
OPPOSITE: An entry closet is now a bar. Slipcover in a Brunschwig Fils fabric; tray, lamp, ice bucket, and glassware, Houses Parties; Albertus Seba snake prints, Peridot Antiques. ABOVE: Lavender walls contrast with saffron silk faille curtains in the living room. Louis XV daybed in a Manuel Canovas fabric; custom cocktail table by Corbin Cruise; antique tole pendant; rug, Stark; 1830s portraits of Gardner’s ancestors; wall paint, Benjamin Moore’s Honey Hut. RIGHT: The antique Imari plates, glassware, and flatware are from Gardner’s Houses Parties.
112 E L L E D E C O R In the foyer of a fire- resistant residence in Montecito, California, designed by Jamie Bush with help from architecture firm Shubin Donaldson, the stair- well is painted a custom yellow, and the artwork is by Wang Guangle. OPPOSITE: In the main living area, the custom sofa is by Brambila’s Drapery. Cocktail table by Stahl + Band; armchair by Orior; jute rug by Armadillo; artwork by Zhang Huan. For details, see Resources.
By Camille Okhio Photographs by Yoshihiro Makino Styled by Tessa Watson After a catastrophic blaze, an art collector couple taps Jamie Bush to design a home that is built to last.
E L L E D E C O R 114 n a ruggedly picturesque hilltop abutting the Los Padres National Forest in Montecito, California, stands a home that’s a monument to self-sufficiency. But it wasn’t always that way. The owners, a worldly husband and wife with a passion for collecting art, had made peace with their mid- dling Spanish Mediterranean–style house when the devas- tating Thomas Fire of 2017 tore through the property and forced a new beginning. The couple had intended to rebuild their previous home as it was when designer and architect Jamie Bush came on board, pushing them to consider a different direction entirely. To accommodate building laws, Bush suggested a house with the exact same footprint but pared back, with hyper- functional interior architecture. It would be constructed, with the help of architecture firm Shubin Donaldson, from hard-wearing materials, most notably fire-resistant standing seam metal cladding on the exterior. “We wanted to heed the lessons of nature by collaborating with the environment and our immediate surroundings,” the wife says. “The idea for a fire-resistant home came out of the con- cept of The Machine in the Garden,” Bush says, referring to Leo Marx’s 1964 book about industrialization’s mark on the natural world—a favorite in architecture programs. “We thought about the romanticized aesthetic of the man-made within a bucolic setting.” The designer looked at outbuildings and sheds as references, structures that often go unnoticed but prove to be most useful. “I love the idea of industrial, modest materials that recede into the landscape,” he says. The cladding speaks to this idea perfectly, though the interiors are just as thoroughly considered. In the primary suite, the wide-plank white American oak used on the floors proved too delicious to stay underfoot; Bush specified it for the walls in the same dimensions as the flooring planks, creating an interior that disappears once you’re in it. The color palette for the home was decided on equally rational-yet-inventive terms. “The couple are educated aesthetes, with an extensive art collection,” Bush says. “When we talked about infusing color into the house, we looked at the early modernism of the Bauhaus. That led us to primary colors.” An Alexander Calder piece (now the focal point of a blue powder room) served as a springboard for color testing. “We were inspired by how Charlotte Perriand embraced the transformative potential of primary colors and found expression in their abstraction,” the wife adds. Large swaths of yellow, red, and blue appear on walls and in furnishings on every floor of the house. Tan- gerine explodes in tiny doses throughout, while a faded peach stone was chosen for the primary bathroom to match the white oak. Calder isn’t the only iconic artist represented in the couple’s collection. A white lounge chair by Dutch Bauhaus architect Gerrit Rietveld sits in the primary suite beside German lighting designer Ingo Maurer’s scrunched paper Lampampe. Mexican designer Pedro Friedeberg’s hand chair waves at them from across the room; Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto’s photographs hang above the headboard. In the living room, a sofa by Polish-Brazilian mid- century designer Jorge Zalszupin separates the space from the dining area, with works by Louise Nevelson nestled around it. A painting by Wang Guangle welcomes guests into the foyer, while a work by Nathalie Du Pasquier draws the eye down the ground floor hallway leading from the kitchen to the children’s rooms. The centerpiece of the home is the perforated metal staircase that punctuates all three floors, powder-coated in a bright raincoat yellow. When the low ceiling at the top- floor landing proved structurally unsound for a skylight, Bush looked to artist Olafur Eliasson’s 2003 installation at the Tate Modern, The Weather Project, for inspiration, com- missioning a half-dome light fixture that looks like the sun when reflected off the mirrored ceiling. And while fire may be well represented in the design of the home, it doesn’t define the property. Earth is ever- present in local plantings like manzanita, native buckwheat, and sage, grown alongside California lilac to emphasize Marx’s machine-in-the-garden concept. Air circulates easily throughout the house, and with the windows open, more than just the California breeze comes in. “You hear croak- ing frogs and birds at all times of the day,” says Bush. The sea, just steps away, completes the circle, making the home self-contained in more ways than one. “It is a part of the landscape,” the wife says. ◾
The dining area opens onto the terrace through floor-to-ceiling sliding doors. Bleached Balinese hardwood table; vintage swivel chairs; pendant by Ingo Maurer.
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On the pool terrace, the dining table is by Bkon Millwork, and the chairs are by Robina Benson. Sculpture by Yasuhide Kobashi; land- scape architecture by Franz Design Studio. “I love the idea of industrial, modest materials that recede into the landscape.” —Jamie Bush
118 E L L E D E C O R The media room’s BB Italia sectional is in a Sidro fabric. Gae Aulenti cocktail table; Gaetano Pesce armchair; rug by Armadillo; curtains of a Fabricut fabric; photographs by Ron Church. OPPOSITE, BOTTOM: A custom limestone center table by DenHolm grounds the primary bedroom lounge. Dan John Anderson stools; Vico Magistretti chandelier; rug by Marc Phillips; artwork by Hai Bo.
LEFT: Sydney Harbour paint in Blue Bottle covers the powder room walls. Pendant by Massimo Vignelli; Hermès basket. ABOVE: A Nathalie Du Pasquier painting hangs at the end of a hallway leading to the children’s rooms.
ABOVE: White oak floor- ing is applied as paneling in the primary bedroom. Custom bed by Brambila’s Drapery; nightstand by Disc Interiors; photo- graphs by Hiroshi Sugimoto; sculpture by René Letourneur. LEFT: The primary bath- room is treated in lime- stone, oak, and plaster. Sconces by Apparatus; vanity by DJ Custom Benchworks; chair by Nickey Kehoe; stool (left) by Bzippy; artwork by Prabhavathi Meppayil. OPPOSITE: In the primary bathroom, a ceramic and glass side table by Ben Aja Blanc stands in front of an oak barrel tub by Wood Water. Room divider, Hostler Burrows; ceramic planter by Timothy Doyle.
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Forcustomerservice,changesofaddress,andsubscriptionorders,logontoelledecor.com/service orwritetoCustomerServiceDepartment,ELLEDECOR,P.O.Box6000,Harlan,IA51593.From timetotime,wemakeoursubscriberlistavailabletocompanieswhosellgoodsandservicesbymail thatwebelievewouldinterestourreaders.Ifyouwouldrathernotreceivesuchoffersviapostalmail, pleasesendyourcurrentmailinglabelorexactcopytoMailPreferenceService,P.O.Box6000, Harlan,IA51593.Youcanalsovisitpreferences.hearstmags.comtomanageyourpreferences andoptoutofreceivingmarketingoffersbyemail.ELLEDECORisnotresponsibleforunsolicited manuscriptsorart.Nonewillbereturnedunlessaccompaniedbyaself-addressedstamped envelope.Canadianregistrationnumber126018209RT0001.POSTMASTER:Pleasesend addresschangestoELLEDECOR,P.O.Box6000,Harlan,IA51593.PrintedintheU.S.A. CORRECTION InourSummerissue,thefeature “CalculatedRisk”(page122) misidentifiedaRichardNeutrahouse inLosAngelesthatwasboughtby designerDavidNetto.Itisthe OharaHouse. E L L E D E C O R 122 R E S O U RC E S STEPHAN JULLIARD Items pictured but not listed are from private collections. COVER Top:Bode,bode.com. Pants: Lemaire, us.lemaire.fr. Shoes: NikexComme desGarçons,nike.com. Top: Harago,@harago_. Pants: Balenciaga,balenciaga.com. Shoes: MaisonMargiela,maison margiela.com. TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 24: Wallcovering: DeGournay, degournay.com. PAGE 28: Fixture: SparkLighting, sparklights.com. GAME CHANGER Interior design: Mark Grattan, @markgrattan. PAGE 74: Wallcovering: Élitis,elitis.fr. Artwork: XavierKelley,xray-visions .com.PAGE 75: Sofa fabric: Dedar, dedar.com. Sofa leather: Milton Sokol,miltonsokol.com. Rug: HechizooTextiles,hechizoo.com. PAGE 77: Barstools: Cassina,cassina .com. Tiles: Mutina,mutina.it. Fittings: Kohler,kohler.com.PAGE 78: Sofa fabric: Dedar. Rug: RCompany, r-and-company.com. Vessel: Nur Ceramics,nurceramics.com.PAGE 79: Wallcovering: Élitis. Fittings: Studio PietBoon,pietboon.com. Mirror: Fenestella,fenestellany.com. Paint: BenjaminMoore,benjaminmoore .com. Artwork: XavierKelley. Rug: RCompany.PAGE 80: Rug: Fabrica,fabrica.com. Armchair: RCompany. Paint: BenjaminMoore.PAGE 81: Tiles: Sicis,sicis.com. Showerheads: StudioPietBoon. GILTY PLEASURE Interior design: Pierre Gonalons, pierregonalons.com. PAGES 82–83: Armchair fabric: Métaphores,metaphores.com. Paint: LittleGreene,littlegreene.eu.PAGE 84: Wallcovering: DeGournay,de gournay.com.PAGE 86: Fittings: MSG Taps,msgtaps.com.PAGES 88–89: Bed fabric: Métaphores. Bedding: Hermès,hermes.com. Rug: Pinton, pinton1867.com. Paint: LittleGreene. THE BELLE OF BEL-AIR Interior design: Mary McDonald, marymcdonald.com. Architecture: Mike Holz, mikeholzarchitect.com. Landscape architecture: Patricia Benner, benner-design.com. PAGES 90–91: Sofa fabric: Schumacher,schumacher.com. Cocktail table and stools:Chaddock, chaddockhome.com. Curtain fabric: PierreFrey,pierrefrey.com. PAGES 92–93: Wallpaper: Iksel,iksel .com. Chairs: DennisLeen,dennis andleen.com. Chair fabric: Casa Branca,casabranca.com. Armchair fabric: Jasper,michaelsmithinc.com. Side tables: KRBNYC,krbnyc.com. Paint: BenjaminMoore,benjamin moore.com. Chairs: Minton-Spidell, minton-spidell.com. Chandelier: Z.SierraAntiquesandDecorative, zsierra.com. Sconces: RalphPucci, ralphpucci.com. Curtain linen: HollandSherry,hollandandsherry .com.PAGES 94–95: Armchair: Baker,bakerfurniture.com. Slipcovers: Schumacher. Rug: PattersonFlynn, pattersonflynn.com. Paint: Benjamin Moore. Curtains: Schumacher. PAGES 96–97: Photographs: Bert Stern,bertstern.com. Pendants: Formations,formationsusa.com. Wallcovering: DeGournay, degournay.com. Runner: Codimat, codimatcollection.com. Tiles: Walker Zanger,walkerzanger.com. Pendant: PaulMarra,paulmarradesign.com. Sconces: JonathanBrowningStudios, jonathanbrowninginc.com. Lamp: VisualComfortCo.,visualcomfort .com. Wallcovering: Gracie, graciestudio.com. NEUTRAL PARTY Interior design: Michelle R. Smith, studiomrs.com. PAGES 98–99: Stool: Andrianna Shamaris,andriannashamarisinc.com. Rug: PattersonFlynn,pattersonflynn .com.PAGE 101: Table: BrianThoreen, brianthoreen.com. Chairs: Studio GiancarloValle,giancarlovalle.com. Chandelier: GalerieAndréHayat, galerieandrehayat.com.PAGE 102: Millwork: HotiGroup,hotigroup .com. Artwork: JonathanTodryk, jonathantodryk.com.PAGE 103: Ceiling light: Lumfardo,lumfardo.com. PAGES 105–106: Rug: PattersonFlynn. Bed: Cassina,cassina.com. Bedding: GarnetHill,garnethill.com. Sconces: Holophane,holophane.acuitybrands .com. Artwork: JoeHenryBaker, joehenrybaker.com. Pendant: Coil+Drift,coilanddrift.com. Shade fabric: RogersGoffigon, rogersandgoffigon.com. SLEEP, EAT, PARTY, REPEAT Interior design: Rebecca Gardner, housesandparties.com. PAGE 107: Bed linen: Busatti, busatti.com. Fringe: SamuelSons, samuelandsons.com. Chandelier: JohnDerian,johnderian.com. Paint: FarrowBall,farrow-ball.com. PAGE 108: Dress: CarolinaHerrera, carolinaherrera.com.PAGE 109: Table: RoomBoard,roomandboard .com. Lamps: JohnRosselliAntiques, johnrosselli.com. Shades: Carolina IrvingandDaughters,ci-daughters .com. Rug: Stark,starkcarpet.com. PAGES 110–111: Slipcover: Brunschwig Fils,brunschwigfils.com.Tray, lamp, ice bucket, glassware, plates, flatware:HousesParties,houses andparties.com. Daybed fabric: ManuelCanovas,manuelcanovas .com. Cocktail table: CorbinCruise,corbincruise.com. Rug: Stark. Paint: BenjaminMoore, benjaminmoore.com. THROUGH THE FIRE Interior design: Jamie Bush + Co., jamiebush.com. Architecture: Shubin Donaldson, shubindonaldson .com. Landscape architecture: Franz Design Studio, franzdesign studio.com. PAGES 112–113: Sofa: Brambila’s Drapery,brambilas.com. Cocktail table: Stahl+Band,stahl andband.com. Armchair: Orior,orior furniture.com. Rug: Armadillo,armadillo- co.com.PAGE 115: Pendant: Ingo Maurer,ingo-maurer.com. PAGES 116–117: Dining table: Bkon Millwork,bkonmillwork.com. Chairs: RobinaBenson,robinabenson.com. PAGE 118: Sofa: BBItalia,bebitalia .com. Armchair: GaetanoPesce, gaetanopesce.com. Curtains: Fabricut,fabricut.com. Rug: Armadillo.PAGE 119: Limestone table: DenHolm,den-holm.com. Stools: DanJohnAnderson,danjohn anderson.com. Rug: MarcPhillips, marcphillipsrugs.com. Paint: SydneyHarbourPaintCompany, shpcompany.com. Basket: Hermès, hermes.com.PAGE 120: Bed: Brambila’sDrapery. Nightstand: Disc Interiors,discinteriors.com. Sconces: Apparatus,apparatusstudio.com. Vanity: DJCustomBenchworks, djcustombenchworks.com. Chair: NickeyKehoe,nickeykehoe.com. Stool: BzippyCo.,bzippyand company.com.PAGE 121: Side table: BenAjaBlanc,benandajablanc .com. Tub: Wood+Water,woodand water.com.au. Room divider: Hostler Burrows,hostlerburrows.com. The entrance hall of a Paris apartment designed by Pierre Gonalons (page 82).
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E L L E D E C O R 124 MY K I N D O F RO OM MAT THIEU SALVAING “I discovered Villa Planchart, the house that Italian architect Gio Ponti built for the car dealer Armando Planchart and his wife, Anala, while I was researching Italian midcentury design. The house in Caracas, Venezuela, is now owned and maintained by a foundation in the homeowners’ names and has been kept in its original condition since 1956. As I grew increasingly familiar with Ponti, his work became more than just beautiful. His buildings are testaments to how a well- designed space should feel and function. I love his use of marble to make patterns on the floor, fusing the interior and exterior spaces to create a home that suited its owners but also reflected his vision. That and his use of color and stripes on the ceiling allow for depth, texture, and playfulness without forsaking elegance.” —As told to Camille Okhio Gio Ponti’s Villa Planchart in Caracas, Venezuela. villaplanchart.net ON CLOSER INSPECTION Gio Ponti’s use of pattern at Villa Planchart sparks joy for interior designer Delia Kenza.
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  • 37. 34 E L L E D E C O R SHARON R ADISCH; ST YLING: JOCELYN CABR AL HEARST MAGAZINES ADVERTISING INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP FOOD, PHARMA, LIQUOR, CPG PET Patricia Haegele FASHION LUXURY Haley Bachmann BEAUTY, WELLNESS MASS RETAIL Elizabeth Webbe Lunny HOME DESIGN Jennifer Levene Bruno TRAVEL, TECH, FINANCE OUTDOOR Chris Peel CATEGORY LEADERS Karen Deutsch, Dan Fuchs, Christine L. Hall, David Hamilton, RW Horton, Bridget McGuire, Jeanne Noonan, Sara Rad, Julie Spitalnick, Bill Upton, John Wattiker, Tara Weedfald ELLE DECOR VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING Julia Fry BRAND CONTENT STRATEGY Matthew Hare FINANCE OPERATIONS GENERAL MANAGER Christopher J. Tosti AD SERVICES Merrill Diamond PUBLIC RELATIONS SENIOR PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER Jamie Panas Antoniou EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PUBLIC RELATIONS Carrie Carlson HEARST MAGAZINES CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER Todd Haskell HEARST MEDIA SOLUTIONS Tom Kirwan HEARST DATA SOLUTIONS Mike Nuzzo CHIEF MEDIA OFFICER Jeffrey W. Hamill ADVERTISING REVENUE OPERATIONS Rachael Savage AGENCY RELATIONS Leslie Picard INTERNATIONAL OFFICES ITALY Roberta Battocchio, Global General Manager, 39-02-6619-2327, rbattocchio@hearst.it; Lavinia Cerutti, Head of Editorial Coordination for International Editions, Via Bracco 6, 20159 Milano, 39-02-6619-2935, lcerutti@hearst.it UNITED KINGDOM Ben Chesters, Head of Global Sales, Hearst Global, 72 Broadwick Street, London, W1F 9EP, 44-20-7439-0000, ben.chesters@hearst.co.uk CONSUMER MARKETING VICE PRESIDENT Rick Day TRADEMARK NOTICE ELLE® AND ELLE DECORATION™ ARE USED UNDER LICENSE FROM THE TRADEMARK OWNER, HACHETTE FILIPACCHI PRESSE, A SUBSIDIARY OF LAGARDÈRE SCA. A DIVISION OF CEO Constance Benqué CEO ELLE INTERNATIONAL LICENSES François Coruzzi SVP/INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR OF ELLE ELLE DECORATION Valéria Bessolo Llopiz CREATIVE DIRECTOR OF ELLE DECORATION Linda Bergmark MARKETING DIRECTOR OF ELLE ELLE DECORATION Morgane Rohée DIGITAL GRAPHIC DESIGN DIRECTOR OF ELLE ELLE DECORATION Marine Le Bris SYNDICATION DIRECTOR Séverine Laporte SYNDICATION COORDINATOR Johanna Jegou COPYRIGHTS MANAGER Kenza Allal PIXELLE DATABASE MANAGER Pascal Iacono INTERNATIONAL AD SALES HOUSE: LAGARDÈRE GLOBAL ADVERTISING SVP/INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING Julian Daniel jdaniel@lagarderenews.com Hermès H08 Dial: Concrete-colored diamondlike carbon coating with yellow indices, second hand, and ring on crystal. $6,800 hermes.com
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  • 39. @as4d E L L E D E C O R 36 E D I TO R ’S L E T T E R FROM LEFT: MARCUS MORRIS; KELLY MARSHALL OUR COVER STORY THIS MONTH BEGAN, AS SO MANY THINGS DO these days, with a slide into the DMs. When U.S. Women’s National Team soccer superstar Megan Rapinoe and her wife, former WNBA guard Sue Bird, purchased a Manhattan apartment and found themselves in need of an interior designer, they tapped Mark Grattan for the job with a message that included an earnest call for “HALP!” What Grattan delivered is the same finesse that landed his own Mexico City apartment on the cover of this magazine in April 2021: a home that is as cool and well edited as it is livable, full of clever color combinations and sumptuous textures. It’s a testament to Grattan’s skill that Rapinoe and Bird’s aerie feels like a distillation and heightening of their tastes. And isn’t that what style is all about? Identifying your fascinations, obsessions, and pet interests, not just in the THE STYLE ISSUE service of a look, but also as a way of creating a home that is a true expression of who you really are? Grattan’s work for Rapinoe and Bird is a resounding answer in the affirmative to those questions. Elsewhere in this issue, we visit exceptional homes in Paris, California, and New York City. For our essay column, writer Thessaly La Force explores the meaning of “glam- our” outside of the filter of nostalgia that so often defines it. And just in time for the new season, we also survey the most exciting new furniture, lighting, and accessories for a home in need of a bit of autumn oomph. Enjoy. ◾ Designer Mark Grattan (left) with Megan Rapinoe (center) and Sue Bird at the couple’s home in New York City (page 74).
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  • 42. 39 E L L E D E C O R THE BEST DESIGN DISCOVERIES By Parker Bowie Larson Photographs by Vincent Dilio Styled by Andy Harman CURB APPEAL Five fashion-forward home introductions hit the streets of New York City. Saut Hermès Teapot, $720; Creamer, $270; Teacup, $250. hermes.com
  • 43. 40 E L L E D E C O R W H AT ’S N E X T Duke Bar by Ralph Lauren Home Price upon request. ralphlauren.com Flora Tigers Quilt by Gucci $1,800 gucci.com Royal College Pillow by Loro Piana $925 loropiana.com Animalier Vase by Lucia Massari for DGCasa Price upon request. dolcegabbana.com
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  • 45. E L L E D E C O R 42 FA L L L I G H T I N G S P E C I A L GEMMA SCONCE: MICHAEL DRUCE; EAR BLOOMS: SIMON LEUNG; BANNER SCONCE: JOSEPH DE LEO; LURE R ADIATA SPRIG: DANIEL SEUNG LEE ALL AGLOW Light fixtures can often be pared back or minimalist, but the latest designs—like the sconces on this page—balance graceful forms with fresh finishes and colorways. Here, we share our favorite recent releases. Get ready to go for the bold. —Helena Madden Apollo by Studio 0405 $345 us.hay.com Tri Stars Sconce by David Rockwell $9,730 lasvit.com Ear Blooms 2 by Vincent Pocsik $4,200 objectivegallery.com Loire Small Sconce by Aerin $479 visualcomfort.com Lure Radiata Sprig 2 $10,500 pelledesigns.com Banner Sconce Price upon request. bluegreenworks.com Oscar Sconce Glass Shade $7,050 rwguild.com Gemma Sconce by In Common With x Sophie Lou Jacobsen $1,750 incommonwith.com Trifoglio Sconce Price upon request. achillesalvagni.com
  • 47. E L L E D E C O R 44 FA L L L I G H T I N G S P E C I A L NEO -VANIT Y PENDANT: CHELSIE CR AIG; GINKGO BLOSSOM CHANDELIER: BL ACK STEIL Crowning Glory Time to cast some light on the subject! The newest pendants and chandeliers do more than just illuminate a foyer or salon: Sculptural, elegant pieces also add a welcome dose of statement- making style to your home. Snap up any of these glamorous options for a truly electric design scheme. —H.M. Afloat by Luca Nichetto $4,405 lladrocontract.com Metal No. 2 Pendant by Mark D. Sikes $1,036 hvlgroup.com Ginkgo Blossom Chandelier Price upon request. rosieli.com PH Artichoke by Poul Henningsen for Fendi Casa Price upon request. louispoulsen.com and fendicasa.com Astrid Chandelier by Four Hands $1,450 perigold.com It’s Lit Pendant Price upon request. kathytaslitz.com Iriss Suspensions by Maylis et Charles Tassin Price upon request. theinvisiblecollection.com Neo-Vanity Pendant Light $4,000 kikigoti.com
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  • 49. 46 E L L E D E C O R W H AT ’S N E X T THE SHINMONZEN: SHUN JI YOSHIDA; DRIES VAN NOTEN: JEAN - PIERRE GABRIEL The bar at Kyoto’s Jean-Georges at the Shinmonzen, a restaurant designed by architect Stephanie Goto. The new Dries Van Noten beauty and accessories boutique in the French capital. SHOP:PARIS FINISHING TOUCH Belgian fashion icon Dries Van Noten’s designs are widely coveted. But Van Noten is also known for his impeccable interior design taste, as at his neoclassi- cal home in the Belgian countryside (with interiors by Gert Voorjans) and his shops on Paris’s Quai Malaquais. The new Dries Van Noten beauty and accessories boutique, which opened in July beside the brand’s men’s store, brings that lush, gimlet sensibility to a space dedicated to hand- bags, scarves, perfume, and more. Swathed in alabaster and ocher velvet, the boutique occupies a ground-level space in a 17th-century hôtel particulier that was once home to the prince of Transylvania. Today, visitors can find Van Noten’s wares in an environment that combines a 1970s Venini glass chandelier and a 17th-century Flemish tapestry with ease. We would expect nothing less from a master of the mix. —A.S. driesvannoten.com THE AGENDA What’s shaping our tastes and topping our to-do lists this month. EAT: KYOTO HAI, CHEF! Though Kyoto, with its plentiful temples, is widely considered the seat of Japan’s cultural heritage, the city has modernist bona fides too. For evidence, look no further than ELLE DECOR A-List architect Stephanie Goto’s elegant scheme for Jean-Georges at the Shinmonzen, the restaurant in a new boutique hotel designed by Tadao Ando. Local craft traditions, like the space’s shikkui plaster walls in deep crimson, and the raw beauty of natural materials, as in the bar made from a single slab of heavily veined Rosso Antico stone, inspired Goto’s interiors. “We wanted to keep everything very simple” but offer “whimsy and an unexpected quality” on a closer look, says Goto. Mission accomplished. —Asad Syrkett theshinmonzen.com
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  • 51. E L L E D E C O R 48 W H AT ’S N E X T MAISON GAINSBOURG: MICHEL L AURENT/GET T Y IMAGES; THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL: DOUGL AS FRIEDMAN; BOOK COVER: IL AN RUBIN STAY:NEW YORK CITY TO THE MANOR REBORN Tourists with a taste for Gilded Age New York will soon alight upon the Fifth Avenue Hotel, opening this month, from the ELLE DECOR A-List firm Martin Brudnizki Design Studio in collabo- ration with Flâneur Hospitality. Formerly the site of the home and carriage house of one Ms. Charlotte Goodridge, herself a doyenne of 19th-century hospitality, the project marries two spectacular buildings—the Mansion, a five-story Renaissance-style palazzo by McKim, Mead White dating back to 1907, and the Tower, a new 24-story glass column designed by Perkins Eastman and PBDW Architects. With 153 guest rooms and suites outfitted in Brudnizki’s signa- ture sumptuousness (think hand-pleating done by Parisian craftsmen) and a food and beverage program under the direction of chef Andrew Carmellini—the force behind local favorites like Locanda Verde and Carne Mare—this corner of NoMad is elegantly poised for a return to form. —Sean Santiago thefifthavenuehotel.com VISIT:PARIS CHEZ AMOUR This month, one of Paris’s most famed addresses—the Left Bank home of song- writer Serge Gainsbourg and his lover, actress and singer Jane Birkin, who died in July—will open to the public as a house museum. Their daughter, Charlotte, who owns the home, spearheaded the project. She kept the space, which she has renamed Maison Gainsbourg, exactly as it was when her parents lived there, down to the Gitanes butts in the ashtray. A nearby annex houses exhibition space, a bookshop, and a piano bar and café. —Karen Burshtein maisongainsbourg.fr Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg at their home in Paris. A guest suite (left) and a sitting area at New York City’s Fifth Avenue Hotel, designed by Martin Brudnizki. BOOKMARK DAZZLE ’EM The late jewelry designer David Webb believed that jewelry is an art form, as critical to culture as painting and architecture. The Art of David Webb: Jewelry and Culture, by the jewelry historian Ruth Peltason, chronicles Webb’s wide-ranging references, from a 19th-century chrysanthemum print by the Japanese artist Hokusai, which Webb reimagined as a coral brooch, to Gustav Klimt’s painting Tree of Life, which inspired a necklace of the same name. Most exciting for the architecturally inclined might be Webb’s interpretation of the Guggenheim Museum as a banded gold cuff. —Camille Okhio rizzoli.com
  • 52. Lumens.com Super Table Lamp by Memphis Milano • Ripple Lacquer Mirror by Jonathan Adler Roly Poly Armchair by Driade • Chess Table by Moooi • Pilastro Stool by Kartell Lumens is proud to support authentic design as a member of Be OriginalAmericas.
  • 53. ADVERTISEMENT Renowned Minnesota-based interior designer Kelli Fontana has handpicked a selection of stand-alone stunners for The Tile Shop’s latest collection that will effortlessly transform any space. Drawing inspiration from the organic beauty of countless natural stones, wood species, and lighting elements, Fontana has carefully blended these diverse elements into a harmonious collection that will capti- vate your senses. CAPTIVATING ELEGANCE The large-scale Tommas tiles possess a commanding presence that is both crisp and dreamlike. These tiles are designed to make a statement and elevate the ambiance of any space they adorn. With their generous dimensions, they create an immersive and awe- inspiring visual experience. UNLEASH CREATIVITY For those seeking to create an enchanting powder bathroom, the Patina mirrored tiles are the perfect choice. Their reflective surfaces can be used to amplify natural light, creating a sense of brightness and spaciousness. The distinctive colors add depth and character to any space, making them an ideal choice for those who seek to infuse their environment with a sense of uniqueness and artistry. TIMELESS PATTERN The Inlay Proper tiles showcase an exquisite pattern that seamlessly flows from one tile to the next, creating a sense of continuity and fluidity. Each tile is meticulously crafted, ensuring that the pattern aligns flawlessly, resulting in a visually stunning display. This attention to detail allows for the creation of captivating feature walls, striking backsplashes, or even an entire floor adorned with these remarkable tiles. Visit your nearest Tile Shop showroom to view the Kelli Fontana Collection and step into a world where nature’s beauty meets timeless elegance, and let the collection transform your space into a work of art. Patina Gilded Mirror Wall Tile When installed in the interior of a window, mirrored tiles add an intriguing element to the room. The reflection of the outdoors creates a dynamic visual display, expanding natural light and making the space feel more vibrant and alive. Tommas Carrara Ceramic Wall Tile This ceramic wall tile has a truly captivating presence with its raised, fluted surface, which can lay both horizontally or vertically. Patina Siren Mirror Wall Tile Add a touch of vintage glamour to your space with a light grey mirrored surface featuring a lightly weathered, patina finish and a confetti of cloudy sparks. ELEVATE YOUR SPACE KELLI FONTANA
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  • 55. E L L E D E C O R 52 P O I N T O F V I E W MIRROR, CHAIR, L AMP: COURTESY OF 1STDIBS; PL ATE: DEA/A . DAGLI ORTI/GET T Y IMAGES By Thessaly La Force Illustrations by Martin Cole R ecently, I bought an apartment that will require a complete renovation. Nothing fancy, though it won’t be cheap, and as with such endeavors, I’ve found it’s become an all-consuming project. For instance, I am now fixated on acquiring a vintage Uchiwa pendant lamp made by the midcentury German industrial designer Ingo Maurer. Crafted from bamboo fans, fabric, and paper and resembling the open petals of an anemone flower, the lamp is a beautiful relic of the 1970s. Maurer was called “the poet of light,” and his command of it deserves reverence. Partly because his Uchiwa lamps have not been produced since 1984 and partly because of the frailty of their materials, they are expensive. According to the Parisian dealer I’ve been emailing with, the lamp I want costs more than a year’s worth of childcare for my toddler. Much of its allure has to do with my having first glimpsed the lamp in the apartment of a New York fashion designer I had long admired. This was many years ago, An obsession with a rare vintage lamp helps one writer gain an understanding of glamour in the social-media age.
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  • 57. E L L E D E C O R 54 P O I N T O F V I E W KET TLE: GET T Y IMAGES but the impression it made on me still runs deep. She was throwing a dinner party. There were white anemone flow- ers on the table, and she had set out her mother’s silver. The designer’s taste was so idiosyncratic and singular that any attempt on my part to imitate it was likely a grave mistake. And yet, the Uchiwa lamp’s beauty took on a possessive quality for me, the way many glamorous objects do. It felt as though my appreciation for it empowered me with a sense of ownership over it. But as I became familiar with the lamp’s existence, I realized that it had, in recent years, taken on a new dimen- sion. It often appeared in the bland homes of wealthy people. Unlike the apartment of the quirky fashion designer, these interiors were conventionally tasteful and carefully consid- ered. Which isn’t always a good thing. As the late critic Dave Hickey once wrote: “Bad taste is real taste, of course, and good taste is the residue of someone else’s privilege.” What had become of glamour? Of the way an object (or a dress or a room) can create a beguiling sense of sophisti- cation and worldliness that makes us believe that simply by being in its presence, we’ve been elevated out of the tedium of everyday life? Glamour had become almost moribund in its consistency. Every wealthy home looked like everybody else’s wealthy home—Instagram-ready, with Ettore Sottsass mirrors and Pierre Jeanneret chairs and Ginori china and Japanese coffee kettles. I was reminded of the time I worked for a billionaire whose townhouse was filled with original pieces by Claude Lalanne and Charlotte Perriand. She com- plained to me of the musty smell of her Pierre Paulin sofa. Hadn’t that been part of its appeal? No. I soon discovered that for her, its worth was in its connection to the past, in its ability to telegraph exclusivity and rarefied taste. While working for her, I got the sense that it was boring being so extraordinarily rich. With money, no gratification was left unsated. Collecting hard-to-find, one-of-a-kind antiques offered an escape, however temporary, from the ennui. I’ve long suspected that we live in a moment that is a little too enamored with the past. As W. David Marx writes in his 2022 book Status and Culture, the internet has made it harder for the cool things to stay cool. “Retromania,” as Marx labels it, reveals our exhaustion with the endless cycle of the new that our hyperconnected age produces. It’s all too easy to figure out—with a scroll through Pinterest or a quick search on 1stDibs—what that 1960s cocktail table is called, who designed it, where to buy it, and for how much. The past is too accessible, which, in turn, destroys whatever opportunities we have to create in the present. Marx quotes the literary critic Harold Bloom, who wrote that “strong poets keep returning from the dead....How they return is the decisive matter, for if they return intact, then the return impoverishes the later poets, dooming them to be remembered—if at all—as having ended in poverty, in an imaginative need they could not themselves gratify.” The luxury market has also changed radically. Too many objects are mass-produced and mass-marketed. What we’re mostly paying for these days is a brand or a logo and rarely much else, something Dana Thomas explored in her 2008 book, Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster. So we revel in the past. We worship craftsmanship. We elevate the creator. We cling to nostalgia. I’m sure if I could afford an Uchiwa, I would still buy one. But I was able to let it go once I recognized what was behind my own obsession. I, too, wanted something that felt touched by history. That seemed as though I had discovered it and not stumbled onto it after a late night flipping through the internet on my phone. People have long filled their homes with antiques. But beauty—like glamour—is defined by more than just nostalgia. As I continue my hunt for the right lamp, I’m curious to see how much my affection for both can detach from the past. For now, my new apartment’s dining room holds a sense of possibility. Whatever I end up choosing will ultimately come with its own narrative, one that bridges the distance between the past and present in ways I won’t fully know until it’s there, an object firmly embedded in the texture of my life. ◾ Thessaly La Force is a writer living in New York City.
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  • 65. 62 E L L E D E C O R S H O R T L I S T PORTR AIT: COURTESY OF GIORGIO ARMANI; T- SHIRT: FABRIZIO MARCO NANNINI; MOVIE POSTER: GET T Y IMAGES; STILL LIFE: ALESSANDRO VASARI/ARCHIVIO VASARI/MONDADORI PORTFOLIO VIA GET T Y IMAGES As told to Sean Santiago GIORGIO ARMANI With a new autobiography out this year, the maestro of Italian minimalism is opening up to his fans. Here, he tells us what keeps him inspired. 7. Antoinette Vanity Art Deco has inspired many of my [furniture] collections. I love its rich purity of shapes. armani.com 8. Giorgio Morandi’s Still Lifes They convey deep feelings and sensations despite being humble assortments of everyday objects. 6. Notorious My favorite film. I consider it to be pure elegance, thanks to the style and perfection of Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman. 4. Cashmere T-Shirt Over time, blue has become my uniform. It’s a classic, vibrant color that I find calming. armani.com 3. Pantelleria My home here is the only place where I truly feel I can “turn off” from stress. The Italian island is great for reconnecting with nature. 2. Rose Co Manchester This lavender water was created by a British aviator who dedicated it to his daughter. 1. Armani/Fiori Our new book commemorates 20 years of our singular approach to floral design. rizzoliusa.com 5. Uri by Marcantonio Raimondi Malerba A life-size resin gorilla, originally from a movie set, he represents my love for the seventh art.
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  • 67. E L L E D E C O R 64 TA L E N T CHAIR: ELIZ ABETH HELTOFT; PORTR AIT: CASPER SE JERSEN FOLLOWING THE THREAD How one fashion insider is turning a textile brand into the world’s first house of design. WITH THE HEELED-BOOT GAIT OF AN INDIE rocker and a perfectly imperfect mane of black hair tumbling past his shoul- ders, Bengt Thornefors seems an unlikely champion of upholstery- weight textiles. But looks, as everyone knows, can be deceiving. When the entrepreneurial Swede was appointed creative director, in 2022, of the nearly-200-year-old textile brand Sahco, he was tasked with mining the tension between past and present to create collections worthy of a true textile maison. As cofounder of the bedware brand Magniberg— which, like Sahco, is now owned by Kvadrat—Thornefors brings with him decades of expertise in the fashion industry, working early on in his career under Acne Studios cofounder Jonny Johansson and later making his way to Saint Laurent, in the mid- 2010s, with then creative director Hedi Slimane, himself no stranger to an alt- rock mindset. But interiors held a special appeal, and Thornefors’s proven ability to move seamlessly between worlds made Kvadrat’s CEO, Anders Byriel, take notice. “Anders is interested in art, he’s interested in culture,” Thornefors says. “I think he wants to learn more about other points of view.” A fresh perspective is exactly what Thornefors offers. For Sahco’s first press presentation at Kvadrat’s New York City headquarters, he approached the space as a white-box gallery, interweaving the fabrics— tailored into garment bags and hang- ing from rolling racks—with fine art photographs and furnishings from Swedish institution Svenskt Tenn. “I was a bit nervous. I’ve heard people say Jonathan [Olivares, the space’s architect] can be a bit hard to please,” Thornefors says. After the event, how- ever, Olivares texted his approval. The new collections have a heri- tage sensibility—decorative florals are a Sahco mainstay—refracted through a contemporary Scandinavian lens. Thornefors points to lime-green embroidery on a jet-black background, for example. “At the end of the day, we sell more than fabric,” he says. “We sell emotions.” —Sean Santiago Fabric samples from Sahco’s special- edition colorway for the Shigeru upholstery line. RIGHT: Designer Bengt Thornefors. FAR RIGHT, FROM TOP: A chair uphol- stered in a Shigeru textile; a swatch of Sahco’s Vivus textile. sahco.com
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  • 76. E L L E D E C O R 67 B U I L D E R By Julie Lasky DOUGL AS FRIEDMAN COUTURE COOKING The kitchen can be much more than merely a room for dishing. In a San Francisco townhouse designed by Nicole Hollis, the marble-on-marble-on- marble kitchen, in pale purple-veined Breccia Capraia, makes a case that restraint can be overrated.
  • 77. E L L E D E C O R 68 B U I L D E R SAM FROST D aniele Busca tells of a client who went hunting for rugs to match the artwork in his new kitchen. The New York City–based creative director of Scavolini USA, the Italian design company, was impressed that the painting hanging near the client’s island was a mustard yellow Picasso. “A Picasso in the kitchen,” he marveled. “That’s glamorous.” Long ago, the kitchen was the embodiment of domestic servitude—plain, functional, and unobtrusive. Now it’s evolved into the centerpiece of home life, taking on the coloring, materials, and textures of the room into which it flows. Today’s kitchen may be arrayed along a living room wall or suddenly pop up when you turn a corner of the family room. Either way, it’s expected to put its best face forward. This means out with naked appliances, in with statement lighting, rugs, and furnishings. Nothing helps a kitchen blend with its surroundings more than cabinetry. Appliances and gadgets are given millwork facades or enclosed within modules, as are nonculinary kitchen features like desks and wet bars. Busca says Scavolini offers custom containers for kitchen appliances that are up to eight feet wide with retractable doors. The most popular use is to hide the army of inven- tions that are helping us cook: the juice extractors, vacuum sealers, air fryers. “A lot of our clients don’t even want to see the sink anymore,” says Nina Magon, whose Houston design studio specializes in streamlined, modern looks. In many cases, sinks along with refrigerators are banished to the pantry so that her kitchens look more like entertainment spaces. “You don’t know if the room is the kitchen,” Magon says. Rich materials contribute to a feeling of modern luxury, whether they are natural stones treated to become more stain-resistant and durable or engineered surfaces that are long on practicality and charm. Onirika, for example, a collection of marble-inspired surfaces that Magon designed for Cosentino, can be vein-matched to create a floating appearance when the material is wrapped around a water- fall countertop. “You can’t do that with natural stone,” Magon says. Glamour also means distinctiveness. The Hamptons- based designer Timothy Godbold says he’s developed an allergy to generic kitchens—like the ubiquitous white mar- ble model lit by a trio of pendants over the island. “I don’t want my client ripping out their kitchen in five years when the trend is over,” he says. For a recent project, Godbold used marble with a camouflage pattern to cover the refrigerator, freezer, and ovens. “I’m really influenced by military style,” he says. (He even published a book on that subject.) The Luxe floor-to-ceiling features and finishes like brushed brass and chiseled stone combine to level up this Los Angeles kitchen by Mary McDonald. (For more of this house, see page 90.) effect was to make the appliances look more like sculpture. For Chicago designer Summer Thornton, kitchen glamour is about unexpected colors and materials. She did a red lacquer kitchen with oak cabinetry and plum-colored stone—hues that not only evoke dishes like pasta with tomato sauce but also disguise any messes. In another of her creations, a jade green Officine Gullo range takes up an entire central island. Thornton has even put hand-painted de Gournay wallpaper on backsplashes, behind glass. “It’s totally fun to make sure that the kitchen is speaking to the rest of the house,” she says. But even small gestures can make a kitchen more glamorous. Thornton suggests adding art (it doesn’t have to be Picasso) “or something that doesn’t necessarily feel that it belongs in the kitchen. I’m always for bringing in something old: a bowl, a vase, a lamp.” The goal is less starkness, more texture. But whatever you do in your is-that-really-a-kitchen? kitchen, make sure the vent is working properly. “There’s nothing worse than walking into a house and smelling food,” Godbold says, “no matter how good it is.” ◾
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  • 79. E L L E D E C O R 70 B U I L D E R Berkshire Brass Quartz Subtle brass veins bring understated elegance to a kitchen surface. Price upon request. cambriausa.com SmartTouch Kitchen Faucet by Jason Wu Add lightness to the countertop with this matte white fixture. $1,343 brizo.com Costa Emerald Tile Set some under-the- sea vibes with these glossy green tiles. $21 per square foot. tileshop.com Dual-Zone Wine Column True Residential’s new Bluestone colorway makes any bottle of vino shine. $14,000 true-residential.com Tipped A+B Tiles A backsplash with these graphic red- and-white tiles makes a striking statement. $30 per square foot. pophamdesign.com Fenimore Pendant by Ariel Okin This light blue pendant from Mitzi beautifully illuminates a kitchen island. $390 lightology.com HAUTE INHERE Turn up the heat with these glamorous kitchen upgrades. By Helena Madden
  • 80. E L L E D E C O R 71 AQUA ZZUR A R ANGE: MAT TIA AQUIL A Brass Designer Refrigerator Panel Nothing says glitz and glam quite like a brass refrigerator. From $3,500. monogram.com Cabinet Pulls by Thom Filicia These architectural hardware pieces add classic style to your cook space. From $90 each. thomfiliciaforaccurate.com Purist Suspend Kitchen Faucet Even dish washing is dreamy with a faucet that hangs from the ceiling. $2,505 kohler.com Timeless Classics Hardware Collection These chic cabinet pulls pair well with all paint colors. Price upon request. emtek.com Asha Tiles by Lisa Hunt Play with pattern by mixing and matching these graphic tiles. From $75 per square foot. annsacks.com La Grande 2000 Classique Need a pop of color? Look no further than this coral range. Price upon request. leatelierparis.com MyBespoke Refrigerator Panel Personalize your kitchen from top to bottom with customizable electronic panels. $300 samsung.com Aquazzura Cooking Range Fashionistas will gravitate toward this chic collaboration with Aquazzura. Price upon request. officinegullo.com
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  • 82. 73 E L L E D E C O R Isitanywonderthatthehomesinthis issuearesomemorable—andpersonal? Afterall,theybelongtoapairofsports superstars,aconsummatehost,aman- about-town,andmore.Comeonin.
  • 83. 74 E L L E D E C O R Sue Bird (left) and Megan Rapinoe in the dining room of their modern pied-à-terre, which was designed by Mark Grattan, in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood. Wallcovering by Élitis; artwork by Xavier Kelley. OPPOSITE: In the living room, the sofa, which is upholstered in a linen by Dedar and leather by Milton Sokol, the cock- tail table, and the mirror are all custom by Mark Grattan. Rug by Hechizoo Textiles. For details, see Resources.
  • 84. By Katherine Bernard Photographs by Kelly Marshall Styled by Tessa Watson Mark Grattan crafts a bold retreat for two globe-trotting sports superstars come home to nest.
  • 85. E L L E D E C O R 76 n 2021, Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe, one of the most decorated power couples in sports, found themselves in pursuit of a new kind of ornamen- tation: the interior design of their first home purchased together. For the former WNBA guard and the reigning U.S. Women’s National Team champion, the winning tip came from Rapinoe’s stylist, Karla Welch, who put her on to ELLE DECOR A-List designer Mark Grattan. Rapinoe slid humbly into Grattan’s Instagram DMs: “My fiancée and I just got a place in SoHo and need HALP!” The place in question was a 1,650-square-foot, two-bedroom pied-à-terre with high ceilings, sweeping views onto the city, and a rooftop terrace to boot. “New York is a really special place to both of us,” Rapinoe says. “Sue is from here. It feels like the place where we fell in love—it feels like home in so many ways.” Grattan was charmed by the soccer star’s effusion of emojis. “I typically let people sweat a little bit,” he says. This time, he responded the same day. Grattan knew he’d need “HALP!” with the project, his first residential design commission outside his own Mexico City home. (That apartment, in a Luis Barragán–designed building, was on ELLE DECOR’s April 2021 cover.) To that end, he brought on friend and frequent collaborator Chloe Pollack-Robbins, of Curious Yellow Design, to manage the job and keep things progressing on an admittedly compressed timeline. “I’m more of a storyteller,” Grattan says. “Chloe understands my glitches, my triggers, my mess. It was very easy to go into this with her.” Rapinoe and Bird were traveling constantly throughout the process, primarily living at their home in Seattle. When they were present, they recognized the strong teamwork at hand. “Athletes and artists aren’t that different,” Bird says. “There is a process. And you can’t skip steps, you just can’t.” The biggest undertaking was the open-plan kitchen, which Pollack-Robbins, while looking for utensils for take- out during a meeting early on, noticed was missing func- tional drawers. By the time the Brazilian quartzite was installed—a variation called Crystal Tiffany used for the countertops, backsplash, and a custom-built island—even the drawer pulls were bespoke. A deep emerald statement ceiling makes the living area feel organically grand, like living under a spectacular leaf. An illuminated lilac, like the underside of a sunlit petal, was Grattan’s unexpected choice for the home’s transitional areas, the hallway to the private quarters and the stairwell leading up to the roof. Rapinoe was initially wary, but the palette, while hard to grasp in theory, is beautiful in execu- tion. “I wanted to try a moment where it doesn’t work on paper,” Grattan says. “It works only in real life.” The project also allowed the designer the space, both literally and figuratively, to test new production methods. He successfully fabricated and installed a freestanding bent mirror behind the living room’s custom sectional sofa, a feat he’d been attempting for years. He also pulled in new pro- cesses from his work with Solange Knowles’s creative firm Saint Heron, collaborating with the artist Quincy Ellis of Brooklyn-based Fracture Studio to develop a resin material for the base of the triangular-glass-topped dining table, off- set by an orange velvet banquette with leather piping. The minty monochrome primary bedroom features wall-to-wall carpeting of which the bespoke bed seems a piece, rendered in velvet and chrome and dressed in a bed- spread made from fabric remnants of Grattan’s upholstered stool collection for the gallerist Cristina Grajales. Built-in nightstands and another instance of mirrored wall offer discreet functionality and a sense of grandeur at scale. The en suite bathroom is a peaceful dual-showerhead sanctuary inspired by Grattan’s recent travels in São Paulo, swathed in aqua-tinted Sicis mosaic tiles with floor-to-ceiling alumi- num shades dressing the windows. This apartment provides a homecoming for the couple in another important way: Bird retired from the WNBA in 2022, and Rapinoe announced in July that this year’s Women’s World Cup would be her last. Grattan’s work sets the stage for this exciting new chapter in their lives. “When- ever I think about retirement and the future, I think about our friends and family sitting on the couch, sharing joy with each other,” Rapinoe says. Bird echoes the sentiment, nodding to their one nonnegotiable—to install a television in the living room where they can gather and watch live sports. For two of the world’s greatest athletes, Grattan was game. ◾ Interior designer Mark Grattan in the living room.
  • 86. The kitchen countertops, backsplash, and custom island are in Brazilian quartzite. Barstools by Mario Bellini for Cassina; Rombini tiles in Glossy Brun by Ronan Erwan Bouroullec for Mutina; fittings by Kohler.
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  • 88. “New York is a really special place to bothof us. It feels like home in so many ways.” —Megan Rapinoe OPPOSITE: In the guest room–cum–office, the sofa is by Flemming Busk in a Dedar fabric. Rug from R Company; vessel by Nur Ceramics. LEFT: In the powder room, the wallcovering is by Élitis. Custom sink in red travertine; fittings by Studio Piet Boon for Cocoon. Vintage mirror, Fenestella. BELOW: The stairwell to the roof terrace is painted in Benjamin Moore’s Whisper Violet. Vintage cowhide stool; artwork by Xavier Kelley.
  • 89. E L L E D E C O R 80 In the primary bedroom, the bed, bedding, night- stand, and mirror are custom. Rug by Fabrica; oak armchair from R Company; walls painted in Antique Jade by Benjamin Moore.
  • 90. The primary bathroom’s walls are covered in glass tiles by Sicis. Showerheads by Studio Piet Boon for Cocoon; vintage chair by F.A. Porsche for Ycami.
  • 91. A custom églomisé fire- place anchors the living room of an apartment designed by Pierre Gonalons on Paris’s Right Bank. Leather sofa and armchair by Pierre Gonalons for Duvivier Canapés; vintage armchair in a Métaphores floral; walls painted in Rusling by Little Greene; artwork by Jacques Villeglé. For details, see Resources.
  • 92. 83 E L L E D E C O R By Ian Phillips Photographs by Stephan Julliard A rising design talent lends brilliant luster to an apartment in Paris.
  • 93. E L L E D E C O R 84 couple of years ago, the owner of this apartment was in France’s rural Auvergne region during the quiet week between Christmas and New Year’s. She took to browsing real estate ads online, deciding to visit some of her discoveries on her return to Paris. “I had no intention of moving,” she insists. “It was simply out of curiosity.” That was until she stepped inside this 1,900-square-foot duplex in a 19th-century building on the city’s Right Bank. She’d been drawn by a photo of an almost psychedelic motif of interlocking cubes in metal that lined the walls of the stair hall. “It looked like something from a 1970s nightclub,” she says. What appealed to her more, however, was the apartment’s atmosphere. “It gave me a really good vibe,” she recalls. “It was very cozy, like a cocoon.” Everything was in working order, and the layout largely suited her. Nonetheless, she called upon one of France’s hottest designers, Pierre Gonalons, for an update. He had recently made a splash with a series of strikingly staged exhibitions of his furniture and lighting collections in grand historic buildings in Paris and Milan. This September, he opens his first U.S. showroom, in New York’s DD Building, which he will share with French wallpaper manufacturer Atelier d’Offard. His creations are often characterized by an interplay of circles or curvaceous forms, as well as the use of finely crafted materials. A series of lights, for instance, is made from Murano glass with a speckled effect known as macchia su macchia, achieved by an age-old technique. For the owner of this apartment, Gonalons was the obvious choice to oversee its transformation. “There’s always something a little classical to Pierre’s work, which I thought would work well within this context,” she says. “We weren’t starting with a blank canvas.” Her main requests were to add a touch of warmth and a dose of color, and to create an aesthetic link between the staircase and the apart- ment’s other eye-catching visual element—a drawing room wrapped in a hand-painted, panoramic de Gournay wallcov- ering called Japanese Garden. “While the existing decor was certainly fun, it lacked coherence,” notes Gonalons. The project was in keeping with his creative interests. “I like it when there’s a bit of fantasy,” he says, “and I also love playing with things that are already in place. I’m a firm believer that you don’t need to get rid of everything when redecorating an interior.” Gonalons maintained the kitchen more or less as it was, keeping the stained-oak millwork and black marble counter- tops and repainting some walls a pale blue. He also opted not to change the gold-flecked runner on the stairs. In the draw- ing room, he installed a low-slung, L-shaped arrangement of ottomans and armchairs covered in a diamond- motif fabric of his own design. For Gonalons, it has not only a slightly 1970s optical effect but also conjures a couple of legendary interiors. One is Diana Vreeland’s riotously red Manhattan living room, and the other a room swathed in Indian printed cottons in Lee Radziwill’s London home. The de Gournay paper also inspired the palette. In the primary bedroom, he hung a honey-toned fabric on the walls. Elsewhere, he chose largely subtle paint colors, including a hint of pink in the sitting room. Gonalons’s most significant addition comes by way of the fireplace. The chimney breast was clad in large églomisé glass panels backed with a gradation of copper, brass, and silver leaf. The hue gets lighter from bottom to top. “My idea was to give the impression that a fire had burned the mirror at the bottom,” he relates. The metallic squares also provide a perfect bridge between the aurous tones of the wallpaper and the patterned staircase. The rest of his intervention was largely decorative, the primary bathroom being the only space he reconfigured, in response to a request for a tub. Yet he more than made his mark by incorporating a host of his own creations. For his client, the result is an extension of the home’s original coziness, with what she calls “a certain eccentricity to the decor.” These days, she likes nothing better than curl- ing up in the drawing room with tea. “When I first came, I thought I’d be living in a nightclub,” she says with a laugh. “In reality, things have turned out rather more sedate.” ◾ Designer Pierre Gonalons in the drawing room, in front of a de Gournay wallcovering.
  • 94. Gonalons designed the custom banquette, twin tables, and chairs in the dining room. Pendants by Staff Leuchten; artwork by Pierre Seinturier.
  • 95. 86 E L L E D E C O R OPPOSITE: The walls of the stair hall are sheathed in polished and patinated brass plate in an interlock- ing cube pattern. In the kitchen, black- stained oak cabinets are topped with black Marquina marble. Fittings by MGS Taps.
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  • 98. 89 E L L E D E C O R In a guest bedroom, the custom bed is in a Métaphores fabric and dressed in linens by Hermès. Nightstand by Pierre Gonalons for Moissonnier; rug by Pinton; artwork by William Wegman. “I’m a firm believer that you don’t need to get rid of everything when redecorating an interior.” –Pierre Gonalons OPPOSITE: A bathroom’s walls and ceiling are tiled in mirrors, which reflect a vintage opal glass pendant. Walls painted in Mid Azure Green by Little Greene.
  • 99. By Camille Okhio Photographs by Sam Frost Styled by Amy Chin A historic California estate gets a va-va-voom redo at the hands of designer Mary McDonald.
  • 100. 91 E L L E D E C O R The family room of Jeremy Johnson and Jerrod Blandino’s home in Bel-Air, California, which was designed in 1927 by architect Gordon Kaufmann and renovated by designer Mary McDonald and architect Mike Holtz. Custom sofa and 19th-century French armchairs in Schumacher fabrics; cocktail table and stools by Chaddock; curtains of a Pierre Frey fabric. For details, see Resources.
  • 101. ore is more, as the adage goes. That’s certainly always been the motto of beauty entrepreneurs Jerrod Blandino and Jeremy Johnson. The California-based founders of the makeup brand Too Faced have always relished excess, so perhaps it’s not surprising that for them, one home wasn’t enough—even when it is a maximalist mansion designed to their hearts’ content. Their 17,000-square-foot home in Corona del Mar, featured in ELLE DECOR in March 2019, has Chanel tweed upholstery and a malachite-hued library. It is where they spend their workweek running Toy Box Brands, a beauty brand lab they started after selling Too Faced to Estée Lauder in 2016. In early 2020, the couple bought a second home, in Bel-Air. After living in it for a year, they reached out to the designer of their first house, ELLE DECOR A-List talent Mary McDonald, whose fashion background lends her interiors a chic sense of color and pattern. “We create products that inspire people to live their best lives, so we need our own environments to make us feel like we are living that dream,” Blandino says. “Mary captures that desire so beautifully.” While they work in Orange County, the couple’s social life tends to be in Los Angeles. They wanted a second home where they could be closer to their friends, a place to relax and entertain. Their plan was to build a house from the ground up, but then they discovered the Bel-Air estate. The original owner was the lawyer of Alphonzo Bell, the founder and developer of the neighborhood. “Instead of pay- ing for his services, Bell gave his lawyer his pick of Bel-Air’s 600 original acres,” Blandino explains. And what beautiful acreage he chose, with views of rolling hills cascading down to the beach. Landscape archi- tect Patricia Benner planted a grove of California sycamores
  • 102. 93 E L L E D E C O R The tea room is envel- oped in a custom wall- paper by Iksel. Custom slipper chairs in a Casa Branca stripe; Dennis Leen armchairs in a from KRB NYC; molding painted in Brittany Blue by Benjamin Moore. OPPOSITE: The dining room’s oak table and Minton-Spidell chairs were designed for the project. Custom rug by PFM; 19th-century chandelier from Z. Sierra Antiques and Decorative; sconces by Ralph Pucci; curtains of a Holland Sherry linen; painting by David Bell.
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  • 104. The Jasper sofas in the living room have custom slipcovers in a Schumacher perfor- mance linen. Armchair (left) by Baker; cocktail table by Maison Jansen; rug by Patterson Flynn; custom pink wall paint by Benjamin Moore; artwork (right) by Karina Gentinetta. “I am a classicist at heart, so I tried to retain as many original details as possible.” —MaryMcDonald
  • 105. E L L E D E C O R 96 ABOVE LEFT: Bert Stern photographs of Marilyn Monroe hang at the end of the entry gallery. Louis XVI bergères; pendants by Formations; wallcovering by de Gournay. ABOVE RIGHT: The antique pendant in the front stair hall is by Carlos de la Puente. 19th-century Empire table; custom runner by Codimat. RIGHT: In Blandino’s dress- ing room, graphic tiles by Walker Zanger play off the shape of the octagonal cen- ter island. Custom pendant by Paul Marra; sconces by Jonathan Browning Studios; lamp by Visual Comfort; antique Venetian mirror. OPPOSITE: A custom oak bed pairs with floors painted to mimic parquet in the primary bedroom. Vintage French swivel chairs; custom wallcover- ing by Gracie; curtains of a Schumacher moiré.
  • 106. on the great lawn to add to the mature sycamores already on-site. Forest pansy redbuds and crepe myrtles rustle outside the living room windows, while Chinese elms and hollyhocks surround the fountain in the garden. “We take a walk every morning and night throughout the property,” says Johnson. “It’s the most private, magical, beautiful piece of land in Bel-Air,” Blandino adds. Inside, the feeling of quiet grandeur continues. If the couple’s first home was a pure Francophile fantasy, with bold colors and prints in virtually every room, their Bel-Air home is quite calm by comparison. It was built in 1927 by the architect Gordon Kaufmann (who later helped to design the Hoover Dam) in an architectural blend of Regency, French country, and Italianate influences. McDonald pre- served historic features like moldings, wood paneling, and geometric floors. “I’m a classicist at heart, so I tried to retain as many original details as possible,” the designer says. That’s not to say the renovation wasn’t extensive. The primary bedroom suite was completely redone and expanded, and the kitchen needed an overhaul. Original elements that couldn’t be saved were replicated or reinter- preted, most impressively the floors in the primary suite, which were hand-painted to look like neoclassical parquet. The bedroom transforms from neutral-toned retreat by day to sparkling oculus by night. “The room has the most incredible views,” says Blandino. “You can see the twinkling lights of the city out of the windows.” Much louder is the Madeleine Castaing–inspired TV room, doused in rich raspberry hues with leopard walls. But most of the rooms speak more softly. The main living room has walls in the couple’s favorite seashell pink (Too Faced’s signature hue). “Instead of their preferred velvet sofas I persuaded them to try slipcovers, which they thought of as old-fashioned, in the living room,” says McDonald. She showed them a picture of what she had in mind—upholstery in a Chanel boutique—and that was the clincher. Now, box- pleated, cream-colored covers provide worry-free seating and can be removed to reveal pink upholstery underneath. In this way, McDonald created a home that feels like a getaway—as romantic as it is relaxed. Casual has never looked more glamorous. “This house has a warm and cuddly energy that lets us take a pause and be social,” Blandino says. “We even hosted a birthday party for our friend Madonna in the greenhouse!” ◾
  • 107. By Max Berlinger Photographs by William Jess Laird Styled by Bebe Howorth For a pair of high-octane clients, designer Michelle R. Smith fashions a Manhattan oasis that’s as luxurious as it is cool.
  • 108. 99 E L L E D E C O R In the living room of Simon Huck and Phil Riportella’s West Village duplex apartment, which was designed by Michelle R. Smith, the mohair sofa is by Bellini and the chrome and mirrored glass cocktail table is by John Mascheroni. Stool by Andrianna Shamaris; custom rug by Patterson Flynn. For details, see Resources.
  • 109. uring that strange and surreal pandemic spring of 2020, Simon Huck and Phil Riportella needed to move. The reason will be familiar to many couples who suddenly found themselves working at home during that time: Zoom. “We moved because of his Zoom voice,” says Huck, a quippy public relations and marketing guru who famously works with the Kardashians and is a familiar presence on their TV show and social media feeds. From across the room, Riportella, cofounder of the fra- grance and candle line Snif, issues a protest and then laughs. “I am loud,” he admits. The gregarious couple met seven years ago on Tinder and were married last November at the Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles in front of a guest list filled with names like Chrissy Teigen, Hailey Bieber, and Kim and Kourtney. But on a recent summer’s day they were at home in New York, showing off their renovation. When they started their hunt for a new place, Ripor- tella scoured Zillow, leaving no stone unturned. SoHo, TriBeCa, the Upper East Side, Chelsea—you name the Manhattan neighborhood, they looked. For Huck, having room to spread out (and rooms with doors) was key. When Riportella finally found the solution, it was where they least expected it: right in their own backyard, in the same Green- wich Village building where they already lived. The ground-floor duplex had everything they were look- ing for—an ample 2,500 square feet, three bedrooms, and a wraparound terrace. The prewar building had all its charm intact but had received a thorough refresh a decade earlier by COOKFOX Architects and won awards for its sustain- able design. The apartment delivered the best of both worlds: the private and spacious feel of a townhouse with the ameni- ties of a luxury apartment building (gym, pool, doorman). It was not a surprise, then, that designer Michelle R. Smith was brought in to turn the house into a home. The ELLE DECOR A-List talent worked on the couple’s last apart- ment, their two homes in Montauk on New York’s Long Island, Huck’s office, and his brother’s house in Toronto. “Michelle’s our boss—we work for her,” Huck jokes. “And she came in and said, ‘I see what we’re going to do.’” Smith’s vision was to transform the West Village duplex with touches that are minimal but warm, streamlined yet sensual. While she retained the existing floor plan, Smith suggested practical and stylish tweaks throughout. For exam- ple, she leaned heavily on blond oak wood as a means of cre- ating visual cohesion, using it not just for flooring but for millwork ranging from the office’s open shelving to the den’s wall of hidden storage where it conceals a TV. Meanwhile, a new walk-in closet recalls a Madison Avenue boutique in miniature. “I wanted this house to feel like an exquisitely tai- lored Loro Piana coat,” she says. “We used all these cashmere colors, like cream and white, along with the oak.” Furniture adds a layer of texture to play off the surfeit of wood. In the living room, a sofa in plump oatmeal mohair is paired with a mirrored cocktail table. A green velvet set- tee and marble plinth side table in a corner of the dining room is where Huck takes his morning coffee. While neutral tones largely dominate, there are moments of drama to befit a pair of Real Housewives devo- tees. Take the Yves Klein–blue rug that runs up the stairs and anchors both Huck’s office and the primary bedroom. Huck had seen a runner in that color at a friend’s house and suggested it to Smith, who then (pun intended) ran with it. Art adds yet another dimension and was handpicked by the couple with an eye to works that are colorful and abstract. The kitchen, too, is a showstopper, with bold black-and- white-veined marble used not only on the countertops but also for the open shelves, which serve as the room’s focal point. Subway tiles creep up the walls and onto the ceiling, while a vintage stove is another showpiece. All this for a couple who admit they rarely—okay, fine, never!—cook. Huck and Riportella love to entertain, and their wrap- around terrace creates the perfect setting. At their parties, the brass table in the adjoining dining room overflows with catered delights. That relaxed attitude “is a Michelle thing, which I love,” Huck says. “Put your glass down, spill on it, stain it, let it be lived in. The more wear and tear, the better.” ◾ Simon Huck (left) and Phil Riportella in their living room. The artwork is by Paul B.
  • 110. 101 E L L E D E C O R In the dining room, a Brian Thoreen table is surrounded by Giancarlo Valle chairs. Vintage Swedish chandelier from Galerie André Hayat; custom rug by Patterson Flynn; artworks by Ammon Rost (left) and Michael Angel.
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  • 112. Huck prefers to sit on a custom daybed while working in his home office. Vintage glass side table; custom millwork by the Hoti Group; painting by Jonathan Todryk. OPPOSITE: In the kitchen, Calacatta marble was used for everything from the shelving to the sink and floor. Vintage stool re-covered in wide-wale corduroy; ceiling light by Lumfardo. “I wanted this house to feel like an exquisitely tailored Loro Piana coat.” –Michelle R. Smith
  • 113. E L L E D E C O R 104 OPPOSITE, TOP: In the stairwell, the artwork is by Joe Henry Baker. Pendant by Coil Drift; sheer Roman shades in a Rogers Goffigon fabric. OPPOSITE, BOTTOM: The dressing room’s green plywood chair is by M.A.H. Custom millwork and sconces by Studio MRS. BELOW: A bright blue custom Patterson Flynn wool rug edged in leather grounds the primary bedroom in color. Bed by Cassina; bedding by Garnet Hill; vintage Holophane sconces.
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  • 115. E L L E D E C O R 106 By Kate Bolick Photographs by Annie Schlechter Styled by Bebe Howorth Whereverhostessextraordinaire RebeccaGardnergoes,good timesfollow.HerNewYorkCity pied-à-terreisnodifferent.
  • 116. The bedroom of Rebecca Gardner’s apartment in a 1926 converted hotel in Greenwich Village origi- nally designed by Emery Roth. Custom bed canopy in a Busatti linen with Samuel Sons fringe; antique Swedish chande- lier from John Derian; walls painted in Churlish Green by Farrow Ball. For details, see Resources.
  • 117. he day is Thursday, maybe Friday, in Manhattan, and it’s early evening. Late summer, sultry. The week before, your phone had pinged with a text invite to a cocktail party at Rebecca Gardner’s Greenwich Village apartment. You’d only met her once, on an airplane. But the way she’d made that chance encounter sparkle inspired you to cut off work early and be here now, pulling open an ornate gold door on Fifth Avenue. That the 15-story prewar building began life as a hotel is fitting. Gardner is hospitality incarnate. This welcoming spirit is why, just over a decade ago, at the age of barely 30, Gardner founded Houses Parties, an events and interior design collective dedicated to her two greatest passions. Indeed, she so missed hosting during the pandemic that she added an e-commerce arm to her web- site, stocking it with anything “devotees of the elegant and unusual” might need for entertaining (and then some—as she likes to say, “I specialize in nonessentials”). When Gardner isn’t overseeing her 10-person firm and warehouse from her spacious home base in Savannah, Georgia, she’s here at her “teeny” pied-à-terre near Washington Square Park, staging parties for clients, or just for herself. Getting off the elevator, you hear the sexy, nostalgic strains of the band Pink Martini wafting down the hallway. The door is unlocked. Gardner greets you, smiling and cracking a joke, takes your bag, and sets it by the refrigera- tor. The word teeny has more letters than there are rooms in this apartment—just one little bedroom, a modest sitting area, and a kitchen so small you could blink and miss it. There is also a closet reimagined as a full bar, from which the bartender hands you a vintage crystal tumbler filled with the house drink, Earl Grey Bourbon Punch, icy cold. When asked to describe the place, Gardner says with- out skipping a beat, “turn-of-the-last-century brothel with a really fabulous madam,” then adds, laughing, “it is, after all, the size of a nipple.” The sitting room is painted “dirty lav- ender,” the two windows dressed in “egg-yolky” silk faille, and the floor covered in paprika carpet. At sunset, “the room looks like it’s on fire, and you feel like a great-looking leg might kick out from the curtains at any moment,” she says. Gardner hung the somber oil portraits of distant Eggleston ancestors (the photographer William Eggleston is a cousin) because “the South Texas gilt frames are so serious that they’re hysterical.” On a night like this one, 40 guests happily mingle, elbow to elbow. For more formal seated dinners she unfolds a table for eight in the bedroom. Gardner has staged events for as long as she can remember. Growing up in Corpus Christi, Texas, she planned her birthday parties all year long, piling on ideas until each year’s theme was more extravagant than the last, from “Pink Pigs, Green Frogs, BBQ Picnic Parade” to “Fashion Show Wedding,” which featured a local TV news broadcaster as M.C., friends stalking the catwalk (her par- ents’ driveway), and the birthday girl herself appearing at the end, a vision in white polyester. Once a maximalist, always a maximalist, though over time Gardner has arrived at a few rules for her private fetes. Strong drinks, low lighting (“I avoid overhead lights like the plague”), simple and delicious foods (“never canapés—too fussy—just bar snacks and cheese puffs”), no paper napkins ever, and—above all—comfort. Also, per the late, great writer Julia Reed, an element of danger: pitchers of martinis for empty stomachs, or adding attractive single guests for a competitive game of “pass the orange.” Guest list? Come one, come all (she keeps a running list of potential invitees on her phone). And how does she take a measure of a party’s success? “When someone calls in the morning and tells me, ‘I had a screaming blast, I feel like hell,’” she says. Which happens every morning after, like clockwork. ◾ Rebecca Gardner in her living room, in a Carolina Herrera dress.
  • 118. 109 E L L E D E C O R In a corner of the living room, a Room Board table morphs from a desk by day to a drinks table by night. Lamps, John Rosselli Antiques with shades by Carolina Irving Daughters; rug, Stark. “I make sure to have enough booze and music, and a sense of humor in case something goes wrong. A wad of cash helps too.” –Rebecca Gardner
  • 119. E L L E D E C O R 110 Text your invite “Instead of a printed invitation, I usually send invites by text. I use Hi-Note to send them, a stylish messaging app. I’m always meeting people I want to invite. Come one, come all—that embodies New York City to me.” Choose your evening “I always host my parties on a Thursday or a Friday. People are more likely to let loose at the end of a workweek.” Host with finesse “The real key to a party is to make sure guests are comfortable. That takes work. You need to make thoughtful introductions and help guests feel special, with drinks in their hands.” Be prepared “Parties are live theater. I make sure to have enough booze and music, and a sense of humor in case something goes wrong. A wad of cash helps too.” Nibbles to noshes “I don’t like canapés (too messy). I have all these French baskets, and I fill them with bar snacks, cheese, things like that. If guests linger, order pizza.” REBECCA GARDNER’S PARTY 101
  • 120. OPPOSITE: An entry closet is now a bar. Slipcover in a Brunschwig Fils fabric; tray, lamp, ice bucket, and glassware, Houses Parties; Albertus Seba snake prints, Peridot Antiques. ABOVE: Lavender walls contrast with saffron silk faille curtains in the living room. Louis XV daybed in a Manuel Canovas fabric; custom cocktail table by Corbin Cruise; antique tole pendant; rug, Stark; 1830s portraits of Gardner’s ancestors; wall paint, Benjamin Moore’s Honey Hut. RIGHT: The antique Imari plates, glassware, and flatware are from Gardner’s Houses Parties.
  • 121. 112 E L L E D E C O R In the foyer of a fire- resistant residence in Montecito, California, designed by Jamie Bush with help from architecture firm Shubin Donaldson, the stair- well is painted a custom yellow, and the artwork is by Wang Guangle. OPPOSITE: In the main living area, the custom sofa is by Brambila’s Drapery. Cocktail table by Stahl + Band; armchair by Orior; jute rug by Armadillo; artwork by Zhang Huan. For details, see Resources.
  • 122. By Camille Okhio Photographs by Yoshihiro Makino Styled by Tessa Watson After a catastrophic blaze, an art collector couple taps Jamie Bush to design a home that is built to last.
  • 123. E L L E D E C O R 114 n a ruggedly picturesque hilltop abutting the Los Padres National Forest in Montecito, California, stands a home that’s a monument to self-sufficiency. But it wasn’t always that way. The owners, a worldly husband and wife with a passion for collecting art, had made peace with their mid- dling Spanish Mediterranean–style house when the devas- tating Thomas Fire of 2017 tore through the property and forced a new beginning. The couple had intended to rebuild their previous home as it was when designer and architect Jamie Bush came on board, pushing them to consider a different direction entirely. To accommodate building laws, Bush suggested a house with the exact same footprint but pared back, with hyper- functional interior architecture. It would be constructed, with the help of architecture firm Shubin Donaldson, from hard-wearing materials, most notably fire-resistant standing seam metal cladding on the exterior. “We wanted to heed the lessons of nature by collaborating with the environment and our immediate surroundings,” the wife says. “The idea for a fire-resistant home came out of the con- cept of The Machine in the Garden,” Bush says, referring to Leo Marx’s 1964 book about industrialization’s mark on the natural world—a favorite in architecture programs. “We thought about the romanticized aesthetic of the man-made within a bucolic setting.” The designer looked at outbuildings and sheds as references, structures that often go unnoticed but prove to be most useful. “I love the idea of industrial, modest materials that recede into the landscape,” he says. The cladding speaks to this idea perfectly, though the interiors are just as thoroughly considered. In the primary suite, the wide-plank white American oak used on the floors proved too delicious to stay underfoot; Bush specified it for the walls in the same dimensions as the flooring planks, creating an interior that disappears once you’re in it. The color palette for the home was decided on equally rational-yet-inventive terms. “The couple are educated aesthetes, with an extensive art collection,” Bush says. “When we talked about infusing color into the house, we looked at the early modernism of the Bauhaus. That led us to primary colors.” An Alexander Calder piece (now the focal point of a blue powder room) served as a springboard for color testing. “We were inspired by how Charlotte Perriand embraced the transformative potential of primary colors and found expression in their abstraction,” the wife adds. Large swaths of yellow, red, and blue appear on walls and in furnishings on every floor of the house. Tan- gerine explodes in tiny doses throughout, while a faded peach stone was chosen for the primary bathroom to match the white oak. Calder isn’t the only iconic artist represented in the couple’s collection. A white lounge chair by Dutch Bauhaus architect Gerrit Rietveld sits in the primary suite beside German lighting designer Ingo Maurer’s scrunched paper Lampampe. Mexican designer Pedro Friedeberg’s hand chair waves at them from across the room; Japanese artist Hiroshi Sugimoto’s photographs hang above the headboard. In the living room, a sofa by Polish-Brazilian mid- century designer Jorge Zalszupin separates the space from the dining area, with works by Louise Nevelson nestled around it. A painting by Wang Guangle welcomes guests into the foyer, while a work by Nathalie Du Pasquier draws the eye down the ground floor hallway leading from the kitchen to the children’s rooms. The centerpiece of the home is the perforated metal staircase that punctuates all three floors, powder-coated in a bright raincoat yellow. When the low ceiling at the top- floor landing proved structurally unsound for a skylight, Bush looked to artist Olafur Eliasson’s 2003 installation at the Tate Modern, The Weather Project, for inspiration, com- missioning a half-dome light fixture that looks like the sun when reflected off the mirrored ceiling. And while fire may be well represented in the design of the home, it doesn’t define the property. Earth is ever- present in local plantings like manzanita, native buckwheat, and sage, grown alongside California lilac to emphasize Marx’s machine-in-the-garden concept. Air circulates easily throughout the house, and with the windows open, more than just the California breeze comes in. “You hear croak- ing frogs and birds at all times of the day,” says Bush. The sea, just steps away, completes the circle, making the home self-contained in more ways than one. “It is a part of the landscape,” the wife says. ◾
  • 124. The dining area opens onto the terrace through floor-to-ceiling sliding doors. Bleached Balinese hardwood table; vintage swivel chairs; pendant by Ingo Maurer.
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  • 126. On the pool terrace, the dining table is by Bkon Millwork, and the chairs are by Robina Benson. Sculpture by Yasuhide Kobashi; land- scape architecture by Franz Design Studio. “I love the idea of industrial, modest materials that recede into the landscape.” —Jamie Bush
  • 127. 118 E L L E D E C O R The media room’s BB Italia sectional is in a Sidro fabric. Gae Aulenti cocktail table; Gaetano Pesce armchair; rug by Armadillo; curtains of a Fabricut fabric; photographs by Ron Church. OPPOSITE, BOTTOM: A custom limestone center table by DenHolm grounds the primary bedroom lounge. Dan John Anderson stools; Vico Magistretti chandelier; rug by Marc Phillips; artwork by Hai Bo.
  • 128. LEFT: Sydney Harbour paint in Blue Bottle covers the powder room walls. Pendant by Massimo Vignelli; Hermès basket. ABOVE: A Nathalie Du Pasquier painting hangs at the end of a hallway leading to the children’s rooms.
  • 129. ABOVE: White oak floor- ing is applied as paneling in the primary bedroom. Custom bed by Brambila’s Drapery; nightstand by Disc Interiors; photo- graphs by Hiroshi Sugimoto; sculpture by René Letourneur. LEFT: The primary bath- room is treated in lime- stone, oak, and plaster. Sconces by Apparatus; vanity by DJ Custom Benchworks; chair by Nickey Kehoe; stool (left) by Bzippy; artwork by Prabhavathi Meppayil. OPPOSITE: In the primary bathroom, a ceramic and glass side table by Ben Aja Blanc stands in front of an oak barrel tub by Wood Water. Room divider, Hostler Burrows; ceramic planter by Timothy Doyle.
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  • 133. E L L E D E C O R 124 MY K I N D O F RO OM MAT THIEU SALVAING “I discovered Villa Planchart, the house that Italian architect Gio Ponti built for the car dealer Armando Planchart and his wife, Anala, while I was researching Italian midcentury design. The house in Caracas, Venezuela, is now owned and maintained by a foundation in the homeowners’ names and has been kept in its original condition since 1956. As I grew increasingly familiar with Ponti, his work became more than just beautiful. His buildings are testaments to how a well- designed space should feel and function. I love his use of marble to make patterns on the floor, fusing the interior and exterior spaces to create a home that suited its owners but also reflected his vision. That and his use of color and stripes on the ceiling allow for depth, texture, and playfulness without forsaking elegance.” —As told to Camille Okhio Gio Ponti’s Villa Planchart in Caracas, Venezuela. villaplanchart.net ON CLOSER INSPECTION Gio Ponti’s use of pattern at Villa Planchart sparks joy for interior designer Delia Kenza.