Inspired Spaces: White walls + Old Leather + rich wood = Luxe
Have ya'll seen the space put together by Will Kopelman (aka Mr. Drew Barrymore) in the latest
? It's the most anti-man cave, beautiful man-space I've ever seen. In fact, I don't see any reason to designate it a "man space," as I'd move in in a heartbeat.
I'm generally a color gal, but throw in a neutral palette with some roughed up leather, and you'll get me every time. Besides, the home office has enough suggestion of color with the enormous John Singer Sargent reproduction (Will's an art adviser - nice work if you can get it) What I really love is the not-in-your-face luxe of it all. From the rich polished wood paired with the contemporary pieces to the men's suiting fabric that makes the window treatments - all against the perfectly-white background. As Ferris Bueller once said, "It is
so choice
."
Moving on to the bath and dressing room portion of the program, Will turns the tables and goes dark and rich. The dressing room in black lacquer with hits of wood and brass still serves to scratch my itch for dark, high gloss rooms.
It also serves to remind me that rooms with drastically different feels can exist beautifully as neighbors - they key is the streamlined palette, and shared materials.
The bathroom is just - wow. It's a lot, and I'm not sure I could deal with this much going on on a daily basis, but I LOVE that he went for it. Like all-out, gentleman's glam. I admire a man who knows his style and rocks it to the last detail. Drew says she cried when she first saw the space - because it made her bathroom look downright granny.
I've had this white walls, rich wood, worn leather, mix of modern soup in my brain so much, I decided to use it to put together a design scheme for a class project. My assignment is to design a Living/Dining room space. I put more of a feminine twist on my interpretation, and the items I sourced would be filed under a budget known as...uh,
dreamy
, but here ya go.
In this room, every hour would feel like martini hour. {sly grin}
