Room of the Week: A bright living room with a Palm Springs - Breezy style Although Kelly Oxford has chosen as his humor New York Times bestseller Everything Is perfect when you're a liar , she wanted her Midcentury Los Angeles home to be something wrong. "I knew immediately that I wanted the house to be faithful to its design, she said.
Except for a crazy Gaggenau kitchen remodel "in the 1980s, Kelly said, the house was in his state of the 1960 original. Even the lace curtains from floor to ceiling were still suspended. To make the right furniture and accessories to complete the design in the great hall, she sought the help of the designer Orlando Soria Homepolish, and they worked on creating an atmosphere of Palm Springs with sisal rug, a palette monochromatic and saturated blue chips.
Except for a crazy Gaggenau kitchen remodel "in the 1980s, Kelly said, the house was in his state of the 1960 original. Even the lace curtains from floor to ceiling were still suspended. To make the right furniture and accessories to complete the design in the great hall, she sought the help of the designer Orlando Soria Homepolish, and they worked on creating an atmosphere of Palm Springs with sisal rug, a palette monochromatic and saturated blue chips.
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The project focused on the long, high narrow room. The challenge has been to divide the space into logical areas that people want to spend time in Orlando used three 10 feet by sisal carpet 14 feet to warm the tile floor and create three areas :. A formal sitting area in the center, a TV room (left in the picture) and a dining room (right).
This is the view when you walk through the front door. Orlando chose to have the sofa in the formal living room face to preserve the view of the garden and pool.
Rugs, Rugs USA.
This is the view when you walk through the front door. Orlando chose to have the sofa in the formal living room face to preserve the view of the garden and pool.
Rugs, Rugs USA.
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Kelly lives in the house with her husband, James Oxford, and their three children: Sal (13 years), Henry (11) and Beatrix (6, seen here with Kelly). (You can see the TV room in the background.)
Oatmeal sofa, HD Buttercup. side table brass vintage. Coffee tables, Chromeo of Apt2B.
Oatmeal sofa, HD Buttercup. side table brass vintage. Coffee tables, Chromeo of Apt2B.
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for the TV lounge, Kelly wanted a section with plenty of space for the whole family. Orlando found this vintage aqua sofa Apt2B but Kelly was reluctant to have so saturated color. "I'm still me, a guy with accent-color-boring, she said. Orlando assured me it would be great and let me make the decision. I'm so glad I listened.
They worked on adding subtle jabs of quirkiness, as in pillows custom representative bananas. "We were looking for fabric with banana leaves and found this place, says Orlando. "He has the playful movement of traditional but unexpected banana leaf. There is something rather strange about this. He got the perfect amount of weird and pretty and sophistication "
lace curtains are original to the house.
coffee table, wooden burl AllModern.
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They worked on adding subtle jabs of quirkiness, as in pillows custom representative bananas. "We were looking for fabric with banana leaves and found this place, says Orlando. "He has the playful movement of traditional but unexpected banana leaf. There is something rather strange about this. He got the perfect amount of weird and pretty and sophistication "
lace curtains are original to the house.
coffee table, wooden burl AllModern.
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for the tropical atmosphere of the 1970s Palm Springs, Orlando commissioned his friend, Erika Lawrence Gragg, to the three tables the chimney.
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For Kelly accessories and Orlando walked the Rose Bowl flea market and pumped each other. "We went around, and he told me when I liked something that was ugly, essentially, Kelly said.
Orlando, then worked on creating a tablescape that seemed almost as well as the entrance to the home. He mixed heights and materials, such as a ceramic sculpture of the grid, a metal tray, a wooden board and linen bookbinding to create a natural feel. "And not covered things he seems confused, he said.
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Orlando, then worked on creating a tablescape that seemed almost as well as the entrance to the home. He mixed heights and materials, such as a ceramic sculpture of the grid, a metal tray, a wooden board and linen bookbinding to create a natural feel. "And not covered things he seems confused, he said.
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Orlando established the dining room to the right of the more formal living space. He started the layout with a dining table 100 inches long surrounded by braided leather chairs.
The wall of the gallery brings some playfulness Kelly. She and James bought several portraits of nudes at the flea market and painted bikinis on them. Kelly calls "tasteful nudes".
Table, West Elm. Chairs, HD Buttercup.
The wall of the gallery brings some playfulness Kelly. She and James bought several portraits of nudes at the flea market and painted bikinis on them. Kelly calls "tasteful nudes".
Table, West Elm. Chairs, HD Buttercup.
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A built-in bar is right next to the dining room. Orlando chose copper chairs for something to blow up the dark wood. "I thought it was refreshing to see the metal, he said. "And it seems that the folded pieces of paper. There is not much room to put something out there, so I thought it might as well be interesting. "
Chairs, Blu Dot.
Chairs, Blu Dot.
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Orlando also helped with the cooking section. He based the color set off a large advertising poster Alfred Hitchcock Birds in French that he and Kelly found at the flea market.
Table, Saarinen reproduction. Chairs, Modernica. Carpets, Rugs USA. Bench customized.
Table, Saarinen reproduction. Chairs, Modernica. Carpets, Rugs USA. Bench customized.
two rescue Persian cats Kelly, Gertie (left ) and Gus, who grew their own celebrity status level on the Instagram account of Kelly, are happy with the move, too. "They love the house because they can run a very long straight," said Kelly. "Gertie Races me all the time; it's a little crazy.
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