Photos by Melanie Acevedo, Courtesy of ELLE Decor
My Style
If I Weren’t a Decorator I Would Be a: really fast neutrino
Most Inspired By: the fact that there are so many nice strangers
Style Icon: Vivienne Westwood
Go-To Hostess Gift: alcohol
Favorites
Movie Interior: the living room in the villa in La Picsine
Album: Cut by The Slits
Museum: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Cocktail: bourbon neat
Restaurant: Bistro Jeanty, Yountville, CA
Hotel: Le Bristol, Paris
Flower: quince
Photos by Melanie Acevedo, Courtesy of ELLE Decor
Shop the Look
Photos by Melanie Acevedo, Courtesy of ELLE Decor
Photos by Melanie Acevedo, Courtesy of ELLE Decor
RESOURCES
Florist: Miho Kosuda, New York City
Caterer: Made Fresh Daily, New York City
Upholsterer: Jonas, New York City
Favorite Local Shop: Melet Merchantile, New York City
Favorite Shop Abroad: Playmountain, Tokyo
DECORATING
Favorite Paint Color: Mythic Paint 141-2 Silver Side
Favorite Room to Decorate: living room
Favorite Pattern: Celia Birtwell’s Beasties
Decorating Cheap Thrill: furniture from the curb on big-trash day
Favorite Decorating Trick: Low furniture makes a room look bigger.
You’ll Never See Me Using: fur
Photos by Melanie Acevedo, Courtesy of ELLE Decor
The things I like have a combination of attractive design character about them and a quality to their fabrication.
Saw it and was taken aback…then loved it. Good color balance and eclectic fabric choices. Different. Good.
reminds me of the early 1970s