Estates Of The Rich & Famous: 5 Styles To Emulate In Your Home
How to decorate your home like the rich and famous.
Decorating the home is one way in which people make statements about themselves, their values, and their tastes. Often, we look to celebrities we admire for direction on the latest design trends, concepts, and patterns. They provide us with inspiration for our own interior decorating projects. As well, they often have access to edgier or more sophisticated concepts, combinations, and materials, which we can emulate in order to add a touch of richesse to our own homes. This article will provide five concepts celebrities are currently using in their own homes.
Using Contrasts
The use of simple or casual elements within a highly structured and formal scheme can strike a novel and charming note. News anchor George Stephanopoulos and actress-writer Alexandra Wentworth create a striking impression in their highly formal living room by contrasting strictly formal furniture and color schemes with quaint beachcomber's treasures and paintings artfully set on built-in bookshelves.
In Bloom
Rob Morrow and Debbon Ayer embrace creative interiors and design in their Manhattan apartment. Their living room is minimally furnished, but rich with textures—such as a Tibetan wool rug, rustic stone fireplace, and the rich warmth of wood. They've also set frilly cherry blossoms in several places, which soften the stark lines of the modern period furnishings.
Notes of the Past
Fashion designer Mark Bagley and James Mischka designed the kitchen in their elegant 1920s stone residence in Lexington around the theme of a servant's kitchen from a Newport mansion. With the use of clean, white subway tiles along the back splash and deep, functional porcelain sinks, the accents of pendant lights, antique-inspired faucets, and a classic range from La Cornu imbue this room with comfortable, cozy opulence.
Meaningful Design
Another famous name in fashion, Peter Som, embodied the core concept of creative interiors & design when he elected to depart from set themes altogether. He's furnished his apartment in New York's West Village with eclectic pieces that speak to him personally. Here, he chose to mix periods, styles, and textures in a way that pleased him, pairing elegantly expensive art with middle-century armchairs and a sleek, modern glass coffee table.
Xenophillic
Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor incorporate the photography of Hiroshi Sugimoto, velvet Dunbar-style couches, and a Danish light fixture into their Hollywood hills Spanish Mission-style home. A rich blue palette not typically associated with mission architecture sets off the dark wood of the exposed beams characteristic of this architectural style.
Celebrities have private personalities that shine through in their design schemes, just as yours does in your home. By taking inspiration from those whose tastes are not restricted by ordinary budgets, you'll learn to look for novel combinations, design elements that speak to you, and functional aspects of rooms that will call to mind other times and places.
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