A fashion-savvy home decorating magazine for the new generation of design professionals and consumers who know exactly what they want, ELLE DECOR covers fashionable and inspirational products that bring couture chic to every room of your home.
Discover an array of stylish interiors by rising stars of the design world: • Designer Alison Palevsky’s modern, light-infused Los Angeles home. • A rustic stone house in Westchester County, New York, updated by editorturned-designer Virginia Tupker. • Designer Christopher Noto’s gem-like Paris apartment, filled with antiques and global treasures. • The bohemian-chic Brooklyn townhouse of ceramist Amanda Moffat. • A luxe Manhattan duplex designed by Phillip Thomas with spectacular views of the Hudson River. • A traditional home in Scarsdale, New York, transformed by Val Nikitin into a showcase for modern art. Plus, an insider’s guide to Portland, Oregon; metal master Michael Aram’s 12 must-haves; a decadent chocolate and-cherry dessert from Daniel Boulud; the top 10 cocktail tables; a vivid array of outdoor rugs; and much more.…
In the cloud? On your Instagram feed, your Pinterest board, your Facebook page? Thanks to cell phones, texts, e-mail, Snapchat, and WhatsApp, we can reach our friends, colleagues, and family members whenever we want, wherever they are. But where are they? The disconnect between access and actual physical presence struck me over the holidays, when I was mailing cards and thankyou notes and realized that I didn’t have street addresses even for some of my closest friends. I could easily call or text them, but I wasn’t sure precisely where they lived. Even some businesses neglect to list their street address on their website. It can feel as if physical existence is no longer important, as if location, community, neighborhood, and home don’t really matter. No one seems to send…
IT TAKES TWO William McIntosh designs for maisonLAB, the furniture line produced by his partner, Martin Raffone, but their home in Marrakech (see page 156) marked their first collaboration on an interior. “We had always advised each other, but this made it official,” Raffone says. “Bill likes to create from scratch, and I prefer to work with found objects. With the riad, each of us got to indulge his own approach.” Their styles may differ—McIntosh describes his as “tailored, smart, and constructed,” and Raffone says he aims for “a feeling of studied casualness”—but, adds McIntosh, “we encourage each other to go with our creative impulses and not be conservative.” FINISHING TOUCH The last page of ELLE DECOR is far from the least. For each month’s Endpaper column (page 184), associate…
JEAN DE MERRY This past fall, design duo Jean de Merry and Christian Darnaud-Maroselli opened their 4th and largest showroom to date in Dallas, in the heart of the design district at 1505 Hi Line Drive. In addition to showing Jean de Merry’s own collection, the 12,000-square-foot showroom will introduce to Dallas diverse design talents such as Azadeh Shladvosky, Hamel+Farrell, Christopher Boots, Samuel Amoia, and Philip Nimmo. LG STUDIO DESIGNED TO INSPIRE CONTEST WINNER PETYA TONCHEVA Congratulations to Petya Toncheva, winner of the “Designed to Inspire” contest, presented by LG Studio, its artistic advisor Nate Berkus, and Hearst Magazines in partnership with the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) NY Metro chapter. The contest challenged emerging ASID designers to create a “forever kitchen” reflective of their personal taste and lifestyle,…
ON THE SUNNY SIDE Giuseppe Picone may have been born in Naples, Italy, but he looked northward for inspiration. The designer fused the bright colors and Matisselike graphics of Marimekko and other Scandinavian firms with sunny Italian and Mediterranean motifs—including a smiling sun and Picone’s signature, a pintsize Italian Jesuit priest attired in a robe and hat, which popped up on everything from teacups to tiles. After exhibiting his ceramics alongside Gio Ponti in the early 1950s, Picone brought his patterns to clothing and textiles, setting up a workshop in Rome and tapping into the sense of play that defined the fashions of the ’60s and ’70s. Nearly a decade after his death in 2008, his family has pored through his archives and freshened up some of his most iconic…
DOWN TO THE WIRE Los Angeles–based designer Heather Ashton brings the playful elegance of midcentury wire furniture into a new era with outdoor tables and chairs made of lightweight steel powder-coated in punchy colors and gleaming metallic finishes. Tables are topped with weatherproof woods, and seating is upholstered in vibrant Sunbrella fabrics. Clockwise from top: Fay dining chair, 18• w. x 26• d. x 34• h., $595; Caroline dining table, 44• dia. x 30• h., $975; Helms side table, 18• dia. x 18• h., $395; Alex lounge chair, 27.5• w. x 28• d. x 29• h., $895. heatherashtondesign.com 1 / LIGHT FANTASTIC Inspired by 1960s French fixtures, designer Jonathan Browning created the Languedoc Linear chandelier for RH Modern. Eight glass globes hang by fabric-covered cords from a solid brass frame,…
