I like to look at things. Furnishings, and rooms. Its why I read the blogs I read, and kind of a reason why I write. Its visual vocabulary building for the most part. I see a rug I like here, or a light fixture there. I'll see a room and think it looks comfortable, or has nice light, or something else. Rarely though do I see a room, or a suite of rooms, and think "that's exactly what I'd have if there were no constraints."
The July/August Elle Decor came yesterday. Lots of pretty. Courtney Cox's new place in Malibu, for example. Also a nice remodel in Nantucket. And then I hit page 126, a pair of apartments, gutted and combined by Steven Gambrel.
I won't even list everything I like about this home because I can't count every single thing and color and idea found in each photo. But that's what I like about it. Every single thing.
I know a lot of people save their magazines as reference material. I never have, but I'm keeping this one because this one residence really does represent everything I'd ever want or need.
About Me
- David
- Kansas City, Missouri, United States
- 45 year old gay guy, living in the flyover states with his partner and schnauzers. Loves coffee, conversation, lamps. Hates mayonnaise. Opinions on everything else vary widely.
9 comments:
Of course, I had to grab my copy and look it up. You're right, it is very handsome and very you.
The modern, the vintage, the quirky, the graphic, and the sofa covered in Pollack's "Hmong Check" (a favorite). Not a single misstep in my opinion.
My reaction was what surprised me. Not shock or delight so much as "yes, of course, that's exactly it."
That is exactly how I felt when the Frances Elkins book arrived. "Where have you been all my life." I had heard, maybe last summer or before, that a Gambrel book was in the works; maybe you dream can come true in hard cover.
Thank you for the heads-up Mrs. B, I'll definitely keep an eye out for that.
I don't think that we get Elle Decor here in the UK. I did google Steven Gambrel and saw some of his work. Very nice indeed! You have good taste but do you have the wallet to match it? If you're like me it's a sad "no"!
The wallet part is my downfall every single time Craig.
I share the love; Gambrel is one of my design heroes.
omg YES - I thought the same thing about this issue! I don't really save whole magazines (other than world of interiors) but I do save articles and this one was pulled out on the train ride back from NY. LOVE Gambrel!
I did not "see you" until I turned the page and there was that orange/stainless sink with the Dorothy Draper does industrial hardware...YOUR CONSOLE! YES!!!!!
I do hate it when the pocketbook stops the dreams come trues. DRATS!
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