Home Story - Chic Bohemian

Winston Churchill and I have something in common.  I REALLY love color and his opinion is:

 "I cannot pretend to feel impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns." Winston Churchill 

So, anything with this much color really stops me turning pages, or scrolling down too quickly.  This home belonging to Katie Tases, a part-time actress and full time mom lives here with her husband and three children is "color well done".   
 
Katie hired friend and Designer, Pamela Shamshiri from Commune Design to decorate her home in the Hollywood Hills.  

 The windows in the Family area make you feel like you are living in a sunroom.  The light just flows in all day long.  The multi layered hand made area rugs in this room give a wonderful collected over time look, not just a decorated look.

There is beautiful outdoor entertaining space as well.  The outdoor view would have to be beautiful to draw you out side, also that sun shines most all the time in Hollywood!

What's not to love about color?  It will always brighten your day.
If you are nervous or unsure about color, start with a small project.  You can even buy poster board at the Benjamin Moore paint stores in 200 of their most popular colors.  Pick up a few of these boards at $5 each and tape a large selection on a wall or at back of bookcase and just imagine the area actually painted.

Happy Coloring!

High in the Sky -an Art Filled Home

You are too late, this extraordinary home sold last year.  If it was on the market now, I would have featured it on my other blog, Interior Ambitions, under "On the Market".

It is the decor, the furnishings, the art, the ceilings, the moldings etc etc, that will be appreciated on this blog, which is about Interior Design.  Nevertheless, this is an extraordinary property. This pre-war apartment with the 24 foot high living room, was listed by Monica Luque of Prudential Douglas Ellman.  It was listed for $20,000,000.

The homeowners found this large, high ceiling, light filled space that would be the perfect backdrop for their large art collection after looking at 120 apartments.

 

The apartment has more than 4,200 square feet, three bedrooms and 2½ baths. The home has a dining room with original paneling, wine cellar, library, another fireplace and a large kitchen built for entertaining.

The Miro-like ceiling is by Madrid-based artist Ramon Canet, who lived and painted in the apartment while the owners did early renovations.

In the day, light floods in. At night, the minarets of the museum appear like tops of lit temples in Marrakesh or Istanbul. An 8-foot working stone fireplace built in the 17th-century on the Iberian Peninsula centers the room. Floor to ceiling Corinthian columns give the feeling of being in a museum, castle, or giant public library.

Looking north over the American Museum of Natural History and Central Park through a movie-screen-size wall of steel-cased windows, a single living room with 24-foot-high ceilings is half as long as a basketball court.

 

Pictures, information about property, listing information collected from: New York Daily News,  Elite Daily News, Designrulz Blog, Miss-DesignBlog, Design Attractor Blog.