What Am I Looking At Today: Atlas Gets a New Home

One of the downsides of downsizing is that you can't keep everything....especially when you're a 7' bronze sculpture of Atlas and so, alas, two years ago I sold him to superstar designer Kelly Wearstler. Below are pics of Atlas when I had him and the last pic is Ms Wearstler's new home for him...I think he'll be happy there.

Below is the Architectural Digest spread of Kelly Wearstler's project with my Atlas in it's new home. I LOVE her floors, super glam.

[Pic by AD]

And that's all I've got today.

L

What Am I Looking At Today: Good old 838

Greetings All,

So yesterday, James Swan of '101 Things I Hate About Your House' and the wonderful Carter Dayton Home asked me what I hated and liked most about my house and it was an easy question to answer....we have a rental in NYC, not fancy or trendy in any way and most definitely not in a stylish neighborhood...we usually avoid those and manage to do very well....I hate the kitchen and bathroom...both are old and very NYC...meaning tiny... but there's much more to like than not and here's a few pics of good old 838.

The little vestibule with our William IV bookcase and Deco Herakles

The Dining room looking to the hall with pics by Ric and friends

Doubles as a library....always good to do

The Living room with one of Ric's big pictures and a Grand Tour bronze

Dorian Gray with some smalls on a side table

The Living Room...small,but I'm always thinking there's room for two more chairs...

Our still unpainted Bed Room, Ric loved some curtains that I did for a client and asked me to make them for us....and so I did with the the help of our friend Mike Fulkerson's expert sewing....so this is good old 838 in NYC.....no room for a tree, but it works for us....and that's all I've got for today.

Till next time.

L

P.S. Be sure to visit...

http://www.carterdaytonhome.com/

What Am I Looking At Today: A Wine Fridge in the Living Room

Greetings All,

So I have been working on a house in Colorado, and it's pretty modern with a big nod to comfort and one of the creature comforts insisted upon is a fridge in the living room. Now that could be a problem, but luckily, I have a really great cabinetmaker named Nils Caspargus who we enlisted to make a bar with the fridge below. We decided to make it from natural mica and lightly cerused oak, my client and I have a running joke that it's the flavor of the month, cerused oak. Every showroom in Manhattan is littered with the stuff...but this is a really pretty cabinet and the silver mica shimmers.

I had the mica made to resemble paneling, so there's a subtle frame.

Lucite and silvered pulls keep it simple.

I love working on custom pieces, always fun and  great to have a client that lets you make odd, now little used materials, like mica into beautiful furniture.

What Am I Looking At Today: Some Custom Furniture

Happy Wednesday,

I've been working on a project in Vail, Co and the furniture is finally being delivered....so here are pics of the finished pieces still in the workshop.

Limed oak and bronze frames with Osborne and Little fabric.

A desk with bronze sides

Glass top table with cerused oak base.

Can't wait to get it all in and see it in place.

Thanks Berman Rosetti,  looks great!

What Am I Looking At Today: Bieder-Deco

Greetings All,

Happy Sunday, here I am doing a little cyber shopping and I came across these cool pieces. They are most definitely out of period, but they are very cool. 

Not something you curl up in to read a book, but nice pieces that will give a space character.

These are a nice small size. I find it's always a good idea to have different scale chairs in a room...keeps it from looking like a furniture showroom and while I don't usually do deco, these could live just about anywhere.

Well, that's it for today.

Have a great day.

L