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READY FOR BED New bedding, like the options featured in Etcetera (p. 160), is the quickest way to change up your bedroom. But for even more ideas, don’t miss our gallery of bold and beautiful bedrooms, including a 16th-century Italian palazzo, above (elledecor.com/bedrooms). INCLUDING THE KITCHEN SINK If the small kitchens featured in our Great Ideas column (p. 70) have you contemplating a renovation, be sure to check out our roundup of stylish kitchens packed with clever solutions, such as the one in Southampton, New York, above (elledecor.com/small-kitchens).…
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SPRING IS A SEASON OF RENEWAL— and redos, refurbishments, refreshings, and revampings. In other words, it is traditionally the time of year we start thinking about renovations. Maybe it’s because stronger light and longer days show off exactly how worn and dingy our places have become over the winter, how the paint has faded and the upholstery has become stained. Or maybe, after months of being cooped up, we simply need to look at something different. I’ve always been fascinated with the way our eyes tire of the familiar, how the impulse for change appears to be constant. Just as outfits we once lusted after now hang forlorn at the back of our closets, so the objects that surround us can lose their appeal. Last year, while working on our…
SEE MORE! Scan the top left photo for a behind-thescenes look at “All-Star Lineup” TRUE ROMANCE “Tiles can often look very commercial,” says ELLE DECOR’S design director, Florentino Pamintuan, of this month’s shopping portfolio, which begins on page 130. “I wanted to make them appear romantic.” He envisioned casting the tiles in the same lush atmosphere as the flower arrangements that star in photographer Martyn Thompson’s series “Falling in Love at the Institute,” themselves inspired by a cézanne painting at the Art Institute of chicago. And who better, he realized, than Thompson himself to shoot them? The tiles were shot in the same claverack, New York, house that appears in the “Living History” story in our December 2014 issue. “I tried to evoke a sense of history and place,” says…
BACK IN THE SWING This season, the pendulum is swinging back to the fizzy fashions of London in the 1960s and ’70s. The city’s Fashion and Textile Museum is hosting the first retrospective devoted to boho-chic designer Thea Porter, who filled the homes and wardrobes of the era’s elite—from Elizabeth Taylor to Pink Floyd—with exotic textiles from North Africa and the Middle East (February 6–May 3; ftmlondon.org). Biba, the hip Kensington boutique that launched the kohl-eyed “dolly” look, is the subject of The Biba Years: 1963–1975 (V&A), written by the store’s founder, Barbara Hulanicki. Not so coincidentally, her new wallpaper collection for Graham & Brown features Op Art and floral patterns inspired by Biba dresses (graham brown.com). CREATIVE SPIRIT Harry Bertoia may be best known for the wire furniture he…
PERFECT HARMONY Photographer-turned-designer James Wilkins looked to the classical proportions of architectural masterworks for his stainless steel Golden Section chair. Measuring 28.5″ w. x 42″ d. x 29.5″ h., it is shown in a brushed brass finish with cushions covered in Neutral Ivory, one of six leather options, and costs $4,600. Polished nickel and solid teak frames are also available. 929-231-3287; artobjectifed.com 1 / HIGHER PLANES Fashioned from cut soda-lime glass, Vitreluxe’s Crystals dishes are inspired by the geometric forms of quartz. The 4″ dia. bowls cost $78 each and are shown in, from left, Sea Green, Berry, and Aqua; other colors and sizes are offered. 503-310-0609; vitreluxe.com 2 / MORNING EDITION When actress Jennifer Aniston wanted a bed tray with a newspaper holder for her fiancé, Justin Theroux, Los…
