BOTH HER STYLE blog and newly launched home-accessories line go by the name of Happily Grey, and they do indeed feature a lot of that in-vogue non-color. But different neutrals—black, white and tan—emerged as the palette for Mary Lawless Lee’s Nashville home, after she and her interior decorator, April Tomlin, sought inspiration in Ms. Lawless Lee’s favorite fashion collections, and her own wardrobe.
“Mary’s blog is Happily Grey, but I joke that it should be Happily Camel now,” said Ms. Tomlin, who decided to amp up that potentially dreary color scheme using the same techniques that fashion designers use. French designer Jacquemus, one of her client’s top picks, goes for deconstructed, drape-y cuts. Similarly, Ms. Tomlin threw blankets over the back of dining-room chairs to avoid an overly formal look. Loewe, a Spanish fashion house, uses texture to enrich its predominantly earthy tones. Ms. Tomlin played with texture, too, tucking touchable, woven-suede bar stools under black soapstone countertops. Australian designer Ellery loves asymmetry. Ms. Tomlin covered only three-quarters of the master bedroom’s walls and ceiling in oak paneling.
“I scrolled through Mary’s Instagram for hours before we started, which is not a typical part of my process,” admitted Ms. Tomlin. But from there the decorator cadged another wardrobe trick—Ms. Lawless Lee’s knack for punching up looks with accessories—and applied it to her client’s home. “Think of a piece of art as a pair of statement boots, or a coffee-table book as a high-end bag,” said Ms. Tomlin.
“I don’t design around people’s wardrobes often,” she added. But today the 3,900 square-foot house Ms. Lawless Lee and her husband will share with their daughter (due in July) tells the story of her fashion obsession.
Challenging Paneling
Nodding to Australian designer Ellery’s penchant for asymmetry, the master bedroom’s one-inch strips of white oak don’t cover the entire space. “It’s a twist in an otherwise relaxed room,” said Ms. Tomlin, who admits that truncating the cladding was also a money saver. The globed pendants and circular top of the side table in the foreground set up a tension with the vertical paneling and framed line drawing. The grain of the wood, the chunky knit of the Citizenry’s blanket and the crocheted pillows all conspire to enliven a basically monochromatic room. “Applying various textures achieves a relaxed but interesting space,” said Ms. Tomlin. The laid-back nature of the room goes beyond the slipshod bed. Slouchy leather chairs from AllModern, the napped throw pillows and the barely finished oak make the room “wearable,” said Ms. Tomlin. “Nothing is too precious to live in.”
A Lightened Larder
Before bringing on the interior designer, Ms. Lawless Lee installed dark kitchen cabinetry that didn’t turn out as she’d envisioned. “I’d hoped it would be lighter, to create contrast with the black soapstone countertop, but it read modern versus earthy,” said the homeowner. Ms. Tomlin softened the space with suede bar stools from CB2 and a handmade pegboard. “When you have marble, very dark stains and concrete floors, it’s a contemporary look. For Mary, it felt cold,” said Ms. Tomlin. “Mixing lighter wood stains, like with the pegboard, immediately changes the feeling. It’s really that simple.”
Not Quite by the Book
Against Sherwin Williams’s Pure White paint and a backdrop of camel-colored hues, Ms. Tomlin showcased the vivid orange cover of the art book “The Impossible Collection Of Warhol: The Artist’s 100 Most Influential Works” (Assouline), displaying it on an art stand from One Kings Lane. As Ms. Lawless Lee shrewdly mixes extravagant and budget buys in her wardrobe, Ms. Tomlin blended variously priced pillows from Target, Restoration Hardware and Brooklyn textile artisan Susan Connor. She added a black stone console lamp from Noir that she joked is “the opposite of Target.”
Life Imitates Art
The home’s show stopper: the stairwell’s two-story expanse of vintage LIFE magazines. “I often wear monochromatic looks that pop with texture or structure,” said Ms. Lawless Lee, recalling a white Philosophy di Lorenzo Serafini knit top she recently wore. “It had a thick weave, cropped profile and fringe sleeves.” To lend a similar depth and complexity to the magazine installation, full issues were used, and some edges of the nearly 200 magazines, all sourced from vendors on eBay, bulge out. “When you’re flush with the wall and look up, you see that dimension of texture,” said Ms. Lawless Lee.
Casual Dining
In the Nashville home of style blogger Mary Lawless Lee, contemporary fashion inspired interior designer April Tomlin. The oddly proportioned Restoration Hardware chairs in the dining room—with their low, wide backs and blocky arms—allude to runway looks that, for example, pair overlong sleeves with miniskirts. The curvy, cascading chandelier from Hudson Valley Lighting softens the strict lines of the rest of the décor. “I varied the proportion on the centerpiece candlesticks and added textured lines with the fringe on the throws,” said Ms. Tomlin. The boldly blue painting by an anonymous Italian artist punctuates the room like an outfit’s brightly colored belt.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-steal-decor-ideas-from-fashion-11555690811
2019-04-19 16:20:00Z
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