Hurry out and nab the March Vogue with Adele on the cover.
(Photograph by Jay Fitzgerald)
Because Schuyler Samperton, one of my favorite LA interior designers, has done it again.
The last time I had coffee with Schuyler (at Joan's on Third, a stone's throw from her chic office), she had dropped some hints to me about the home she was currently designing for Carolyn Murphy.
Me: It sounds so crazy beautiful. Will I ever be able to see it?
Schuyler: (pause, followed by a cryptic smile) I think so.
(Photograph by Jay Fitzgerald)
Schuyler's interiors combine bohemian, vintage and French-country elements, but more than that, they have a soulful, laissez-faire glamour that you instantly feel when you walk into them. They whisper, they don't shout. They breathe a sexy relaxed confidence (come to think of it, just like her and her clients).
I love how she has broken her rooms down into their key decorating elements, don't you? (You can view them on her blog here.) It makes it so much easier to understand how different pieces can work together.
(Photo by Grey Crawford for Vogue)
(Photo by Grey Crawford for Vogue)
When I emailed Schuyler last night for a quote, she wrote back immediately (and during the Oscars, no less!):
"In terms of the experience, I'd have to say that Carolyn and I were always totally in sync about the vision of the place. We'd worked together on a few houses in the past, and so we have kind of a shorthand with each other. She has amazing taste and appreciates irregularity, imperfection, age and history, so I was able to gather a really interesting and unique collection of rugs, furniture, textiles, paintings and accessories. It's the mix of objects, as well as the objects themselves that create the mood."
~Schuyler Samperton
Quick, someone grab me before I tumble head-first into this photograph and start speaking in some old Provençal dialect.
(Photo by Grey Crawford for Vogue)
On Schuyler's blog, she writes about her design process, inspiration and even her favorite LA shopping spots (which I'm reposting below):
160 N. La Brea Avenue, LA 90036
730 N. Highland Avenue, LA 90038
(323) 957-0370
724 N. La Cienega Boulevard, LA 90069
(310) 273-6200
8925 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood 90069
(310) 492-9990
746 N. La Cienega Boulevard, LA 90069
(310) 657-8708
Merci, Schuyler!
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Editor's Note:
Regular readers of this blog will remember that I was lucky enough to meet Schuyler last year when she emailed me about a Bloomsbury Group-themed window she was styling for 2011's LA Design Quarter. In fact, a needlepoint pillow I stitched from an actual design by Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell (from the book Bloomsbury Needlepoint) even made it into the photo shoot, and if you think that pillow has been putting on airs ever since, you would be right. :)
(Photo by Karyn Millet)