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In addition to refurnishing the house, we also undertook an extensive renovation; adding a standalone three-car garage and converting the existing attached garage into a mudroom, a laundry room, a paneled-wood family room, and an expanded kitchen. Our clients, who had inherited an impressive art collection of primarily Calders, Miros, and Picassos, described their style as ‘East Coast preppy,’ and so we accepted the challenge of marrying that aesthetic with the bold, primary colors and forms of the iconic modern artworks. We developed an interior color and material palette in the reds, blues, yellows, blacks and whites of the art, but with each of those colors softened and muted. The result is a house that feels right for the art, right for the clients, and right for the house.
Jessica Helgerson does it again, creating some vintage magic in this beautiful home but somehow managing to work in this modern art collection and have everything make sense. I love how cohesive it all is by using those primary colours throughout (though in very manageable shades). Photos: Aaron Leitz.

An incremental remodel of a historic Victorian homestead in Portland’s Mount Tabor neighborhood.  We worked closely and collaboratively with the clients, over a decade, to transform their beloved old house, bit by bit, into something that truly is their home. 
Home of James Mercer of The Shins, his garden designer wife and their 3 kids, this home is everything I continue to adore about designer Jessica Helgerson. It’s always in keeping with the history of the home, lots of vintage elements and attention to detail like no other. Yet another spectacular kitchen, a bedroom ensuite that is maybe my favourite of all time (with a tile floor of dreams), and it’s just got charm oozing from every corner. As if the exterior wasn’t cute enough…. Photos: Aaron Leitz.

Annie Brahler of EuroTrash took an already glamorous home in Naples, Florida and worked her magic to bring glam throughout the interior. The staircase was giving Cheesecake Factory vibes, and is now curvy in the right places with a brass and matte black railing of iron florets and acanthus leaves – and that chandelier! The formal dining room was inspired by the drawing room walls in the Paris home of the late Yves Saint Laurent (hand painted by Olga Saldivar). The kitchen sparkles, drenched in green, white and brass. A fabulously and decidedly masculine work space for the mister looking very Ralph Lauren. The primary suite is a blast from old Florida past, swathed in the prettiest of pinks with a reupholstered Milo Baughman sofa. Then there’s the Chinoiserie bedroom….. Photos: Björn Wallander.

For Jen Cherian of Annarya Design it is all about the details. A kitchen that had great bones so only a rework was done – the different stones with painted and dark wood cabinetry makes this look so classic and timeless. A little corner retreat in the bedroom to read a book with a cup of tea. The tiniest of powder rooms with large-scale floral wallpaper and a custom marble sink. Archways in bathrooms – in one case with a different colour tile on the outside wall. One with diagonally laid checkered marble floor (a fav of mine). A retro vibing laundry room with black and white checkered tile floor. Love every bit of each of these spaces.

A plethora of colours, textures and patterns, with some funky “adult” spaces and some whimsical spaces for the kids, ok and adults, to enjoy. Designer Cleme de Grivel Sader of Lehlo Interiors created such a wonderful home here in Chelsea, London for her and her family. I love the uniqueness of it though I can’t help but laugh at the fact that the office space is in the same colourway as my dining room (orangey walls with pink ceiling) and Jo had covered her former kitchen’s walls in Penguin book covers. Photos: Helen Cathcart.