For clients involved in art, it's no surprise their pied-a-terre has a gallery-like feel. In each room, the wall decor helps to round out the color scheme, while adding dimension and movement.

…pattern play…

…beautiful story board @atlantahomesmag for our reflective retreat at the 2023 @atlantaholidayhome featuring visual and tactile layers that sooth the soul. We loved watching people enjoy this quiet moment, reaching out to touch the soft hand of fabrics and faux fur in contrast to the warm texture of the wood veneer wallpaper, allowing the layers of sensory contrast speak to their heart. It’s what we love to do!!!

All the Right Ingredients

In the historic art colony of Laguna Beach, California, designer Raili Clasen brought a midcentury exuberance to a contemporary beach house’s modern vibe. The result is a colorful free spirit worthy of its pedigree

BY PAIGE PORTER FISCHER

PHOTOGRAPHS BY KARYN MILLET

SUNSET PARK - A Santa Monica bungalow designed by Betsy Burnham. A custom sectional, sourced through Cisco Home, an area rug from International Flooring and the 1573 chair from Lee Industries covered in Colefax & Fowler’s Boxwood Union play supporting roles in the family room, which is dominated by a painting by America Martin, via Joanne Artman Gallery. Photography by Laura Hull.

A historic Wolf Pen Branch home designed by AMID, Allison McComb's interior design firm in Louisville, Kentucky

AD- “Richter designed the library around a vibrant painting by artist America Martin. “When deciding how to incorporate a Colombian American artist, I designed a cocoon of black millwork that offset the bright colors and created a warm place to watch movies in the evening,” she says. “If the apartment is like going to Paris, this is St. Barths—a little excursion.”

At the other end of the home, where the guest room is located, Power created a passageway that acts as a hall and, more importantly, a gallery space. Here, original Georgia O’Keefe drawings rest side-by-side with a Tinka Tarver sculpture installation. The showpiece of the guest bath is a life-sized abstract nude by America Martin.

Straight from the VDG archives, this expertly crafted living space showcases significant artwork.

When it comes to selecting art for your interior, we as designers have wildly different approaches. Some pick one work from a clients’ collection and use it as a jumping off point for the entire project. Others will begin with the design, layering the room with patterns and textures before even envisioning how artwork will be integrated. However they begin, the one space they can always count on as a showcase of the more intriguing work is the living room.

INTERIOR DESIGN BY MEG LONERGAN

A vintage chaise in the master bedroom is from Rail & Stile, styled with custom Fabricut-covered pillows. A drawling by America Martin hangs above the vintage console.

When you have an open floor plan, large-scale artwork like this one by America Martin can serve as an important focal point or a visual destination to define a space. While visual destinations are important, successful interiors should feel harmonious and have a natural flow from room to room. We like to create continuity by repeating materials and shapes throughout the home. Here, the curved shape of the metal on the chandelier in the dining room is repeated in the ceiling fixtures leading down the hallway.

above: The dining room becomes an intimate cove beside the grandeur of the entry’s stairway. Yet it gathers its own gravitas from the limestone-tiled wall that flows from the entry. The homeowner’s equestrian passion is seen in a bronze equine sculpture set between Holly Hunt’s bronze “Bell Pepper” lamps. Women on Beach by artist America Martin provides an artistic focal point