Page 9 - BGD&C Insights Newsletter October 2021

I never had a home office before, so I
added a glamorous Fornasetti secretary in
a corner of my living room, next to a
window overlooking a gorgeous
streetscape. It’s such a chic little nook that
I love working there. My partner’s home
office used to be a small, dingy maid’s
room, but I transformed it into a dark, sexy
and incredibly cozy space with the most
incredible charcoal grass cloth on the
walls. It’s drenched in pearlized ink and
studded with rivets that look like real nail
heads and make the space so charismatic.
I also made my breakfast nook more
spacious and comfortable with a wrap-
around banquette and larger table so it
could double as a makeshift workspace.

I was interested to learn that our last major
pandemic, the 1918 Spanish flu, was the
inspiration for one of my favorite spaces—
the powder room. I’ve always thought it
was a great place to make a major
decorative statement because it’s a tiny
space, so little indulgences have a huge
effect. I renovated my own place during the
pandemic and went all out in the powder
room, with hand-marbled paper to cover
the walls and exquisite, cast bronze
plumbing and light fixtures. No matter how
bleak life felt during the pandemic, that
powder room made me feel pampered—
and it still does today. It’s a real
conversation piece when I show people my
home, and so many of my friends have
asked me to help them redo their powder
rooms! Everyone is perfecting their homes
right now—a true sea change that isn’t
going to end anytime soon.

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