“I’m very much hoping it lives up to its name,” he jokes. They’re kind of beautiful in their dried state.”Īny advice for those who have yet to master the art of the Zoom background?Īdler is isolating on Shelter Island on Long Island. I dried the last fresh flowers that I got in the office. “Bring as much of the outside in ,” she adds, “whether that’s a plant or view or whatever it is. “That is the only space where I can get peace,” she says. For an unconventional temporary home office, Charles has dressed up a folding table with a beautiful cloth in the only room in her house that locks: the bathroom.
She also emphasizes the importance of having different work and relaxation “zones,” which is possible even within the confines of a small space. “You can’t redesign your whole space, but this has a huge impact,” she says. She’s been using Annee de Mamiel’s Altitude Oil to change up how her home smells, which she says helps her focus. As the former head of design for Soho House, with its cozy-glam clubhouses around the world, Charles knows all about creating spaces that are as comfortable as they are stylish.Ī good starting point is scent, which Charles says is often looked past. “Whenever we design a room, it’s not just about how it looks, it’s about-obviously-how it feels,” says Vicky Charles, the co-founder of design firm Charles & Co. What are some tips to create a balanced, restorative space? Vicky Charles (right) pictured with her co-founder Julia Corden. It can be both crafty and emotive and personal.” It’s a nice excuse to pin up pictures of family members and friends we can’t be with, or places we’re unable to travel to right now. “Then things that hold meaning to you, you can display them on your wall. “You basically just take the fabric and stretch it over that material and use a staple gun, it’s all things that we might already have in our little toolbox or things that you can buy that are inexpensive on Amazon,” she says. Calderone wrapped Homasote boards in burlap (she says you can use cork), then painted the material gray. She also says now is an opportunity to reconstitute our old notes and memorabilia, whether it’s a drawing your child made or a special thank you note, and make creative mood boards. I brought it into my home and put it in a vase.” It had this beautiful sculptural quality. “The other day I was walking my puppy on the beach and I picked up a fallen pine branch that was dead. “If you have access to nature, take a pair of clippers and clip a beautiful blooming branch that you see on the side of the road or in your backyard, just to bring a little bit of that life into your house,” she says. What DIY projects can I try my hand at while holed up at home?Īthena Calderone, the author, interior designer and chef behind the lifestyle site EyeSwoon, is looking for natural additions to her home. The couple picked out a new set of everything from bedding and mattress company Wright. Then they went through and touched up the paint on walls that had gotten scuffed. Next up was rearranging: shelves that had gotten cluttered (“We created some cool vignettes of objects and sculptures and books”), as well as some of the couple’s art. Inline or plug-in dimmers for floor or table lamps can help make the space.
If you go for incandescent lighting and don’t have a dimmer, McKinley cautions to be cognizant of the wattage. We put in a bunch of incandescent bulbs.” “When you’re spending so much time, you really want that light to be warm and flattering and comforting. “Especially now with LED lighting being the norm, I feel like a lot of people don’t know what they’re buying and they end up with really cold and unflattering light,” says McKinley, whose Studio Robert McKinley projects include the Sant Ambroeus restaurants, the Surf Lodge and upstate New York’s Hotel Kinsley.
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After a first round of decluttering, they decided to upgrade their lighting situation. Where do I begin?ĭesigner Robert McKinley and his wife, singer-songwriter Kate Nauta, have been remaking their home in Montauk, New York, little by little.
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