Kelly Wearstler
Kelly Wearstler
Kelly Wearstleris an American designer. After founding her own design firm Kelly Wearstler Interior Designin the mid-1990s, her ensuing work within the hotel industry built her reputation in California, with The New Yorker dubbing her "the presiding grande dame of West Coast interior design." According to The New York Times, "her playful, elegantly over-the-top designs for the Avalon Beverly Hills changed the look of boutique hotels around the world," and her designs for the Viceroy hotel chain in the early...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDesigner
Date of Birth21 November 1967
CountryUnited States of America
Rawness and refinement are not opposite ends of a luxurious spectrum... they are two complementary features with which to populate a luxe environment.
I would never shop from the Internet or a catalogue; otherwise, how am I going to educate my eye? I just love going out and searching for new things.
The sky is the limit as long as you keep the rooms practical, and I have become better at that since I had children. Function, form and organisation are all important.
I love history everything is inspired by history, so that's why I love vintage and antiques.
I look at every piece of furniture and every object as an individual sculpture.
By acquiring all of your furniture from different eras and places and things that are expensive and inexpensive, it will make your end product have a great spirit.
The mixture of weird textures and organic surfaces creates an interesting dialogue.
Rawness and refinement are not opposite ends of a luxurious spectrum they are two complementary features with which to populate a luxe environment.
My husband and I go to Il Fico every Friday, and I get the whole-wheat pizza. I won't eat pizza anywhere else!