{"id":31919,"date":"2020-08-05T17:24:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T17:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/?p=31919"},"modified":"2023-10-24T14:51:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T14:51:24","slug":"white-minimalist-architecture-turned-glamorous-interior-design-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bocadolobo.com\/en\/inspiration-and-ideas\/white-minimalist-architecture-turned-glamorous-interior-design-project\/","title":{"rendered":"A White and Minimalist Architecture Turned Into Glamorous Interior Design Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Home of a New York-based jewelry designer and curator, this interior design project<\/strong><\/em><\/span> is a construction of white, minimalist architecture<\/strong><\/a>. The designer behind the project wanted to create a strong sense of earthiness and connection to nature with natural elements of metal and stone, contrasted with gold and silver, which is a reflection of the client\u2019s identity. The result is a luxury home<\/strong><\/a> grounded in earth while inspiring an elegant \u201cZen\u201d sensibility.<\/p>\n

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In Tenafly, New Jersey, those natural elements form the basis for an interior design project<\/strong><\/em> that is luxurious yet inviting, dominated by a warm, neutral palette. \u201cWe wanted a strong sense of earthiness in the home<\/em>,\u201d says interior designer<\/strong> <\/a>Jessica Gersten<\/strong><\/a>, noting the contrast to the newly built structure\u2019s white, minimalist shell. \u201cWe wanted there to be a connection to nature. There is a little bit in every single room<\/em>.\u201d<\/div>\n
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It was one mandate of her clients: Danielle Gregory, a designer and curator of jewelry collections for private clients, and her husband, Troy Gregory. Further inspiration for the exclusive design<\/strong> came from the Amangiri resort in the Utah desert\u2014a commanding arrangement of geometric concrete planes that artfully play off the region\u2019s rugged beauty, decorated with items in natural materials, hues, and textures. This may seem an unlikely influence for an interior design project<\/strong><\/em> in suburban New Jersey, but for the Gregorys, the resort\u2019s organic principles and monumental scale created a sense of serenity they aimed to replicate.<\/p>\n

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In this interior design project<\/strong><\/em> that sensibility can be seen in the bright family room, where caterpillar-like Togo sofas by Michel Ducaroy for Ligne Roset are covered in a charcoal and white fabric from Donghia that gives the appearance of stone\u2014an allusion that\u2019s mirrored in the mineral pattern of the custom Tibetano rug. The connection to nature<\/strong> is enhanced via a link to the outdoors through a limestone-clad loggia, which can be enclosed with mesh screens and heated for indoor-outdoor living in the fall.<\/p>\n

In the modern living room<\/strong>, striped Armani Casa<\/strong> wallpaper gives the feeling, Gersten notes, of being \u201cin a clamshell.\u201d The split Minotti Hamilton sectionals and Mushroom City drum tables of varying heights and diameters, in a combination of brass and blackened-pewter finishes, are strewn about in a way that activates the space for a dynamic, lounge-like effect.<\/p>\n

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For the New York-based interior designer<\/strong>, the Tenafly home was a chance to dig in on a large, ground-up residence\u2014by architect Anthony Minichetti<\/strong> and built by\u00a0Chris Lombardo of Rockridge Construction Management\u2014after a series of Manhattan apartments<\/strong> and one previous project in Tenafly with the Gregorys, decorating their \u201cstarter home.\u201d Gersten came to interiors following a fashion career with Ralph Lauren<\/strong> and Giorgio Armani<\/strong> that allowed her to hone her sense of color balance, texture, proportion, and overall vision.<\/span><\/p>\n

See Also:\u00a0A Luxury Apartment That Magnifies The Exclusive Lifestyle Experience<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cIn fashion, it\u2019s about how textures, colours and proportions come together in one outfit. The same goes for interiors: playing with the scale of a room and how all the different proportions of the furniture speak to each other, and the texture of the rug and the upholstery and having the right balance of hard items and soft items,\u201d she says. \u201cSo a little bit of each and not too much of any one thing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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That philosophy is evident in the elegant gentleman\u2019s den with a moody charcoal palette, where tree trunk\u2013shaped brass-covered center tables<\/strong><\/a> by Boca Do Lobo<\/strong><\/a> and a grey onyx bar offer an earthy contrast to a sartorial tufted<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>A. Rudin sofa covered in lustrous, metallic fabric.<\/p>\n

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T<\/span>he various themes reach an apex in the contemporary dining room<\/strong>. There, matte surfaces are galvanized by a showstopper chandelier<\/strong> of polished nickel, brass, and bronze custom-designed<\/strong> by London-based Tom Kirk, with significant input from decorator and client. The glamour of the chandelier, herringbone wood floors, Robert Polidori photo of Versailles, and masonry fireplace create an aura of formality. Still, it remains an inviting space, with its unexpected \u201970s-style chairs from Living Divani and homey, organically shaped ceramics by Gilles Caffier.<\/p>\n

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The kitchen design<\/strong> is a similar study in taupe, accented by high-gloss cabinetry, striated stone surfaces and amber lighting by Studio Van den Akker. The chrome-and-leather Arete bucket chairs are another subtle \u201970s reference\u2014a nod to Danielle\u2019s fondness for interiors from James Bond movies<\/strong> of that period\u2014also seen in the vintage Pierre Paulin chair in her teenage son\u2019s bedroom. Throughout, the pervading sense is one of warmth.<\/p>\n

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