The Pink Dressing Room

Miles Redd

Bar Carts

I love to walk in to someone's home and see a lovely bar all set up. Something about it seems very welcoming and gracious. Choices for how you set it up abound. A beautiful lacquer or silver tray sitting on your kitchen counter is an easy and economical choice. An antique table or cabinet is a wonderful choice of course. What about taking an armoire or cabinet and painting the inside a glossy red or coral pink? My favorite of all is a beautiful bar cart, which is what I have. There is something so Hollywood glam about it. I once read an interior designer say they didn't care for the bar cart, because they were always afraid the host would roll it away! The last photo is a stunning bar cart on sale at a fabulous price at Restoration Hardware. Also check out this previous post of mine on two other gorgeous bar carts. In case you are curious, the bar above is in the home of Miles Redd.

Beautiful Baths

I rarely see bathrooms I really love. But these four are all dramatic, chic, and elegant. Which is your favorite?

Miles Redd's gorgeous and infamous floor to ceiling mirrored bath holds a particular charm for me as it was salvaged from the Armour estate blocks from my childhood home in Lake Forest, Illinois. The home was built in 1931 and was the estate of Lester Armour of the meatpacking fortune. It was a collaboration between the brilliant architect David Adler and his equally brilliant sister interior designer Frances Elkins. The house was gutted in the 1990s by eighties pop icon Richard Marx and the bathroom languished in a salvage yard until rescued by Miles Redd.

Miles Redd's powder room-very art deco glam with its black, white, and Lucite. I love the little pop of color on the monogrammed hand towels.

I love this Cowtan & Tout Manuel Canovas wallpaper, the monogrammed towel (always make your monograms large, they are much more elegant), and the silver leather cube. The perfect woman's bathroom. This glamorous and feminine bathroom featured in House Beautiful is by designer Amanda Nisbet.

I have no idea where I originally found this photo, but I love the unexpected use of blue and white porcelain and the chopstick monogram on the towels-I would guess Leontine Linens. This is a great way to glamorize a white bathroom. I would have used a blue and white garden stool instead of the large vase on the floor-a perfect perch for a towel or robe.

Miles Redd Interview

Question-"What is your No. 1 design rule?"

Answer-"Buy the best and you only cry once."

(Photo and quote courtesy of  Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles-April 2009)

Tufting

I love tufted pieces and am always drawn to unusual and unique items. Here are some wonderful examples that would add such a sumptuous and dramatic touch to your home. They include some wonderful vintage pieces from 1st Dibs, an ingenious idea for a door from Miles Redd, two gorgeous ottomans from Mecox Gardens, and even a faux tufted pillow and wallpaper. I have just ordered the pillow and plan to use this stunning Rose Cumming wallpaper in my powder room.

Pair of French Schiaparelli Slipper Chairs from 1st Dibs

Made to Order Tufted Lounge Chair from 1st Dibs

Button Tufted Mohair Sofa from 1st Dibs

Pair of Billy Haines Slipper Chairs from 1st Dibs

Pair of Gilt Serpent Chairs from 1st Dibs

Pair of Verner Panton Chairs from 1st Dibs

Miles Redd's Satin Tufted Bedroom Door

Faux Tufted Pillow from Flutter Clutter

Rose Cumming's iconic Wallpaper Fournir

Mecox Gardens Blue Tufted Pouf

Mecox Gardens Sauntani Tufted Pouf

Miles Redd's Blue Door

This beautiful robin's egg blue door belongs to the very talented interior designer Miles Redd. It is #4 in the series of guest posts entitled Domino's Icons of Style I am doing for the blog We Love Domino. Please stop by to see my tips on how to emulate this elegant door for your own home, including paint colors and hardware advice. If any of you have used this color on your own door I would love it if you would send me a photo. 

Miles Redd-The Bird Cage Bed

Please stop by the excellent new blog We Love Domino today to read my third in a series of guest posts entitled Domino's Icons of Style. Katie Mulinix has brought together the design blog community to relive the great days of Domino Magazine and who knows, maybe even bring it back from the dead. Today's post features this lovely bedroom by the incredibly talented Miles Redd. The post will give you tips on how to achieve this look yourself no matter what your budget. For more on this room and on other great canopy beds please revisit my earlier post The Perfect Canopy Bed. 

The Perfect Canopy Bed

Ever since this stunning Miles Redd bedroom was pictured in Domino Magazine (how am I going to live without Domino?), I have been in search of the perfect canopy bed. Canopy beds seem to fall into one of two groups-either too elaborate with overdone headboards and footboards or too simple, stark, and boxy. I think these beds below strike the perfect balance. The first picture is of course the often duplicated and never matched bedroom by the brilliant Miles Redd. The fact that Mr. Redd got every single element in the room perfect doesn't hurt-I love the chinoiserie wallpaper, his use of blue in the stools, rug, and lamps, and the way he has turned the room into an indoor garden and the bed a birdcage. I also think he has shown us that canopy beds do not have to be reserved for the cavernous master bedroom suite. This bedroom is not huge and the bed looks perfect. In fact, you want a bed like this to make a statement and not get lost in a large space. 

This is my new favorite canopy bed. I love the gold leafed chinoiserie. By Annie Selke for Vanguard Furniture it can be found at Horchow and Neiman Marcus for $2379.

This stunningly elegant Italian Campaign Bed is available at Anthropologie. At $1698 for a queen size, it is very well priced for an investment piece that will last forever.