![]() I can’t say that it was necessarily an intentional reference point, but like I do with all my clients, I looked at what we already owned, and then built up the design around those pieces,” says the designer. “I think you can sense that vibe as you move through the home-in the colors, the art choices, and even just in the slightly eclectic bohemian spirit. After all, Kayla was born and raised in a coastal town in California, and she and Clayton (who is originally from Illinois) met in San Francisco and later set up their first home there. They may be New Yorkers (for now), but the couple will forever be West Coasters at heart. Farrow & Ball’s Pink Ground defines the walls. The desk, suzani, rug, and gentleman’s wardrobe are all vintage. It’s specific, but I feel like I succeeded.” The sofa is the Esme design by Sixpenny Home. I wanted it to feel like the English cottage of a well-traveled art teacher. “It doesn’t get a ton of natural light, but since I prefer cozy little burrows, it’s my favorite place to be. A lamp from her grandmother, family photos, and favorite books take pride of place. “I definitely pushed him a little out of that comfort zone to include color, but the result is still very crisp, very preppy, and very masculine,” Kayla avers.Īlmost everything in Kayla’s office space is vintage. ![]() Clayton’s office-formerly the home’s second bedroom-echoes his proclivity for modern, meticulous design. ![]() I tried to get back into that mindset for my office and so it ended up being such a fun space to create, and ultimately a fun space to create in,” she observes. I once papered an entire wall in Teen Vogue editorials, and one year I convinced my dad to help me paint gigantic pink and white stripes on all the walls. “As a kid, I kind of lived in my own world, and my bedroom was always being changed up and moved around. © Kirsten Francis Photographyīy her own admission, Kayla’s office space, dubbed “the snug,” feels like a grown-up version of her childhood bedroom. The table lamp is a Harvey Guzzini design from The Somerset House (an identical version is available on 1stDibs). She leaned in with a chrome and travertine lamp to provide a little task lighting, and added a jute scalloped runner from Chairish to offset the coldness of the stainless steel. ![]() “I despised the stainless steel counters, but we are both pretty avid cooks, so the utility has almost converted me into loving them,” Kayla muses. When they got the house, the couple weren’t too impressed with the kitchen. (Fun fact: The latter two have traveled with Clayton from apartment to apartment for over a decade.) So followed an exercise in tactful restraint: The couple kept any furniture from their last (much smaller) apartment that still worked in this space, including the bar cart, side tables, dining table, and bench. We were conscious of making investments that could transfer to our next home,” says Kayla, who served as marketing director at AD before making her foray into the design world, first as an assistant at a small New York City–based interior design practice, and subsequently as founder and principal of her own boutique firm, Saturday Studio NYC. “Because we knew we wouldn’t be here forever, there was a big push and pull on where to invest time and money versus where to save. While it is a rental, it’s the couple’s first “grown-up” apartment and their first real opportunity to start investing in pieces they love. The framed ocean photographs are from Luke Shadbolt’s Maelstrom Series. That was a key learning for projects moving forward.” A Cobra floor lamp by Gubi, purchased at TRNK, and nesting side tables from West Elm square off the setting. With the vintage slate-top coffee table, Kayla learned an important lesson: “Ask for the weight of all furniture! This piece was sourced online and ended up weighing 400 pounds, and we did not have the rug in place when it was delivered. A cerulean sofa by Timothy Oulton for RH glows in the sunlight, serving as a colorful counterpoint to the white chair by Soho Home.
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