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Interior Dialogue H-Town’s hippest newhouses, hotels and restaurants nod to devine design trends.Here are three fadsworth following, and howto take themhome | ByHollyCrawford&MitchellAlan Parker | | Photography by ShannonO’Hara&Julie Soefer | 1. Mix ’n’ Max Fashionistas love layering printed fabrics and textures.Now, themix fix is in at home, as top interior designers thoughtfully group beloved personal objects and sculptureswith graphic rugs, printswith pizzazz and touchable textures, piled on every surface. “It never looks too decorated,” saysTributeGoods, Inc. designer KarenPulaski,whose own new living room, pictured, is a collage of chic. “You go from element to element and just feel good in the space,” she says, “like you want to hang out in every room.”Te familiarity comes from a balance—betweenmasculine and feminine, old and new,matte and sheen—that “everyone will find inviting and warm.” For his part, interior designer VernonCaldera layers geometric art, smart objects and bright pops of color in his home. Getting it right takes relentless editing. “You’d think you could throw anything together,” he says, “but, so it doesn’t become a hot mess, you have to reduce things down to the core of your story. A piece has to have emotional resonance.” Pulaski’s home mixes printed metallic wallpaper, bold fabrics such as the plush pink on a “bergere” armchair, and a mod ottoman. Elements of Style Raid the runway for inspiration, and learn an object lesson... get busy “Tis layered interior look really stems from fashion,” designer Vernon Caldera says. Indeed, Custo Barcelona and Marc Jacobs sent lots of layers down the Fall 2010 runway, unabashedly mixing prints like plaids and stripes. “It references geometric patterns and a lot of the layering of the ’80s. But this generation is interpreting it in its own way.” A look from Custo Barcelona’s fall collection. Custo Barcelona is available at Nordstrom, in the Galleria. Floor score As in Pulaski’s room, far above—and in the red rooms at Downtown’s Hotel Icon, where bold striped carpets meet patterned wallpaper and floral-print bedspreads— what’s under foot should be top of mind. Pakistani Gebbeh, $1,200, from Pride of Persia, 7026 Old Katy Rd., 713.522.7870 stuFF it! Te sophisticated but offbeat inventory of objects at shops Kuhl-Linscomb (2424W. Alabama St., 713.526.6000) and Sloan/ Hall (2620Westheimer Rd., 713.942.0202) inspire designers. Says Pulaski: “Tey have courageous buyers.” Brass “Beat Vessels,” from $1,000, at Kuhl-Linscomb make book British designer and shop owner Tricia Guild is the undisputed queen of luscious layers. Her essential Tricia Guild: Colors, Patterns, and Space is revised and reprinted this month. From Rizzoli, $50, at Barnes & Noble continued... 64 | | September 2010 the Loop | home
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