The Decorator: Jonathan Adler

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Red!

Red, White and Blue

Vintage & Now

I just love the classic combination of red, white and blue. It has such cultural and historical significance with the obvious connection to the flags of the world, and continues to pop as a timeless decorating and fashion option.

Wonderful red & blue canopy bed 1970

TV room by contemporary American decorator Jonathan Adler

The French made navy blue, red and white their fashion statement in the early 19th Century and red and white was seen in Edwardian parlours.

Canopied opulence in navy & red silk and suzani by Kelly Wearstler

Pop iconography with Mickey and psychedelic upholstery popping against navy walls

Throughout the sixties and seventies red, navy and white continued to star.

Loving the nautical nod in the bedcovers and Joe Columbo chairs

Red and white Louis and abstract area rug

Fab red chairs against navy walls

Red, white, and gold as an unexpected foil

Like the gold buttons on a navy blazer, the gold and red sing in this vignette by Kelly Wearstler

Love the red daybed against the blue architectural detail

Why don't you try this wonderful combination?
To my mind red white and blue never disappoints!

vintage images

via

House & Gardens Complete Guide to Interior Decoration 1970

Decorating American Style by Jose Wilson & Arthur Leaman 1975

contemporary images

via

'Domiicilium Decoratus' Kelly Wearstler

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words by J Watson-Evans
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Thursday, August 25, 2011

Jonathan Adler - Just Can't Get Enough!

Colour addict Adler goes monochrome....

Lusting for cushion Lust

currently digging the
'regency-esque' geo motif custom carpet
& Fornasetti plate

Could he be the idealogical love child
of Hicks & Duquette?

See you later Decorator!

words J Watson-Evans

images via AD Collector

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan Back By Popular Demand!

Well I like to give my readers what they want! After the wonderful feedback from the last Adler/Doonan post, I have scoured my old mags for some more of the work by the

Guru of Vintage "Happy Chic"!

Please enjoy the following images from Adler and Doonan's own Palm Beach condo, a clients New York apartment, and the iconic Parker in Palm Springs.

C'Mon Get Happy with Jonathan Adler!

Love the coffee table and the Warren Platner classic wire chair!

Adler and Doonan's Palm Beach retreat!

Excellent Paul Evans mirrored bed! Yeah Baby!

Love the Suzani bedcover on that bed!

Red, blue and white always delights!

So sunny and Doris Day like!!

Lovely 'Golden Girl Chippendales' for dining!

You've gotta love gingham and red together!

Nice salon hang and wonderful lamp and shade matches my own West German lamp!

Pretty in pink!

Wow! Psychedelia for a 5 year old!! Just adore the yellow, cartoon like tall boy!

Ah! That wonderful breeze block at the Parker, Palm Springs! Fab pic by Art Gray.

Love the bikini bottom painting with the atomic light overlay!

Yabba Dabba Do! I adore the 'flintstone' like room divider!
pics of the Parker by Art Gray

Feel the serenity at the Parker!

Images via Metropolitan Home, Elle Decor, & Interior Design

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan Colour Their World!

Happy hipsters Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan know how to play table tennis and live the colourful life!

Their sunny Park Avenue apartment sparkles and pops with colour, and each day they like to come home from the office, Simon Doonan's being Barneys NYC and Jonathan's being Jonathan Adler Pottery, Home and Decorating, and get down and dirty with a game of table tennis on the coolest table tennis table in the known universe.

Yes it has Saarinen bases and red and black paisley fabric covering!

Please enjoy the following images via Architectural Digest Espana