Architecture + Design

These Inviting Interiors Champion Understated Elegance

Author: Grace Beuley Hunt / October 4, 2024
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Culled from Luxe’s regions across the country, these inviting interiors champion rich materials and understated elegance.

Set against a cosseting backdrop of Farrow & Ball’s Down Pipe, an integrated Calacatta marble desk provides an airy counterpoint in this San Francisco home office designed by Viona Seshadri.

moody desk area with black walls and a leather chair
Photo: Bess Friday

Tactile textures—from a linen headboard to an Apparatus sconce composed with natural stone—infuse this Laguna Beach bedroom by designers Lisa Berman and Melissa Rohani with a sense of earthy connection.

Designer Anna Knight channeled a collected-over-time ethos for her clients’ Chicago living room, mixing vintage furnishings with velvet, sisal, iron, leather and marble material notes.

moody living room with red couch
Photo: Ryan McDonald
moody black living room with beige sectional with orange throw pillows
Photo: Thomas Kuoh

In Palo Alto, designer Tiffany Mansfield embraced the dark disposition of a basement level rec room, deploying Benjamin Moore’s Wrought Iron as the base for sumptuous textiles and warm brass accents.

Rustic wood details, including reclaimed ceiling beams, Ochre appliance handles and an accent stool by artisan Ian Love, bring a cozy disposition to this Manhattan kitchen designed by Sean Anderson.

kitchen with black cabinetry, white and grey marble island and exposed wood beams
Photo: Haris Kenjar

A powder room in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California, offered the perfect opportunity for designer Amy Meier to showcase diverse materials, from hand-troweled Marmorino plaster walls to a deep green Esmeralda Quartz sink.

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