![]() ![]() Hey! Thanks for watching!! Please subscribe! As I mentioned, this mirror is inspired by a mirror from Hobby Lobby. Enjoy Free Shipping on most stuff, even big stuff. You need to login or register to view and manage your bookmarks.Shop Wayfair for all the best Arch & Crowned Top Gold Mirrors. Before and After: A Summery Bungalow in Topanga, California, Redone by an LA Designer.Rehab Diary: A Dated Kitchen Gets a Modern Upgrade in Maplewood, NJ.Kitchen of the Week: English Country Charm in a NJ Suburb (Plus the Prettiest Pantry). ![]() And the clients are part of that.”Ībove: The studio is currently open by appointment only, but in the future Hollie may designate a walk-ins-welcome day. Telling the story of your home, of you, is such a rewarding experience. She likens finding her team-of contractors, artisans, suppliers, and clients-to putting on a performance. ![]() Hollie was delighted to find a local source in NJ. The zellige tiles (on the walls) and penny tiles (on the floor) can be purchased via her studio.Ībove: In the window display are samples of the zellige tiles carried by Spaces. “I wanted something offbeat and cartoonish as an antidote to the traditional sink skirt,” says Hollie. Shown is fabric by Beata Heuman.Ībove: The studio’s powder room features disparate styles (post-modern, traditional, European, Japanese, etc.) that somehow add up to an appealing composition. She’s been instrumental in adding a distinctively English sensibility to their projects.Ībove: Each room of a project is assigned a tray that holds materials, color stories, and other objects inspiring its design. “I was inspired by old-fashioned Italian candy shops.”Ībove: Hollie consulting with studio director Victoria Bailey-Adamson, a British expat who started her career in interiors at HOWE London on Pimlico Road. The original flooring in the space gave off “murder vibes,” says Hollie, who opted to replace it with black and white linoleum tiles, laid on the diagonal for a Harlequin-style look. Displayed are a selection of pillows designed by Hollie and available for purchase at the studio or on her website.Ībove: Hollie, clutching a custom bolster with exaggerated proportions. “I think one was made from a poster roll tube, and the other from an old Pringles can.”Ībove: A clever Ikea hack: Hollie designed a curvy top and chunky base (her husband, Sean, fabricated them using birch plywood) to add to Ikea’s Ivar bookcase. She describes the style as “California meets deVOL.” To the left is wall-to-wall open shelving, stocked with fabric samples from her favorite textiles resources, including William Morris, Zak+Fox, and Schumacher in the drawers under the cubbies are wallpaper samples.Ībove: Hollie sometimes gifts her clients with homemade paper mâché vessels, like the one on top of the cabinet. Above: The avocado-green cabinets and bookcase here were designed by Hollie as an example of the type of custom millwork she can provide to clients. Laurent, courtesy of Spaces by Holllie Velten. She is her mother’s daughter, after all.īelow, Hollie gives us a tour of her design studio, which has a New Jersey address but resides in spirit in California. “There’s an invisible line that connects me to her,” says Hollie, whose love for fashion and interior design all lead back to her mom. Her mom unexpectedly passed away right before Hollie gave birth to her first child, but her influence is enduring. I spent my youth wanting to grow up to be her,” she says. He was a photographer and she was this long-haired beauty, a flight attendant. “My parents were California hipsters in the ’70s. Yet, when you hear Hollie tell her story about how she came to own this sweet little interior design studio in Maplewood, NJ, you realize that the road she’s traveled is far more direct than what’s shown on her resume. Her professional journey also included pit stops as consulting creative director, trend forecaster, stylist, and set designer. Later, she became a fashion and accessories buyer (Anthropologie), followed by a stint as a textiles buyer (West Elm). After graduating from UC Santa Barbara, where she studied modern dance, the Folsom, CA, native started a jewelry collection (which landed her on the pages of Elle France), then a clothing line (which was carried at Fred Segal). By most measures, Hollie Velten-Lattrell’s career trajectory isn’t a straightforward one. ![]()
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