Good morning color lovers !
Today we have a seriously fun throwback tour : thanks to the amazing skills of Meg Gustafson, we’re time-travelling to a world of neon, hairspray and synth music. That’s right, we’re going back to the 80’s ! Meg is famously obsessed with the decade and when she bought this house in 2021, she began a fabulous DIY makeover to unleash the time machine !

This place is both retro and current in its boldness, mixing concepts from room to room and creating a labyrinth of unexpected playfulness and sophistication throughout. Touching on a bit of a theme for maximalist rooms, every wall is painted and more often than not, so is the ceiling, really creating these full looks. The vintage collection is obviously perfectly curated, coming from a total expert of this particular decade, but there’s also a real touch of genius with the modern add-ons. It doesn’t feel like an old time capsule but rather a fantastic modern homage, and a very liveable and inviting one at that.

Take a stroll through this deliciously colorful home below and tell me you don’t want to just
sit there for hours and listen to records, I dare you.

*All photos are from Apartment Therapy and you can follow Meg on Instagram for more fabulous 80’s deco inspiration !
— Marie

Happy Monday friends !
Today we’re diving into a little corner of history with a look at some wild decor from the residents of the Chelsea Hotel in New York. Now if you don’t know, this place is legendary. Built in 1883, it’s been home to some of the biggest artists ever :
Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Marley, Joni Mitchell, Mick Jagger, to name a few. Within the hotel’s walls, Jack Kerouac feverishly typed On the Road, Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke dreamed up 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Miloš Forman penned his screenplay for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, supposedly basing the asylum on the wild assortment of artists roaming the floors. Warhol used it as a symbol, Leonard Cohen wrote about it, and Dylan Thomas and Nancy Spungen died there.

And while the 21st century hasn’t been kind to this artistic landmark – it’s had a sad fate of renovations and general loss of soul –
I’ve had my eye on a delicious book released in 2019 called Hotel Chelsea: Living in the Last Bohemian Haven,
cataloging the homes of residents still living the artist life and dreaming things up in those hallowed halls.
(A documentary about the construction produced by Martin Scorcese also came out this year and looks promising)

So let’s peek inside these old-school, and genuine maximalist sanctuaries, and let these occupants’ style tell you all about them 💕

Tony Notarberardino

Man Lai

Steve Willis

Colleen Weinstein

And the incomparable Susanne Bartsch

Obviously you will not be surprised to learn I have a certain extra fondness for Susanne Bartsch’s apartment,
first of all the woman is fabulous, but that broken-mirror-disco-ball wall treatment has been on my “forever obsessed” list for years,
and I do love her crazy, purple and red, hand-painted hallway 🤗
What about you, what’s your Chelsea Hotel vibe ?

— Marie