your favorites | AK Studio

Today we have the incredible Naomi, from Design Manifest here sharing her favorites. You have probably already seen her gorgeous loft on Design*Sponge, but I just had to have Naomi’s perspective on what her favorite parts are (there is so much to choose from). I am so incredibly inspired by her use of color and pattern: so risky, and she pulls it off to perfectly.

Also, today I am at Sadie + Stella participating in their favorite room series! Check it out!

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Favorite Room

My favorite area is the living room. It’s bright, colorful, eclectic and comfortable. I like that I was able to mix in a lot: French, Asian, Modern, Traditional, High and Low. Since my apartment is an open loft, I have a full view of the space from my sofa. I’m able to appreciate each item and textile. While I was designing the space, I’d often sit in the living room and mentally rearrange and compose the loft in my head.

Favorite Textile

I love every single textile in my space. I mixed a lot of color and pattern and really experimented and pushed my limits. But my favorite has got to be my Nina Campbell Paradiso Wallpaper. I’ve admired it for so long and was so excited to use it in my space. I love that the colors coordinate with my other pieces, but also don’t quite match.

Favorite Piece of Art

Similar to my textiles, I have a lot of art and each piece is so special to me. I’m lucky to have a lot of original art. I suppose if I had to play favorites, it would be “The Ladies.” I found this painting in my grandmother’s basement. I love the pink background, the frame, and the fact that each lady (or fella) in the painting is different. I notice something different in it each time I gaze at it.

Favorite Furniture

Man- this is hard! I truly do love every piece of furniture I own. My bar cart was a particularly special score as I won it at a furniture auction. I had wanted my own beverage station for awhile, but was holding out for something special and inexpensive. I lucked out with this vintage gold bamboo piece. I bid $150 and won and then proceeded to celebrate like a crazy person in front of strangers.

Favorite Miscellaneous Item

I’m pretty obsessed with my vintage pagoda. It’s one of those little things that make me ridiculously happy for no real reason. I’ve been known to move it all over the apartment- it looks great on shelves, in a dinner table setting, on the coffee table. I’d probably sleep with it if it weren’t so pointy.

Favorite Pug

I’m adding a 6th category- my favorite living thing- and that would be my pug, Bailey. Without him, my home wouldn’t be as warm, snuggly, and loving. And that just wouldn’t do.

Thanks for having me, Alex!

Naomi

First, I wanted to let you know I am over at The Vault Files today sharing whats in my makeup bag. Hope you will check it out! And now today, I have another installment of “Your Favorites”. Alissa from The Goods is here sharing her gorgeous California home. Alissa is a very talented interior designer and I’ve had so much fun following along with her blog for the past 2 years! I immediately felt in love with her house after seeing she used my all time favorite pattern, Asuka, for her bedroom wallpaper. So insanely gorgeous!! I love all of the pattern and color in her beautiful place. So here it is…

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Favorite Room

My favorite room is my den. It’s the room that we spend most of our time in – we watch tv in here, I sometimes work in here {I’m writing this from the den as we speak!} As a designer, I love using my home as a testing ground for my design ideas. In this room I never set out with a specific design plan – the room just came together easily with things I loved.

Favorite Textile

My favorite textile is this LOVE pillow {from Urban Outfitters.} It lives in my favorite room – my den! I love the pillow so much it has lived in lots of different rooms – my bedroom, my office – but it recently took up permanent residence in the den. The bright color and graphic print just make me smile.

Favorite Piece of Art

I’ve admired Carter Kustera’s silhouette art at Barney’s and Jonathan Adler – so when a Groupon popped up to have my own custom work of his, I had to jump at the chance! We sent him photos of ourselves in profile view, gave him a witty comment about ourselves, and voila! a few weeks later we had our own masterpieces. They hang in our bedroom bringing in a nice pop of color.

Favorite Piece of Furniture

My bed! I fell in love with the color combo of gold + navy for my bedroom. First I picked out the gold and cream wallpaper from Osborne and Little, and then had this bed made at a LA store called Room Service. I love the shape of the headboard, the rich navy blue headboard, the button tufting. I took this photo on my iPhone the day it was delivered. I was so happy I was jumping up and down for joy!

Favorite Miscellaneous Item

My favorite miscellaneous item is the ceiling in my office {does that count as an item?!} I fell in love with the idea of putting star wallpaper on the ceiling, but couldn’t find the right color combo to work in my house. So I called up the decorative painters I work with and they meticulously painted my ceiling using a stencil they made. I couldn’t be happier with how it turned out.

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