Classic style: How to add color to elegance

Vineyards seem «comic» these mixtures, and believes that you have to have «a certain bold» to seek the agreement between the intrinsically discordant. Although Viñas never pretended that the Scottish fabric transmit an apex of, as she calls it, «stretched library», did not oppose a Cozy sensation and insular adequate for the wild environment. So, although it seems that the Scottish fabric of the study can be removed (after all, the print, nickname Mad Plaidercan be considered a derogatory version of the tartan), its essential nature cannot be denied. «The most interesting thing for me is to start from something historical and see it from a more contemporary perspective,» says Viñas.

In that case, the entire house could be considered a kind of «curiosities cabinet» of 1,600 square meters, a tradition of the Italian rebirth of collecting objects for ostentation, delight or intrigue. Here are figures of animals worthy of a zoo, some even useful, such as a white resin seletti that swings in the kitchen with a bulb in the hand, or a real -size Moooi pork table in the entranceprepared to collect the keys and mail. To underline the chairs Tom Dixon In the dining room color, on the wall there is a set of red -colored travel memories, which includes a fly fish acquired during a trip to Africa, as well as a worn barber pole that appeals to the designer's fans for the stripes of Caramelo.

In the study, the most used room of the house, a picture painted by Mark Mulroney, a regular collaborator of the designer, offers a view of the dark side of the designer with an arched paint called Look that waywhich represents a subversive mixture of fleshy tree branches that ooze larvae, an ominous bank screw and an apple that shows signs of rot. Armchair Striad of Herman Miller. Ashley Benton sculptures.

Ethan Herrington / Art by Mark Mulroney / Mrs. Gallery NYC

In the study, the favorite vineyard could be considered a phenomena mini -spectacle within the general attraction of the house: on a wooden canvas with a provocative (and intentional) wooden canvy, arched church window, Look that wayby Mark Mulroney, represents a subversive mixture of fleshy tree branches that ooze larvae, sinister bank screw and an apple with signs of rot. «I don't know very well why I like this. My children say: 'You have marked us for life,'» says Viñas. «Ah, well. There is always therapy.»