Study in style
(Designer’s board on the cover)
Designer: Dana Triano, principal, Dana Triano Designs, West Hollywood
“I wanted to capture the effortlessness of L.A. and the buttoned-up, more scripted, London style,” said Triano. “Another dichotomy was the fact it would be a home library that would act as both retreat and working environment.”
The room’s color palette was inspired by the couple’s noteworthy sense of sartorial style. “He always looks so pulled together,” said Triano, “and she’s a fashionista … I was inspired by the colors they choose to wear.”
Triano went to Claremont Fabrics on La Cienega, a classic English fabric resource, to find an English floral in a modern color way. “I was inspired by this combination because I thought the check brought a little bit of youth or fun … and the crisp color way of the floral fabric pulled in the claret and blue.”
When it came to picking design elements, Triano said, “I was looking for strong silhouettes. I think there is a clean, classic, elegant way about the two of them so I wanted the pieces to feel stylish, structured and updated.”
Triano said she chose the couch for its modern take on a British classic. “It’s a Chesterfield sofa, a classic English sofa, and it’s usually leather and tufted.… This one has the same silhouette, but they didn’t tuft it and it’s got super-clean lines. They did an intricate box pleat at the base and a pleated rolled arm.”
Textural elements are represented with a white fur throw, matte-finish ceramic lamp and cream-colored plaster walls, and exotic details from their pre-engagement trip to Botswana round out the decor.
A must-have for the room was a partners desk. “The two of them appear to be amazingly in sync with each other,” said Triano, “I love the idea of them teaming up with laptops and facing each other.”
“The reason I chose this particular desk was that it was a live-edge desk made from a beautiful piece of wood … so it had that organic, California-ness to it .... The purity of that element just rang true to me, as a lovely place for the meeting of the minds.”
Get the look: sofa: Brampton Pleated Sofa by Dmitriy & Co; Leather chairs: Ignazio Gardella at Richard Shapiro Studiolo; lamp: Rose Tarlow at Melrose House; all fabrics: Claremont Furnishing Fabric Company; brogue and fringe purse: Burberry.