Thoroughly Modern Family
Author:Abigail StoneInterior Designer Amy Sklar of Amy Sklar Design transforms a classic Hancock Park home into a modern home
The result? “The home feels sophisticated yet approachable and livable.” The perfect setting for modern life.
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Vibrant wallpaper adds a extra playful note to the kids’ rooms. “The client was wonderfully adventurous with the wall coverings, which gave us a great springboard for a lot of the fabrics and furnishing we chose.”
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“A large master bedroom is great opportunity for a four-poster bed, as it creates a cozy and inviting refuge,” Sklar counsels. “The bed also helps to define the space, adding an architectural element as well. To balance the clean lines of the bed, we upholstered it in mohair velvet to soften the overall look.”
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“Paying attention to the ‘visual weight’ of furniture and objects (scale, texture, and tone) really helps to balance a space,” Sklar says.
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In the dining room, “upholstered head chairs at a dining table look great with ‘leggier’ side chairs,” says Sklar.
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Sklar expertly mixes shapes, styles and textures with seeming abandon to create rooms that are comfortable, inviting and far from staid.
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“They really wanted a place to be able to spend time together as a family,” says Sklar. “The open plan allows for them to be together during mealtime, playtime, and lounging time."
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Sklar, herself the mother of two children, understands that a home must be functional, livable, and above all, comfortable. The new design allows the family to hang out together even while engaged in solitary activities.
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To transform the interior into a home more in keeping with the needs of modern life, the family turned to interior designer Amy Sklar, known for her eclectic style and effortless merging of modern and classic aesthetics. Sklar worked with Bestor Architecture to remove walls, combining kitchen, breakfast nook and family room into one welcoming and light-filled space.
Photographer: Laure Joliet
Hancock Park, one of Los Angeles’s most beautiful neighborhoods, is known for its large sprawling homes and quiet leafy streets. Because it was developed in the 1920s, when life was more formal, the interiors are often filled with a maze of rooms.
Photographer: Laure Joliet