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Home Inspiration – Naomi Watt’s NY Loft

February 10, 2016 By kimwheeler 14 Comments

Just got my Architectural Digest today and immediately fell in love with Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber’s beautiful Manhattan loft. I’ve been making some plans to renovate and this really inspired me. I love this mix of antiques and pieces from Ralph Lauren and Restoration. 

This entrance is pretty fabulous.

The dining room has an antique cabinet and mirror that are wonderful for display, but also great for entertaining. I’d love to find something like this.
 I like this icy blue cabinets in the kitchen and the built in banquette. Kinda retro and reminds me of our kitchen as a child.

 The cute family with their sons.

 Another view of the dining room. The casual feel of the chairs and large table are nice. Seems so much more inviting than a very formal dining room. I know our family would use something like this.The light fixture and rug really make it different.

The boy’s beds are from Restoration. I think it’s so nice when kids share a room. Our boys did for a long time and sometimes I used to listen to their little nighttime chats when they were small.
You can see the rest of the house here at AD. I think Naomi Watts has such great style and she has three movies coming out this year. You can see their very pretty, totally different Hampton’s home here, which they had it on the market at the beginning of this year, but now are apparently renting for $20,000 per month. Naomi also bought this to die for ivy-covered home in Brentwood from Sally Field a decade ago. Smart girl!
Photos Architectural Digest

Filed Under: Architectural Digest, family homes, home decor, Naomi Watts' NYC home

California Family Style- Amanda Pays & Corbin Bernsen

March 27, 2013 By kimwheeler No Comments

About a zillion years ago I  tore out a spread of the home of Amanda Pays and Corbin Bernsen from House and Garden. It was one of my very favorite homes ever with it’s simple elegance. It was their first home and their children were babies. So it was fun to see their latest collaboration published this month along with their beautiful family all grown up.
C Magazine and Country Living both has spreads on their lovely family and the California home they have crafted together. I love that Corbin, (formerly on L.A. Law and now stars on USA networks, “Psych,”) was a carpenter before becoming an actor and still loves doing all their home renovations along with his wife. Amanda (remember her from Max Headroom?) owned Ireland-Pays design shop with designer Kathryn Ireland. Amanda left acting to concentrate on her family and has been doing interiors along with raising their four boys. 

 The House and Garden article and their original home which I believe they sold to Steve Martin. The mix of rustic beams, white walls and English chintz made it uniquely Californian and so fresh for the time. Aren’t they adorable here?

Amanda with her twins, Angus and Henry. They are now 21years old! Amanda looks the same though.

Kathryn Ireland wrote the article. I especially loved the yellow drapes pulled back and the floral sofa.

More great mixes here Bauer pottery and a simple table and chairs in the dining room.

The kitchen beams were amazing. I love this whole space. Yellow tile backsplash made this room so sunny. This was a gorgeous home and I can’t imagine selling it, but redoing homes is their hobby.
Now their new home in Valley Village, which is an area in North Hollywood… You can see some similarities remain. This is a much more modest home and more green. A trend we are all moving towards..
This home is a mix of family treasures, travel finds and salvaged items given new life. Amanda recovered this flea market sofa in Ikea linen fabric and it looks amazing. Flea markets and garage sales are where they like to hunt for home things. (C Magazine)
Another version of the room. Interesting to see how each magazine styled it differently. (Country Living)
The kitchen is salvaged wood, concrete counters and appliances from Sears. A very rustic-industrial mix here. Amanda painted the lemon picture. That’s a project we could all do. Loving the tile backsplash.

 

More views of the fabulous kitchen…

The hanging mugs and chicken wire behind the glass are two other favorites of mine. I noticed they had both in the original home’s kitchen.

The bathroom is painted like a wainscoting with two tones. I like how they let the Pennsylvania bluestone floor be the star here and it’s gorgeous!

They added rustic beams like this one in the bath.

The entry with their whippet. They wired that lantern to be a lamp. A great DIY project! Floors were painted Benjamin Moore’s Gray Timber Wolf.

The master bedroom. The lavenders look so soothing together. Beds here and below were from Room and Board. Sunset throw is from West Elm.

Two of the brothers share a loft for painting and sleeping. Corbin built this loft in a barn space for them. Their close family has all four of the boys ages 14, 24, and 21 year old twins still at home.

A salvaged rocker gives a spot to relax.

In the yard with their four boys. Corbin and his brother built the yard furniture. I’d like to get the French park ground cover look myself. It’s got to be greener than lawn and less work, more charm.

These photos, from the C Magazine spread, show how they converted the yard to all drought-tolerant  natives like olive trees, lavender and agave plants. I love this look!

According to C Magazine, Amanda’s version of green living is recycling and restoring as much as possible..For a Hollywood family it’s admirable in a world of Kardashians and the like. It’s a goal that’s attainable for us all. This family is more successful than ever, has bigger size kids and actually downsized! Why spend more when you could spend less, live stylishly and reuse what is already out there? This family is my new inspiration. Live simply and live better!

Don’t forget about  a Perfect Color contest! You still have until Sunday to enter to win a custom made piece of art. See my previous post or click here! I so could see one of Bonnie’s art pieces in Corbin and Amanda’s current home!

Kim

photos: C Magazine, CountryLiving.com, Home and Garden.

Filed Under: Amanda Pays Corbin Bernsen's home, C Magazine, California style decor., Country Living, family homes, Live simply, rustic industrial decor

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This is also a great time to look at your white Jean inventory. 🤍If you don’t have a pair that’s comfortable and straight leg, in a thicker material…this might be a good time to look. I’ll share some on the weekend blog as well.

if you missed our LIVE this morning, you can watch it on Juliet’s @makemineaspritzer Instagram and I’ll link to it on my stories ! Thank you everyone for tuning in in for the fun questions and comments. We love doing this with you all weekly! Let us know in comments if there are any other topics you want to hear about. Today we talked trending colors, exercise classes .. finding art and pillows and more..

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I love the sunshine in the morning streaming throu I love the sunshine in the morning streaming through the kitchen.. My baby daffodils are blooming to make it even happier. This is one of my favorite things about the new year, the bulbs and daffodils and California poppies that hint spring it on the way.💛 If you don’t have a few blooms in the kitchen, maybe you can add a few?

Hope your having a beautiful week!

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I love this of Liz Taylor at her first wedding to I love this of Liz Taylor at her first wedding to Richard Burton in 1965. She’s wearing a empire, knee length dress and orange blossoms in her hair, which must have smelled heavenly. I want yellow in my closet this spring!

This is the center of my spring vision board! 💛 Link to all Elizabeth’s wedding dresses on the weekend post -and a few yellow things I added to the house if you missed it! 

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Sunday beach trip… We made it to Santa Cruz to c Sunday beach trip… We made it to Santa Cruz to check out the coast after these rough last weeks. Aptos looks pretty good and poor Seacliff is terribly battered. So sad to see what people have lost. My heart goes out to them.

We had the beach to ourselves and the weather was winter perfect. ☀️Cold and sunny. We had a picnic of sandwiches from Zoccolis deli and took in the sun and sea air while watching surfers and birds.

This song just seemed to fit -and relatable as I could not sleep last night! No idea why. Isn’t it maddening? 

Hope you get a chance to take a winter beach walk.. They are the best. 

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Today is good -as we have power, internet and for now, just drizzles. 

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Hope you’re staying dry and safe if you’re in California. 💛We had the craziest night yet with wind and rain last evening. We began with no power and internet so I was a bit slow getting this out..Sending good thoughts to everyone.

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