Timeless Interiors

by Kathryn M. Ireland

Overview

From stateside townhomes in New York, beach houses in the Hamptons and Malibu, and ranch homes in California to farmhouses in the English countryside and Southwest France, this collection of Kathryn Ireland’s interiors moves up and down the sliding scale of formality.

As Timeless Interiors demonstrates, a Kathryn Ireland–designed space, no matter how playful and unorthodox, is always inviting and livable. As her fabric design business thrived and expanded, so her interior style began to incorporate elements of from her expansive travels—paisleys, ikats, and madras— taking on a lively globe-trekker chic appeal.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781423630326
Publisher:	Smith, Gibbs Publisher
Publication date:	11/11/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	23 MB
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About the Author

Kathryn M. Ireland is among House & Garden's "10 to Watch" architects and designers expected to influence 21st-century style. For the last decade, House Beautiful has named her one of the top 100 designers in the United States. She is the author of Creating a Home and Classic Country. She divides her time between Santa Monica, California, and Montauban, France.

Read an Excerpt

It was while I was renovating the Libby Ranch in Ojai that I got a call from Victoria Jackson. She invited me to come and see the property that she had just bought. I thought before visiting her ranch she should visit mine. She remarked that unlike the Wallace Neff masterpiece, her house was all about the view and the landscape whereas mine was all about

the interiors.

Without doubt, this property is one of the most spectacular I’ve seen. On one side are the majestic views of the Santa Barbara mountain ranch, on the opposite side is the Pacific Ocean, and in the distance is the landscape of Santa Barbara and its surrounds. For being as close to Los Angeles as the property lies, its truly paradise.

I was not put off by the fact that the main residence was an early nineties nondescript horseshoe-shaped house that lies at the summit. There was great space, but the flow to the house somehow didn’t work. My brief from Victoria was to do what I wanted.

Table of Contents

FOREWORD 8

INTRODUCTION 11

A SPANISH REVIVAL HOME 41

A BEVERLY HILLS COTTAGE 57

A SANTA BARBARA HORSE RANCH 73

THE HORSE RANCH COTTAGES 103

A PLAYWRIGHT’S HOME 134

A SPANISH FARM HOUSE 151

19TH CENTURY BEACH HOUSE 171

A MALIBU BEACH HOUSE 185

HOME IN BRENTWOOD 203

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 221

RESOURCES 222

Editorial Reviews

Lush, layered rooms steeped in color and texture are Kathryn Ireland's signature. The designer showcases eight of her favorite projects and details the creative process behind each of them. Tips include finding color inspiration, her go-to shops and sources, and the magical power of designer-client friendships."

Traditional Home - Amy Elbert

Beautiful saturated colors, arresting fabrics, and a style that blends California dreamin’ with European sensibility characterize the rooms in the new book Kathryn M. Ireland Timeless Interiors (Gibbs-Smith, 2012).

Kathryn, an interior designer and fabric designer whose work has graced our pages, starred in Bravo’s Million Dollar Decorator in 2011.

As a fan of playwright David Mamet, I was glad to get a glimpse at the good-looking, easygoing style Kathryn gave his home in Santa Monica. It was designed by John Byers in the thirties, who was known for his Spanish Colonial Revival and Monterrey-style homes. Here’s a closeup of a bookshelf with memorabilia from plays of Mamet’s that have been made into movies.

“What I love about the Southern California houses built between the First and Second World Wars is that the architects of that period, Byers among them, understood that exterior living spaces were as important as the interiors,” Kathryn writes in the book. “So they created lovely interior fluidity through clear, distinct rooms and plenty of garden and patio space for outdoor living.”

Here’s an example from the grounds of a Santa Barbara horse ranch: ahhhh

As a bibliophile, I always think of home as a form of autobiography, and Kathryn is expert at letting her clients’ lives tell stories in their homes. I especially love the screening room she designed in the home of film director Robert Zemeckis. Kathryn says, “I merely had to camouflage the projection port with a large painting that could rise mechanically for screenings.” (The painting itself, charmingly, is of film watchers.)

In the Brentwood estate of an artistic couple, Kathryn — who believes you can never have too much counter space — designed this conservatory-like kitchen.

While they were designing this home, Kathryn says, she and the client were so in sync they could finish each other’s sentences. It shows.

Tradition Home - Rebecca Christian