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Jonathan Adler Reviews Interior Design Finishes

Bob joins the project's interior designer, Jonathan Adler, in the guest bedroom to discuss the decor. Adler used a Lucite shelf to add storage space without making the small room appear smaller. The rug is goatskin and the bed is from the West Elm Catalog, a local Brooklyn retailer that specializes in "urban living". The room is painted in Wheatland Beige from Bob's Signature line of paints. In the second bedroom Adler borrowed ideas from David Hicks to design a sumptuous office. He uses bold patterns, colors and materials to mix pop art with luxury. Bob points out a 1970 reproduction Thonet rocking chair made with chrome instead of the typical bentwood.
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Jonathan Adler Reviews Interior Design Finishes

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" And now let's see what the guys have done in the two other rooms back here this is the bedroom and Jonathan it's a small room. It is a small room that was definitely a challenge. Barely nine by twelve barely. So we did some things Vila that like we wanted to get a lot of furniture and that. In -- and once built to -- easily put in this police say console which is a vintage piece that. Doesn't take up a lot of room visually that gives you space to store your objects these are the stools underneath also. Vintages you set those -- and says they're from the thrift store. And wished she finished the do you mean like the sixties or the Senate these are from the sixties and seventies these pieces Sosa and started considered antique. But some did raise some people's done to me its treasures it's beautiful stuff. We have and then we have some my stuff on top of my pottery handle its lamp is not alert. Now it's turned hardwood made in Africa fabulous and then what's the rug on the floor rug is a beautiful goat skin rug from Mott collections very luxurious. There's some -- and the -- is super low and that is a look very low bed from west elm catalogue in which the really great catalogue. And reinforcing this idea you know making the room more spacious very low he. And we have my new. Quilt on top of that from my happy home bedding collection so this shape in this in the quilt also. Refers to the shape of the lamp it does -- gourd shape rights act and then we candidate -- beige from your. Paint collection right and the whole room has a very serene quality that I can only take so much serenity site. -- it -- expect of pattern with my pillows bolt pattern bolt cutters. And this. Which reminds me of that cut is actually made out of solo cups right out yet styrofoam -- this is and give yourself project people did a lot in the seventies and my mom -- My mom made one in my house and I always loved it so. So it's just hanging above and these are off the -- delightful. These -- glued together with. A lot of these guys and out of patience. She was over here this is this it this could've been used as a second bedroom but you've set it up as an elegant. Office you know we chose to make this an office for the bachelor who's living here I think our inspiration here was David at the sixties English interior designer yeah. I'm -- in the dark colored walls with the white program and the next. Sort of sumptuous. Materials with a pop art sensibility. I think you can really see that in our lacquer desk with this very. Looks very essence our platinum glazed lamp. Come -- list yeah it's it's like high Firestone where -- of replacements in real fun yet. And then that's are juxtaposed with this near. With its fastener that shape America and it's very pop art kind of statement. Right that's innocent mixture of pop with luxury. Very very nice I'm particularly attracted to this outrageous -- rocking chair. That is the seventies time name not imitations and then made with chrome. OK of course the band would write Tony as the client after the bent wood chairs that you found in all the cafes and ready parlors and this is this seventies interpretation and I loved it and let her crown. And then the little wooden tree trunk next the winning tree trunk is hand carved in Africa. Made from an African hardwood called dim wood it's fabulous so again it's a mixture of all sorts of natural elements and hard -- Man made elements that fit. Brings it oh yeah yeah it's eclectic and hopefully crisp at the same time great job thanks -- thank you again okay."

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