Vintage Remix

The Interiors of Kishani Perera

• Editorial: Abrams
• Año: 2012
• ISBN:
  9781613122891
• Categoría: Diseño
• Categoría: Diseño general

Interior designer Kishani Perera knows that good design is everywhere and at every price point. Mixing modern with vintage, and retail with custom, her eclectic interiors incorporate pieces from designer showrooms and Etsy alike to create spectacularly layered, vibrant homes. In Vintage Remix, Pereras striking interiors serve as a guided tour through the stages of design, from deciding when to skimp or splurge to adding the finishing touches and unexpected elements of whimsy. Her mix-and-match philosophy will help readers discover and express their own tastes. Perera takes the intimidation out of blending styles, proving that pairing seemingly opposing pieces can strike a balance that is classically chic.Praise for Vintage Remix: In her new book Vintage Remix: The Interiors of Kishani Perera, the Los Angeles designer proves that eclectic does not have to be code for messy or absolute disarray. The homes she decorates mix high-end furnishings with eBay and Etsy finds, flea market pieces, and mass-market purchases for rooms that reflect an individual's personality with warmth and often a touch of glamour.Los Angeles Times

Utilizing classic designs found in chic boutiques and hidden gems discovered on eBay and Craigslist, interior designer Kishani Perera combines retail and custom, vintage and modern to create spectacularly layered, vibrant homes whose furnishings feel collected over years rather than over a few months. In Vintage Remix, Perera’s stunning interiors serve as a guided tour through the elements of design. In each chapter, she concentrates on a specific aspect of the process, be it preparation and planning, choosing color and working with light, or weaving in texture and pattern. She offers advice, along with stories about her inspirations and the challenges she faced in some of her favorite projects. Perera’s mix-and-match philosophy will help readers discover and express their own tastes by teaching them when to skimp or splurge or add elements of unexpected whimsy. She takes the intimidation out of blending styles, proving that pairing seemingly opposing pieces can strike a balance that is classically chic. Actors and Perera’s longtime clients Gary Oldman and Molly Sims contribute their own design stories.

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the interiors of kishani perera

kishani perera

with elizabeth roehrig

Stewart, Tabori & Chang

New York

Contents

Foreword by Gary Oldman • 11

Preface • 13

Introduction by Molly Sims • 15

inspiration + perspiration • 19

prep + prime • 39

skimp + splurge • 59

hunt + gather • 87

mix + match • 105

textile + pattern • 131

texture + layer • 147

color + light • 169

scale + whimsy • 187

collections + kitsch • 209

acknowledgments • 226

credits • 227

Foreword

As a client and friend of Kishani, I am both honored and excited to introduce Vintage Remix. It might be surprising to some, as my passion for design is a little-known fact.

Over thirty years, I have had the privilege of working with some of the greatest designers in film. I am constantly astonished at these gifted artists who can convey big themes and ideas and reflect a character’s personality, class, or social standing using the simplest, subtlest of things. A chair, let’s say. A fabric choice. A lamp. Cutlery. A painting. However, such talents are useless if those who possess them cannot understand and work with light. Light is energy. Visible energy. It’s vibrant. Emotional. It’s life.

When my wife and I decided to redecorate our home, we searched for an interior designer who could first and foremost work with light. We have a luminous 1940s California ranch-style house. The light is constant, special, from dawn to dusk. __________________________________________

Kishani got us, and the space, immediately. It influenced and guided her every move. She wanted to go white, bright, clean, modern, and European in feel. A few colorful, bold accents and fabrics here and there, with no fuss or clutter. In Kishani’s words, “quiet, understated luxury.” Her vision came together quickly and effortlessly, and we never in any way felt pushed into choices or that we were being “designed.” She mixed high-end with low—a specialty of hers—and made some fearless decisions with furnishings, fabrics, whites, grays, and blacks.

Kishani was, and continues to be, a delight to work with, charming, chic, professional, and refreshingl...